David Raymond is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 35 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 1996. Raymond holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and serves on the board of the Lakewood-Trumball YMCA, where he participates in monthly meetings focused on operations and community engagement. Janney Montgomery Scott 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, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipalities, offering brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and various advisory programs.

William Sidari is a CFP® certified financial advisor at Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC with four years of industry experience. His background includes roles at Steward Partners affiliates since 2022, as well as prior work at Reliant Medical Group and UPS. He also has experience in education, having worked at Colgate University and in public schools. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an enterprise-scale SEC-registered RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of investment advisory and financial planning services through customized portfolio management and third-party strategies.

Howard Hirsch is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Oppenheimer since 2009. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a broad range of programs and advisory services across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, employing both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches.

Michael Alexander is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation, as well as Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His work history includes positions at Holbrook Wealth Advisors, LPL Financial, US Financial Advisors, and Kolbrenner & Alexander, LLC. Outside of advising, he is involved in tax preparation and general accounting through Kolbrenner & Alexander, LLC. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing a range of advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers operational, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors, who typically provide advice under Commonwealth’s supervision.

Harrison Wall is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with four years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior experience includes roles at Wells Fargo Advisors, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Fidelity Investments, and ParsonsKellogg. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains unique market roles, including functioning as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

William Tuck is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Partners in Stamford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Equitable Advisors and American Portfolios Financial Services. Independent Financial Partners serves individual, charitable, corporate, and high-net-worth clients through a decentralized advisory model, offering investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan services nationwide. The firm is notable for its formal retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting capabilities and its supervisory processes overseen by a home-office compliance team.

Scott Milford is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors in Westport, CT. His prior roles include positions at HighTower Securities LLC, Interlock Financial, Johnson Brunetti, and Strategies for Retirement, LLC. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a multi-manager approach that includes affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a variety of investment vehicles. The firm supports both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning and retirement consulting services.

Georgi Bivolarski is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Valic Financial Advisors. He has also been associated with Agia since 2022. His other business activities include working as an agent for non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and unified managed account services through a large network of advisors.

Jacqueline Steczkowski is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. with 14 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Her prior roles include positions at Napatree Capital LLC, People's United Advisors, and Fidelity Investments. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments, offering investment advisory services along with financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning. The firm employs a globally diversified, risk-appropriate investment approach using low-cost ETFs, index funds, and separate account managers, and provides additional services including retirement plan consulting and charitable advisory.

Stephen Johnson is a financial advisor at CWM, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms including People's Securities, Inc., M&T Bank/Wilmington Trust, and Gerstein Fisher. He is based in Westport, CT. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services, employing a discretionary investment approach utilizing model portfolios governed by an in-house Investment Committee and incorporating fundamental and technical analysis alongside third-party sub-advisors and customization tools.

Marc Defeo is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 27 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2014. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with prior TIAA-administered employer retirement plan relationships. The firm provides planning services that conclude at delivery as well as ongoing discretionary management through various managed account programs and serves as adviser to the TIAA Donor Advised Fund.

Alison Smith is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. She has 24 years of industry experience, having worked at Principal Life Insurance Company and Principal Securities Inc. since 2001. Outside of her advisory work, she is involved in community and nonprofit activities, including serving as a troop leader for the Girl Scouts of Connecticut, a board member of the Westport Country Playhouse, and a chapter leader for Ms President US, a civic leadership organization for young women. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Mark Jackson is a Series 65–registered financial advisor at CWM, LLC with two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Gold Family Wealth and Excel Partners. Outside of his advisory work, he has been involved with the Church of the Archangels and High Rise Basketball. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutions through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm manages portfolios using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, third-party sub-advisors, and customization tools, with a strong focus on retirement plan and institutional services.

Tammi Lauder is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 42 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Her prior roles include positions at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and Fieldpoint Private Securities LLC. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, operating uniquely as a registered broker-dealer with capabilities in securities transactions, variable insurance products, placement, and investment banking services.

Basil Hussein is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at CitiGroup since 2019, with prior positions at JP Morgan Securities LLC, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., and Best Buy. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad set of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains institutional-scale operations including in-house research, derivatives services, and bespoke discretionary solutions for large relationships.

David Roth is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 34 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and previously worked for RBC Capital Markets Corporation for 12 years before joining Oppenheimer in 2020. Roth serves as a trustee and co-trustee of employee-related irrevocable and revocable trusts. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm provides a broad range of programs and advisory services that include strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and retirement consulting, with a notable portion of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Elaine Potash is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding CFP® and ChFC® designations and over 34 years of industry experience. She has worked at Private Advisor Group and LPL Financial since 2012 and previously held roles at Founders Financial Securities, Transamerica Financial Advisors, and Equitable Advisors. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans with comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning services, offering proprietary and third-party investment solutions through a fiduciary-based advisory model.

Jennifer Brucato is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with three years of industry experience. She previously worked for Asset Management Group, Inc. for seven years and has a background including five years at AC Electrical Services, LLC. Hightower Advisors offers investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm’s advisory approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, using both affiliated and third-party managers, and incorporates proprietary research and a range of portfolio construction techniques.

Adrienne Alexander is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience. She is currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and has prior experience at Holbrook Wealth Advisors and US Wealth Greenwich. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a variety of advisory programs and services, including discretionary model portfolios and personalized investment solutions, while offering operational and technological support to its affiliated advisors.

Gerard Zopfi is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential and 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Wealth Enhancement Group and its advisory affiliate since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in racehorse ownership and provides tax preparation and consulting services through Wealth Enhancement Tax and Consulting Services. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services manages over $122 billion in assets and serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a diversified, risk-class based investment approach that combines passive and active strategies, supported by an internal Investment Committee and a range of implementation tools and sub-advisory options.