Victor Kester, Jr. is an investment advisor representative with Essex Private Wealth Management LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials. He has three years of industry experience, including prior roles at Mass Mutual Investors Services and Deloitte. Outside of financial services, he is also active as a real estate salesperson with Keller Williams. Essex Private Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, managing approximately $330.5 million across about 216 clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, comprehensive wealth management, and financial planning services, employing a portfolio strategy centered on mutual funds and ETFs with both fundamental and technical analysis.

Robert Guy is a financial advisor with Tax & Investment Advisors in Newburyport, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 37 years of industry experience. His career includes leadership roles with the American Financial Education Alliance, where he serves as Chapter President, and involvement with the Society of Financial Awareness. He is also an author of financial education books. Tax & Investment Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, emphasizing asset allocation and evidence-based indexing tailored to clients’ time horizons and risk tolerances. The firm manages over $100 million in discretionary assets and serves more than 300 clients as a solo practitioner, integrating a comprehensive planning process called the “Retirement Freedom Roadmap.”

Peter Wernau is a financial advisor at Wernau Asset Management in Gloucester, MA, with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Back Bay Mortgage Brokers LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is co-founder and owner of two private startup investment firms, Apricot Capital LLC and Fish City Capital LLC. Wernau Asset Management provides fee-based discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a value-oriented approach combining fundamental, cyclical, and technical analysis across various securities and offers active strategies including option-writing, short sales, margin trading, and other derivatives within separately managed accounts.

Kaitlyn O'Neill is a financial advisor with Massachusetts Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and seven years of industry experience. She previously worked at Barclays Capital Inc and also has experience at the College of the Holy Cross. Massachusetts Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, endowments, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation approach with a long-term orientation and constructs customized portfolios typically combining equities, fixed income, and ETFs.

Kaitlyn Carlson is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience and currently works at Theory Planning Partners. Her prior experience includes roles at Civitas, Minot Wealth Management, and UBS Financial Services. Theory Planning Partners serves small- to mid-size business owners and their executives, as well as individual clients, trusts, and estates. The firm combines executive financial planning and corporate consulting with investment portfolio management, emphasizing long-term, diversified portfolios and coordination with clients’ other professional advisors.

Paul Fortin is a financial advisor with Harbor Island Capital LLC in Topsfield, MA, holding 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Harbor Island Capital since 1999. Harbor Island Capital provides discretionary, personalized portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, associated trusts, and other legal entities, focusing on direct equity investments along with mutual funds or ETFs. The firm employs a fundamental, value-oriented stock-selection process with concentrated portfolios and emphasizes hands-on oversight for a small client base.

Matthew Carpenter is a financial advisor with CFS Financial, LLC in Salem, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at CFS Financial since 2021 and is also associated with Truth Capital, LLC and College Funding Services. He owns a consulting firm that assists families with college admission and financial aid processes without receiving commissions. CFS Financial provides ongoing portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on investment policy development, portfolio monitoring, and asset allocation using modern portfolio theory and a long-term trading horizon. The firm operates with a small client base and manages portfolios on a nondiscretionary basis.

Christopher McDonald is a financial advisor with US Advisory Group in Beverly, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having eight years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial, LLC since 2022 and previously spent six years at Private Client Services LLC. US Advisory Group provides investment advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, including discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and family office/wealth planning. The firm manages approximately $65.8 million across about 105 client relationships, using model portfolios primarily composed of exchange-traded funds and mutual funds.

Frederick Mcdonald is a financial advisor with US Advisory Group, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial, LLC since 2022 and previously spent six years with Private Client Services. Mcdonald is president of US Advisory Group, an independent registered investment advisor he has been involved with since 2013. US Advisory Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and family office services. The firm manages approximately $61 million across about 100 client accounts and uses a combination of mutual funds, ETFs, model portfolios, and third-party sub-advisers within a framework that incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis along with modern portfolio theory.

Marcel Quiroga is a financial advisor at TQM Wealth Partners with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with TQM Wealth Partners since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the Board of Trustees Overseer at Salem State University and is president and founder of The Legacy Dialogues, a nonprofit providing educational programs on philanthropy. TQM Wealth Partners is a supported registered investment adviser managing approximately $124 million for about 65 clients, including individuals, small businesses, foundations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a globally diversified, long-term investment approach that integrates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, offering both financial planning and investment management services.

