Sara Gans is a CFP® and ChFC® with 11 years of industry experience. She has been with Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. and its related entities since 2014, currently serving as Senior Manager of Private Client Services. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, and retirement-plan and business-consulting services to individuals—including high-net-worth clients—as well as charitable organizations, corporations, trusts, family offices, and other institutional clients. The firm utilizes a combination of in-house model portfolios, custom accounts, and third-party manager selection, supported by an Investment Policy Committee and extensive research resources.

Daniel Marolis is a financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has prior experience at WCG Wealth Advisors, LLC, MML Investors Services, and has been involved with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Treloar & Heisel, Inc. outside of his advisory role. He is also a silent partner in KS Fine Food & Drink. MAI Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, integrated wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages a broad range of investment strategies and offers complementary financial planning, trust, and insurance services.

Mark Woodward is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory in Tampa, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Kestra Advisory since 2016 and founded KANA Private Wealth Group, LLC in 2019. Woodward serves on the boards of Tampa Palms Country Club and KOTERRA, a charity supporting the veteran community. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a broad mix of institutional and individual clients, including large institutional investors and plan sponsors. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions.

Richard Long is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services based in Tampa, FL, holding a Series 63 designation and 33 years of industry experience. His career includes extended tenures at MetLife Securities Inc. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as well as roles at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Hornor Townsend & Kent Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he is an insurance agent specializing in life, annuities, long-term care, and disability insurance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a wide range of clients, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money managers through advisory and promoter arrangements.

Sunil Menezes is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Tampa, FL. He holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Truist, he worked at Morgan Stanley for two years. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm combines discretionary manager relationships with non‑discretionary consulting and uses AI-enabled tools and inter-affiliate resources in its manager selection and oversight processes.

Grace Basilone is a financial advisor at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Wells Fargo Advisors, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and Merrill. She has been associated with Concurrent Investment Advisors since 2023 and previously worked at Tidwell-Premock-Basilone Private Wealth Management. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered multi-team advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on customized, primarily long-term portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles, supported by a broad network of advisors and sub-advisory arrangements.

Andres Cartaya is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked previously at Mutual of Omaha and Truist Investment Services. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in a valet parking business in Tampa, Florida. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations, utilizing a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary manager relationships and third-party platforms.

Austin Miller is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Riverview, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and seven years of industry experience. His background includes roles at Advised Assets Group, LLC, GWFS Equities, Inc., Morgan Stanley Private Bank, Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab, and King Soopers. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, along with services for Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm uses an integrated model connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

David Montgomery is a financial advisor at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at firms including OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC, Fidelis Fiduciary Management, and LPL Financial. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes customized, primarily long-term portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, and other investments, supported by a network of approximately 286 advisors serving over 13,000 clients.

Ronald Piccinini is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Tampa, FL, holding the ChFC® and Series 66 credentials and bringing 36 years of industry experience. He has worked at Principal Securities Inc. since 2016 and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2013. Outside of his advisory work, he owns ROPA Financial Services, a Subchapter S corporation through which he receives residual insurance commissions. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a wide range of clients, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions, with investment implementation typically carried out on a discretionary basis by affiliated or unaffiliated managers.

Noel Pearson is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously founded and co-owned About Face Home Staging and Redesign, a home staging business in Alaska. He also worked with Core Real Estate Group for three years. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers a range of investment programs and advisory services, including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management across equity, balanced, and fixed-income investments.

Thiago Silveira is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Clearing, and CUSO Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, he owns a small farm operation and a private business unrelated to investments in Florida. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering diverse investment advisory programs and brokerage services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios, supported by extensive in-house research and market resources.

Cynthia Garcia is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Woodbury Financial Services, Bank of America, Merrill, Raymond James & Associates, and two prior stints at T. Rowe Price. In addition to her advisory work, she works part-time as a travel agent helping clients book vacations and tickets. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides retirement-focused financial planning and discretionary investment management primarily for individual investors and households. The firm utilizes model portfolios invested exclusively in proprietary mutual funds and ETFs, with a goals-based approach supported by online tools and regular financial plan reviews.

Stephanie Pritchard is a financial advisor at Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. in Tampa, FL, holding a Series 66 designation with five years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Fisher Investments, Deloitte, Charles Schwab Bank, Charles Schwab & Co., and Lockheed Martin Corporation. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, family offices, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a combination of model and custom portfolio management strategies, incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, private and alternative investments, and third-party managers.

Gregg Hudak is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Gainesville, FL, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2007 and also serves as an agent for Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, wrap programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models and various overlay services.

Katarina Milojevic is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets in Tampa, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and nine years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Raymond James Financial Services and Franklin Templeton Investments. She also spent five years involved with the St. Pete Volleyball Club. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles, including operating as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Stephanie Caro is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services in Tampa, FL. She has four years of industry experience and has been associated with various First Command entities since 2021. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a particular focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs, managing portfolios through a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers who select and monitor investment options from approved universes.

Nathan Lenz is a financial advisor with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked with firms including Raymond James Financial and WealthShield LLC. Outside of advisory roles, he owns Makari Group LLC, an external recruiting firm. Concurrent Investment Advisors is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth and investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing customized, primarily long-term portfolios that incorporate ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, bonds, alternative investments, and independent sub-advisers.

Aaron Wargo is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Tampa, FL, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley, E*TRADE Capital Management, and Charles Schwab. Outside of finance, he owns and operates a personalized stretching and yoga business serving professional athletes. 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 integrates its advisory services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns and clients' savings rates through point-in-time financial plans and optional managed accounts.

Steven Albritton is a CFP® professional with 25 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC in Tampa, FL, and has held roles at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Raymond James Financial Services, Wells Fargo Advisors, and A.G. Edwards & Sons. He also serves as CEO of Stella Maris LLC, a support company used for tax purposes. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on customized, primarily long-term portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, and other securities, supported by platforms offering integrated operational tools and affiliated sub-advisory arrangements.