Daniel Pessagno is a financial advisor at Apollon Wealth Management, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including CIC Wealth, LLC, Nationwide Investment Advisors, and Cadaret Grant. Outside of advising, he is involved with a business that offers group benefits to business owners. Apollon Wealth Management is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $11.56 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and retirement plans, combining centrally managed strategies with locally managed portfolios and employing a range of investment approaches and technologies.

Brian Bobby is a Series 66 licensed advisor with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC and previously worked at Edward Jones, WH Administrators, and Accenture Federal Services. Kingsview Wealth Management is a multi-advisor firm serving individuals, retirement plans, endowments, trusts, and state or municipal clients. The firm offers a range of financial planning and wealth management services, combining internal portfolio strategies with third-party managers and access to alternative investments.

Cynthia Perini is a financial advisor with Capital Analysts, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 33 years of industry experience. Her career includes positions at Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. since 2006, Sovereign Bank since 2004, and Raymond James Financial Services from 1999 to 2004. Outside of her advisory work, she serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Magnolia Foundation and MedSource Community Services, and participates in community fundraising and philanthropic initiatives. Capital Analysts serves a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, trusts, foundations, businesses, and charitable organizations, providing portfolio management, custom and model portfolios, and retirement plan advice. The firm combines discretionary and non-discretionary investment management supported by an in-house research team and partners with institutional platforms such as Lincoln Investment and Pershing/BNY.

Jonathan Wright is a financial advisor at IP Financial Advisory Services LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc., Innovation Partners LLC, and his own firm, Jonathan Wright LLC. Outside of his advisory work, Wright leads All Can Thrive LLC, a business education company for entrepreneurs, and serves as a trustee at First Mount Zion Baptist Church, providing guidance on church property management. IP Financial Advisory Services LLC primarily serves individual retail clients and offers services such as portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a range of analytical approaches to construct personalized portfolios and works with third-party managers to provide discretionary investment programs, focusing mainly on non-high-net-worth retail investors and retirement plan participants.

Jillian Toomey is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience. She currently works at Range Advisory, LLC and Range Investing, joining in 2026 after a decade at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank. Range Advisory serves U.S. individual clients, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth households, providing financial planning, investment advice, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm manages approximately $1.4 billion in discretionary assets and offers model portfolios alongside third-party strategies, integrating AI tools to support portfolio management and client interactions.

Justin Caudle is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at McAdam LLC since 2014. He previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments from 2014 to 2020 and holds a director position at the Financial Planning Association - National Capital Area. Caudle is co-owner of Caudle Meares, LLC, a financial planning and wealth management firm. McAdam LLC advises individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and government entities, including high-net-worth households. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting, managing client portfolios with a discretionary approach that incorporates a range of traditional and specialized investment vehicles.

Leigha Pope is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Andersen in McLean, VA, where she has worked since 2017. She has one year of industry experience and previously worked at the University of Maryland. Andersen serves successful individuals, families, related trusts and entities, family partnerships, family-owned corporate plans, and not-for-profit endowments. The firm provides investment consulting through full-service wealth management, limited professional consulting, or standalone performance measurement and reporting, often integrating these services with tax, valuation, and other advisory work.

Barbara Joyce is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 10 years of industry experience. She is affiliated with Mason Investment Advisory Services Inc, where she has worked since 2000. Mason Investment Advisory Services provides fee-based financial planning and investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable institutions. The firm emphasizes long-term strategic asset allocation, disciplined rebalancing, and a manager-selection process that uses mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party money managers.

Sofia Parada Fernandez is an advisor with Cassaday & Company, Inc. holding a Series 66 designation. She has less than one year of industry experience. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm follows a long-term, asset-allocation approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and offers services including financial planning and retirement plan consulting.

Patrick Marcinko is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Bogart Wealth, LLC. Before joining Bogart Wealth, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. The firm provides financial planning, consulting, and comprehensive wealth management to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, serving both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients. Bogart Wealth manages client portfolios using a combination of passive and select active funds, stock-only strategies, and tactical allocations, supported by formal governance and approved AI tools.

