Reuben De Almeida is a financial advisor with Santander Securities LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America N.A., Merrill, Pruco Securities, and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. He is currently based in Scotch Plains, NJ. Santander Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base with approximately $3.14 billion in regulatory assets under management across about 10,800 client relationships. The firm offers investment advisory services, portfolio management through wrap-fee programs, and access to securities-based lending and insurance products, primarily onboarding retail investors through its FMAX wrap-fee platform and third-party discretionary managers.

Salvadore Salvo is a financial advisor with Summit Financial, LLC and holds a Series 63 designation, bringing 52 years of industry experience. He previously worked with Summit Equities, Inc. and Summit Financial Resources, Inc. for 36 years before joining Summit Financial in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, Salvo serves on the board of Legatus, a religious organization, and is involved in planned giving education through several nonprofit-related activities. Summit Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered multi-team advisory firm with over $26 billion in assets under management. The firm offers both discretionary and consultative investment management services, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory, serving approximately 17,800 clients with a broad range of portfolio management programs and access to alternative investments.

Nathan Barbakoff is a financial advisor at OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Bleakley Financial Group, Private Advisor Group, and LPL Financial. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in offering life, disability, long-term care, and health insurance products. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners provides customized financial planning and wealth management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a range of proprietary and third-party investment models with a strong focus on discretionary portfolio management and uses advanced tools for monitoring and client meeting documentation.

Adam Puskar is a financial advisor with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners in Parsippany, NJ, holding Series 66, 63, and 65 licenses and eight years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Private Advisor Group, Merrill, and a four-year tenure with the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners provides customized financial planning and wealth management services to a diverse clientele, including individual investors, business entities, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a range of investment approaches using third-party managers, custodian platforms, and proprietary models, supported by technological and operational outsourcing solutions.

Keith Fahrman is a financial advisor at Summit Financial, LLC with 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Summit Financial since 2018 and previously worked at Summit Equities, Inc. and Summit Financial Resources, Inc. from 1996 to 2018. Fahrman also holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Summit Financial, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $26.35 billion in assets and serving around 17,800 clients. The firm offers a range of investment advisory and portfolio management services, combining discretionary and consultative approaches across its programs.

Susan Kimmel is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has worked at Advisors Capital Management, LLC since 2019 and previously operated her own CPA practice and financial advisory business from 1995 to 2019. Advisors Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and proprietary model strategies to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm combines top-down macroeconomic analysis with bottom-up fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative research, offering customized private accounts and model separate-account and ETF strategies.

Thomas Trynin is a financial advisor at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and previously worked at Red Hook Management, LLC for ten years before joining Simon Quick Advisors in 2022. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and non-profit entities, endowments, foundations, and corporate clients by providing wealth management, investment consulting, financial and tax planning, and administrative services. The firm combines private fund management, sub-advisory relationships, and integrated back-office offerings, including tax return preparation and bill-pay services.

Christopher Badaracco is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving at Advisors Capital Management, LLC. He previously worked at Rose Wealth Advisors, LLC, and Mariner Wealth Advisors over the course of his career. Outside of advisory roles, he owns a tax preparation business. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs, providing discretionary portfolio management with customized private accounts, model strategies, and self-directed brokerage solutions. The firm combines macro and bottom-up analysis across various asset classes and manages over $8 billion in discretionary assets, acting as an outsourced sub-advisor for multiple intermediaries.

Theresa Yarosh is a CFP® and ChFC® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at NPA Asset Management, LLC since 2011. Her prior experience includes roles at International Planning Alliance, LLC and Guardian Life Insurance Co. Outside of advisory work, she is co-director of fundraising for the Twilight Wish Foundation, a nonprofit focused on fulfilling wishes for seniors living below the poverty level, and is the author of the book *The Great Economic Deception*. NPA Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered adviser managing approximately $1.065 billion in assets across 2,293 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, corporations, pension, and charitable accounts through a network of advisors, offering a range of managed-account programs, third-party asset manager referrals, and investment options including mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and insurance products.

