Chris Heintz is a financial advisor at Perennial with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Perennial Advisors LLC since 2013. Perennial serves individual clients, family offices, trusts, estates, small businesses, and other organizations, providing wealth advisory, financial planning, and portfolio management. The firm employs a customized, tax-aware investment process that includes fundamental research, diversification, rebalancing, and the use of derivatives and borrowing within separately managed accounts.

Candy Batista is a financial advisor at United Asset Strategies Inc. with eight years at the firm and a total of four years in the industry. Her prior experience includes roles at Marsh & McLennan and the Westbury School District. United Asset Strategies provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans through a team-based advisory model. The firm manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets and employs diversified, tailored portfolios with a range of risk management and trading strategies.

Thomas Healy III is a financial advisor at United Asset Strategies Inc. with 11 years at the firm and four years of industry experience. The firm provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. United Asset Strategies manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets and operates through a team-based advisory model emphasizing diversified, tailored portfolios and active risk management strategies.

Michael George is a financial advisor at Watts Capital Partners LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and has been with Watts Capital since 2016. Prior to that, he worked at Global Arena Capital Corp for nine years. Michael serves as a co-trustee for a trust account under New York State law, a role he has held since 1984. Watts Capital Partners serves individual and family clients, business owners, and enterprises, including Gen X/Gen Y professionals and clients navigating divorce. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and investment management services, employing a mix of core, tactical, and alternative strategies, and uses proprietary quantitative models alongside derivatives and options strategies.

Cesar Flotat is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Transatlantique Private Wealth LLC in New York, NY. He has one year of industry experience, including previous roles at Banque Transatlantique and Deloitte. His background also includes work in education and travel. Transatlantique Private Wealth provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and trusts, with a focus on French expatriates in the U.S. and U.S. persons holding euro-denominated assets. The firm’s investment process combines macroeconomic and thematic research from affiliated European teams with fundamental and technical analysis to construct and monitor portfolios.

Michael Fishman is a financial advisor with NerdWallet Wealth Partners, LLC in New York, NY. He holds a Series 65 credential and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining NerdWallet Wealth Partners, he worked at Goldman Sachs for nine years and spent a year in extended travel. NerdWallet Wealth Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as certain charitable organizations, providing discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning. The firm uses a team approach and primarily implements passive, asset-class-weighted portfolios supplemented with fundamental analysis, offering access to alternative investments and employing third-party sub-advisers for specialized strategies.

Jason Mahabirsingh is a financial advisor at Momentum Advisors with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. and Credit Suisse First Boston, where he worked for a combined 19 years before becoming self-employed from 2018 to 2022. Momentum Advisors serves individual and organizational clients such as families, trusts, charitable organizations, and small businesses, offering wealth management, financial planning, investment management, and consulting services. The firm builds customized portfolios based on clients’ risk profiles and time horizons, using both discretionary and non-discretionary management approaches alongside third-party managers and subadvisers.

Christine Lucero is a CFP® professional with four years of experience at Satovsky Asset Management LLC in New York, NY. She has been with the firm since 2013, which operates as a team of five advisors. Satovsky Asset Management provides wealth management, holistic financial planning, and investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $844 million in regulatory assets and emphasizes goals-based planning, tax-efficient portfolio construction, and low-cost, often passive investment strategies with flexibility for alternative investments when appropriate.

Karen Altfest is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience. She has been with Altfest Personal Wealth Management since 2009. Altfest Personal Wealth Management serves individual clients across wealth levels, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and ERISA fiduciary services, managing portfolios with a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside both long- and short-term strategies. It is also notable for its role as a private fund adviser and sponsor of multiple pooled investment vehicles.

Preston Buhrmaster is a financial advisor at Zoe Financial, Inc. in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Everlaw and Aflac, as well as experience with a CPA firm and his own company, JH Buhrmaster CO. Zoe Financial, Inc. operates an online referral service that connects individual and high-net-worth clients to third-party registered investment advisers within its Zoe Advisor Network. The firm also offers the Zoe Wealth Platform, providing reporting and administrative support to participating RIAs, focusing on referrals and platform services rather than direct retail account management.

