Stephen Gulish is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network. He is co-owner of Gulish & Associates, Inc., a private entity focused on securities, advisory, and insurance business. His prior experience includes roles at John Hancock and John Hancock Distributors LLC. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing a range of advisory programs and back-office support including operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice management. The firm offers multiple investment program structures and discretionary model portfolios managed by its Investment Management and Research team.

Juan Muniz III is a financial advisor at Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously held positions at Bankers Life Securities, Inc., Bankers Life & Casualty, Inc., and Walgreens. Muniz also manages a team of agents responsible for hiring and training within Bankers Life & Casualty, focusing on Medicare Supplement, annuity, life, health, and long-term care insurance products. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals through discretionary portfolio management, investment consulting, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to create tailored portfolios, offering both wrap and non-wrap programs with ongoing rebalancing and performance reviews.

Michael Randone is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Citigroup since 2018, including roles at both Citibank and Citigroup Global Markets. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner at Apollo Visionary Ventures LLC, an investment entity involved in real estate in Florida. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a wide range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies supported by internal oversight and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles and commercial arrangements.

Joshua Goldberg is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with nine years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and previously worked at GYL Financial Synergies, LLC, AXA Advisors, LLC, and Brandeis University. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with comprehensive wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a blend of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Philip Deutsch is a financial advisor at Principal Financial Services with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Principal Securities Inc. and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2015. Outside of finance, he works professionally as a magician and performer. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Kelly Ogiba is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and beginning their advisory career in 2026. Prior to joining WEAS, Ogiba worked at the Wealth Enhancement Group since 2019 and at TD Bank NA from 2016 to 2019. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, retirement-plan consulting, and referrals to managed account investment managers for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets, employing a diversified, risk-class based investment approach that blends passive and active strategies, supported by an internal Investment Committee.

Kendl Fulco is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services based in Old Greenwich, CT. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 30 years of industry experience. Since 2011, he has been associated with Principal Securities Inc. and Principal Financial Group. He is also formally designated as a bank officer with Principal Bank and Principal Trust Company to support and manage retirement plan account relationships. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Peter Kibbe is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors in Norwalk, CT, holding a Series 65 designation and bringing 13 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Citigroup Global Markets for 12 years before joining Hightower Advisors in 2023. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors such as pension plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with financial planning and retirement consulting.

Sarah Mullane Becker is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 25 years of industry experience. She has been with Guardian Life Insurance Agency and Park Avenue Securities since 2000. Becker serves as president of The FVA Foundation and is a board member of the Northern Westchester Hospital Community Foundation, reflecting involvement in local nonprofit activities. Park Avenue Securities, 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 offers a combination of advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies through proprietary and third-party platforms, with tailored client relationships supported by a range of financial planning and consulting services.

David Eder is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC in Stamford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he assists with bookkeeping for his spouse’s orthodontics practice. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm operates a Private Advisor model supported by a consolidated investment platform and maintains broker-dealer registration, which distinguishes its range of services.

James Geiger is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently with Citigroup Global Markets, where he has worked since 2019, following prior roles at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank and JP Morgan Securities. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles such as operating as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Nicholas Ramstetter is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at Fidelity Investments, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and Citizens Bank. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, employing a model that emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions using affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and various investment vehicles.

Marc Smith is a financial advisor with Guardian Life in Ridgefield, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 17 years of industry experience. He has spent his career primarily at Guardian Life and its affiliated entities, including Park Avenue Securities. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in a separate insurance business offering non-Guardian insurance products. 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 offers a combination of advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies, along with access to insurance products and alternative investments through Guardian Life.

Max Needham is a financial advisor with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Raymond James & Associates, Inc. for 10 years before joining Steward Partners in 2026. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise-scale 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 both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Lee Giordano is a financial advisor with Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing eight years of industry experience. He has worked within the Bankers Life organization since 2008 in various roles, including his current advisory position since 2023. Outside of advisory services, he manages a team of agents and oversees hiring and training as a Unit Sales Manager for Bankers Life & Casualty, Inc. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. serves mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals, providing discretionary portfolio management, investment consulting, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to create customized asset allocations and portfolio management strategies tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerances.

Roberta Nestor is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Milford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 41 years of industry experience. She has been with Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. since 1994. Outside of her advisory role, she owns Nestor Financial Network, LLC, which facilitates insurance business, and serves as co-trustee for a family friend’s trust. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients with a range of advisory programs, including discretionary model portfolios and customized investment solutions. The firm provides operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support while allowing advisors discretion in portfolio construction.

Keith Brown is a financial advisor at TLG Advisors, Inc. with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at The Leaders Group, Inc. since 2020, Assured Partners since 2015, and VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. from 2014 to 2018. TLG Advisors, Inc. manages approximately $2.0 billion in discretionary client assets and serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and institutional investors. The firm offers investment supervisory and portfolio management, comprehensive financial and estate planning, ERISA fiduciary services, and a direct-to-consumer program called Starlight Portfolios, utilizing manager selection, ongoing monitoring, and asset allocation-based portfolio construction.

William Christian is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and Fieldpoint Private. He also serves as an advisor receiving loan trails on commercial loans executed for his clients. 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 a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, operating under a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform that includes discretionary and non-discretionary solutions across multiple asset classes, while also maintaining broker-dealer registration and providing placement and investment banking services.

Alexander Lane is a CFA® charterholder with 29 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at William Blair since 2021 and previously held roles at TD Bank and TD Private Client Wealth. Outside of his advisory work, Lane serves as a snowboard instructor at Windham Mountain Snow Sports School during winter weekends and breaks. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to high-net-worth individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm employs an active, research-driven approach across multiple asset classes and provides proprietary model portfolios and access to private funds through its MB Investments Program.

Camilla Ostbye is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with a Series 65 credential and no prior industry experience. Her work history includes recent roles at Hightower Advisors and she has a background as a full-time undergraduate student. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of clients including individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers alongside proprietary research and various portfolio construction techniques.