Ralph Wetmore II is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Fiduciary Wealth Partners, LLC, where he has worked since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at Beacon Pointe Advisors and BNP Paribas Asset Management. Fiduciary Wealth Partners provides wealth management, financial planning, and investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, family trusts, and institutions. The firm emphasizes customized planning and typically allocates assets among independent managers while offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Matthew Lasker is a financial advisor with Wingate Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Lexington, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Wingate Capital Corporation and Wingate Financial Group, Inc. since 1999. Wingate Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered firm providing investment management and financial planning to individuals, charitable organizations, and retirement plan participants. The firm employs a fee-only model and combines active and passive strategies through model portfolios tailored to various risk objectives.

Katelyn Mahon is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Peddock Capital Advisors, LLC since 2016. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and works within a team of five advisors based in Braintree, MA. Peddock Capital Advisors is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $836 million in client assets across various client types, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term investment approach utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis, strategic asset allocation, and tactical shifts when appropriate, while also offering affiliated tax and accounting services and family-office bill-pay and trustee services.

Jacob Graff is a ChFC® credentialed advisor with three years of industry experience, currently with Rise North Capital Investment Advisors. He has worked at Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC and ProIncome, and has been involved with Rise North Capital since 2020. Rise North Capital Investment Advisors provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, while also acting as a 3(21) fiduciary for retirement plans. The firm uses a co-advisor model that retains discretionary authority and delivers customized portfolio proposals, ongoing reviews, and educational workshops.

Michael Charland is a CFA® and CIC credentialed advisor with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Wilkins Investment Counsel, Inc. since 1997. Wilkins Investment Counsel, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, and outside trustees. The firm’s investment approach is fundamentally driven with a long-term orientation, emphasizing company fundamentals, valuation, and laddered high-quality bond portfolios typically held to maturity.

Grant Parisi is a financial advisor at Liberty Forge LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Northwestern Mutual and Scott DeSantis. Liberty Forge LLC d/b/a Civic Financial provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, business entities, and plan sponsors. The firm employs a long-term, allocation-driven investment approach using ETFs, third-party model portfolios, and selective individual securities, managing portfolios on a discretionary basis with tax-aware implementation and oversight by an internal investment committee.

John Cogswell Jr. is a CFA® charterholder with 30 years of experience in financial advisory. He is currently with Mariner Managed Account Solutions, where he has worked since 2024. His prior experience includes roles at Mass Mutual Investors Services, MetLife Securities Inc., and Baystate Wealth Management. Mariner Managed Account Solutions provides fee-based portfolio management and wrap-fee program services to individuals, corporate plans, trusts, foundations, family businesses, and athletes. The firm emphasizes asset allocation, downside protection, and active management of passive investments across a range of risk profiles.

Tyler Chaisson is a financial advisor at Compass Capital Corporation with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has a background that includes roles at Compass Securities Corporation and Compass Capital Corporation since 2018, as well as experience at the University of Massachusetts School of Law. He is also the managing member and principal lawyer of Compass Legal Services, LLC, a law firm specializing in estate planning and business organization. Compass Capital Corporation provides personalized financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm utilizes a software-driven investment process focused on asset allocation and portfolio optimization, managing portfolios directly or through sub-advisors.

Alex Ranere is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He is currently with LiveLife Capital Partners LLC, where he has worked since 2021, following five years at Wilmington Trust Corporation. LiveLife Capital Partners provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm offers a primarily long-term, customized investment approach using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, along with other investment vehicles, and provides family-office style services and retirement plan advice.

Brendan Herlihy is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Excalibur Management Corp since 2019 and also operates The Herlihy Company, which he founded in 2001. Excalibur Management Corporation provides discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning to high-net-worth clients, including families, trusts, and foundations. The firm employs a research-based investment process combining macroeconomic analysis with fundamental and technical security evaluation, tailoring portfolios to individual client needs.

Jennifer Street is a financial advisor with Claro Advisors Inc. in Boston, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 21 years of industry experience. She has worked with Claro Advisors since 2014 and serves as a Branch Office Principal at Mutual Securities, Inc., where she supervises advisory personnel. Claro Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans, offering investment management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm’s approach combines fundamental analysis with tactical reallocations and integrates AI tools and proprietary strategies to manage discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios.

