Emanuel De Freitas is a CFP® professional at Safe Harbor Asset Management, Inc. with five years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Safe Harbor since 2021 and maintains a long-standing role at DeFreitas & Minsky, LLP since 1986. Safe Harbor Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm uses a quantitative, drawdown-focused investment approach developed with Redwood Investment Management, offering risk-managed portfolios that combine passive ETFs, mutual funds, private debt, and specialized strategies.

Paresh Shah is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Integrity Alliance, LLC, Lion Street Financial, Csenge Advisory Group, Kestra Financial, and Guardian Life Insurance. He serves on the board of the New York South Asian Chamber of Commerce and is a trustee for the Rotary Eye Institute in Navsari, India. Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers fiduciary services and ERISA 3(21) retirement plan advisory, managing diversified discretionary portfolios that include equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Allison Vanaski is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Arcadia Wealth Management. She has been with the firm since 2012 and holds a Series 63 license. Arcadia Wealth Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm manages globally diversified, balanced portfolios with an investment approach based on market efficiency and academic research, specializing in small-company and value factor tilts using Dimensional Fund Advisors and Schwab mutual funds.

Anthony Perrone is a Series 65 licensed advisor at Pelkonen and Associates LLC with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Pelkonen and Associates, he held roles at E&R Laundry and Dry Cleaning, H.A.E Air, LLC, and Giunta's Meat Farms. Pelkonen and Associates serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses, providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach tailored to client goals and manages approximately $293 million for about 317 clients.

Tom Homestead is a financial advisor at Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Integrity Alliance, LLC and Lion Street Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he provides fixed insurance coverage reviews and assists with Medicare supplement and fixed annuity sales. Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC offers wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm manages discretionary portfolios with diversified allocations and provides ERISA 3(21) retirement plan advisory services tailored to plan sponsors and participants.

Francis Brown is a CFP® and ChFC® with 32 years of industry experience. He is currently with Abundant Wealth Management LLC, where he has worked since 2018. Prior to this, he held roles at TLG Advisors, Inc., The Smith Company, Inc., and The Leaders Group Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as President and Founding Partner of Abundant Insurance Services and also provides individual tax preparation services. Abundant Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes Modern Portfolio Theory and long-term investing, offering comprehensive financial plans and a bi-weekly newsletter, “Advisor Stream,” as part of its client services.

Daniel Hickey is a financial advisor at Shelter Rock Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Shelter Rock, he worked at Dl Real Estate Advisors, LLC and Houlihan Lawrence, where he has also been an independent licensed real estate salesperson since 2015. Shelter Rock Management, LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $206 million in assets, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management across defined strategies and customized accounts, with a focus on goal-based planning and documented performance reporting.

Shamik Shah is a financial advisor at Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC with a Series 65 credential. He has experience working with Integrity Alliance and Merkkuri Wealth Advisors since 2022. Prior to his advisory roles, he held various positions including roles at Hunter College and The Coder School. Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm typically manages discretionary portfolios using diversified allocations and acts as a fiduciary while offering specialized retirement plan advisory services.

Alexander Steinberg is a financial advisor at Safe Harbor Asset Management, Inc. with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Axiom Capital Management and Great Point Capital. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner and managing real estate broker of Proper Foundations, LLC, a real estate brokerage. Safe Harbor Asset Management offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm uses a quantitative, drawdown-focused investment approach featuring Engineered Risk Budget portfolios that integrate passive funds with tactically risk-managed strategies and private debt.

Peter Debuona is a financial advisor with Buckram Securities Ltd in Locust Valley, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 36 years of industry experience. He has been with Buckram Securities since 2003. Buckram Securities Ltd primarily serves individual clients, including high net worth individuals, IRAs, SEP accounts, self-employed 401(k) plans, and trusts, managing approximately $92.7 million across 133 accounts. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management through its Buckram Wealth Management wrap fee program, using fundamental and technical analysis alongside third-party research to tailor equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios to client goals and risk tolerance.