Laura Mok is a financial advisor at Park State Asset Management LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® designation and Series 63 license. Prior to joining Park State, she worked at Alapocas Investment Partners, Inc. for seven years and East Coast Asset Management for eight years. Mok serves as Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Operations at Alapocas Investment Partners, where she is also involved in trading. Park State Asset Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, charitable organizations, profit-sharing plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm focuses on fundamental, business-oriented analysis with a long-term ownership approach, typically concentrating Global Equity portfolios into 15–20 high-quality companies, and offers Conservative and Balanced strategies tailored to client needs.

Lyn Parker is a CFP® professional with 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is affiliated with Whitman Financial Services, LLC and has also worked with LPL Financial since 2013. Parker serves as a board member and recording secretary of the Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Women and maintains a general law practice through her own law office. Whitman Financial Services provides financial planning and consulting to individuals, focusing on trusts, estates, retirement plans, and certain high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and a long-term investment approach using mutual funds and ETFs, with services billed on an hourly or fixed-fee basis rather than percentage-of-assets fees.

Renato Mastrogiovanni is a financial advisor at Healthview Asset Management, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He is president of HealthView Services, Inc., a firm specializing in healthcare cost projections for the financial services industry. He also serves on the board of the Retirement Income Industry Association. Healthview Asset Management provides fee-based discretionary portfolio management and retirement planning services to individuals and institutional clients. The firm integrates actuarial algorithms to project healthcare costs in retirement and offers customized portfolios with both fundamental and technical analysis, emphasizing healthcare-centered planning.

Ryan Briggs is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Paramount Financial in Danvers, MA. He has been with Paramount Financial since 2021 and also has experience at BB LLC and DWB Tax and Insurance Services. Outside of financial advising, he was involved with Pushcart Cafe for five years. Paramount Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients through discretionary asset management and financial planning. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with periodic rebalancing and fundamental analysis to align portfolios with client goals and risk tolerance.

Steven Roge is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience and has been with R.W. Rogé & Company, Inc. since 1996. He serves as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he teaches a class on personal finance topics on a pro-bono basis. R.W. Rogé & Company, Inc. is a fee-only wealth management firm serving individuals, small businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, and institutional clients. The firm combines strategic asset-allocation modeling based on Modern Portfolio Theory with bottom-up, value-oriented equity selection through its proprietary ResearchEdge process, offering a range of services including discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and a concentrated value equity strategy.

Lisa Morgan is a CFP® with 20 years of experience in financial advising. She is currently with Amara Financial, LLC and has previously worked at firms including RW Baird and Janney Montgomery Scott. Amara Financial serves individuals, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans by providing investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a goal-based investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, using diversified portfolios constructed with ETFs and mutual funds, and offers specialized planning in areas such as estate, tax, education, and charitable giving.

Joseph Grella is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with American Retirement & Investment Strategies, LLC since 2006. In addition to his advisory role, he is an insurance agent and owner of a business that solicits insurance products for clients. American Retirement & Investment Strategies provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, offers multiple model strategies tailored by equity allocation and risk tolerance, and includes a proprietary Dynamic Portfolio equity strategy.

Garrett Burgess is a financial advisor at Cote Financial Management with a Series 65 designation and no prior industry experience. Before joining Cote Financial Management in 2024, he worked at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind and the Polus Center for Social and Economic Development, and spent seven years at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Cote Financial Management is a fee-only advisory firm that provides non-discretionary investment advice and integrated financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm emphasizes diversified, asset-allocation portfolios and treats client accounts as a single integrated portfolio, managing approximately $131.6 million on a non-discretionary basis.

Stephen Farrar is a CFP® and PFS™ with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with FG&G Financial Services, LLC and its predecessor Farrar Gates & Green, LLC since 2008. The firm provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. FG&G Financial Services employs a passive, asset-class investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, primarily using no-load mutual funds and ETFs, and offers ongoing portfolio monitoring and retirement plan consulting.

Nancy Bissel is a financial advisor at Paramount Financial with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. She has worked at Paramount Financial since 2022 and is also involved with DWB Tax and Insurance Services LLC as an insurance agent. Prior to her advisory roles, she worked in real estate and spent seven years at the Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence. Paramount Financial provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individual clients, utilizing proprietary portfolios with strategic and tactical asset allocation. The firm offers financial plans at no additional charge and conducts educational seminars, with investment strategies that include periodic rebalancing and a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, and other pooled vehicles.