Jiorden Sanchez is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs for four years before joining United Asset Strategies Inc. in 2020, where he is part of a team of 25 advisors. United Asset Strategies provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets and employs a team-based advisory model with an investment approach that includes diversified, tailored portfolios and active fixed-income management.

Philip Oppenheimer is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer + Close, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with the firm since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a managing member, analyst, and portfolio manager of Oppvest, LLC, which is the general partner of three investment partnerships. Oppenheimer + Close serves individuals, families, retirement-plan participants, trusts, and accredited investors. The firm employs a long-term, value-oriented investment approach focused on exchange-listed domestic and foreign equities, offering discretionary portfolio management, fiduciary advice, and coordinated financial planning.

Thorne Perkin is a financial advisor at Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked with Papamarkou Wellner Asset Management Inc. since 2014 and Papamarkou Wellner & Co., Inc. since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is an owner and board member of Perkin & Perkin LLC, a start-up developing surgical disinfecting soap. Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors primarily manages pooled vehicles and institutional assets, serving high-net-worth individuals, family offices, endowments, foundations, pensions, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs proprietary analytical modeling and a bottom-up equity research process combined with a multi-manager approach, offering a range of investment strategies and sponsoring private funds such as the PW Portfolio and the PW Nordic Tech Fund.

Ralph Metz is a financial advisor with Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management LLC in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Spartan Capital Securities, LLC since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, Ralph is a 22% owner investor in a CrossFit gym operated by his brother. Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management provides personalized investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers portfolio management, third-party money manager oversight, and ongoing investment consultation, primarily using non-discretionary arrangements and relying on third-party managers and model portfolios.

Gerson Ossers is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC since 2019. His prior roles include positions at Source Financial Advisors, Procyon Private Wealth Partners, and UBS Financial Services. Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing over $2 billion for individuals, families, trusts, and other entities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with fee-based financial planning. The firm emphasizes individualized portfolio management with a long-term investment horizon and employs a range of investment strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Laura Asker is a financial advisor at Empirical Research Partners LLC with 19 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Empirical Research Partners for a total of 18 years, with a five-year hiatus. Empirical Research Partners provides data-driven research and on-request investment advice exclusively to institutional investors such as money managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, and broker-dealers. The firm focuses on quantitative models combining macroeconomic and statistical analysis to support professional investors’ independent decision-making rather than managing assets or executing trades.

Ladyanne Castellanos is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 11 years of experience in the financial industry. She has worked at Ameraudi Asset Management, Inc. since 2024 and previously held positions at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors. Ameraudi Asset Management provides portfolio management and asset-allocation services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and trusts, focusing on exchange-traded funds and combining fundamental, technical, and macroeconomic analysis within both discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Interaudi Bank, serving a diverse client base including many non-U.S. investors.

Matthew Healey is a financial advisor at Flagstar Securities, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms, including Signature Securities Group Corp. and Flagstar Advisors. Flagstar Securities, Inc. provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages accounts on a discretionary basis using a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and third-party managers, with approximately $784 million in discretionary assets under management as of December 31, 2025.

Kenneth Gutwillig is a financial advisor at Financial Decisions, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Financial Decisions since 2016, with prior roles at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Hornor Townsend & Kent. He is also involved in insurance sales and services, including life, accident, health, disability, and long-term care insurance. Financial Decisions serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a diversified investment approach with a mix of bonds, equities, independent managers, and variable annuity management, operating from multiple offices despite a small advisory team.

Yasmeen Mock is a financial advisor at Kimelman & Baird, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with the firm in various capacities since 2002. Outside of her advisory role, she serves on the finance committee of Lifeway Network, providing financial oversight. Kimelman & Baird offers discretionary portfolio management to individuals, families, trusts, charitable and institutional investors, including retirement-plan clients, primarily through separately managed accounts. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis with both long- and short-term trading strategies tailored to client objectives.