Alexander Pettee is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, with nine years of industry experience. He is the founder and president of Hoya Capital Real Estate, LLC and has been involved with the firm since 2015. He also leads Pettee Investors, Inc., where he has worked since 2018. Hoya Capital Real Estate, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser specializing in portfolio management for ETFs and individually managed accounts, serving both retail and institutional clients. The firm focuses on publicly traded U.S. commercial and residential real estate companies and employs rule-based index construction and in-house research in its investment approach.

Robert Levine is a financial advisor at Clear Point Advisors, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Clear Point Advisors since 2010. Clear Point Advisors provides personalized, fee-only investment management and financial advisory services to individuals, retirement and profit-sharing plans, trusts and estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm uses an asset-allocation framework with global diversification and incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis along with third-party research to manage client portfolios.

Henry Middlezong is a Series 65 licensed advisor at AMFA LLC with one year of industry experience. He has worked at AMFA Capital since 2024 and concurrently serves as a Senior Consultant at Dougherty Business Solutions, providing software engineering and programming services unrelated to investment advisory. Prior to these roles, he spent eight years at MIG Group. AMFA LLC offers discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, pension plans, and certain institutional clients. The firm employs a data-driven, quantitative investment process that includes portfolio management across various asset classes and actively trades derivatives and digital assets.

Gregory Werlinich is the sole advisor at Werlinich Asset Management, L.L.C. and holds a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. He has led Werlinich Asset Management since 1997. The firm provides discretionary investment management primarily to individuals, personal trusts, and charitable foundations, offering financial planning services that include income and estate tax planning, retirement and college planning, and insurance analysis. It serves both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, employing a top-down sector-rotation investment strategy focused on individual equities and select ETFs, with an emphasis on tax efficiency and personalized investment policies.

Sean Gelston is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at VII Capital Management LLC since 2014 and previously was employed by Tongore Management LLC from 2015 to 2019. VII Capital Management LLC manages discretionary equity portfolios for individuals, trusts, estates, and taxable business entities, while also advising a pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a fundamental, bottom-up investment approach focused on publicly traded common stocks, offering standardized and customized portfolios with options for performance-based fees and the use of leverage and short selling.

Jason Nardis is a financial advisor at Old Bridge Wealth, Inc. with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has held business roles in areas including accounting, reporting, and alternative investments through his ownership of Old Bridge Capital Advisors LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with ventures such as Stronzi Bagels and Soul Brewery. Old Bridge Wealth, Inc. provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services to individuals and business entities, including high-net-worth clients, without an account minimum. The firm’s investment approach integrates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with modern portfolio theory and employs a range of strategies and vehicles across both long-term and active management.

Daniel Larsen is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving with NestEgg Advisors, Inc. in Hauppauge, NY. His prior experience includes roles at firms such as American Portfolios Financial Services and Cetera Advisor Networks. Larsen is also involved in insurance sales as a non-investment related activity. NestEgg Advisors, Inc. provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a client-specific, goal-oriented approach to portfolio construction, primarily utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and, when suitable, individual securities.

David Winer is a financial advisor at Calm River Capital LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Access Wealth Management and Silver Pine Capital, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as adjunct faculty at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. Calm River Capital provides discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and subadvisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on equities and ETFs implemented primarily through a covered-call option strategy. The firm tailors portfolios to clients’ goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon, employing a variety of analytic methods and trading strategies.

Christine Backel is a CFP® professional with four years of experience currently advising at United Financial Planning Group LLC. She has held roles across financial services and related fields, including positions at Aurora Consulting Insights LTD, the New York State Department of Financial Services’ Criminal Investigations Unit, and a CPA firm. Outside of advisory work, she serves as president of Aurora Consulting Insights LTD, a consulting firm providing accounting and tax services. United Financial Planning Group serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small business owners with financial planning, portfolio management, and pension consulting. The firm emphasizes a long-term, diversified investment approach using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, tailoring portfolios to client goals and risk tolerance, and coordinating with other professional advisors.

Andrew Cosgrove is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Bluestone Financial Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2007, and also with Bluestone Life Insurance Company since 2015. Bluestone Financial Advisors primarily serves entrepreneurs, business owners, high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm acts as a personal CFO, providing financial planning, consulting, and investment management services focused on long-term strategy, capital allocation, and risk management, often working with complex assets and utilizing a fixed-fee pricing model.