David Dowd is a CFP® professional with 16 years of experience in financial planning. He has operated Dowd Financial Planning since 2009 in Montclair, NJ. Dowd Financial Planning is an independent, fee-only firm providing comprehensive financial planning to individuals and families through annual retainers, project retainers, and shorter Financial Fitness Reviews. The firm offers non-discretionary, tailored recommendations focused on tax-aware investment strategies and integrated financial and tax planning without managing client assets directly.

Giovanni Gambino is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Inner Circle Platinum Advisors LLC since 2011. He also operates a separate tax preparation and planning business, where he serves as president and sole owner. Inner Circle Platinum Advisors provides financial planning and investment advice to individuals, businesses, charities, and small pension plans, focusing on a conservative, advice-driven approach that emphasizes mutual funds and broad asset-class guidance. The firm offers hourly consulting and fixed-fee subscription arrangements, with clients implementing recommendations themselves rather than granting trading discretion or custody.

Kyle Wright is the principal of Wright Financial Advisory LLC in West Orange, NJ. He holds a Series 65 credential and has prior work experience at Brilliant Earth. Wright Financial Advisory LLC is an independent, fee-only firm offering comprehensive financial planning and investment consultation to individuals and small businesses. The firm provides advice on a non-discretionary basis without managing client assets, using fundamental and macroeconomic analysis delivered through various engagement models including hourly consulting and subscription services.

Daniel Sciortino is a ChFC® and Series 63 credentialed advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Fig Tree Wealth Management LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at National Wealth Management, Foresters Financial Services, and Sound State Entertainment. Outside of financial advising, he is involved in book publishing and education on biblical stewardship through Fig Tree Stewardship and is a member-owner of Godwit Coffee LLC, a coffee roastery focused on charitable activities. Fig Tree Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm’s investment approach includes diversified allocations tailored to risk profiles, with a Biblically Responsible Investing overlay that screens for consistency with specified Christian values, and offers pension consulting and participant education services.

Daniel Simonds is the principal and sole adviser at Contrary Investment Advisors with 30 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. Simonds previously worked at Grove Point Investments, LLC for 29 years before founding Contrary Investment Advisors in 2010. He has also been involved in employee benefits and insurance sales since 1990. Contrary Investment Advisors is an independent, single-adviser firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm offers pension consulting, discretionary asset management, a Capital Group Direct‑at‑Fund mutual fund service, and financial planning, emphasizing fundamental analysis and client-specific investment policies.

Brian Sheahen is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with eight years of industry experience. He is the managing member of Hudson Oak Wealth Advisory LLC and also operates Hudson Oak Tax Advisory LLC, a tax preparation and consulting firm. Prior to founding Hudson Oak, he worked at Andersen Tax LLC, Modera Wealth Management, LLC, and BBR Partners LLC. Hudson Oak Wealth Advisory provides wealth management services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, small businesses, and closely held entities. The firm’s investment approach is planning-driven, focusing on diversification and cost- and tax-efficient implementation, with an affiliation to an accounting and tax practice that offers integrated tax planning and optional tax preparation services.

Scott Doyle is a financial advisor at Horicon Wealth Management with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Ameriprise, J.P. Morgan Securities, and JPMorgan Chase Bank. Outside of finance, he works as a bartender with Dehart Associates LLC. Horicon Wealth Management is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser that primarily serves employer-sponsored retirement plans and also offers financial planning and wealth management services for individuals. The firm integrates goals-based planning with modern portfolio theory and provides pension consulting and ERISA 3(38) investment management services.

James Chen is the sole advisor at Solid Street Capital Management in Pine Brook, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 11 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with City Index Group since 2012. Solid Street Capital Management offers discretionary portfolio management primarily for pooled vehicles and institutional or corporate accounts, utilizing a blend of technical, fundamental, and statistical analysis. The firm employs a proprietary SS-Rating system to guide security selection and position sizing, and emphasizes client education through seminars, workshops, and published materials.

Harold Wachtel is the owner of Wachtel Capital Advisors, LLC and holds a Series 66 designation with 23 years of industry experience. He has worked at Aurora Private Wealth, APW Capital, Inc., and Fortune Financial Services, Inc. prior to founding his advisory firm in 2009. Wachtel Capital Advisors, LLC provides portfolio management and advisory services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as charitable organizations and pension or profit-sharing plan clients. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to manage discretionary accounts, often employing ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, equities, and occasionally margin and options strategies.

Michael Ashton is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Enduring Investments LLC, an independent firm he has been associated with since 2009, and previously worked at Real Asset Strategies, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an external consultant to BAG Corp, assisting with quantitative business issues such as sales targeting and inventory management. Enduring Investments advises individuals, institutional clients, and pooled investment vehicles, providing discretionary portfolio management and licensed access to systematic model portfolios. The firm focuses on inflation-indexed products and employs a variety of securities and techniques to tailor accounts according to client objectives and risk profiles.

