Salvatore Maniscalco Jr. is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Belmont, MA, holding a Series 63 designation and 41 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. since 1993 and Lexington Financial Group since 1987. Outside of advisory work, he is a 50% owner of an insurance agency and president of a securities business entity at his branch location. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors, providing a range of advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting services. The firm supports affiliated advisors with operations, technology, investment management, and compliance while offering discretionary portfolio management through its Investment Management and Research team.

Margaret Kantrowitz is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF who holds a Series 66 designation and has 10 years of industry experience. Prior to joining TIAA-CREF in 2024, she worked at Allspring Funds Management and Wells Fargo Clearing. Outside of finance, she works as an interior designer and serves as a trustee reviewing scholarship essays for high school seniors. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing employer retirement relationships. The firm combines point-in-time financial planning with ongoing discretionary portfolio management, using both model and customized portfolios under a fiduciary standard.

James Aldo is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Vision Wealth Strategies LLC, Eagle Strategies (NY Life), and New York Life Insurance Company. Aldo also volunteers as a youth softball coach in Taunton, MA. 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 investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and consulting services, leveraging both in-house and third-party strategies supported by technology and centralized due diligence.

Brian Franford is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Needham, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ameritas Advisory Services, Daniel J. Galli & Associates, COMPASS Wealth Management, and Lincoln Investment. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and manages roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform with access to managed-account programs, third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Joshua Olson is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at The Vanguard Group and Polaris MEP. Olson also spends a portion of his time involved in fixed insurance sales. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of nearly 2,900 advisors and managing approximately $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement and plan consulting, and custody and clearing services.

Aline Tellstone is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has prior work experience at Einstein's Workshop, Boston University, Victor Central High School, and Fitzsimmons Dance Factory. 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 support services, including discretionary model portfolios, personalized indexing, and retirement plan consulting.

Bryan Rutledge is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2015. 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, providing operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Francis Burgoyne II is a financial advisor with Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 16 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Bankers Life Securities, Inc. since 2016 and with Bankers Life and Casualty since 1995. In addition to his advisory role, Burgoyne also trains and manages insurance agents through his position as a Unit Field Trainer at Bankers Life and Casualty. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. primarily serves mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management as well as retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to tailor asset allocations and manages portfolios across a variety of securities.

Qing Yang is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. and previously worked at O'Brien Wealth Partners LLC, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. O'Brien Wealth Partners LLC provides fee-only investment advice and financial planning to individuals, families, businesses, nonprofits, pension plans, and endowments, managing approximately $1.1 billion in discretionary assets. The firm emphasizes capital preservation and attractive returns through diversified asset allocation and model portfolios guided by an investment committee, with implementation primarily via mutual funds and ETFs.

Timothy Vanech is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. with 22 years of industry experience. He previously worked for 16 years at Shorepoint Capital Partners. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as a trustee managing investment decisions for his family's trusts. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio strategies, including model allocations and specialized options-based approaches, and utilizes technology to manage held-away employer retirement accounts.

Michael Shanley is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. in Westwood, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has 16 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Capital Analysts, Lincoln Investment, and John Hancock entities. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and retirement plans, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm provides a digital advisory program with ETF-based portfolios and discretionary management, as well as commission-based brokerage services.

Medha Nadgir is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors and its predecessor, Beacon Pointe Wealth Advisors, since 2015. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, employing a manager-of-managers approach that combines active and passive strategies with a formal due diligence process. The firm also sponsors proprietary investment vehicles and serves as an operating general partner for several private funds.

Chad Rishel is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience in financial advising. He currently works at Farther and previously held roles at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management and TIAA-CREF. Farther serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through a technology-driven advisory platform combined with direct client meetings. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach using bespoke allocations and proprietary algorithmic model portfolios, focusing primarily on ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income.

Richard Belofsky is a CFP® and ChFC® with 39 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors and has held roles at Guardian Life Insurance Company, Park Avenue Securities, and The Bulfinch Group LLC. He teaches adult education classes on retirement-related topics in Arlington, MA. 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 proprietary and third-party investment strategies across multiple platforms.

Patrick Hinton is a CFP® and ChFC® with 28 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and is a co-owner of Altara Wealth, where he focuses on securities, advisory, and insurance business. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as an elected Town Meeting Member in Walpole, Massachusetts. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that supports a national network of nearly 2,900 advisors, offering a range of managed-account programs, third-party asset management access, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Thomas Vesey is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network based in Canton, MA, holding eight years of industry experience. He has operated Thomas Vesey Consulting since 2015. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive adviser-support platform with access to discretionary and nondiscretionary managed-account programs, third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Michael Tucci is a Series 65 licensed advisor with 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2019 and was previously with Lexington Wealth Management, Inc. for 14 years. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a multi-manager approach that includes affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and diverse investment vehicles. The firm supports complex pooled and institutional mandates and offers various operational and investment strategies, including international exposure and tax-managed approaches.

Stephen Devine is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network based in Waltham, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network in multiple periods since 2016 and spent a year at Partners Capital Investment Group. Outside of financial advising, he is involved with 21 WEEKS LLC, operating under the name Bar Salida. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides advisory programs and back-office services, including investment management, compliance, and technology support, allowing advisors discretion to construct client portfolios from a broad range of securities and insurance products.

Robert Young Jr. is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Holliston, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and 28 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with GWFS Equities Inc/Great West Life & Annuity Insurance Co since 2008. 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, delivering services through an integrated model linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Lynn Waples is a CFP® professional at Hightower Advisors with 12 years of industry experience. She worked at Argent Wealth Management, LLC for six years before joining Hightower Advisors in 2020. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients. The firm focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.