Neil Murphy is a financial advisor with NPM Consulting, LLC in Ridgewood, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Rose Wealth Advisors LLC since 2024 and has been with NPM Consulting since 2012. NPM Consulting provides financial planning, tax preparation, and investment management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, related trusts, and select pension plans and business entities. The firm builds customized portfolios using fundamental and technical analysis, asset allocation, and active management, incorporating a range of securities and derivatives, and also offers a managed futures program for accredited investors.

Youwei Jing is an advisor at Alterra with a Series 65 designation and no prior industry experience. Before joining Alterra, Jing worked at several companies including DevelopIntelligence, Bubble, and Correlation One. Alterra Group LLC is an independent investment adviser specializing in managing short box spread options strategies using exchange-traded, European-style S&P 500 index options. The firm serves individuals, other advisers, and small businesses, focusing exclusively on these strategies without providing comprehensive financial planning.

Humberto Portillo is a financial advisor at Financial Freedom Management LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with his current firm since 2015. Financial Freedom Management LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, and pension plans with approximately $8.1 million in assets under management. The firm uses a rules-based quantitative approach to asset allocation, incorporating low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, tax-loss harvesting, and leverage strategies, with a focus on special-needs planning and community education through seminars and workshops.

Mark Vogel is the sole advisor at Mark Vogel Wealth Management, LLC, located in North Caldwell, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 14 years of experience in financial advising. In addition to his work in wealth management since 2003, he has practiced law as a sole proprietor since 1991, dedicating a significant portion of his time to his legal practice. Mark Vogel Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, and small-company pension accounts, managing approximately $96 million in assets. The firm employs a concentrated, growth-at-a-reasonable-price strategy focused on a small number of individual stocks and offers performance-based compensation options for qualified clients.

Michael Nisiotis is a financial advisor with Nisiotis, Michael, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. He has served as Managing Director and President of Michael Anthony & Associates since 2002, a management consulting firm focused on project and process management for new products and services. Surpass Yourself Advisors provides financial and retirement planning, education, and coaching to individuals, families, small businesses, and organizations through virtual one-on-one sessions, webinars, and workplace programs. The firm emphasizes asset allocation with diversified, primarily passive portfolios and operates on flat or hourly fees without managing client assets or accepting discretionary authority.

Shawn O’Brien is a financial advisor at Cois Dara Investing with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Cois Dara Investing, he worked at Diageo and Loudpack. Cois Dara Investing provides ongoing portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, emphasizing a long-term trading strategy supported by charting, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis. The firm prepares Investment Policy Statements for clients and seeks discretionary authority to implement portfolio decisions, primarily recommending equities along with mutual funds, ETFs, commodities, non-U.S. securities, and venture capital funds to diversify portfolios.

Mark Mcnally is the sole advisor at Megstar Financial Management Inc. in Montvale, NJ, with 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at Megstar since 1992 and concurrently serves as a television production technician at WNYW-TV since 1977. Megstar Financial Management provides discretionary portfolio management and general financial advice to a select individual client base. The firm utilizes Modern Portfolio Theory to build diversified, low-turnover portfolios and emphasizes transparent reporting and conflict reduction through specific trading practices.

Martin Costello is a financial advisor with Preakness Retirement Advisors, LLC in Verona, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at Aura Financial Services, Inc. since 2005. Preakness Retirement Advisors offers diversified asset-allocation advice and financial planning to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities. The firm emphasizes a non-discretionary investment approach using low-expense index funds and combines fundamental and technical analysis within a modern portfolio theory framework.

Alexander Selem is the principal at Archedia Capital LLC, an independent advisory firm, and holds a Series 65 credential with six years of industry experience. He also works as Director of Data and Research at The Travelers Companies, where he conducts predictive modeling and data science related to workers compensation claims. Archedia Capital LLC provides discretionary investment management and portfolio advisory services to a small client base that includes individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and certain business entities. The firm combines passive ETF-based allocations with active, systematic strategies driven by quantitative models and statistical arbitrage, employing risk controls such as position limits and diversification.

Jeffrey Lieberman is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Caldwell Fairfield Advisors and has been involved with Weinberg Lieberman, P.C., a tax accounting firm, since 1987. His professional background includes over a decade at Jay H. Weinberg Investment Advisor, LLC. Caldwell Fairfield Advisors offers financial planning and consulting services to individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, focusing on non-investment advice such as tax and estate planning. The firm refers clients to independent investment advisers for portfolio management and does not provide discretionary investment management or custody of client assets.

