Courtney Ingraham is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors since 2023. Prior to joining Hightower, she held positions at firms including Northwestern Mutual and Barnum Financial Group. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base that includes individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm emphasizes multi-manager solutions and proprietary research, offering a range of portfolio management and consulting services.

Michael Mcsweeney is a Series 66-licensed advisor with 12 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2011 and 2012, respectively. Mcsweeney is involved in Strategic Wealth Group Inc. / Ascend Wealth Partners, a marketing DBA for Guardian and Park Avenue businesses. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both brokerage and advisory services, employing a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies across discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

Dianne Pritchard is a financial advisor with SPC and holds a Series 66 designation. She has 21 years of industry experience, including 12 years at Sigma Financial Corporation and SPC. Outside of her advisory role, she is an independent insurance agent specializing in dental, group disability income, life, accident, health, and Medicare-related products, and serves as a board member at her church. SPC serves a diverse client base including individual clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, managing approximately $5.66 billion in assets. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA-related retirement plan services through a network of over 460 advisers.

Celia Valez is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. She has eight years of industry experience, including prior roles at JPMorgan Securities LLC and StateFarm. Valez is also appointed as an agent to sell non-securities insurance products for AGIA. 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, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Lisa Raghunanan is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with 18 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at KeyBank and J.P. Morgan Securities prior to her current role. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs, model portfolios, and managed accounts. The firm emphasizes client-directed model selection and provides due diligence, monitoring, and supervisory oversight while collaborating closely with affiliated entities within the KeyCorp group.

Ali Agha is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in White Plains, NY. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 16 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Eagle Strategies since 2017, Nylife Securities LLC since 2010, and New York Life Insurance Company since 2009. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals and institutions, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages a significant portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Steven Testino is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial and Independent Financial Partners. Outside of financial advising, he has been involved with SCT Restaurant LLC for over two decades. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services through various platforms and third-party asset managers.

Michael Dimola is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has prior experience at Securities America Advisors, Inc. and Securities America, Inc. He also operates a CPA practice, Michael Dimola, CPA, PC, which he has owned since 1996. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach includes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers services such as discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Michael Wenger is a financial advisor at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory work, Wenger has pursued interests in electronic dance music production and has an LLC established to open a restaurant/lounge in New York City. Park Avenue Securities, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and institutional clients through brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment advisory programs. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary advisory options utilizing models from internal and third-party managers, along with a hybrid digital advisory solution.

Matthew Piro is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding a Series 66 credential and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities LLC and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2017, and previously at Zimmer Capital from 2015 to 2017. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent contractor involved in insurance sales outside Guardian Life. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, utilizing a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

Mitchell Ostrove is a financial advisor at Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC with 56 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and securities licenses Series 63 and Series 65. Mr. Ostrove has been affiliated with Ameritas in various capacities since 2006 and has operated The Ostrove Group since 1981, where he serves as Chairman and CEO. He is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) New York chapter. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, charitable and corporate entities, and retirement plans, offering fee-based asset management, retirement-plan advisory, and fiduciary consulting through affiliated representatives. The firm utilizes model portfolios, third-party sub-advisers, and custom strategies, with a focus on comprehensive client reviews and a range of services for plan sponsors and participants.

Sean Franklin is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 28 years of industry experience. He previously worked at J. M. Franklin & Company, LLC and Nylife Securities Inc. He has been with Stratos Wealth Partners and affiliated LPL Financial since 2016. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to individual investors, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, retirement plans, and other institutional clients through portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party advisory solutions. The firm offers an open-architecture Strategic Wealth Management platform supporting both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios, emphasizing active monitoring and asset allocation across multiple custodians.

Thomas Herkert is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network based in Tarrytown, NY. He holds the CFP® designation and has 36 years of industry experience. Prior to his current role at Commonwealth, he worked for Kestra Advisory Services and Kestra Investment Services for 19 years and has been associated with Westchester Financial Advisors for 10 years. He is also the owner of Herkert Advisors, LLC. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and their clients. The firm provides comprehensive adviser support and offers a range of managed account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Michael Lynch is a CFA® charterholder with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2016 and previously worked at Maltin Wealth Management, Inc. from 2012 to 2016. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and integrates internal standards and oversight committees to select and monitor managers, operating at a large institutional scale with unique market roles and arrangements.

David Heitner is a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65, Series 66, and Series 63 licenses. His prior roles include positions at Securities America Advisors and OSAIC. Outside of finance, Heitner is the owner of Heits Building Services, a commercial cleaning business he has operated since 2003. Independent Financial Group is a large advisory and brokerage firm serving individuals, trusts, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers a variety of investment advisory programs and financial planning services, delivering advice through dually licensed advisors and employing a mix of in-house and third-party investment models.

Thomas Brown is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Merrill, JPMorgan Securities LLC, and Capital One Bank. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across wealth management segments, offering investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and operates with a combination of large institutional scale and unique market roles.

Amit Chopra is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at NewEdge Advisors since 2022. He is also the managing partner and owner of Forefront Wealth Planning & Asset Management, a private entity facilitating securities, advisory, and insurance business. His prior experience includes roles at Advisors Capital Management, Commonwealth Financial Network, and Bruderman Brothers. 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 investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a broad range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, retirement and pension consulting, and access to third-party advisory programs, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools to support advisor and client needs.

Gawain Mckenzie is a financial advisor at TD Private Client Wealth LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities. He currently operates out of Ramsey, NJ. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional clients, high-net-worth private clients, and retail clients. The firm constructs portfolios through a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation using both affiliated and third-party sub-managers.

Stephen Dileo is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with TIAA-CREF and TIAA since 2016. Prior to that, he worked at R. Seelau & Co., Inc. from 2015 to 2016. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients linked to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management under a fiduciary standard and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Austin Colaluca is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing four years of industry experience. He has worked at TD Private Client Wealth LLC and TD Bank N.A. since 2018, and prior to that was employed at Sacred Heart University and MKTG. TD Private Client Wealth LLC offers discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional, high-net-worth, and retail clients, combining strategic and tactical asset allocation with investments from affiliated and third-party sub-managers.