Gary Storie is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 22 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has led Storie Financial Advisory LLC since 2010 and also operates a tax preparation business as an Enrolled Agent, providing tax return preparation and support. In addition, he advises clients on life insurance and annuity products, though he does not sell insurance. Storie Financial Advisory LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, and foundations with fee-only financial planning, investment management, and federal and state income tax preparation. The firm uses a Core+Satellite investment approach with non-discretionary management and offers services on an hourly fee basis, including a 20% discount for U.S. military veterans.

Richard Lerach is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving at Atmos Advisory, LLC. His prior work includes roles at UBS/The LRM Group, M Holdings Securities, and Gateway Financial Group. He is involved in several community organizations, including serving as chair of the investment committee for the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and Mt. Lebanon Community Foundation, and volunteering as a ski patroller. Atmos Advisory serves a diverse client base that includes individual investors across wealth tiers, pension plans, trusts, and estates. The firm employs ETF-focused, modern portfolio theory–based strategies with a discretionary approach, emphasizing tax awareness, low turnover, and periodic rebalancing, while managing a concentrated client roster through a small advisory team.

Michael Dudkowski is a financial advisor at VAM Group, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has previously worked at Hightree Advisors and Willis Towers Watson. He serves as a volunteer board member for Achieva Family Trust, a nonprofit supporting individuals with disabilities. VAM Group, LLC provides portfolio management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The firm employs a variety of investment methods and conducts monthly account reviews, serving a relatively small client base with discretionary assets under management.

Andrew Van Treeck is a CFP® professional with two years of industry experience, currently serving at Hippocratic Financial Advisors. Prior to joining Hippocratic Financial Advisors in 2023, he worked at Fort Pitt Capital Group and held roles at Jewish Family and Community Services and Compass Americorps. Hippocratic Financial Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing fee-only wealth management, comprehensive financial planning, and educational seminars. The firm’s investment approach is long-term and goals-based, with customized portfolios emphasizing diversification, tax-aware asset location, and cost minimization.

Cole Harris is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at JMH Wealth Management, LLC since 2018 and previously held roles at the Ministry of Education in Spain and AeroTek. JMH Wealth Management serves high-net-worth individuals and related entities, providing customized, discretionary investment management combined with financial planning at no additional charge. The firm employs a fundamentally based investment process with centralized portfolio decision-making and manages approximately $124 million for a small client base.

Michael Trauman is a financial advisor at Reliance Financial Advisors with a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. His background includes roles at Commonwealth Financial Network, Deloitte, and the Ohio Society of CPAs. Outside of financial advising, he is involved in tax preparation through a CPA practice. Reliance Financial Advisors is a small firm providing tailored financial planning services to individuals, trusts, non-profits, and businesses. The firm offers a broad scope of planning services and generally delivers non-discretionary advice through hourly or fixed-fee engagements, with implementation services directed through affiliated broker-dealer platforms.

Jillian Gisoni is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Kapusta Financial Group. She has previously worked at Santori & Peters, Fortune Financial Services, and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC, among others. Kapusta Financial Group provides financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $200 million in client assets using a non-discretionary approach that incorporates Modern Portfolio Theory and a range of investment vehicles, supported by quarterly reviews and research from sources such as Morningstar and Standard & Poor’s.

Theodore Staats III is a financial advisor with Securities Brokerage Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Cetera Wealth Services, LPL Financial, and Cetera Advisor Networks. He also holds a license as a fixed insurance agent, selling life insurance. Securities Brokerage Services is a state-registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, nonprofits, and business entities. The firm offers non-discretionary, fee-based advisory services, institutional consulting, and tailored financial planning, managing client accounts through a dual brokerage and advisory model.

Thomas Boris is a financial advisor with Guardian Capital, LLC, where he has worked for 14 years. He holds legal credentials and has also practiced law at the Elder Law Offices of Shields & Boris for over 22 years. Outside of his financial advisory role, he maintains an active legal practice specializing in elder law and insurance services. Guardian Capital, LLC manages approximately $128 million for about 240 clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services using a variety of investment strategies and third-party model services.

Catherine Kapusta is a financial advisor at Kapusta Financial Group in Pittsburgh, PA, holding a Series 65 designation with eight years of industry experience. She has been with Kapusta Financial Group since 2014. Kapusta Financial Group provides financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $200 million in client assets, offering comprehensive planning and non-discretionary portfolio management based on client-specific profiles and asset-allocation models.

