Andrew Avery is a financial advisor at AlphaStar Capital Management with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms including Paraclete Wealth Partners, Clearstead Advisory Solutions, and Wilbanks Smith and Thomas Asset Management. Prior to his advisory career, he held positions at Harris Teeter and Taco Bell. AlphaStar Capital Management serves individual, corporate, and retirement plan clients, providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, participant account management, and subadvisory services. The firm employs strategic and tactical investment approaches using a range of securities and third-party portfolio construction technology, managing approximately $2.5 billion in assets across over 8,400 client relationships.

Chris Tremble is a financial advisor with Mutual Advisors, LLC in Hampton, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Mutual Securities, Inc., Charles Schwab, and USAA Financial Services. Mutual Advisors, LLC serves a diverse client base ranging from individual investors to institutional clients, managing approximately $9.45 billion across 154 advisors. The firm offers a combination of active and passive portfolio management strategies tailored to clients’ objectives, using various analytical approaches and technology platforms to support customized investment solutions.

Jeffrey Silverman is a financial advisor with The Ascent Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Osaic Wealth, Triad Advisors, and Ameritas Life Insurance, among others. He serves on the boards of Achievable Dream Virginia Beach and Scholarship America, organizations focused on educational support for underprivileged students. The Ascent Group is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $4.93 billion, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a range of investment strategies and platforms and serves more than 3,500 clients through a team of four advisors.

Lieren Timeus is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Alera Investment Advisors, LLC. He has worked with firms including Ameritas Investment Corp and Triad Advisors LLC. Timeus serves on the investment committee of the Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital Foundation, a regional nonprofit organization. Alera Investment Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, businesses, institutions, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term, fundamental-analysis-driven investment approach and integrates insurance and pension consulting platforms alongside its advisory services.

Christopher Stout is a financial advisor at AlphaStar Capital Management with a Series 65 credential. He has been active in the industry since 2016, including roles at Paraclete Wealth Partners and Paraclete Wealth Management. AlphaStar Capital Management serves individual, corporate, and retirement plan clients, providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, participant account management, and subadvisory services. The firm uses a combination of strategic and tactical investment approaches across various asset types and employs third-party portfolio construction technology.

Kristina Hoard is a financial advisor with Alera Investment Advisors, LLC based in Virginia Beach, VA. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has 16 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Empower Financial Services, Inc., Capital Group - American Funds, and T. Rowe Price. Alera Investment Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, families, businesses, and institutions. The firm employs a primarily long-term, fundamental-analysis approach and offers a range of portfolio construction options, along with ERISA plan consulting and ongoing portfolio supervision.

Sarah Holtzinger is a financial advisor at Brown Advisory with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Brown Advisory since 2018, previously serving at Signature Financial Management, Inc. since 2013. Brown Advisory provides integrated investment and wealth-management services primarily to high-net-worth families, family offices, and select charitable trusts and foundations, employing a long-term, full-market-cycle investment approach with a focus on risk management through diversified allocations and valuation discipline.

Teague Avey is a CFP® professional with 10 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at Brown Advisory since 2018 and previously spent time with Signature Financial Management, Inc. and Heritage Wealth Advisors. Brown Advisory serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, charitable trusts, and foundations by providing integrated wealth management and portfolio management. The firm employs a long-term investment approach combining global active and passive strategies, utilizing affiliated and external managers to access alternatives and supplementing research with AI-enabled tools.

Paige Fraasch is a financial advisor at Gradient Investments, LLC with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been associated with Norseman Financial, Inc. and Norseman Advisory Group, Inc. since 2014, working approximately half of her time as an insurance agent involved in insurance services and product sales. Gradient Investments, LLC provides discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, institutions, and a variety of other entities. The firm employs a proprietary Wright Investment Strategies framework and offers a range of model and custom portfolios, managing assets on a fee-only basis without acting as a custodian.

Eric Johnson is a financial advisor at Brown Advisory with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Signature Financial Management, Inc., Brown Advisory, and B&L Wealth Group, LLC. Brown Advisory provides integrated investment and wealth-management services primarily to high-net-worth families, family offices, and select charitable trusts and foundations. The firm employs a long-term, full-market-cycle investment approach with diversified allocations, active and passive manager selection, and offers tailored services including discretionary portfolio management, strategic planning, and philanthropic planning.

