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.

Matthew Arndt is a CFP® and CFA® with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Gallatin Investments, LLC since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he is also a CPA and provides tax return services through a separate accounting practice. Gallatin Financial Advisors serves primarily individual and high-net-worth clients, offering portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a disciplined investment approach based on asset allocation and security analysis, providing clients with discretionary account management and tiered subscription planning options.

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.

Jacob Mc Connell is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience currently advising clients at River's Edge Wealth Management. His prior experience includes roles at O. N. Equity Sales Company and Hummel Wealth Management, among others. Outside of finance, he is involved with Life Family Church in Beaver, Pennsylvania. River's Edge Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, particularly physicians and owners of closely held businesses, managing approximately $157 million across 217 client relationships. The firm employs an evidence-based, goal-driven investment approach with an emphasis on tax efficiency and long-term risk management, and it offers services such as discretionary portfolio management, direct indexing, and physician contract review.

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.

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 with Schenley Capital, Inc. in Sewickley, PA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. She has been with 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, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and other entities. The firm combines individualized investment policies based on client interviews with fundamental analysis and asset allocation, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management alongside automated advisory options through the Schwab Institutional Intelligent Portfolios platform.

Jake Mccracken is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving at River's Edge Wealth Management since 2021. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual in various capacities from 2011 to 2020 and spent a year at EWA, LLC. River’s Edge Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, with a focus on physicians and owners of closely held businesses. The firm employs an evidence-based, goal-driven investment approach emphasizing tax efficiency and long-term risk management, and it offers services including discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, direct indexing strategies, and educational seminars.

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.

Kenneth Urish is a financial advisor at Steel Tower Investments with 17 years of industry experience. He is also the managing partner of Urish Popeck & Co., an accounting firm, and serves on the board of directors of BlackRock, Inc., where he chairs the audit committee for the Equity Liquidity Fund. He has held leadership roles in various family partnerships and accounting businesses since the 1970s. Steel Tower Investments provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized portfolios and access to multiple investment platforms, serving a client base that includes high-net-worth, institutional, and offshore accounts.

Bradford Hess is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Steel Tower Investments. His prior roles include positions at Goldman Sachs, Levy Wealth Management Group, LPL Financial, and VOYA Financial Advisors. He is also an independent licensed insurance agent. Steel Tower Investments provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, trusts, corporations, retirement plans, and municipal entities. The firm offers customized portfolio solutions and access to alternative investments, serving both domestic and significant non-U.S. clients through a small team with multiple affiliated services.

John Mccarthy is a financial advisor at Gallatin Financial Advisors, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Cetera and Premier College Planning, among other firms. Outside of advisory services, he is also licensed to sell fixed insurance products. Gallatin Financial Advisors serves primarily individual and high-net-worth clients, offering portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and consulting. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes asset-allocation planning and security analysis, with ongoing client access through tiered subscription plans or traditional account management.

Alexander Gough is a CFP® professional with over eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Nav Wealth Partners since 2026 and previously spent seven years at Allegheny Financial Group. Prior to his advisory roles, he was employed at Robert Morris University for three years. Nav Wealth Partners provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm combines fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to construct diversified portfolios tailored to clients' investment policy statements.

Melissa Corso is a financial advisor with JMS Capital Group Wealth Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. She has worked at JMS Capital Group since 2015 and previously at PWA Securities, Inc. and Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. from 2010 to 2017. In addition to her advisory role, she is an independent insurance agent. JMS Capital Group Wealth Services LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm manages approximately $161 million across about 410 client relationships and employs a personalized investment approach combining fundamental, technical, and asset-allocation analysis.

Greg Miller is a financial advisor with Guardian Capital, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Guardian Capital since 2010 and also operates Greg Miller & Associates, where he provides estate planning services and insurance products. Additionally, he is a franchise owner of SportsClips in Pennsylvania. Guardian Capital, LLC is a fee-based investment adviser managing approximately $128 million for around 240 clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and limited-scope ERISA 3(21) retirement-plan advisory services.

Lynn Johnson is a financial advisor at 4th River Financial Group, Inc. with 17 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as President and Chairman of the Board for a nonprofit focused on educating teens about the hazards of distracted driving, organizing fundraising events such as a hockey tournament. 4th River Financial Group provides investment supervisory services and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $66.6 million across about 301 client relationships, operating primarily on a non-discretionary basis and employing a blend of charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis within both long- and short-term trading strategies.

Ronald Smith is a financial advisor at 4 Th River Financial Group, Inc. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with 4 Th River Financial Group and Financial Independence Group since 2009, as well as Whitney & Associates since 2016. He is also active as an insurance agent for Whitney & Associates and Financial Independence Group, spending approximately 10 hours per month on insurance and annuity marketing. 4th River Financial Group provides investment supervisory services and financial planning to individuals and business entities, managing around $66.6 million in assets across approximately 301 client relationships. The firm operates primarily on a non-discretionary basis, employing a combination of charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and offers services such as personalized Investment Policy Statements, a client newsletter with trade recommendations, and periodic educational seminars.

Bryan Vescio is a financial advisor at VAM Group, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has formerly operated several advisory practices, including Vescio Asset Management and Bryan Advisory Services. VAM Group LLC provides ongoing portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and government entities. The firm uses a combination of cyclical, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, employing both long- and short-term trading strategies tailored to client needs.