Candy Batista is a financial advisor at United Asset Strategies Inc. with eight years of industry experience, including roles at Marsh & McLennan and the Westbury School District. She holds professional credentials and has been with her current firm since 2018. United Asset Strategies Inc. manages over $2 billion in assets, providing discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, and financial planning to a diverse client base ranging from individuals to corporations. The firm utilizes a diversified, tailored investment approach that includes strategic asset allocation and active fixed-income management, supported by specialized execution strategies.

Thomas Healy III is a financial advisor with United Asset Strategies Inc. in Garden City, NY, holding five years of industry experience. He has been with United Asset Strategies since 2015. United Asset Strategies provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan and pension consulting, and estate and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and other entities. The firm manages approximately $2.258 billion in client assets and employs a diversified investment approach combining strategic asset allocation, a four-part equity construct, and active fixed-income management.

Michael George is a financial advisor at Watts Capital Partners LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and has been with Watts Capital since 2016. Prior to that, he worked at Global Arena Capital Corp for nine years. Michael serves as a co-trustee for a trust account under New York State law, a role he has held since 1984. Watts Capital Partners serves individual and family clients, business owners, and enterprises, including Gen X/Gen Y professionals and clients navigating divorce. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and investment management services, employing a mix of core, tactical, and alternative strategies, and uses proprietary quantitative models alongside derivatives and options strategies.

Cesar Flotat is a financial advisor at Transatlantique Private Wealth LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Banque Transatlantique, Deloitte, and educational institutions such as IAE Lille and HEI Lille. Outside of advisory roles, he has experience with a company named August Porsche Addiction and extended travel. Transatlantique Private Wealth serves primarily high-net-worth individuals and similar private entities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management focused on cross-border needs. The firm emphasizes tailored asset allocation using proprietary modeling and benefits from its operational ties to Banque Transatlantique and the Crédit Mutuel group.

Michael Fishman is a financial advisor with NerdWallet Wealth Partners, LLC in New York, NY. He holds a Series 65 credential and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining NerdWallet Wealth Partners, he worked at Goldman Sachs for nine years and spent a year in extended travel. NerdWallet Wealth Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as certain charitable organizations, providing discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning. The firm uses a team approach and primarily implements passive, asset-class-weighted portfolios supplemented with fundamental analysis, offering access to alternative investments and employing third-party sub-advisers for specialized strategies.

Jason Mahabirsingh is a financial advisor at Momentum Advisors with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. and Credit Suisse First Boston, where he worked for a combined 19 years before becoming self-employed from 2018 to 2022. Momentum Advisors serves individual and organizational clients such as families, trusts, charitable organizations, and small businesses, offering wealth management, financial planning, investment management, and consulting services. The firm builds customized portfolios based on clients’ risk profiles and time horizons, using both discretionary and non-discretionary management approaches alongside third-party managers and subadvisers.

Karen Altfest is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience. She is affiliated with Altfest Personal Wealth Management, where she has worked since 2009, and previously from 1995 to 2003. Altfest Personal Wealth Management provides investment management, financial planning, and ERISA fiduciary services to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, and trusts. The firm manages individualized portfolios primarily on a discretionary basis using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and offers a range of retirement-plan services alongside its wealth management offerings.

Preston Buhrmaster is a financial advisor at Zoe Financial, Inc. in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Everlaw and Aflac, as well as experience with a CPA firm and his own company, JH Buhrmaster CO. Zoe Financial, Inc. operates an online referral service that connects individual and high-net-worth clients to third-party registered investment advisers within its Zoe Advisor Network. The firm also offers the Zoe Wealth Platform, providing reporting and administrative support to participating RIAs, focusing on referrals and platform services rather than direct retail account management.

Jiorden Sanchez is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at United Asset Strategies Inc. since 2020 and was previously employed at Goldman Sachs from 2014 to 2018. United Asset Strategies Inc. provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan and pension consulting, and estate and financial planning services to a range of clients including individuals, trusts, and corporations. The firm manages over $2 billion in assets and employs a diversified investment approach combining strategic asset allocation, a four-part equity construct, and active fixed-income management.