Jonathan Durant is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Durant Financial Planning LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2019. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and Strategic Advisers. Durant Financial Planning LLC serves individual clients, including both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth households, managing approximately $22.2 million across about 54 accounts. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with comprehensive financial planning, primarily focusing on mutual funds and exchange-traded funds through firm-developed model portfolios and a range of investment strategies.

Frank Avena is a financial advisor at 191 Godwin Associates, Inc. d/b/a Godwin Capital Management, holding a Series 65 credential with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Godwin Capital Management since 2001 and also operates Warsaw & Avena CPA's PC, a certified public accounting firm. 191 Godwin Associates provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and non-profit organizations. The firm integrates fundamental and technical analysis in its investment process and offers services including Investment Policy Statement development, asset allocation, and wrap-fee program sponsorship.

Steven Kampschmidt is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional dedicated to assisting individuals and families in their pursuit of financial freedom. After establishing a practice within Merrill Lynch, he had an increasing desire to service his clients in a way that was unavailable at almost all other firms within the industry. It was at this point that he opted to create something new, and thus Freedom Found Financial was born. Steven also has his MBA in finance and economics from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He currently resides in Boonton, NJ with his wife Jessica, his two daughters Adeline and Evelyn, as well as his two dogs Meadow and Summer. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends. He also uses his free time training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, playing beach volleyball down the shore, and snowboarding during the winter months.

Alfred Frank is the sole advisor at Frank Capital Management LLC in Parsippany, NJ, holding a Series 65 credential with 23 years of industry experience. He has led Frank Capital Management since 2009. Outside of financial advising, he is a minority member and associate of Rubin & Frank Marketing LLC, which provides search engine optimization services for e-commerce clients. Frank Capital Management LLC manages discretionary separately managed accounts for individuals and trusts, focusing on fundamental, value-oriented analysis to build concentrated, long-term portfolios primarily of undervalued common stocks listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ. The firm also incorporates options and other derivatives in client accounts for risk management and position adjustments, a practice that is uncommon among independent advisory firms.

Jordan Hod is a financial advisor at Revel Wealth Management with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Revel Wealth Management, he worked at Ellkay for eight years and held positions at LeagueApps and Yeshiva University. Revel Wealth Management provides discretionary wealth management and financial consulting services to individuals, families, business owners, trusts, estates, nonprofits, and other entities. The firm manages portfolios using a broad range of securities and employs both quantitative and qualitative analysis, serving a small client base with a high assets-under-management per client ratio.

Sheri Astorino is a financial advisor with The Astorino Financial Group, Inc. in Fairfield, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. Her prior experience includes roles at Citigroup and Bleakley Financial Group. She is also an independent insurance agent. The Astorino Financial Group provides stand-alone financial planning and consulting services to individuals and retirement plan clients, delivering written plans and recommendations on investment, estate, insurance, and tax matters. The firm does not provide investment supervisory or portfolio management services, and clients may implement recommendations through LPL Financial or other providers.

Matthew Byrne is a CFP®, CFA®, and PFS™ with 16 years of industry experience. He is the principal of M.K. Byrne & Co. LLC, where he has worked since 2020, following prior roles at Cetera Advisors LLC and his own CPA practice. In addition to his advisory work, he is a licensed insurance agent offering fixed insurance products including life, health, disability, annuities, and long-term care. M.K. Byrne & Co. LLC provides tax planning and compliance, personal financial planning, and investment advisory services to individuals and high-net-worth families. The firm combines investment management with coordinated tax and financial planning, utilizing a tactical asset-allocation approach within a modified Modern Portfolio Theory framework.

Zoriana Stawnychy is a CFP® professional with 47 years of industry experience. She has been with Stawnychy Financial Services, Inc. since 1991 and also worked with SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC from 2026. Stawnychy Financial Services provides fee-based investment advisory and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, small businesses, charitable organizations, and municipal governments. The firm offers qualified retirement plan consulting and manages portfolios using a tactical allocation strategy with a broad range of investment instruments, including equities, municipal securities, corporate debt, and options.

Robert Groesbeck is a CFA® charterholder and principal at Groesbeck Investment Management Corp, where he has worked for over 33 years. He has 12 years of industry experience and is based in Glen Rock, NJ. Groesbeck Investment Management Corp provides discretionary equity portfolio management to institutional and individual clients, employing a bottom-up investment process with focused dividend growth and earnings growth strategies. The firm manages concentrated portfolios with disciplined valuation criteria and participates in third-party wrap programs as a sponsored portfolio manager.

Victor Cannillo is a financial advisor at Baron Financial Group LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Baron Financial Group since 2007. Baron Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides continuous investment supervisory services and financial planning, using a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative analysis to construct client portfolios, which are reviewed at least quarterly.