Matthew Sivright is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Amazon for six years and served in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, and institutional clients with wealth management, advisory, and consulting services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies using fundamental and quantitative analysis within a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive framework.

Gregory Wood is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Westborough, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 14 years of industry experience. Wood has been with Eagle Strategies since 2022 and has worked with Nylife Securities LLC and NYL since 2011. He is a Junior Warden at the Massachusetts Freemasons' St. Alban's Masonic Lodge, where he participates in finance committee meetings and helps lead community events. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated representatives. The firm offers tailored advice across various program types and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis, working with both individual and institutional clients.

Eric Brisebois is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors in Westborough, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 26 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Vision Wealth Strategies, LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he volunteers as a soccer coach with the Arlington Soccer Club and serves as a notary public. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser that serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a wide range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools to support advisor and client needs.

Steven Misdea is a financial advisor with Guardian Life in Needham, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Guardian Life since 2015 and also operates Misdea Financial and Insurance Services, focusing on insurance products. Guardian Life, through its Park Avenue® Wealth Management division, provides brokerage and advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a combination of advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies, along with access to proprietary and third-party investment solutions.

Ryan Clancey is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, GW & Wade, LLC, and Baker Tilly. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a comprehensive range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Carter Scheetz is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network in Needham, MA. His prior roles include positions at Foreside Fund Services, LLC and One Charles Private Wealth. He also holds a Series 63 license and spends a portion of his time engaged in fixed insurance sales. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing about $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a comprehensive adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and retirement consulting, while providing a variety of investment options and back-office services.

Heyden Acosta is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with a Series 66 designation and less than one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Empower Advisory Group, Heyden worked at FNZ Trust Company and State Street Corporation. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm offers integrated services aligned with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing in its financial planning approach.

David Brodsky is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at G.W. & Wade, Inc. and G.W. & Wade Asset Management Company for over two decades before joining The Colony Group, LLC. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that integrates both active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Samantha Wineke is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with three years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Raymond James & Associates and The Bulfinch Group. Guardian Life’s Park Avenue Securities LLC offers brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm provides a combination of advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies, along with access to insurance products and alternative investments through its connection with Guardian Life.

Brian Ganger is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2003. He previously worked at Ball Financial and operates Brian James Financial Services, Inc., an entity related to his securities business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser supporting a national network of nearly 2,900 advisors and managing approximately $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive platform that includes managed account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services.

John Ferguson is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Franklin, MA, holding Series 66 and Series 63 designations and two years of industry experience. He has worked with Empower Financial Services, Inc., and previously with UP Education Network and EWM, Inc. His career also includes roles outside of financial services at The Possible Zone. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as certain IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm offers integrated services tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, emphasizing long-term portfolio returns and client savings rates over short-term forecasts.

Andrew Karelis is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Newton, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and 26 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Commonwealth since 2006 and has held roles at KSP Financial Consultants, Core Wealth Advisory, and KSP Advisors, LLC. Karelis is also a partner and co-owner of a real estate holding company. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing about $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Cynthia Packard is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 11 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Commonwealth since 2015, also maintaining a role at Tilton Wealth Management since 2011. Outside of her advisory work, she is a notary public. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, providing a range of advisory programs and services. The firm supports affiliated advisors with operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management resources.

Andrew Baker is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. in Westwood, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has 19 years of industry experience and has been with Citizens Securities since 2012. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm’s advisory approach includes a digital advisory program and managed accounts, operating as part of a bank-owned enterprise with a range of investment and related financial services.

Micheline Yacoub is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Boston, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and with 15 years of industry experience. She also owns M.Y. Core Financials, LLC, through which she sells New York Life products and brokers non-registered insurance products. Yacoub volunteers with Community Consulting Teams of Boston, providing consulting services to local nonprofits. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm delivers tailored advice across multiple program types and manages a substantial non-discretionary asset base, primarily serving defined contribution and defined benefit plans, charitable and corporate clients.

Richard Poitras is a financial advisor at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities with over 57 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation as well as Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Since 2016, he has been associated with both Guardian Life Insurance and Park Avenue Securities. Park Avenue Securities, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, offers brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm provides a range of financial planning and consulting services, employing advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies supported by proprietary programs and third-party platforms.

Christopher Hovey is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 17 years of industry experience. His career includes positions at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2017, Ball Financial Services Company since 2016, Merrill from 2012 to 2016, and Transamerica Financial Advisors in 2010. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform with discretionary and nondiscretionary managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement and plan consulting, and custody/clearing services.

Michael Merrick is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Natick, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. He has been with GWN Securities since 2015 and previously worked at Equitable Advisors from 2013 to 2015. Merrick also holds a life insurance agent license. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through managed account programs, financial planning, and third-party manager introductions. The firm uses a combination of discretionary portfolio management and model portfolios based on asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, incorporating both affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers, with an emphasis on market-timing and momentum-based trading strategies in certain legacy programs.

Brad Champion is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds the ChFC® and Series 66 designations. He has 13 years of industry experience and has worked at both Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2012. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and offers a range of financial planning and consulting services tailored to clients’ needs.

Patrick Healy is a CFP® and Series 63 credentialed advisor with seven years of industry experience. He has been with Carson Wealth and its affiliated entity CWM, LLC since 2019, and previously worked at Northeast Planning Associates, Inc. and LPL Financial. Healy is also an insurance agent, selling life, disability, annuities, and long-term care products. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that operates an enterprise platform with over 650 advisors managing approximately $50.6 billion. The firm provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan services, utilizing model portfolios and offering tailored investment solutions for corporate, institutional, and high-net-worth clients.