Keith McGowan is a financial advisor at American Advisors LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with American Advisors LLC since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he manages a family partnership through McGowan Enterprises. American Advisors LLC offers portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employee benefit plans, employing a range of investment strategies including options trading and short sales within discretionary accounts.

Brian Dougherty is a financial advisor with PLC Investment Solutions, LLC in Philadelphia, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. His background includes roles at Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC, Elite Investment Team LLC, and Thrive Capital Management, among others. He is also vice president and treasurer for several nonprofit organizations. PLC Investment Solutions provides discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, often directing them to third-party professional money managers. The firm uses quantitative analysis, portfolio modeling, and Monte Carlo simulations in its investment process and offers educational webinars on financial topics.

William March III is a financial advisor at Spring City Partners, LLC in Philadelphia, PA, with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC for three years before joining Spring City Partners in 2018. Spring City Partners provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a long-term, value-oriented investment approach that incorporates fundamental analysis and proprietary alternative data, with portfolios often concentrated and involving margin and options strategies when suitable.

Andrew White is a financial advisor at Latham Financial LLC in Ivyland, PA, with one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he served for 21 years at the United States Department of Defense. He holds the Series 65 designation. Latham Financial LLC provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, families, trusts, estates, churches, and businesses. The firm focuses on long-term, research-based asset allocation and tax-aware strategies, including consulting on technology-related investments such as Bitcoin-related securities.

Neil Werberig is the owner and sole advisor at Maximum Asset Strategies with 43 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Maximum Asset Strategies since 1987, with prior experience at Madison Avenue Securities. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of Tree of Life Ministries, a nonprofit organization, and volunteers in an advisory capacity on the Upper Makefield Township Pension Committee. Maximum Asset Strategies is an independent, sole-practitioner firm that provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and entities such as trusts and estates. The firm refers investment assets to third-party money managers and focuses on non-discretionary advice, offering written financial plans and educational seminars rather than direct portfolio management.

Ronald Saul II is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Omaris Financial, LLC. His work history includes roles at Vanguard and Collective Wealth Partners, among others. In addition to his advisory duties, he engages in financial education and literacy initiatives through Omaris Financial, producing content, hosting webinars, and providing one-on-one coaching. Omaris Financial, LLC provides financial planning and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm employs a blend of passive and active investment strategies, offers project-based and ongoing planning, and incorporates third-party managers in its investment process.

My name is Rob Stromberg. I’m a CFP® and the founder of Mountain River Financial. I provide fiduciary and fee-only advice, investment management, and financial planning to six-figure earners in their 30s and 40s. I focus on helping clients make wise and purposeful decisions with their money so they can live a rewarding life today while building wealth for a successful tomorrow. With insight gained from my time working at an institutional wealth management firm in Connecticut where I consulted with other independent advisory firms to help them build better portfolios for their clients and more efficient overall advisory practices, I got my CFP® certification and founded Mountain River Financial so that I could begin working directly with my core client market of high-income earners under 50. I’m an active member of NAPFA and the XY planning network and am a frequent contributor to publications including The Wall Street Journal, US News & World Report, The Washington Post, Investment News, CNN Business, Nerdwallet and Yahoo! Finance, among others. Above all else, I’m committed to being the best husband and dad I can be. When I’m not manning the helm at Mountain River, you’ll find me enjoying quality time with my wife Kara, son Noah, daughter Addison, and our dog Autumn. We love spending time at the shore, generally enjoying the outdoors, and hanging together with our large extended family around the mid Atlantic.

George Antonak is a financial advisor at Thrift Financial, Inc. with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at ClearBridge Investments, Legg Mason Investor Services LLC, Harding Loevner Funds, and Quasar Distributors, LLC prior to joining Thrift Financial in 2021. Thrift Financial provides investment management and consulting services to individual and institutional clients, including endowments, foundations, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory with varied allocation strategies, and is notable for its active work with institutional clients and pension consulting for government, public, and private plans.

Stephen Kovach is a financial advisor with Global Advisers, LLC in Philadelphia, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and possessing 17 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Wall Street Global Advisers, LLC since 2015. Kovach serves on the Boards of Directors for The International Business Development Institute and The Boston Graduate School of Business, both nonprofit educational organizations. Global Advisers advises a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, businesses, and plan sponsors. The firm employs Modern Portfolio Theory within a top-down analytical framework to create customized investment policies and manages portfolios using a range of instruments, while also providing financial planning and managed philanthropy services.