Philip Oppenheimer is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer + Close, LLC in New York, NY, with 11 years of industry experience and a Series 63 designation. He has worked at Oppenheimer + Close since 2006. In addition to his advisory role, he is a managing member of OppVest, LLC, which serves as the general partner of three investment partnerships. Oppenheimer + Close provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plan participants. The firm employs a long-term value investing approach focused on fundamental research and balance-sheet strength, while also managing multiple private partnerships that pursue opportunistic strategies through affiliated pooled investment vehicles.

Thorne Perkin is a financial advisor at Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked with Papamarkou Wellner Asset Management Inc. since 2014 and Papamarkou Wellner & Co., Inc. since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is an owner and board member of Perkin & Perkin LLC, a start-up developing surgical disinfecting soap. Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors primarily manages pooled vehicles and institutional assets, serving high-net-worth individuals, family offices, endowments, foundations, pensions, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs proprietary analytical modeling and a bottom-up equity research process combined with a multi-manager approach, offering a range of investment strategies and sponsoring private funds such as the PW Portfolio and the PW Nordic Tech Fund.

Ralph Metz Jr. is a financial advisor with Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management LLC in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked with Spartan Capital Securities, LLC since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is a 22% owner and investor in a CrossFit gym business. Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management offers personalized investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, and other business entities, focusing on portfolio management and oversight of third-party money managers. The firm tailors guidance to clients' objectives and risk tolerance, managing assets primarily on a non-discretionary basis and integrating broker-dealer and insurance activities under common ownership.

Laura Asker is a financial advisor at Empirical Research Partners LLC in New York, NY, with 19 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Empirical Research Partners for a total of 18 years, with a five-year hiatus from active employment between 2017 and 2022. Empirical Research Partners provides data-driven research and on-request investment advice exclusively to institutional investors such as money managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, and broker-dealers. The firm leverages quantitative models combining macroeconomic and industry data with statistical analysis to produce research that informs professional investors’ decision-making, focusing on equities and portfolio strategy without managing client assets or executing trades.

Ladyanne Castellanos is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience. She is currently with Ameraudi Asset Management, Inc., where she has worked since 2024. Her prior experience includes roles at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing. Ameraudi Asset Management provides portfolio management and asset-allocation services to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and trusts, focusing on exchange-traded funds and employing a macroeconomic approach to risk and return. The firm operates both discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains a notable non-U.S. client base through its affiliation with Interaudi Bank.

Emily Liao is a financial advisor at Plum Street Advisors, LLC with seven years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to joining Plum Street Advisors, she worked at Barclays Capital Inc. for seven years and has a background that includes experience at Cornell University. Plum Street Advisors is a boutique wealth management firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients as well as retirement plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation, low-cost index funds and ETFs, active rebalancing, and tax-aware implementation, supplementing in-house portfolios with third-party separately managed account platforms.

Kenneth Gutwillig is a financial advisor at Financial Decisions, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Financial Decisions since 2016, with prior roles at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Hornor Townsend & Kent. He is also involved in insurance sales and services, including life, accident, health, disability, and long-term care insurance. Financial Decisions serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a diversified investment approach with a mix of bonds, equities, independent managers, and variable annuity management, operating from multiple offices despite a small advisory team.

Yasmeen Mock is a financial advisor at Kimelman & Baird, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Kimelman & Baird since 2002. Outside of her advisory role, she serves on the finance committee of Lifeway Network, providing financial oversight to the organization. Kimelman & Baird offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and institutional clients, employing both fundamental and technical analysis alongside tailored long- and short-term investment strategies.

Amelia Weir is a financial advisor at Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. She has worked at Paradigm Capital Management since 2008 and has been associated with C.L. King & Associates since 2001. She holds the Series 63 designation. Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment adviser managing discretionary assets primarily for pooled investment vehicles and institutional clients, including pension plans, foundations, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a fundamental, bottom-up research approach with six principal strategies across separate accounts and commingled vehicles, overseeing approximately $2.2 billion in discretionary assets.

Dennis Lee is a financial advisor at Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at both Wilmington Capital Securities and Trident Partners Ltd., where he currently supervises the municipal bond trading activity. Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC provides fee-based portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pensions, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation strategy using a range of securities and analysis methods, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services.

James Elliot is a CFA® charterholder with 28 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with ELCO Management Company, LLC in New York, NY, since 1995. ELCO Management Company, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through separately managed accounts and as adviser and general partner to a private pooled vehicle. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis across multiple strategies and employs options, short selling, and leverage where appropriate.