Evan Kessler is the sole advisor at ESK Capital Management Inc. in Great Neck, NY, with 15 years at the firm and a total of 4 years of industry experience. ESK Capital Management is an independent, fee-based wealth management firm serving individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on accounts generally between $250,000 and $2 million. The firm provides discretionary, customized portfolios and comprehensive financial planning services, including retirement, tax, estate, insurance, and business planning.

Steven Mace is the principal of MACE Capital Management, LLC, an independent firm based in New York, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 19 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he is also a licensed insurance agent and a licensed real estate agent in New York. MACE Capital Management provides investment advisory and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $86 million in client assets on a non-discretionary, fee-only basis, using fundamental and cyclical analysis across a broad range of instruments and strategies.

Richard Bregman is a CFA® charterholder and principal of MJB Asset Management LLC, with 29 years at the firm and four years of industry experience. Based in New York, NY, he has focused his career at MJB Asset Management since its founding. MJB Asset Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, businesses, not-for-profits, high net worth investors, and institutional clients, with a particular emphasis on corporate and pension clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and pension consulting services, combining fundamental and technical analysis to manage portfolios tailored to client goals and market conditions.

Anthony Aulisa is a financial advisor with Wealthie Advisors LLC in Brooklyn, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has five years of industry experience, including roles at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. He is also COO and co-founder of Wealthie Inc., a home equity investment startup. Wealthie Advisors, LLC is an independent SEC-registered adviser offering discretionary investment management services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a strategic, long-term investment approach focused on passive indexing and diversified allocations, primarily using low-cost ETFs and index mutual funds.

Carlos Ponce is a financial advisor at BPBI LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at BPBI since 2017. His prior experience includes roles at Bank of America and Merrill. BPBI LLC serves high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, and corporate clients, with a focus on international investors, primarily from Mexico. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and sub-advisory services, delivering individualized investment advice often on a non-discretionary basis.

Anthea Perkinson is a CFP® professional with four years of financial advisory experience, currently practicing at Monterey Associates Financial Planning & Education. She has worked at Blueprint Financial Planning LLC since 2015 and maintains a long-term affiliation with Equitable Distributors, Inc. Her firm offers personalized, fee-only financial planning and education to individuals, families, nonprofits, and small business owners. The firm emphasizes cost-efficient, passive investment strategies and provides services through varied engagement formats, including educational seminars and workshops.

Mark Reisman is the sole advisor at Pelican Bay Asset Management, Inc. in New York City, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 27 years of industry experience. He has worked exclusively at Pelican Bay Asset Management since 1999. Pelican Bay Asset Management provides investment supervisory services to a select group of clients including corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages separate accounts through a non-discretionary, long-term buy-and-hold approach tailored to each client’s circumstances.

Sean Kearney is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with one year of experience, currently practicing at Amvoy Wealth, an independent advisory firm. He has also been involved with Skearney Financial Limited and Amvoy Wealth Limited in Dublin, Ireland, since 2019, holding roles including CEO and Chief Compliance Officer. Amvoy Wealth provides fee-only investment management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, employing both passive and active strategies with a focus on no-load mutual funds, ETFs, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm integrates model portfolios and offers client-tailored asset allocation, also overseeing portfolios through in-house and third-party analysis.

William Rand is the principal of Cloud Peak Advisors, an independent investment advisory firm based in Oyster Bay, NY. He holds a Series 65 designation and has four years of experience in financial advising. Rand also operates the Law Office of William Coudert Rand, providing legal services as a sole proprietor since 2001. Cloud Peak Advisors offers portfolio management services primarily to trusts and investment company clients, focusing on discretionary investment work for trustees and institutional accounts. The firm operates as a single-advisor practice and acts as its own qualified custodian.

Owen King is a financial advisor at Stonehurst Management, LLC, an independent firm based in New York, NY. He holds the Series 66 designation and has 7 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Stonehurst Management since 2002. Stonehurst Management LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, endowments, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $27 million in client assets and employs a client-specific investment approach based on modern portfolio theory, utilizing a range of traditional and alternative asset classes.

Mark Johnson is a CFP® professional with eight years at MEJ Wealth Advisors LLC and over 28 years of experience at Qside Federal Credit Union. He is based in Bayside, NY. MEJ Wealth Advisors provides financial planning, investment management, and business consultation primarily for individual clients, as well as trusts, estates, business entities, and ERISA plans. The firm employs a balanced, long-term, cost- and tax-aware approach, offering discretionary portfolios and occasional no-fee educational seminars.

