Joseph Femia is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors, holding a Series 63 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services and Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent representatives. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management and consulting services and employs multiple program structures combining in-house and third-party strategies, supported by technology and centralized due diligence.

John Kortze IV is a financial advisor at Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including Raymond James Financial Services and Wells Fargo Advisors. Kortze serves as treasurer for the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance in Newtown, CT. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in regulatory assets. The firm serves individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering investment advisory, financial planning, pension consulting, and managed account programs.

Matthew Jorgensen is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Morgan Stanley, First Republic Investment Management, and HQ Digital 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 portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, operating uniquely as a registered broker-dealer with capabilities in securities transactions, variable insurance products, and placement and investment banking services.

Cary Kortze is a financial advisor with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Steward Partners Investment Solutions, Raymond James Financial Services, and Wells Fargo Advisors. Kortze is a partner in Kortze Brothers Wealth Management Group and serves as an insurance agent with Steward Partners Global Advisory. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an enterprise-scale SEC-registered RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations, offering a range of investment advisory and financial planning services along with portfolio management through various Steward Partners-branded and third-party solutions.

Christopher Alexis is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 35 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup since 2007 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of rental properties, which he manages with limited time outside of securities trading hours. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains in-house research, acting also as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Steven Wilson is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Rye Brook, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Primerica Advisors and Guardian Life Insurance Co of America since 2011 and also operates a CPA and CFA practice focused on tax return preparation and consulting. Additionally, he has a teaching role at Fordham University that he has held since 2007. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering both brokerage and advisory services alongside financial and retirement planning. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party platforms and supports a range of account-level services including lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Jeffrey Fitz is a financial advisor at Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd with 33 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has previously worked at firms including Raymond James Financial Services, Boston Harbor Wealth Advisors, Bank of America, and Merrill Lynch. Fitz also operates Fitz Wealth Management, a business focused on investment advisory services. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers an open-architecture Strategic Wealth Management platform that supports both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios, emphasizing active monitoring and asset allocation across multiple custodians and sub-advisors.

Michael Guarnieri is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and three years of industry experience. He has also worked at Scheer Guarnieri & Associates CPAs LLP since 2011. His role at Scheer Guarnieri involves certified public accounting activities. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, consulting, and family office services, employing a long-term investment approach with customized portfolios constructed using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income.

Michael Beloff is a financial advisor at Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has held roles at LPL Financial, LLC, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and METLIFE SECURITIES Inc. He serves as a member of the American Funds ABLE Advisory Council. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to individual investors, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, retirement plans, and institutional clients through portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party advisory solutions. The firm offers an open-architecture platform supporting both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios, emphasizing active monitoring and asset allocation across multiple custodians.

Gianni Dimeglio is a CFP® credentialed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. He is currently with William Blair, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to this, he spent nine years at TD Bank, N.A. and TD Private Client Wealth LLC. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm employs an active, research-driven approach across multiple asset classes and provides access to proprietary models, third-party sub-managers, and private investment opportunities.

Timothy Drinkall is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Essentia Analytics, Dauntless Management, Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC, and Morgan Stanley. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Fairfield University, teaching Principles of Investing. Oppenheimer provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and a range of investment products, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management programs.

John Buffa is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in White Plains, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2017 and previously spent nearly a decade at Morgan Stanley in various capacities, including Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors. The firm employs a multi-manager approach with access to affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a range of investment vehicles, serving clients through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Daniel Leskowitz is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Tarrytown, NY, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and Lazard Asset Management. Leskowitz also engages in fixed insurance sales as a secondary business activity. 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 range of advisory programs and comprehensive back-office support, including operations, trading, technology, and compliance, enabling advisors to offer diversified investment and insurance solutions.

Raymond Leyden is a Series 63-licensed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Primerica Advisors and has prior experience at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and New York Life Insurance Company. Leyden also serves as a board member for Lansdowne Yonkers. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage and advisory services, financial planning, and investment programs utilizing proprietary and third-party strategies.

Steven Bender is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor representative at Kestra Advisory. His prior experience includes work at Ameriprise Financial Services and co-owning a CPA firm, Liverzani and Bender. Outside of advisory services, he is the sole proprietor of Bender & Associates, CPAs, and serves as CFO of IG Fruit, an importer and marketer of fresh fruit. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, including fiduciary and plan-level investment services. The firm manages approximately $79.8 billion in assets and serves a diverse client base that includes large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Jason Horowitz is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Nomura Securities International, Nomura Holding America, and RBC Capital Markets. He is based in New York, NY. Primerica Advisors operates under Park Avenue Securities LLC, serving a broad retail client base with a range of brokerage and advisory services, including financial planning and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies and supports various account-level services such as lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Yoshiki Hirabayashi is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 7 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Citigroup since 2011, including roles at Citibank, N.A. and Citigroup Global Markets. 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 significant institutional scale with unique market roles, including functioning as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Marc Ferraiola is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Morgan Stanley, E*TRADE Capital Management LLC, Worden Capital Management LLC, and the University of Buffalo. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles and provides advisory, execution, custody, and specialized lending services.

Andrew Leven is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors and operating through Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company. He has held roles at Park Avenue Securities since 2005 and Guardian Life Insurance since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, he helps coordinate community services for the Greenknolls Greenvale Community Association and is involved with Retirement Strategy Calculator LLC, an application focused on cash flow analysis. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage and advisory services, employing proprietary and third-party investment strategies across multiple platforms.

Brian McDermott is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Oppenheimer since 2009. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering advisory and brokerage services such as investment management, consulting, and retirement services. The firm employs strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and a range of investment strategies to meet client objectives, while also acting as a qualified custodian and providing both discretionary and non-discretionary management programs.