Whitney Johnson is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Waltham, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Commonwealth in 2014, Whitney worked at J. W. Cole Advisors, Inc. and Financial Advisers Of America, LLC. In 2026, Whitney began working with LPL Financial. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing about $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a comprehensive adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody/clearing services.

Bernard Layon is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Malden, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at Advised Assets Group, LLC since 2018 and Gwfs Equities Inc/Great West Life & Ann Ins Co since 2008. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management mainly to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and select retail brokerage account holders. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, emphasizing long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and savings rates in its financial planning approach.

Joshua Snell is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Merrill and Sherwin Williams. Outside of financial advising, he has worked as a customer service associate for Sherwin Williams. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, offering various advisory programs and support services. The firm provides a platform that includes operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management resources.

Christopher Mitchell is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Medway, MA. He holds the Series 66 designation and has 12 years of industry experience, including 13 years with Commonwealth Financial Network. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, while offering operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

William Olson is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Andover, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at GWFS Equities and Raymond James Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, he volunteers in a local bowling league, helping establish rules, set teams, and manage events. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutional investors, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Eric Sachetta is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. with nine years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Allworth Financial in 2026, he was a principal at Sachetta & Callahan, LLC for ten years and was involved with E Team Inc for seven years. Outside of his advisory work, Sachetta is an author and speaker, writing books and presenting on leadership and personal development at colleges since 2014. Allworth Financial serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, pension plans, trusts, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm provides a range of financial planning and portfolio management services using a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis and offers specialized investment strategies alongside educational resources.

Amanda Magee is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. She is currently with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC and previously worked at Financially In Tune, LLC and Resolute Financial. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced CIO services to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party Independent Managers and employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Colin Pierce is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2005. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with prior relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time planning services and ongoing discretionary management, operating within a vertically integrated structure that includes affiliated funds and donor-advised fund advisory services.

Brian Wolff is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Burlington, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Paychex, Brooklyn Boulders, Lyft, CBRE Group Inc, and Barclays Capital Inc. He is also involved in fixed insurance sales, dedicating part of his business hours to this activity. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm supports its advisors with operations, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management services, offering a range of discretionary and customized investment solutions.

Brian Brelinsky is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 credential and 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth Financial since 2005. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and hundreds of thousands of individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Kol Birke is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Waltham, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2001. Outside of his advisory role, he provides behavioral coaching services and seminars. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, and provides operational, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Isabela Miller is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Axial Financial Group, Fidelity Investments, Wellington Management, and teaching positions at College of the Holy Cross. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform offering managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Kenneth Lahey is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding Series 66 and Series 63 designations and 19 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Empower Financial Services and Fidelity, where he worked for over a decade. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm’s approach integrates proprietary and third-party planning methodologies focused on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing, delivered within Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Nelson Willard is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Commonwealth since 2016. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing over $210 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Mark Fraser is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2012. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time financial planning and ongoing portfolio management using model or customized portfolios under a fiduciary standard within a vertically integrated structure.

Spencer Betts is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in Lexington, MA, holding the CFP® designation and Series 63 license. He has 26 years of industry experience, including prior roles at LPL Financial, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and Dietz & Lynch Capital. Betts is also a partial owner of Bickling Financial Services, where he provides financial advisory services and serves as Chief Compliance Officer. Hightower Advisors offers investment advisory and planning services to a diverse group of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers across various investment vehicles, supported by proprietary research and operational features tailored to complex portfolios.

Lauren Cecchini is a CFP® professional with one year of experience, currently with Savant Wealth Management. She previously worked at Heritage Financial and Weiss Asset Management and has a background that includes work outside finance as a chef. Savant Wealth Management serves individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive wealth management and related services. The firm employs a blend of evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation alongside actively managed strategies, supported by a broad range of in-house capabilities and affiliated entities.

Mathew Smith is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Winooski, VT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2017 and has prior experience with Uber and Barcelona Wine Bar. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member and treasurer for Fellowship of the Wheel, a nonprofit organization that builds and maintains mountain bike trails in Chittenden County, Vermont. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, and offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services. The firm employs model-based portfolio construction with Envestnet as sub-adviser and overlay manager and supports a large client base through its extensive advisor network.

Renee Lebaron is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. She has been with Commonwealth since 2015. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and services, including discretionary model portfolios managed by its Investment Management and Research team, and supports affiliated advisors with operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice management.

Abbey Henderson is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor representative at NewEdge Advisors. She previously worked at Abaris Financial Group LLC and CWM, LLC. Outside of her advisory work, she owns Abbey Henderson LLC, a life coaching business offering one-on-one sessions and workshops, and is a committee member of the Professional Advisors Leadership Council at the Community Foundation for MetroWest. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisors. The firm provides a broad range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools to support advisor and client needs.