William McKenna is a financial advisor at McKenna & Sullivan Inc with 45 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license and has been with McKenna & Sullivan since 1999. The firm provides estate and financial planning, personal money management, small business consulting, and investment management services to individuals, estates, trusts, retirement plans, and businesses. Their investment approach emphasizes non-discretionary asset management, utilizing SEI institutional model portfolios and mutual funds, with client approval required for all trades and rebalancing.

Ben Engel is a financial advisor at Modesto Capital with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has held roles at WideQ Financial and Meged Funding Group, where he performs accounting and finance tasks alongside his advisory work. Modesto Capital serves individual investors, high-net-worth individuals, and businesses, offering discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm combines public seminars and workshops with pension consulting and manages a concentrated client base with a focus on strategic asset allocation and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Glen Frost is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Frost Financial Advisory Group LLC. His previous roles include extensive tenure at Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Advisors. Frost Financial Advisory Group LLC provides discretionary asset management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, small businesses, and estates. The firm focuses on asset allocation and modern portfolio theory to build diversified portfolios tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances, with regular account reviews and ongoing monitoring.

Matthew Plaugher is a financial advisor at North Manor Capital in Philadelphia, PA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has five years of industry experience, including roles at Sei and Phasex Corporation. He began his advisory role at North Manor Capital in 2026. North Manor Capital is a newly formed, state-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals and small businesses. The firm also offers accounting and bookkeeping services alongside advisory offerings and employs a multi-tiered investment approach tailored to client goals.

Robert Goldberg is a CFP® professional at Blue Coast Financial Planning with two years of industry experience. Prior to founding Blue Coast, he worked for Accenture from 2011 to 2023. Blue Coast Financial Planning offers fee-only financial planning and consulting to individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on long-term planning with a simplified, broadly diversified investment approach. The firm emphasizes educational seminars and hourly, project-based planning engagements, with clients responsible for implementing recommendations through their chosen custodians.

John Baranauskas is a CFP® and Series 66 licensed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Sweetgum Laboratories LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2019. His prior experience includes roles at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Sterne Agee Financial Services, RPH Financial, and Equinox Group Distributors. He is also a licensed insurance agent. Sweetgum Laboratories LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm employs a combination of cyclical, fundamental, modern-portfolio-theory, and quantitative analysis with a long-term trading orientation, managing client portfolios primarily on a non-discretionary basis.

Joseph Defazio is a CFP® and ChFC® with 12 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at Northwestern Mutual for nine years and has been with 10th Street Capital since 2022. Defazio is also licensed to sell insurance products and provides fee-based financial planning and consultation services. 10th Street Capital offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily to families, small business owners, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm uses a passive investment approach with model portfolios based on ETFs across multiple asset classes, complemented by insurance products and precious-metal ETFs to diversify client portfolios.

Dean Spear is a financial advisor with The Benchmark Group RIA Services, LLC, holding a Series 63 license and more than 24 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with The Benchmark Group since 1998 and has worked with various firms including Union Central Life Insurance and Ameritas Life Insurance. Outside his advisory role, Spear is involved in entrepreneurial ventures such as owning and managing commercial real estate properties and holding an ownership interest in a solar investment company. The Benchmark Group RIA Services, LLC provides comprehensive financial planning primarily to high-net-worth individuals and closely held, family-owned businesses, as well as pension and employee benefit plan consulting. The firm focuses on planning without managing client investment portfolios, serving instead as a pension consultant and referrer to unaffiliated investment advisers.

Donald Bird is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience and is the principal advisor at Bird Financial Group LLC, an independent firm based in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to founding Bird Financial Group in 2024, he worked at PFM Asset Management LLC and Hirtle & Co., LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Donald Bird is actively engaged in coaching and speaking on leadership, financial education, and personal growth through Bird Brand Enterprises LLC, and he produces financial planning and personal development content via Be Legendary Media Group LLC. Bird Financial Group LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm employs a mix of fundamental, quantitative, technical, and cyclical analysis, offering model portfolios tailored to client objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizon, supported by regular reviews and integrated financial planning tools.

Gregory Hart is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ with 10 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Haddon Wealth Management, LLC since 2015. Haddon Wealth Management, LLC is a fee-only, independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, business entities, and charitable institutions. The firm offers financial planning and discretionary investment management, incorporating tax-aware portfolio construction and a focus on charitable giving strategies.

Jonathan Heller is a CFP® and CFA® with 18 years of experience in financial advising. He is the principal of KEJ Financial Advisors, an independent firm based in Newtown, PA, which he has led since 2008. KEJ Financial Advisors serves middle- and upper-income individuals and families with comprehensive, fee-only financial planning, including tax preparation, retirement planning, and estate plan reviews. The firm provides tailored investment recommendations primarily using no-load mutual funds and operates on a non-discretionary basis, focusing on client authorization for transactions.