Ashley Woods is a financial advisor at Farther with 17 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at E3 Wealth Management and Commonwealth Financial Network. Farther serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through a technology-driven advisory platform combined with direct client meetings. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach using bespoke and algorithmic model portfolios, with a focus on ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income.

Tristan Munalem is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His background includes roles at LPL Financial, Boston Properties, the Boston Red Sox, Axon Enterprise, and Babson College. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans by offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to various managed account solutions, including its proprietary WealthSuite platform. The firm operates under a fiduciary model, utilizing technology and third-party strategists to implement tailored investment strategies.

Michael Archambault is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and possessing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Ameritas Advisory Services since 2021 and also manages ARCH Wealth Management LLC. Archambault serves as president of Boston 128 Companies and the Millbrook II Condo Trust Association and is involved in real estate development through Arch Property Group LLC. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory, utilizing model portfolios, mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities across multiple platforms and affiliations.

John O Connell is a financial advisor at Mariner with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at Securities America, Inc., Coin Metrics Inc, Bitooda Technologies, and AB Quarters. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, coordinated tax services, and employer financial-wellness tools, using customized discretionary portfolios supported by both internal research and third-party managers.

Gracio Garcia is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in Winchester, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has worked with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2002. Outside of his advisory role, Garcia is involved with the Gentle Giant Rowing Club. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering brokerage and advisory services along with financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary models, third-party managers, and digital advice platforms, managing approximately $15 billion in regulatory assets under management.

Mark Paquin is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC in Waltham, MA, holding a Series 65 credential and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked as a CPA and accountant through his own firm, Mark P. Paquin, CPA, PC, since 2014 and with Sherman, Kelley & Assoc. PC since 2016. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, families, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm emphasizes customized portfolios with a long-term approach, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income, while overseeing third-party managers and custodians.

Mark Derby is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and holds 23 years of industry experience. He previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC for five years and ran Derby And Company Inc. for 32 years. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management, financial and tax planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds.

Stephen Kolano is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He is currently with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, having previously worked at BNY Mellon for 20 years. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement advisory services, employing customized portfolios and a combination of internal and third-party management.

Lloyd Johnson is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 21 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Kelly Financial Services and Santander Securities, as well as experience in behavioral health services. Outside of his advisory work, he performs psychiatric evaluations for individuals experiencing mental health crises. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing employer retirement plan relationships. The firm provides model and customized portfolio management under a fiduciary standard and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund within a vertically integrated structure.

Daniel Gilmore is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Granite Telecommunications and State Street Corporation. Gilmore has been with Commonwealth since 2021. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, providing operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Matthew Chapman is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience, currently practicing at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2017. Before joining Commonwealth, he spent a year at Norton Financial Services. He also participates as a focus panel member for Procter & Gamble's Gillette Razor. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing roughly $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a wide range of advisory support services, including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody/clearing services.

Michael Obrien is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at GWFS Equities, Eagle Strategies (NY Life), NYLIFE Securities LLC, and New York Life Insurance. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Director at Large on the Board of Directors for the Chelmsford Pop Warner youth football and cheerleading organization and is involved in Corporate Limousine Services as a driver. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm’s services integrate with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Brian Sullivan is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network and holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations. He has 41 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Mutual of America Securities Corporation and Mutual of America Life Insurance Company. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and hundreds of thousands of individual and institutional clients, managing around $212.7 billion in assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform with discretionary and nondiscretionary managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and a range of investment options alongside comprehensive back-office services.

Andrew Kingston is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with three years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors and has previously worked at firms including Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, offering both brokerage and advisory services alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party models, supporting various account types and features such as securities-based lending and tax harvesting.

Ronald Halterman is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Private Advisor Group, LLC. He also owns Northward Financial Group, through which he operates a separate financial services practice. His prior experience includes over a decade at Weston Securities Corporation. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers a range of managed account solutions and employs a fiduciary-based advisory model that incorporates various investment strategies and third-party managers.

Grace Sun is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently working at Commonwealth Financial Network and Altara Wealth. Her prior experience includes four years at Boston Wealth Strategies and roles in education at Brandeis University and Emma Willard School. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing roughly $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services.

Jason Rollins is a financial advisor with Park Avenue Securities, a subsidiary of Guardian Life. He holds the Series 66 designation and has professional experience that includes roles at Commonwealth Properties Residential and other firms since 2006. Outside of finance, he has been involved with Boston Sports Card Exchange, LLC. Park Avenue Securities serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients by providing brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and a combination of proprietary and third-party investment advisory programs.

Andrew Wilson is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Empower Advisory Group. His prior roles include positions at GWFS Equities, Keller Williams, Redfin Real Estate, Compass Real Estate, and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as certain retail brokerage clients. The firm uses an integrated model linked to Empower’s administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and managed account solutions.

Darren Violette is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Whitinsville, MA, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 22 years of industry experience and has previously worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in insurance services beyond Guardian when appropriate for clients. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base and offers both transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, including financial and retirement planning. The firm employs a diversified investment approach using proprietary and third-party models, catering to individual investors, high-net-worth clients, and organizations.

Tobe Reed is a financial advisor with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC, holding CFP® and ChFC® designations and 19 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Raymond James Financial Services and Wells Fargo Clearing. Reed is also involved with Spector & Frisch Private Wealth Management in a non-investment capacity. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an enterprise-scale, SEC-registered RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves high-net-worth individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations with a range of investment advisory, financial planning, and managed account services.