Michael Mcsweeney is a Series 66-licensed advisor with 12 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2011 and 2012, respectively. Mcsweeney is involved in Strategic Wealth Group Inc. / Ascend Wealth Partners, a marketing DBA for Guardian and Park Avenue businesses. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both brokerage and advisory services, employing a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies across discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

Michael Cooper is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Kestra Advisory, having previously worked at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hornor Townsend & Kent Inc, and Ernst & Young Investment Advisers LLP. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors and a diverse range of institutional and individual clients, offering services including fiduciary consulting, plan design, and employee education. The firm serves large institutional investors and manages approximately $79.8 billion in assets.

Lisa Raghunanan is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with 19 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at J.P. Morgan Securities and Jpmorgan Chase Bank NA. Key Investment Services LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides portfolio management and model-based advisory products to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes a multi-provider platform and offers a range of wrap-fee programs supported by affiliated insurance products and services from KeyCorp affiliates.

Jeffrey Buczek is a financial advisor at SPC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Sigma Planning Corporation and Sigma Financial Corporation since 2009. He also sells various insurance products, including life, long-term care, and Medicare supplement insurance, through multiple insurance companies. SPC provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm supports a large network of advisors delivering tailored, discretionary investment advice and maintains notable affiliations with broker-dealers and insurance agencies.

Steven Testino is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Private Advisor Group, LLC. His work history includes roles at LPL Financial, IFP Securities, Independent Financial Partners, Merrill, and Morgan Stanley. Outside of financial advising, he is a long-standing owner of SCT Restaurant LLC. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans with a fiduciary-based advisory approach. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to managed account solutions including proprietary and third-party programs.

Michael Dimola is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has prior experience at Securities America Advisors, Inc. and Securities America, Inc. He also operates a CPA practice, Michael Dimola, CPA, PC, which he has owned since 1996. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach includes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers services such as discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Gavin Ford is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. His prior roles include positions at Hartford Funds Distributors, IPTA Clinical LLC, and Rutgers University, among others. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions to individual investors, corporations, pension plans, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers using both active and passive strategies across various asset classes.

Michael Wenger is a financial advisor at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory work, Wenger has pursued interests in electronic dance music production and has an LLC established to open a restaurant/lounge in New York City. Park Avenue Securities, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and institutional clients through brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment advisory programs. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary advisory options utilizing models from internal and third-party managers, along with a hybrid digital advisory solution.

Matthew Piro is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding a Series 66 credential and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities LLC and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2017, and previously at Zimmer Capital from 2015 to 2017. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent contractor involved in insurance sales outside Guardian Life. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, utilizing a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

Jasmine Britton is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 12 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Citizens Securities, Inc., JP Morgan Securities LLC, and JP Morgan Chase Bank. Britton also serves as a Notary Officer for the state of New Jersey in a sole proprietorship capacity. 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 separates planning services from ongoing portfolio management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund, operating within a vertically integrated group using affiliated funds.

Paul Schackman is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has 15 years of industry experience and has previously worked at firms including Steward Partners Investment Solutions, Raymond James Financial Services, and Tullett Prebon Financial Services. He is also appointed as an agent to sell non-securities insurance products for AGIA. Park Avenue Securities LLC, doing business as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser owned by Guardian Life. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and a range of investment advisory programs.

Thomas Herkert is a CFP® professional with 37 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently with Commonwealth Financial Network and also operates Herkert Advisors, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Kestra Advisory Services, LLC and Westchester Financial Advisors. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing over $210 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services, offering a range of investment options tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Edison Aracena Lorenzo is affiliated with Citigroup Global Markets and holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. He has six years of industry experience, having worked at Citigroup since 2017 in various capacities, as well as prior roles at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Pay-O-Matic. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across wealth management segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains substantial institutional scale with specialized market roles such as acting as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Pablo Baiza Castro is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Bloomfield, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Primerica Advisors, Citizens Bank, and Harvard Business School. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s services integrate with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and focus on long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and clients’ savings rates.

David Heitner is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 12 years of industry experience. He has worked with several firms, including Securities America Advisors and LPL Financial. Outside of financial advising, he is the owner and officer of Heits Building Services, Inc., a commercial cleaning business established in 2003. Independent Financial Group, LLC offers investment advisory and brokerage services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporate and pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a combination of strategic asset allocation, multi-manager portfolios, and ongoing due diligence to deliver tailored investment strategies.

Amit Chopra is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently with NewEdge Advisors since 2022. He previously worked at Advisors Capital Management, Forefront Wealth Planning and Asset Management, Commonwealth Financial Network, Bruderman Brothers LLC, and Gary Goldberg Planning Services Inc. Chopra is the managing partner and owner of Forefront Wealth Planning and Asset Management, a private advisory business. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers diverse portfolio management and consulting services, combining in-house manager selection with third-party strategies supported by technology and centralized due diligence.

Timothy Burklow Jr. is a CFP® and ChFC® with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC and previously worked at Burklow & Rotella and Ameriprise. Before entering the financial advisory field, he was employed at Rutgers University for four years. 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, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services.

Gawain Mckenzie is a financial advisor at TD Private Client Wealth LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities. He currently operates out of Ramsey, NJ. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional clients, high-net-worth private clients, and retail clients. The firm constructs portfolios through a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation using both affiliated and third-party sub-managers.

David Alter is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 43 years of industry experience and has worked at firms including Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he is completing a graphic novel intended for adaptation into a major motion picture and serves as a trustee for multiple family trusts. Park Avenue Securities LLC 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, utilizing proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

Michael Flower is a CFP® with 30 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently affiliated with Hightower Advisors and Hightower Securities LLC, where he has worked since 2018. Michael has prior experience at Securities America Advisors, Inc. and Securities America, Inc., spanning 14 years. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a trustee at Packanack Community Church and is a member of the Economic Development Commission of Wayne Township. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, pension plans, charitable organizations, and financial institutions. The firm’s advisory approach involves manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, with a range of investment vehicles and services tailored to client needs.