Steven Templeton is a CFP® with over 22 years of experience at Templeton Financial Planning and previously worked at Gene Root CFP for four years. He maintains a Series 63 registration and is based in Coraopolis, PA. Approximately 70% of his professional time is dedicated to comprehensive financial planning services including tax preparation, tax planning, and small business consulting. Templeton Financial Planning serves individuals and families across income levels with no minimum asset requirement, focusing on fee-only comprehensive planning that integrates investment advice with tax, retirement, education, and estate planning. The firm uses a non-discretionary approach to investment recommendations and emphasizes tax-efficient portfolio construction using no-load mutual funds, ETFs, and indexed strategies.

David Martin is a financial advisor at Financial Advisors Consortium, Inc. with 43 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation as well as Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in mortgage brokerage through Independence Lending LLC and real estate brokerage with Right Direction Real Estate, LLC. Financial Advisors Consortium, Inc. serves individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and private businesses. The firm provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management using a combination of technical, fundamental, and cyclical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory.

Ryan Knoll is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Nav Wealth Partners since 2024. He previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services LLC and PNC Investments, LLC. Knoll is also a licensed insurance agent. Nav Wealth Partners provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to create diversified portfolios aligned with client investment policy statements.

Elizabeth Genter is a financial advisor at Schenley Capital, Inc. with 17 years of industry experience and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. She has worked at Schenley Capital since 1989. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as an Edgeworth Borough Councilwoman and is a board member of BOSS Controls, LLC. Schenley Capital primarily serves individual investors, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and an automated advisory option through Schwab Institutional Intelligent Portfolios, combining hands-on planning with automated strategies and selective private fund recommendations.

Alan Popa is a financial advisor at Popa Financial Services, Inc. with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been leading Popa Financial Services since its founding in 2001. In addition to his advisory role, he is president of Popa & Associates, PC, a full-service accounting firm providing tax, estate planning, auditing, and business advice to individuals and businesses. Popa Financial Services, Inc. is an independent registered investment adviser offering personalized financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, plans, trusts, estates, non-profits, and businesses. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach using passive index funds and ETFs complemented by actively managed funds, along with options-based defined outcome strategies and tailored written investment policies.

Caitlin Cully is a financial advisor at Aspire Wealth Architects with 18 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Aspire since 2018, following eight years at Wealthcare Capital Management LLC. Aspire Wealth Architects provides fee-only investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a goals-based investment process using Monte Carlo simulation to guide portfolio equity exposure, emphasizing broadly diversified, low-cost, tax-efficient indexed ETFs and offering services such as direct indexing and management of held-away assets.

Chris Roe is a financial advisor at Magnolia Private Wealth, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and Series 63 and 66 licenses. His prior roles include long tenures at Waldron Private Wealth and Rx Wealth Advisors, LLC. Outside of advisory work, he operates a CPA practice and manages several business ventures including real estate and tax advisory services. Magnolia Private Wealth is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers customized financial planning and portfolio management, combining fundamental and technical analysis, and provides access to private fund investments for qualified clients.

Kenneth Urish is a financial advisor at Steel Tower Investments with 16 years of industry experience. He has been involved with KEBSA Family Partnership, LP since 2003 and Urish Popeck & Co., LLC since 1976. He serves on the board of directors of BlackRock, Inc., where he is the audit committee chairperson for the Equity Liquidity Fund. Steel Tower Investments advises individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, retirement plans, and municipal entities, managing approximately $300.7 million across 43 clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting, utilizing a mix of firm and third-party models, sub-advisers, and unified managed account overlays.

Bradford Hess is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience currently serving as a financial advisor at Steel Tower Investments since 2023. He previously worked at Levy Wealth Management Group and LPL Financial from 2021 to 2023, and at Goldman Sachs from 2016 to 2021. Hess is also a licensed insurance agent. Steel Tower Investments provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, trusts and estates, corporations, retirement plans, and municipal entities. The firm offers customized portfolio solutions and access to alternative investments through affiliated broker-dealer and insurance entities, managing approximately $258.6 million with a small adviser team.

Darla Main is a CFP® professional with 36 years of industry experience, currently with Main Advisory, Inc. She previously worked at The STRATEGIC FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, INC. and Cetera Advisors LLC. Outside of advisory services, she is a fixed insurance agent. Main Advisory, Inc. serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans with discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term investment approach and provides ERISA retirement-plan advisory services as a 3(21) fiduciary.