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.

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 financial advisor at Transatlantique Private Wealth LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Banque Transatlantique, Deloitte, and educational institutions such as IAE Lille and HEI Lille. Outside of advisory roles, he has experience with a company named August Porsche Addiction and extended travel. Transatlantique Private Wealth serves primarily high-net-worth individuals and similar private entities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management focused on cross-border needs. The firm emphasizes tailored asset allocation using proprietary modeling and benefits from its operational ties to Banque Transatlantique and the Crédit Mutuel group.

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.

Gary Raniolo II is a financial advisor at Next Level Private LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services and Merrill. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with nonprofit lacrosse organizations, including Predators Lacrosse LLC and Rye Youth Lacrosse. Next Level Private LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and annuity consulting to individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using diversified mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, and bonds, with ongoing client communication and periodic portfolio reviews.

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.

Francis Mckiernan is a financial advisor with Third View Private Wealth and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 12 years of industry experience and has previously worked at firms including Procyon Advisors, Baker Tilly, Bank of America, Merrill, and Morgan Stanley. Mckiernan is also a licensed insurance agent through Third View Risk, LLC, providing life insurance products to clients as needed. Third View Private Wealth offers personalized investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to a diverse client base that includes individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and institutional and charitable entities. The firm uses a combination of in-house and third-party model portfolios, separately managed accounts, and alternative investments to implement tailored strategies.

Philip Oppenheimer is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer + Close, LLC in New York, NY, with 11 years of industry experience and a Series 63 designation. He has worked at Oppenheimer + Close since 2006. In addition to his advisory role, he is a managing member of OppVest, LLC, which serves as the general partner of three investment partnerships. Oppenheimer + Close provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plan participants. The firm employs a long-term value investing approach focused on fundamental research and balance-sheet strength, while also managing multiple private partnerships that pursue opportunistic strategies through affiliated pooled investment vehicles.

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 Jr. is a financial advisor with Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management LLC in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked with Spartan Capital Securities, LLC since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is a 22% owner and investor in a CrossFit gym business. Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management offers personalized investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, and other business entities, focusing on portfolio management and oversight of third-party money managers. The firm tailors guidance to clients' objectives and risk tolerance, managing assets primarily on a non-discretionary basis and integrating broker-dealer and insurance activities under common ownership.

Gerson Ossers is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Cerity Partners LLC since 2026. He previously worked at Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC for seven years, along with positions at Source Financial Advisors, Procyon Private Wealth Partners, UBS Financial Services, and Northwestern Mutual Investment Management. Shufro, Rose & Co. provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement accounts, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes individualized, long-term portfolio management using equities, fixed income, ETFs, mutual funds, and cash equivalents.

Justin Singer is a financial advisor at Tortoise Investment Management, LLC with 15 years of experience. He has been with Tortoise since 2011. Tortoise provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and trusts, focusing on risk management, a conservative long-term approach, and tax efficiency. The firm offers comprehensive financial advice beyond investments, including college and retirement planning, mortgage financing, insurance, charitable giving, and estate planning.

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.

Anthony Ghetian is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at CFS Investment Advisory Services, LLC since 2019 and previously spent nine years at EF Legacy Securities. CFS Investment Advisory Services, LLC provides financial planning, consulting, discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, and retirement plan consulting for individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $2.73 billion in assets and customizes client portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and Independent Managers, offering both advisory and insurance-related services.

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.