Stephen Salmon Jr. is a financial advisor with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. He holds a Series 66 designation and has five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Voya Financial in 2022, he held positions at Score Priority, Equitable Advisors, Aetna, and the University of Hartford. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse range of clients including retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services through multiple program structures, with a focus on non-discretionary advice.

Brian Dowd is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Simsbury, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has operated Dowd Financial Group LLC since 2008. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, providing a range of advisory programs and services along with operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support. The firm offers various discretionary and customized investment solutions, including model portfolios managed by its Investment Management and Research team.

Eric Spooner is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Voya Financial and its affiliated entities since 2014. In addition to his advisory role, Spooner operates as an independent insurance agent, selling fixed life, annuity, and long-term care insurance products when appropriate. VOYA Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors, offering services such as financial planning, portfolio management, and plan-sponsor consulting. The firm provides advice through multiple program structures, often emphasizing non-discretionary recommendations.

Francis Leblanc is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and over 43 years of industry experience. He has been with VOYA Financial Advisors since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he operates as an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance products. VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, offering services such as financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides advice primarily through non-discretionary programs and maintains a dual registration as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and a broker-dealer.

Michael Fioroni is a financial advisor at J. W. Cole Advisors, Inc. with 43 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with J. W. Cole Advisors and its affiliated entities since 2013. Outside of advising, he serves as a notary public. J. W. Cole Advisors operates through a large network of independent advisers, offering fee-based portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan services, and access to multiple third-party investment platforms for individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes both fundamental and technical analysis and supports discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Samuel Mancini is a financial advisor with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc., holding Series 66 and Series 63 credentials and 11 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at MassMutual and Gwfs Equities, reflecting a background in both insurance and financial services. Mancini is based in Windsor, Connecticut. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a broad range of financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement consulting services, primarily through non-discretionary recommendation-based programs alongside some commission-based product sales.

Priya Tater is a financial advisor with Key Investment Services LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and 16 years of industry experience. She has worked at Key Investment Services and KeyBank since 2019 and previously spent nearly a decade at Fifth Third Bank and its affiliated entities. Outside of her advisory role, she assists with managing a rental property jointly owned with her husband. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various wrap-fee advisory programs and managed account solutions. The firm emphasizes client-directed investment choices supported by recommendations and ongoing monitoring, operating within the KeyCorp group with affiliated banking and capital markets entities.

Mark Zraunig is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network and has 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Commonwealth, he worked at Kestra Advisory Services and Kestra Investment Services between 2013 and 2025. He is also the owner of Parkview Financial, Inc., a private entity involved in securities, advisory, and insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a national broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser supporting approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Elizabeth Lott is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 19 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 credential and has worked at firms including LPL Financial, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Horace Mann Companies. Outside of finance, she is involved in dance and fitness instruction, teaching at the Farmington Valley YMCA and Farmington Valley Academy Montessori, and owning East Coast Dance & Fitness. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Eric Macway is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 20 years of industry experience. He has been with VOYA Financial Advisors since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, Macway is a volunteer coach for youth girls' soccer and basketball in South Windsor, CT. VOYA Financial Advisors serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting through multiple program structures. The firm operates primarily on a recommendation-based model with a mix of non-discretionary and advisory services, alongside broker-dealer activities and affiliated programs.

Anthony Muscarella is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp, where he has worked since 1998. He has 27 years of industry experience and also owns an accounting and tax services business serving small businesses and individuals since 1986. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a range of managed programs and investment strategies, including proprietary retirement model portfolios, and serves approximately 14,700 clients through 431 advisors.

Kathleen Thompson is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 13 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at VOYA Financial and its affiliates for 11 years before joining Empower. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients, using an integrated model linked to the firm’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Keith Leece is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at TIAA-CREF since 2013, with prior experience at LPL Financial and an earlier tenure at TIAA-CREF. Outside of his advisory work, he has pursued an apprenticeship as a barber. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and corporate entities, often serving clients connected to TIAA-administered retirement plans. The firm provides both one-time planning services and ongoing portfolio management using model and customized portfolios within a vertically integrated structure.

Mark Van Valkenburg is a financial advisor with TLG Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 32 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Liberty Partners Financial Services, Modern Capital Advisors, and Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation. He is also involved in wholesale distribution of financial products through Frontier Brokerage Insurance Services. TLG Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.0 billion in discretionary client assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and institutional investors, offering investment supervisory and portfolio management, comprehensive financial and estate planning, and ERISA fiduciary services, with an investment approach grounded in fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory.

Owen Freeman Daniels is a CFP®, CFA®, and ChFC® with 24 years of experience in financial advisory services. He has been with Kestra Advisory since 2016 and Kestra Investment Services since 2005. He also serves as president of a local condominium association board. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base, including institutional and individual clients, with a broad range of services from fiduciary consulting to pooled plan solutions.

Joseph Wilson is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, based in Holyoke, MA. He has 24 years of experience working with the Holyoke Police Department. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans by offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and managed account solutions. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model that integrates technology platforms and third-party managers to implement a range of investment strategies.

Kevin Cotton is a CFP® certificant affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network, with six years of industry experience. He is co-owner of Longtide Financial Partners, LLC, a private entity involved in securities, advisory, and insurance business. Cotton has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2019, including his current tenure, and was previously associated with Samuel Financial, LLC. 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 about $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Anthony Grant is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Windsor, CT, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. He founded Grant Financial Solutions, LLC and has been affiliated with New York Life Insurance Company and NYLIFE Securities LLC since 2013 and 2017, respectively. Grant serves as a board member for the West Indian Foundation and InterCommunity Health Care, a community health center focused on substance abuse and mental health. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual and institutional clients through a large network of advisors. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages a substantial portion of its assets on a non-discretionary basis, working extensively with defined contribution and defined benefit plans as well as corporate and charitable clients.

Dale Breault is a financial advisor with Capital Analysts based in Feeding Hills, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 34 years of industry experience. He has been with Lincoln Investment Planning since 2013. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the Finance Counsel for Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church and is a board member of Mission Driven Catholic, a nonprofit organization focused on empowering Catholic educators. Capital Analysts serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and corporate clients, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management through various programs and model portfolios. The firm’s investment decisions are guided by an in-house Investment Management & Research team using proprietary screening processes and offer a range of advisory services including custom portfolios and ERISA retirement plan advice.

Benjamin Nixon is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. in Windsor, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Voya and its affiliated entities since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an auditor for the East Glastonbury Fish and Game Association, overseeing financial audits for the club. VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse clientele including individuals, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm provides a range of services such as financial planning, portfolio management, and plan-sponsor consulting, primarily through non-discretionary advisory arrangements.