Temitope Omojola is the sole advisor at Expected Value Management LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 16 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at UBS Securities LLC for five years and has been involved with Mailform Inc since 2018. Expected Value Management provides investment management for pooled funds and single-investor accounts, alongside risk-management software and consulting aimed at family offices and corporate treasurers. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes unified risk measurement and frequent portfolio analysis, focusing on sovereign and fixed-income opportunities supported by analytics and automation.

Rajendra Prashad is a CFP® and ChFC® with four years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Eagle Tax Planning & Advisory Group, LLC. He has been involved with Eagle Tax Planning & Advisory Group since 2000 and also works with Origin Financial. Prashad provides tax preparation and financial advice through his ownership of Eagle Tax Planning & Advisory Group. Eagle Tax Planning & Advisory Group offers personalized financial planning, investment management, and tax preparation services to individuals, trusts, small businesses, and other entities. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation approach focusing on passive index funds and ETFs, integrates tax services within advisory agreements, and participates in sub-advisory relationships with platforms like Betterment Institutional.

Hao Sheng is a financial advisor at Riemann Capital LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Prime Number Capital, LLC, Prudence Investment, and Credit Suisse Hong Kong. Riemann Capital LLC provides portfolio management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, charitable institutions, endowments, trusts, and other institutional clients. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct portfolios and may manage accounts on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Eric Vehstedt is the principal and sole advisor at EV Capital Management LLC, holding a Series 65 designation. He founded the firm in 2025 and has prior experience as Vice President of Finance at Tilting Point Media, a mobile game publisher. Outside of his advisory role, he remains active in the gaming industry through Tilting Point Media. EV Capital Management LLC offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm uses a subscription-based consulting model alongside discretionary investment management that incorporates multiple analytical methods and diverse asset classes.

Stephen Chen is the principal of Followthru Planning Associates LLC, an independent firm based in Brooklyn, NY. He holds the CFA® charter and Series 66 license, with 19 years at his current firm and a total of four years of industry experience. In addition to financial advising, Chen provides tax preparation and bookkeeping services and is licensed to sell fixed insurance products. Followthru Planning Associates LLC offers financial planning and investment advisory services primarily to individuals and families, with an investment approach focused on long-term allocation using a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and conservative option strategies. The firm combines planning with operating-level services such as tax preparation, bookkeeping, and insurance sales, conducting formal periodic reviews without charging performance-based fees.

Jeffrey Barnett is the sole advisor at Fintegrity LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Tenafly, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has eight years of industry experience. Barnett has managed Fintegrity since 2017. Fintegrity LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning primarily for high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and retirement accounts. The firm employs a fundamental analysis and behavioral finance approach, focusing on individual stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents, with selective use of ETFs and mutual funds, and emphasizes customized portfolio management and client-specific considerations.

Peter Shiftouri is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Orion-Archstone Asset Management Inc. with four years of industry experience. His previous roles include consulting positions at Arch Capital Group and Morgan Stanley, as well as employment at Agam Capital and Credit Suisse. Orion-Archstone Asset Management is an independent, single-advisor firm managing approximately $1.8 million for a small client base. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and pension and profit-sharing plans, utilizing a blend of fundamental and technical analysis alongside proprietary quantitative models.

Zhi Li is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at National Financial Services LLC and currently operates Twelve Two Capital LLC, where he has been since 2018. Li also has a concurrent role with the Internal Revenue Service focused on tax and benefits education. Twelve Two Capital LLC is an independent advisory firm managing approximately $4.0 million for about two dozen clients, including individual and high-net-worth households. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management primarily using passive strategies and provides comprehensive and project-based financial planning along with employee benefit plan advisory services for employer plan sponsors.

Adam Young is a financial advisor at Precession Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Clear Haven Capital Management LLC from 2012 to 2021. Precession Capital Management specializes in discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management for high-net-worth and institutional qualified investors, focusing on credit-sensitive fixed income instruments through a macro-informed, absolute-return oriented investment approach. The firm uses performance-based fees for qualified clients and manages side-by-side allocation conflicts with documented procedures.