Thomas Falkenberry is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with Modern Wealth Management, LLC and previously spent 24 years at Autumn Wind Asset Management Inc., where he served as president and majority shareholder. Falkenberry serves on the board of directors for Memory Care Communities of Illinois. Modern Wealth Management, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $10.9 billion in assets for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a centralized investment committee and a combination of strategic allocation and tactical adjustments, supported by third-party tools and a focus on integrated advisory services.

Daniel Sharkey is a CFA® charterholder and Series 63 licensee with six years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Cassaday & Company, Inc. in McLean, VA, and previously worked at the Bank of New York Mellon. Sharkey serves as an Associate Portfolio Manager, participating in investment policy meetings and conducting research on markets and investments. Cassaday & Company manages investment portfolios and provides financial planning and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, Modern Portfolio Theory–based approach with diversified, actively managed allocations and offers fiduciary services for ERISA plans.

Madison Glass is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with seven years of experience in the financial services industry. Since 2018, Glass has been with Brighton Jones LLC, following a role at Charles Schwab and earlier positions including work with Dickinson College and Round Rock Advisors. Brighton Jones LLC provides wealth-management and financial planning services to individual, high-net-worth, and family-office clients through multiple brands, including its Personal CFO offering. The firm employs a whole-balance-sheet approach and offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, tax preparation, real-estate consulting, and family office administrative support.

Andrew Wade is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience, currently serving at Stonex Advisors Inc. since 2011. Prior to that, he worked at Nebel Financial Services from 2008 to 2011, where he also holds a continuing leadership role as President. Outside of his advisory work, Wade is active in community and charitable organizations, including serving as past President of the Rotary Club of Dulles International Airport and participating on the finance committee at St. John's Episcopal Church. StoneX Advisors Inc. provides comprehensive financial services to individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA consulting. The firm supports diverse account structures and investment strategies, utilizing both proprietary models and third-party managers to implement client portfolios.

Owen Hendershot is a financial advisor at The Burney Company with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked in education at Virginia Tech University and local schools. The Burney Company advises individual investors, including high net worth clients, as well as small businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $3.59 billion in discretionary assets and employs a multi-team platform with a proprietary investment process that incorporates fundamental and quantitative models, actively managed ETFs, and customized portfolio options.

Robert Speidel is a CFA® charterholder with 24 years of industry experience, all of which he has spent at Everett Harris & Company since 2002. He is based in McLean, VA, and is part of a 10-advisor team at the firm. Everett Harris & Co. provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable institutions. Founded in 1937 and employee-owned, the firm manages over $11 billion in assets, focusing on a fundamental, buy-and-hold investment approach tailored to each client’s objectives and restrictions.

Keenan Bailey is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Mason Investment Advisory Services Inc. in Reston, VA, and has one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at MUFG Investor Services and Mariner Finance. Mason Investment Advisory Services provides fee-based financial planning and investment management to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable institutions. The firm’s investment approach focuses on long-term strategic asset allocation, disciplined rebalancing, and a rigorous manager-selection process, managing approximately $13.2 billion in assets with a compact advisory team.

David Ermlick is a financial advisor with First Advisors National, LLC in Centreville, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 22 years of industry experience. He has served as Regional Manager at Cornerstone Senior Services since 2008, where he recruits, hires, and trains sales agents and sells insurance products. First Advisors National provides investment management, asset allocation advice, and retirement plan consulting primarily to individual clients, using a combination of third-party money managers and direct investment advice with a focus on tactical and strategic asset allocation.

Todd Jorgenson is a financial advisor with United Brokerage Services, Inc. He holds the Series 66 designation and has three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Citigroup, New York Life Insurance Company, and State Farm. United Brokerage Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes strategic and tactical asset allocation, use of mutual funds and ETFs, third-party research, model portfolios, and tax-aware overlays, typically offering advice on a non-discretionary basis.

Bennett Yeargan is a financial advisor at Brighton Jones LLC with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Brighton Jones, he worked at IonQ Quantum for three years and Ernst & Young for four years. He also attended East Carolina University. Brighton Jones provides wealth-management and financial planning services to individual, high-net-worth, and family-office clients through multiple operating brands. The firm employs a whole-balance-sheet approach, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, tax preparation, real-estate consulting, and family office administrative support.