Michael Karalewich is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with NPA Asset Management, LLC since 2006. He is also dually registered with Nationwide Planning Associates, Inc., an affiliated broker-dealer. NPA Asset Management, LLC serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, corporations, pension, and charitable accounts through a network of 51 advisors and approximately 2,293 client relationships, managing about $1.065 billion in assets. The firm offers multiple managed-account programs and access to various investment products, delivering advisory services through its Advisor’s Edge platform.

Matthew Sysyn is a financial advisor at Santander Securities LLC with a Series 66 designation and less than one year of industry experience. His prior work history includes roles outside the financial services sector in retail and education. Santander Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base with approximately $3.14 billion in regulatory assets under management across roughly 10,800 client relationships. The firm offers investment advisory services, portfolio management through wrap-fee programs, goal-based financial planning, and access to securities-based lending and insurance products.

Richard Walsh is a financial advisor with NPA Asset Management, LLC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 41 years of industry experience, having previously worked at firms including Voya Financial Advisors, Osaic FA, TD Ameritrade, and BNY Mellon Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance products. NPA Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, corporations, pension, and charitable accounts through a team of 51 advisors. The firm manages approximately $1.065 billion in assets and provides multiple managed-account programs, third-party asset manager referrals, and access to mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and insurance products.

Stephen Roth is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience. He is currently with Gladstone Wealth Partners and has held prior roles at LPL Financial, LLC and PRUCO Securities, LLC. Outside of advisory roles, he has served as a benefit consultant in the non-variable insurance sector. Gladstone Wealth Partners serves individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations through a network of nearly 100 investment adviser representatives. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting using a broad range of investment approaches tailored at the representative level.

Jeffrey Crystal is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior work includes positions at Morgan Stanley, Prudential Insurance Company of America, and BrookeReed Consulting. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, corporate and institutional investors, and other financial firms. The firm utilizes a fund-of-funds investment approach, combining ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, while providing advisory services alongside operational technology solutions and a third-party asset management platform.

Dean Barnacle is a financial advisor with Summit Financial, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at PKS Investments, Equitable Advisors, and RBC Capital Markets. Summit Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered multi-team advisory firm with approximately $26.35 billion in assets under management, serving around 17,800 clients. The firm offers a range of investment advisory and portfolio management programs alongside financial planning and retirement plan advisory, combining discretionary and consultative services.

Tristan Harding is a financial advisor at Beacon Trust with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has held various roles within PNC, including positions at PNC Wealth Management, PNC Investments, and PNC Bank. Harding joined Beacon Trust in 2026. Beacon Trust provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and trustee services to individuals, trusts, pension, and charitable entities. The firm manages over $4 billion in discretionary assets and employs an open-architecture investment platform with a focus on tax awareness and customized fixed-income portfolios.

Cindy Pitonzo is a ChFC® with three years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC. She previously worked at Tradition Capital Management, LLC and was involved with St Bartholomew the Apostle Church for five years. Advisors Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and proprietary model strategies to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative research, offering customized private accounts and specialized solutions such as municipal fixed-income portfolios and a managed mutual fund program.

Devorah Finkelstein is a financial advisor at B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including Morgan Stanley and National Securities Corp. B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered firm managing approximately $7.03 billion in client assets across 274 advisors. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans through a variety of advisory programs, third-party managers, and proprietary asset allocation models.

Thomas Shaw is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Beacon Trust and has previously worked at MSCI, The Vanguard Group, and Hennion & Walsh. Beacon Trust offers financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and trustee services to individuals, trusts, pension, and charitable entities. The firm manages approximately $4.26 billion in discretionary assets and employs an open-architecture investment platform that includes in-house strategies, factor-based models, separately managed accounts, and monitored independent managers.

David Johnston is a CFP® with 29 years of industry experience, currently serving at OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners. His prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, LPL Financial, Cetera Advisors, and First Allied Advisory Services. Outside of his advisory work, Johnston serves as an adjunct professor of Insurance Planning at the College of New Jersey and holds board roles at Stanton Ridge Golf and Country Club, the College of New Jersey Foundation, and the Hunterdon Health Foundation. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners provides customized financial planning and wealth management to individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a combination of proprietary investment models, third-party managers, and custodian-sponsored programs, primarily managing client assets on a discretionary basis.