Alvin Fonkoua Sop is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, where he has worked since 2019, following prior roles at Charles Schwab and Winthrop University. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services offers financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a wide range of clients, including individual, high-net-worth, corporate, and institutional investors. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and model portfolios while providing tailored offerings such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support.

Michael Ferguson is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network. He has worked at Clarendon Wealth Management since 2016 and at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2017. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and manages roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a comprehensive adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services.

Karen Fields is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. in Arlington, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 18 years of industry experience. She has been with VOYA Financial Advisors since 2014. Outside of her advisory role, she operates as an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance products and is the owner of Fields Financial, LLC. VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients by offering financial planning, portfolio management, unified managed account and wrap programs, as well as retirement-plan and IRA advisory services. The firm combines model portfolios, independent strategists, and technology-enabled tools to provide predominantly non-discretionary investment management across a broad product shelf.

Pranali Fortini is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. She is currently with Creative Planning and has previously worked at firms including Burt Wealth Advisors, Brighton Jones, and Financial Engines Advisors. Fortini serves on the board of Rock Spring Children's Center, a nonprofit childcare organization. Creative Planning provides wealth management and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, employing a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure. The firm manages approximately $295.6 billion in assets across more than 1,100 advisors and offers a range of institutional and private investment solutions.

Jackson Traxler is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with seven years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior experience includes roles at Morgan Stanley and Truist Advisory Services. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families and family offices, as well as institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, along with broker-dealer services, variable insurance products, and investment banking through a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform.

Kenneth Clarke is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Ameritas Advisory Services since 2016 and also has experience with Peake Financial and Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. Clarke is involved with Peake Financial Group LLC as a financial representative focused on insurance and investments. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides advisory and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a range of investment management and financial planning solutions, utilizing model portfolios, mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities across multiple program platforms.

Leah Jones is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Hightower Advisors since 2015. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is based in Bethesda, MD. Outside of her advisory role, she owns a small rental property in Chicago. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm’s approach includes multi-manager solutions and discretionary portfolio management, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers across various investment vehicles.

Christopher Johnson is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC and Bridgewater Wealth & Financial Management, LLC. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, and institutional clients with 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.

Sofia Kostopoulos is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets and holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials. She has 25 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Wells Fargo and JP Morgan. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with both discretionary and non-discretionary programs, supported by in-house research and a range of specialized market roles.

Dee Schedler is a financial advisor at CIBC Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and has been associated with Investment Advisers, Inc. since 2004. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies. The firm combines an internal investment team and governance committees to offer customized portfolio management and wealth advisory services, leveraging both proprietary and external strategies.

Steven Goldfarb is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Washington, DC, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2014. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that manages 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 municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and a range of advisory programs.

Sarah Kyle is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, AvalonBay, and Ernst & Young. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm combines active and passive investment strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, emphasizing long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive portfolio construction.

Joshua Stromberg is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at EP Wealth Advisors. His prior roles include positions at Divergent Planning, Wealthway Financial Advisors, and Ameriprise Financial. EP Wealth Advisors is a registered investment adviser that serves individuals, corporate and business clients, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services, using customized model portfolios and a variety of investment strategies including fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Justin Graves is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Alexandria, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of finance, he has experience in the hospitality sector, including managing Tom's Watch Bar. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital discretionary account pilot that uses algorithm-driven risk assessment and invests via approved model strategies with mutual funds and ETFs.

Anthony David is a financial advisor at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Global Markets, and Raymond James Financial Services. Outside of advisory roles, he is involved as an owner of SJD Partners, LLC, a holding company used for passive private investments. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on customized, primarily long-term portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, and other securities, supported by a network of roughly 286 advisors.

Kadri Emini is a financial advisor at First Command Advisory Services with one year of industry experience. They hold Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and have worked within various First Command entities since 2024. Prior to entering the advisory field, Kadri was involved with Auto Salloni 01 for ten years. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a particular focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs featuring model portfolios managed by an internal Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers.

Matthew Robertson is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with TIAA and TIAA-CREF since 2007. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning, discretionary managed account programs, and broker-dealer services primarily to individuals connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm separates one-time planning services from ongoing portfolio management, applying a fiduciary standard to its advisory services and acting as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Bryan Lennon is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and previously worked at Atomic Invest, LLC and Personal Capital Advisors Corporation. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting with an investment approach that combines passive and active managers guided by quantitative and fundamental research.

Gabriel Krawczak is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Washington, DC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has worked with SunTrust Advisory Services since 2016 and with Suntrust Securities, Inc. since 2000. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation, fiduciary support, and a manager-selection program that combines discretionary and non-discretionary approaches, supported by AI-enabled research and inter-affiliate integration.

Brita Jones is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. She holds the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license and has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Stratos Wealth Partners in 2016, she worked at LPL Financial and Uvest Financial Services Group, Inc. Stratos Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered enterprise advisor with approximately 379 advisors managing $18.6 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, nonprofits, and institutions, offering a range of services from financial planning to outsourced CIO solutions through an open-architecture platform integrating multiple third-party managers.