Kristine Bennett is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Healthy Wealthy Alex and Mass Mutual, and she spent over a decade as a homemaker before entering the financial services field. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, complemented by tax-loss harvesting, direct indexing, and selective private market exposure.

Ryan Strong is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Fairfax, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. He previously worked at The Huntington Investment Company and Huntington National Bank, with a total of six years at the latter. PNC Wealth Management provides retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an online discretionary model account offered as an invitation-only pilot to employees. The firm uses algorithmic questionnaires to guide investment strategies implemented primarily with mutual funds and ETFs.

John Devine is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63, Series 66, and Series 65 credentials. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Advisors, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, and Merrill. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by third-party platform and manager arrangements, to implement its investment strategies.

Gregory Sullivan is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning since 2021. Prior to this, he spent over three decades at Sullivan, Bruyette, Spero & Blayney, Inc. He is also the author of the book *Retirement Fail*. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a broad range of affiliated non-investment businesses.

Derrick Carter is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Schwab Wealth Advisory. His prior experience includes roles at Fidelity Investments and Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning services primarily to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program. The firm’s approach uses Charles Schwab & Co.’s asset-allocation models and research tools, offering tailored recommendations with client-authorized trade execution.

Joseph Gallemore is a financial advisor with Osaic Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential and 21 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Triad Hybrid Solutions, Triad Advisors, and Spire Investment Partners. He also serves as director of research at Argent Bridge Advisors and consults business owners on exit planning through a separate advisory role. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporate and charitable entities, retirement plan participants, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers various investment programs, retirement plan consulting, financial planning, and access to alternative investments and donor-advised funds.

Bradley Howe is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked with Intellisource Financial Services, LPL Financial, and Integrated Wealth Concepts. Outside his advisory role, he is employed part-time with MobileNow in McLean, VA. Integrated Wealth Concepts 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 services, and sponsors wrap-fee programs, managing portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income with a primarily long-term strategy.

Gerald Ketchum is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services in Fairfax, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing five years of industry experience. Prior to his advisory career, he served 26 years in the U.S. Army. First Command Advisory Services serves individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a particular focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers a range of financial planning and wrap-fee asset management programs, utilizing a centralized team to design and manage investment portfolios.

Amanda Merrill is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. She previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, and Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with comprehensive wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a blend of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Timothy Malinski is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services in Woodbridge, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 14 years of industry experience and has been with First Command Advisory Services since 2015. He is also CEO of Team Malinski LLC, an investment-related entity established for tax purposes. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs using centrally managed portfolios and third-party managers selected by an internal Investment Management Team.

Xinge Zhang is a financial advisor with Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc., holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Bankers Life in 2022, Zhang worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors and World Financial Group, Inc. Zhang also serves as a field manager recruiting and training insurance agents for Bankers Life. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals with discretionary portfolio management, investment consulting, and retirement plan consulting. The firm combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis methods to create tailored asset allocations and manages portfolios across equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and other securities.

Douglas Corey is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has worked previously at Grove Point Investments, Grove Point Advisors, and H. Beck, Inc. In addition to his advisory role, Corey is an officer and director of Douglas Corey & Associates, P.C., a CPA firm specializing in tax preparation, accounting, and bookkeeping. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management through various platforms and employs a mix of passive and active investment strategies tailored to client risk profiles.

Noah Pak is a financial advisor at TD Private Client Wealth LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at TD Bank N.A. since 2015. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional clients, high-net-worth private clients, and retail TDIS (US) clients. The firm employs a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation using both affiliated and third-party sub-managers.

Lawrence Solomon is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. since 2019. Prior to joining Mercer, he worked at OptiFour Integrated Wealth Management LLC for seven years. He participates in several market research organizations that support financial advisors, contributing less than one hour per month. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, and non-profits, providing investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm employs a globally diversified, risk-appropriate investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing low-cost ETFs, index funds, and specialized portfolios.

Brian Mcguire is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mariner. His prior roles include positions at Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C., EF Legacy Securities, LLC, and Edelman Financial Services, LLC. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds. The firm offers customized discretionary portfolios supported by an internal team and third-party managers, along with integrated tax, accounting, and family office services.

Hannah Collman is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC since 2021. Her prior experience includes roles at Kitces.Com and Savant Capital Management. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with comprehensive wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Collin Verfurth is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Hightower in 2025, he worked at LMI Consulting for three years and held roles with the New England Revolution and Loudoun United, as well as at Virginia Tech. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s advisory approach includes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, along with proprietary research and a variety of investment options such as mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Jason Wallach is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with TD Private Client Wealth LLC since 2012 and concurrently with TD Bank, N.A. since 2013. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and is based in Vienna, VA. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional clients, high-net-worth private clients, and retail TDIS clients. The firm constructs portfolios using a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation with both affiliated and third-party sub-managers, offering ongoing portfolio management, financial planning support, and custody services.

Bradley Burton is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Vienna, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2005 and operates Avenue Wealth, focusing on New York Life products and services. He is also involved in managing investment-related entities formed to purchase books of business and serves as a partner in Strategic Financial Associates LLC. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a mix of individual and institutional clients. The firm offers multiple program types, including fee-based advice and retirement plan consulting, with a focus on non-discretionary asset management and tailored recommendations within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Richard Suh is an investment advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Fairfax, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies and affiliated entities since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as the President of CBMC Y Federation, a Christian nonprofit focused on evangelism and discipleship among young business professionals. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional clients, and retirement plans. The firm provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services, offering a range of program types tailored to client objectives and plan sponsor criteria.