Valerie Malley is a CFP® and ChFC® with seven years of experience in financial advising at First Command Advisory Services. She has also worked as a group fitness instructor at OneLife Fitness since 2014 and runs a pet-sitting business through the Rover app. Valerie is based in Fairfax, VA. First Command Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm provides financial planning and wrap-fee asset management programs that utilize model portfolios managed by a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers.

Abigail Holmes is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC with eight years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® designation and Series 65 license. Her prior experience includes roles at Brightside Advisory Partners, LLC and WMS Partners, LLC. Cresset Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $71.9 billion in client assets across a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a diversified, asset-allocation-driven approach using both active and passive strategies, supported by a structured due-diligence program and private-fund management.

Judy Redpath is a CFP® professional with 29 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network. She has been with Commonwealth since 2006, with a concurrent role as owner of VISTA Wealth Strategies LLC, a private entity facilitating securities and financial planning activities. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing a range of advisory programs and services including wealth management and retirement plan consulting. The firm supports affiliated advisors with operations, technology, investment management, and compliance while offering access to discretionary model portfolios and various program structures.

Leslie Roberts is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Leesburg, VA, holding Series 63 and 65 credentials and over 35 years of industry experience. He has worked at Centaurus Financial since 2007 and has been affiliated with Long Financial Services since 1989. Roberts also sells term life insurance through a separate activity in Boca Raton, FL. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting, using a range of investment analysis techniques and both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

John Henien is a financial advisor at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. with 22 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with HSBC Securities since 2011, concurrently serving as a bank officer at HSBC Bank USA N.A. Outside of his advisory role, Henien is involved in managing several residential real estate ventures, including property rentals and a swimming pool rental business. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. provides managed account programs to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both client-directed and discretionary investment programs supported by strategic and tactical asset allocation and fund due diligence conducted with affiliated providers.

David Avila is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Vienna, VA. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has eight years of industry experience. His career includes roles at George Mason University, Charles Schwab, and multiple financial services firms. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated representatives. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations across various program types and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Christopher Buckley is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Schwab Wealth Advisory and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., where he has worked since 2024. Prior to this, he spent six years with Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and nine years with FIDELITY Brokerage Services LLC. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, using standard asset allocation models and Schwab research tools. The firm focuses on annual financial reviews and investment recommendations while leaving final trading decisions to clients, and it operates as an internal advisory unit within the Schwab ecosystem.

Michael Ness is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 65 license. Prior to joining Cerity Partners in 2022, he worked at FJY Financial for five years and at Fieldstone Financial Management Group, LLC for one year. Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management services to a broad national client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and institutional investors. The firm uses tailored asset allocation and manager selection supported by proprietary quantitative screens, and offers access to alternative and private-market investments alongside comprehensive planning and consulting services.

Brandon Gromadzki is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Oak Hill Wealth Advisors LLC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and The Vanguard Group. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a broad client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and access to alternative and private-market investments, with a focus on diversified asset allocation and customized portfolios.

Lisa Gilland is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Financial Growth Partners and Grant Thornton. She works with Park Avenue Securities LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, which provides brokerage services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of investment advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios, and combines proprietary and third-party strategies.

Grayson Hurley is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Forge Financial Group and Potomac Financial Private Client Group. 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 offers a range of advisory programs and services, including customized portfolio solutions and retirement plan consulting, while providing operational, trading, compliance, and practice-management support to its affiliated advisors.

Frances Arias is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) with 13 years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. Prior to joining Eagle Strategies in 2022, she worked with Nylife Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company since 2012. Outside of her advisory role, Arias works as an independent contractor for St. Francis of Assisi Church and performs as a paid wedding musician. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, defined contribution and defined benefit plans, and charitable and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services, primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis and delivering tailored advice through multiple program types.

Taylor Seiling is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Creative Planning since 2021 and previously spent 15 years at SBSB Financial Advisors. Based in McLean, VA, he is part of a large advisory firm serving a diverse client base. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in assets and employs a financial planning–led investment process that incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and supplemental approaches such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Melissa Taro is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience. She is currently with Cerity Partners LLC, where she has worked since 2023. Her prior roles include positions at Lumina Financial Consultants, Virtual FP LLC, and FJY Financial. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and access to alternative and private-market investments, tailoring portfolios through diversified asset allocation and proprietary quantitative screening.

Kirsty Peev is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience. She has worked at Halpern Financial, Inc. for 22 years before joining MAI Capital Management, LLC, where she has been since 2024. MAI Capital Management, LLC offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, integrated wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diversified client base, including high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm customizes portfolio management across multiple strategies and combines these with financial planning, tax, and administrative services.

Susan Krimigis is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses. Prior to joining Rockefeller Financial, she worked at Citigroup Global Markets from 2007 to 2024. 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 through a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform that includes discretionary, non-discretionary, and model-delivery solutions across multiple asset classes.

Bryan Trejo is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management with 12 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Citigroup Global Markets and TD Ameritrade before joining PNC in 2021. Based in Vienna, VA, Trejo currently provides advisory services within an enterprise firm setting. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including a digital discretionary model account available by invitation to employees. The firm utilizes algorithm-driven risk assessment and approved model strategies executed with mutual funds and ETFs, focusing on automated portfolio management rather than standalone financial planning.

Clayton Castle is a financial advisor with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Zoominfo and Aflac, as well as working in construction and hospitality industries. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an enterprise-scale SEC-registered RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets and serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers various portfolio management and financial planning services through both proprietary and third-party solutions.

Nicholas Camel is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at TIAA-CREF since 2018, following three years with Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Bank. Outside of his advisory role, he owns rental properties in Florida and Maryland. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA employer retirement plan relationships. The firm offers a range of advisory services, including model and customized portfolios, and acts as investment adviser to a donor-advised fund sponsored by Charityvest.

Richard Shu is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in Tysons, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has been with HSBC Securities and HSBC Bank (USA) N.A. since 2013, where he also serves as a bank officer involved in the sale of bank-related products alongside his role as a registered representative. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. provides managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, offering both client-directed and fully discretionary investment options. The firm uses model risk profiles and a combination of strategic and tactical asset-allocation advice developed with HSBC Global Asset Management, with programs distinguished by their integration of affiliated and third-party advisory and custodial services.