Ajit Paranjpe is a financial advisor at Prima Innotech with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Prima Innotech since 2012. In addition to his advisory role, he has a long tenure at Veeco Instruments starting in 2006. Prima Innotech is an independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and consulting services to individual clients. The firm employs a proprietary OptionMaximizer analysis engine to guide investment decisions and supports clients through educational seminars, publications, and a subscription-based platform for self-directed investors.

Bruce Julien is the sole advisor at Julien Planning, LLC in Hackensack, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 20 years of industry experience. He has worked in wealth management and financial planning since 1991, including roles at National Wealth Management, LLC and his own firms, Julien Financial, LLC and Julien Planning, LLC. Julien also operates as an insurance agent and tax preparer through affiliated businesses. Julien Planning, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high net worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a goal-driven investment process using fundamental and technical analysis and offers portfolio management alongside financial planning covering retirement, taxes, employee benefits, and estate matters.

Xiaowei Jiang is a financial advisor at Oceanus Capital Management in Miami, FL, holding a Series 65 designation with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Oceanus Capital Management in 2024, Jiang worked at Oceanus Research LLC, GSA Capital, and Welton Investment Partners. Oceanus Capital Management provides customized investment management and consulting services primarily to high-net-worth and sophisticated investors. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, top-down thematic research and proprietary data science to construct diversified portfolios, often employing hedging techniques and derivatives as part of its investment approach.

Marc Shapiro is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Shapiro Asset Management, LLC since 2008, serving clients from Denville, NJ. Shapiro Asset Management provides discretionary investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm offers customized, long-term focused portfolios primarily composed of ETFs, individual stocks, and bonds, using fundamental and technical analysis with emphasis on risk management through asset allocation and diversification.

Gary Reneau is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license with 16 years of industry experience. He is currently the CEO, CIO, and CCO of IHP Wealth Management, where he has worked since 2010. Prior to founding IHP Wealth Management, he was with Silver Leaf Partners, LLC, from 2010 to 2020. Outside of his advisory role, Reneau provides consulting services to an oil services and carbon capture company and writes a monthly investor newsletter covering financial markets and macroeconomic trends. IHP Wealth Management provides investment advisory services to pooled vehicles, institutional clients, and a variety of other account types including individuals, trusts, pensions, and endowments. The firm employs a top-down, macro-driven investment process focused on relative asset-class and sector allocations, using mutual funds, ETFs, and occasionally individual securities, while conducting due diligence on recommended independent managers.

Mark Santangelo is a CFP® with 28 years of experience in financial advisory services. He is the principal of Titan Financial Services, LLC and also owns a CPA firm, Marsan Associates, PC. In addition to his financial and accounting work, he is involved in real estate development and management through Emerson Associates, LLC. Titan Financial Services, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers portfolio management, pension consulting, financial planning, and other consulting services, using client-specific investment policy statements combined with model asset-allocation portfolios and a multi-method security selection process.

Michael Maye is a CFP®, PFS™, and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 20 years of industry experience. He has been the principal of MJM Financial Advisors, LLC in Gillette, NJ since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, he conducts educational seminars and workshops for community groups, including seniors, women's groups, and university events. MJM Financial Advisors serves individual investors and their families, including high-net-worth clients, advising approximately 27 family groups with around $42 million in assets under management. The firm provides financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, and integrated wealth management that includes retirement, estate, tax planning, and business consulting. Its investment approach combines institutional-style no-load mutual funds, ETFs, and ETNs with a strategic asset allocation process, emphasizing a passive core and selective active allocations, alongside tax-sensitive implementation. The firm also offers tax planning and preparation services through its CPA affiliation.

Steven Rokeach is a CFA® charterholder and the principal advisor at Elliot Investment Management, LLC, with 23 years of industry experience. He founded and has operated the independent firm since 2003. Elliot Investment Management provides ongoing investment supervisory services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis with a range of strategies including options writing, managing portfolios across mutual funds, equities, bonds, fixed income, and select alternative products.

Sean Pullman is a financial advisor at Pullman Wealth in Montclair, NJ, holding a Series 65 designation with less than one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Glassner Carlton Financial and Wellmont Advisory LLC. Pullman Wealth is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with investment management and financial planning services. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis within a Modern Portfolio Theory framework to construct portfolios tailored to clients' goals and risk tolerance, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management alongside formal financial planning.

Zhirun Gao is a financial advisor at Easytransfer Corporation, holding a Series 65 designation and beginning their advisory career in 2025. Prior to joining Easytransfer, Gao was affiliated with various institutions, including Columbia University and Ohio State University. Easytransfer Corporation provides discretionary portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, focusing primarily on U.S. equities and ETFs. The firm employs multiple analytical methods and both long- and short-term trading strategies, while emphasizing regular monitoring, reporting, and equitable allocation of investment opportunities.