Christopher Rusbuldt is a CFA® charterholder with 26 years of industry experience. He is currently a financial advisor at Brown Advisory, where he has worked since 2018, and also has a longstanding role at Signature Financial Management, Inc. In addition to his advisory work, he co-founded and serves as a director of Amped LAX, LLC, an organization that runs youth lacrosse camps and clinics. Brown Advisory provides integrated investment and wealth-management services primarily to high-net-worth families, family offices, and select charitable trusts and foundations. The firm employs a long-term, full-market-cycle investment approach focused on risk management through diversified allocations, valuation discipline, and a combination of active and passive strategies.

Ashley Galler is an investment advisor representative with The Ascent Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Osaic Wealth, Inc., Triad Advisors, and Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., among others. She serves on the investment committees for the United Way of South Hampton Roads and Women United, nonprofit organizations focused on overseeing foundation assets. The Ascent Group manages approximately $4.93 billion and offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and subadvisory services to a diverse client base that includes individuals, trusts, estates, and institutional entities. The firm utilizes a range of investment vehicles and platforms, including proprietary model portfolios and independent managers, to serve more than 3,500 clients through a team of four advisors.

Weyman Gong is a financial advisor at Brown Advisory with 27 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Brown Advisory since 2018, as well as at Signature Financial Management, Inc. since 1998. Brown Advisory provides integrated investment and wealth-management services primarily to high-net-worth families, family offices, and charitable trusts and foundations. The firm employs a long-term investment approach with diversified allocations, combining active and passive strategies, and offers a range of services including discretionary portfolio management, strategic planning, and philanthropic planning.

Christopher Mclean is a financial advisor at Brown Advisory with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Brown Advisory since 2018, as well as Signature Financial Management since 2010. Outside of his advisory work, he has conducted research on real estate purchases and sales with a focus on conservation easements since 2003. Brown Advisory provides integrated investment and wealth-management services primarily to high-net-worth families, family offices, and a smaller number of charitable trusts and foundations. The firm employs a long-term, full-market-cycle investment approach with diversified allocations and combines in-house research with third-party manager selection.

Sean Meehan is a CFA® charterholder with 27 years of experience in the investment industry. He has worked at Brown Advisory since 2018 and previously spent 21 years at Bessemer Trust Co. NA. Meehan also contributes to the CFA Institute by reviewing and commenting on curriculum readings for the CFA program. Brown Advisory provides integrated investment and wealth-management services primarily to high-net-worth families, family offices, and charitable trusts and foundations. The firm employs a long-term, full-market-cycle investment approach with diversified allocations and combines in-house research with third-party manager selection to serve its clients.

Craig Stanley is an investment advisor representative with The Ascent Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 18 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Alera Investment Advisors, Triad Advisors, and Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. Stanley is also involved in retirement plan consulting through Summit Group 401(k) and participates as a member in business ventures with close associates. The Ascent Group is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $4.93 billion and serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and model portfolios.

Kevin Felty is a financial advisor at Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC and Felty Life Agency since 2021. Outside of his advisory role, Felty is employed as a surgical technician at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC, doing business as Fusion Investment Advisors, provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients. The firm utilizes an open-architecture platform and combines internally developed and independent asset allocation models with fundamental and technical analysis to manage client portfolios.

Rose Bennetch is a financial advisor at Brown Advisory with 20 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. She has worked at Brown Advisory since 2018 and has also been with Signature Financial Management, Inc. since 2012. Brown Advisory provides integrated investment and wealth-management services primarily to high-net-worth families, family offices, and select charitable trusts and foundations, offering discretionary portfolio management, strategic planning, and philanthropic planning. The firm employs a long-term, full-market-cycle investment approach, combining active and passive strategies while managing risk through diversified allocations and valuation discipline.

Jessica Harris is a financial advisor with Financial Security Advisory Inc in Newport News, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 21 years of industry experience. She has been with Financial Security Management, Inc. since 2004. Outside of her advisory role, Harris is active as an agent with Financial Security Group, Inc., where she prepares quotes and applications for life and health insurance as well as financial plans. Financial Security Advisory, Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and long-term holdings, utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods to select investments and offering advisory programs through third-party platforms.

Jean Logan is a financial advisor at Brown Advisory with 15 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® designation and Series 65 license. Prior to joining Brown Advisory in 2018, she worked at Signature Financial Management, Inc. since 2011. Brown Advisory provides integrated investment and wealth-management services primarily to high-net-worth families, family offices, and charitable trusts and foundations. The firm employs a long-term, full-market-cycle investment approach with diversified allocations and combines in-house research with an Investment Solutions Group to select managers and support client liquidity needs.