John Nauss III is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF in Silver Spring, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2013. TIAA-CREF’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected through employer retirement plans. The firm offers customized portfolio management alongside model portfolio options and serves as adviser to the TIAA Donor Advised Fund.

David Shober is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 24 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Kestra Advisory. His prior roles include positions at Woodbury Financial Services, SSN Advisory, and National Planning Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he owns SZC Financial Planning & Management and is involved in insurance services offering fixed annuities and life and long-term care insurance. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base including plan sponsors and institutional investors. The firm offers comprehensive fiduciary consulting, plan design, and employee education services supported by extensive due diligence and access to multiple management platforms.

Blake Doyle is a financial advisor at Chevy Chase Trust Company with 21 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63, Series 66, and Series 65 credentials. Prior to joining Chevy Chase Trust in 2016, she worked at Height Analytics, LLC from 2012 to 2017. Doyle serves on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Insteel Industries Inc. (NYSE: IIIN), devoting part of her time each quarter to this role. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management along with personal trust, family wealth, and financial planning services. The firm employs a thematic investment approach focused on macro views and secular trends, and operates as a state-chartered trust company combining fiduciary trust and custody functions with investment management.

David McMillan is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 24 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Netlaw Group, WealthWave, and the Heartland Institute of Financial Education, where he serves as a certified financial educator. He is also involved in health insurance enrollment activities under the Affordable Care Act and provides supplemental insurance solutions through affiliated companies. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and businesses, delivering advisory services primarily through model portfolios and third-party managers across multiple platforms such as Transamerica ONE and TFA365.

Nancy Briguglio is a financial advisor with Creative Planning, holding the CFP® and ChFC® designations and the Series 66 license. She has 42 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Private Advisor Group, LLC and LPL Financial, LLC. Ms. Briguglio serves on the advisory board of Allen & Shariff. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that combines low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies with selective private market exposure and offers a range of advisory and non-investment services.

Harold Lowe is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving at MAI Capital Management, LLC since 2025. Prior to joining MAI, he led Lowe Wealth Advisors, LLC for 14 years. MAI Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages $72.3 billion in assets and offers a range of customized portfolio strategies alongside integrated financial planning and advisory services.

Morgan Tester is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 65-registered financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He is currently with MAI Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2024. Prior to that, he was employed at Carmichael Hill for five years and Estabrook & Company for one year. MAI Capital Management, LLC provides investment management, integrated wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages a broad range of strategies and integrates financial planning, tax, and administrative services, overseeing $72.3 billion in assets as of May 31, 2026.

Heather Follis is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Ellicott City, MD. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has 23 years of industry experience, including 19 years with PNC Investments. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including a digital discretionary model account available as an invitation-only pilot for employees. The firm’s investment approach uses approved model strategies with mutual funds and ETFs, annual rebalancing, and algorithm-driven risk assessment.

Jonathan Giordani is a CFA® charterholder with 24 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and has held roles at firms including LPL Financial and Planning Solutions Group. Outside of advisory services, he is involved as a senior vice president in a fixed insurance capacity. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise firm serving a wide range of clients including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment approach combining passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee and utilizing both proprietary and third-party resources.

Randy Ryan is a financial advisor at Chevy Chase Trust Company with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining Chevy Chase Trust in 2023, he worked at Oars Capital and Mason Investment Advisory Services. He is a 10% shareholder in Oars Capital and is currently negotiating a final buyout agreement. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, personal trust, family wealth and financial planning services, and institutional custody. The firm employs a thematic investment approach focused on macro views and secular trends, combining fiduciary trust and custody functions with investment management in an integrated organizational model.

Rebecca O'Bryon is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC. She has been affiliated with various Steward Partners entities since 2016 and previously worked with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. from 2016 to 2022. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, providing a range of investment advisory and financial planning services.

Robert Glass is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience, currently serving as an advisor at Mariner Wealth Advisors since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at The Mather Group, Financial Engines Advisors, and Edelman Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Windsor Care Homes, an LLC focused on elderly care. Mariner Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations through investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to pooled vehicles and third-party managers. The firm offers integrated tax services and coordinated Family Office offerings, employing discretionary, customized portfolios supported by in-house research and third-party allocations.

Jean Marie Leonard is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Bethesda, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing seven years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of finance, she serves as Chapter President of the McLean Business Connections networking group and is planning to offer private flute lessons. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual and institutional clients through a large network of affiliated advisers. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives, with a significant focus on non-discretionary asset management and specialized services for institutional sponsors.

Brandon Truong is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Rockville, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 19 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at PNC Investments LLC, CITIGROUP, Woodbury Financial Services, and Capital One Investing. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital discretionary account pilot that uses algorithmic risk assessment and approved model strategies to manage investments with mutual funds and ETFs.

Lynn Panagos is a financial advisor at Chevy Chase Trust Company with 23 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Chevy Chase Trust Company since 1999. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients by providing investment management, trust, and financial planning services. The firm employs a thematic investment approach focused on macroeconomic trends and sector themes, combining fiduciary trust and custody functions with discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Samia Clookie is a Series 65 licensed advisor at Wealthspire Advisors with 4 years of industry experience. She has been with Wealthspire Advisors since 2016. Wealthspire Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, nonprofits, foundations, and trustees, offering wealth management, investment advisory, financial planning, and family office support. The firm employs a relationship-driven, customized investment process with diversified, institutional-style asset allocation.

Answan Johnson is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has worked at The Colony Group, LLC since 2018 and previously at Bridgewater Wealth and Financial Management from 2016 to 2017. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm emphasizes long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive portfolio construction using an enhanced open architecture framework that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds.

Timothy Finkelston is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at NewEdge Advisors since 2024 and previously at LPL Financial and Columbia Benefits Consultants, Inc. Mr. Finkelston is vice president of the nonprofit Champions Against Cancer and maintains active law licenses in Pennsylvania and Maryland, though he does not practice law. 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 advisor representatives. The firm offers a variety of portfolio management and consulting services and employs centralized due diligence and technology tools to support its investment programs.

Nicholas Balmer is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2018 and previously worked at TD Ameritrade and Scottrade. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement relationships. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management through a fiduciary model that includes customized and model-based investment approaches.

Glen Lambinicio is a financial advisor at Brown Advisory with 27 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at IA Beaty Haynes & Patterson, Inc. since 1997. Brown Advisory provides investment management and advisory services to a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental research approach to construct concentrated portfolios and offers a range of strategies including equity, fixed income, and sustainable-investment options.