William Schwartz is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience and has been with Wealthspire Advisors since 2015. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and is based in Potomac, MD. Wealthspire Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and nonprofit organizations, providing wealth management, financial planning, and trustee services. The firm uses a relationship-driven, customized investment approach emphasizing diversified, institutional-style asset allocation across various asset types.

Mitchell Katz is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) in Bethesda, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Capital Associates, LLC, Financial Solutions Group, and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member for Becky’s Fund, an organization focused on preventing domestic violence through educational programs. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, defined contribution and defined benefit plans, as well as charitable and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and emphasizes customized recommendations while managing most assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Yuehua Yuan is a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Independent Financial Group since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, Yuan works as an independent insurance agent offering various types of insurance products. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and institutional plans. The firm employs a combination of firm- and third-party investment models, offering a range of portfolio management options and financial planning services.

Matthew Hoesch is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Creative Planning since 2021. Prior to that, he spent six years at Lockton Investment Advisors, LLC, Lockton Companies, LLC, and Lockton Financial Advisors, LLC. Creative Planning offers investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning-led investment process focused on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a large advisory team and centralized investment infrastructure managing approximately $217 billion in assets.

Jeffrey Leventhal is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. His career includes positions at UBS Financial Services and Merrill prior to joining Hightower in 2011. Outside of advising, he serves as a director for GJS, LLC, a company providing custodial care to the elderly, and participates on the advisory board for an investment education club for Maryland football players. Hightower Advisors offers investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors. The firm’s approach focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, providing access to both affiliated and third-party managers through a comprehensive platform that includes discretionary portfolio management and financial planning.

Mark Stull is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations. Prior to joining Janney, he worked at United Brokerage Services Inc and BB&T Securities, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, Stull volunteers with the Frederick County Landmarks Foundation and Habitat for Humanity and is involved as a partner in an esthetics business. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporate sponsors, and municipal clients, offering brokerage, financial planning, and advisory programs supported by centralized asset management and trustee services.

Tristan Bliesner is a financial advisor at Osaic Advisory Services, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 credential and has worked at firms including Arbor Point Advisors, Securities America, Inc., and Cetera Advisors LLC. Outside of his advisory work, Bliesner owns and operates Patriot Printing Services, a business involved in buying and selling printed materials. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporate and charitable entities, retirement plan participants, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers a range of managed programs, retirement plan consulting, financial planning, and access to alternative investments, utilizing both fundamental and technical strategies alongside institutional platform integrations.

Ann Marie Hindley is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 designation with seven years of industry experience. She is currently with Cerity Partners LLC, where she has worked since 2022. Her prior roles include positions at FJY Financial, HomeMaker, RH Paradis & Associates, and Securian Financial Services, Inc. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in assets as of the end of 2025. The firm offers customized wealth management services and combines quantitative screening, manager selection, and direct security selection within a client-specific investment framework, also providing access to alternative and private market solutions for qualified clients.

Ariana Ahmadi is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Valic Financial Advisors in 2026, she held roles at Castro & Company and Wendroff & Associates. Her background includes work in the food service and production industries. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services through a large network of advisors, utilizing discretionary unified managed accounts and advanced overlay services.

Jack Mutchnik is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with five years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior work includes roles at Rockefeller Capital Management, Truist Investment Services, and Leidos Inc. Outside of finance, he has experience in the fitness and hospitality sectors, including time at Jacobs Fitness Center and Chef Geoff's. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, and corporations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm operates as a registered broker-dealer and emphasizes a Private Advisor model supported by a consolidated investment platform that delivers a range of discretionary and non-discretionary solutions across multiple asset classes.

Jastinder Sohi is a CFA® and holds a Series 66 license, with 16 years of experience in financial advisory. He has worked at Chevy Chase Trust Company since 2016, following prior roles at M&T Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Clearing. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, personal trust, family wealth and financial planning services, and institutional custody. The firm employs a thematic investment approach focused on macro trends and sector themes, and operates as a state-chartered trust company combining fiduciary trust, custody functions, and investment management.

Robert Ugiansky is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Bethesda, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has worked with New York Life Insurance Company and its affiliates since 1998 and has been associated with Capital Associates LLC for 15 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the board of First Tee of Howard County, an organization focused on character education and life skills for young people. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing most regulatory assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Nevi Harrison is a Series 66-licensed advisor at Truist Advisory Services with one year of industry experience. Harrison has been with Truist Investment Services since 2010, spanning 16 years at the affiliated broker-dealer. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary manager relationships and integrates third-party platform and manager arrangements to support its AMC Advantage manager‑selection program.

Rajmiel Odinec is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with 35 years of industry experience. He previously worked at SOL Capital Management Company for 36 years before joining Cerity Partners in 2026. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base including individuals, families, estates, business entities, charitable institutions, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets as of December 2025. The firm offers customized wealth management services using a combination of proprietary quantitative tools, third-party strategies, and direct security selection, with access to alternative and private market solutions for qualified clients.

Krystian Suber is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked with OneDigital Investment Advisors, KB Financial Partners, M Holdings Securities, M Financial, Massachusetts Mutual, and Chubb Limited. Outside of his advisory role, he is president of Horizon Edge Realty, LLC, which manages rental income properties. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing discretionary management through model and customized portfolios and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Sanjeev Butani is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Sterling, VA, holding a ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 66 licenses. He has 20 years of industry experience, including roles at NYLIFE Securities LLC, New York Life Insurance Company, Prudential, and AIG. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in insurance brokering and property and casualty sales. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base of individuals and institutions, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisers. The firm emphasizes tailored solutions and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis, with a significant focus on advisory services related to insurance and annuity products.

Dmitriy Katsnelson is a Series 65-credentialed financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Wealthspire Advisors since 2015 and previously worked at Highline Wealth Management, LLC and Fortigent, LLC. Wealthspire Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $34.3 billion in assets with around 220 advisors serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, nonprofits, and foundations. The firm employs an institutional-style asset allocation approach using mutual funds, ETFs, private investments, and separate account managers, supported by centralized due diligence and investment committee oversight.

Natalie Hedrick is a CFP®-designated financial advisor at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. She has worked at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and MetLife Securities Inc. in various advisory and insurance roles. Hedrick is also involved in multiple insurance brokerage activities, including roles as partner and proprietor in insurance-related businesses. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm combines advisory and broker-dealer services, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment options, with a focus on tailored asset allocation and diversification strategies.

Atricia Roberts is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Kestra Advisory since 2019. Her previous experience includes roles at Bank of America and Merrill. Outside of her advisory work, she holds a position as COO and Partner at Curo Private Wealth, where she oversees client service operations. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, including plan sponsors. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and manages approximately $79.8 billion in assets across a diverse client base that includes sovereign wealth funds.

Howard Perlroth is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services, LLC and Kestra Investment Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC and Kestra Financial Services, Inc. He is the owner of Gartenhaus Wealth Management, where he provides investment advisory services and manages business operations. Kestra Advisory Services offers investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors and a diverse client base, including institutional and individual investors. The firm provides fiduciary consulting, plan-level investment advice, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions, serving large institutional clients such as sovereign wealth funds.