Kirk Chisholm is a financial advisor at Innovative Advisory Group with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Innovative Advisory Group since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, he is a non-compensated manager of a personal estate planning company and has ownership interests in the office space leasing entity used by his firm. Innovative Advisory Group provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and employer-sponsored plan participants. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment approach integrated with comprehensive financial planning, serving roughly 298 clients with an eight-advisor team managing about $194 million in discretionary assets.

Cash Armstrong is a CFP® professional with two years of industry experience at Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. He is a co-host of the firm’s podcast, "Make it Make Cents," where he discusses financial topics and educational content. Armstrong Advisory Group is an SEC-registered wealth management firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $1.67 billion through a team of 14 advisors across 12 offices, employing a primarily long-term, macroeconomically driven investment approach with tactical adjustments.

Christopher Tilden is a Certified Financial Planner® with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Montis Financial since 2024 and previously spent seven years at Financial Navigators Inc and ten years at Fidelity Investments. Montis Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as institutional plan sponsors, offering comprehensive financial planning, asset management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a multi-team approach that combines discretionary portfolio management with the use of unaffiliated managers, tailoring investment strategies to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Charles Gable is a financial advisor at Kelly Financial Services LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Mass Mutual Investors Services, MassMutual Life Insurance Co., Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, Webster Investments, and LPL Financial. Kelly Financial Services provides wealth management and financial planning primarily to individuals and high-net-worth households nearing or in retirement. The firm manages approximately $623.6 million in assets across about 1,401 client households, using a blend of individual equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party sub-advisors with an emphasis on capital preservation and income generation.

Peter Mc Manus is a CFP® with 31 years of industry experience and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has worked at 3EDGE Asset Management, LP since 2016 and has prior experience at Vigilant Distributors, Foreside Fund Services, LLC, and Granite Investment Advisors, LLC. He is based in Boston, MA. 3EDGE Asset Management is a discretionary investment manager serving separately managed account clients, sub-advising other advisers, and managing ETFs and collective investment trusts. The firm employs a top-down, globally diversified multi-asset allocation strategy that combines quantitative research with committee judgment and ongoing stress testing.

Areeb Khan is a CFA® charterholder at Wilkins Investment Counsel, Inc. in Boston, MA, where he has worked since 2018. Prior to joining Wilkins, he spent seven years at Liberty Mutual Asset Management Inc. Wilkins Investment Counsel provides discretionary portfolio management and customized investment advice to individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, and private fiduciaries. The firm uses a fundamentally driven, long-term investment approach focused on equity and fixed-income portfolios and manages approximately $1.1 billion across a select group of clients.

Brendan Ryan is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Algorithmic Investment Models, LLC since 2020 and previously spent seven years at Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC. He serves on the DWS RIA Advisory Board, participating in networking and idea sharing within the national RIA community. Algorithmic Investment Models provides ETF-based model portfolios and sub-advisory services to a variety of clients, including RIAs, institutional investors, and government entities. The firm employs a quantitative, technology-driven investment process that utilizes machine learning and behavioral finance concepts to generate daily ETF rankings and tactical allocations.

Brian Sylvia is a financial advisor at BTS Asset Management, Inc. with nine years at the firm and a total of two years in the industry. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at First Citizens Federal Credit Union for four years. BTS Asset Management serves individual and high-net-worth investors as well as institutional clients, providing discretionary portfolio management across various model portfolios and serving as sub-advisor or strategist to third-party platforms. The firm combines quantitative and fundamental analysis to guide investment decisions and manages multiple affiliated registered mutual funds.

Catherine Kennedy is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC since 2018. She previously worked at Seaward Management for 18 years. Birch Hill Investment Advisors provides portfolio management and investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, IRAs, endowments, and foundations, employing a fundamental, quality-oriented approach with integrated ESG considerations. The firm manages approximately $2.65 billion in discretionary assets with a small team, offering customized portfolios and coordination with clients’ legal and accounting professionals.