Ashley Perlmutter is a financial advisor at Sherman Wealth Management LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Sherman Wealth Management since 2020. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in affiliate linking and reselling clothing through Poshmark. Sherman Wealth Management offers investment advisory and comprehensive wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a customized, open-architecture investment approach focused on long-term investing and asset allocation using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and selected alternative investments.

Laura Markoff is a financial advisor at Meritis Wealth Management, Inc. with 21 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Morgan Stanley for 10 years and then at Wells Fargo under the Meritis Wealth Management name for six years before joining Meritis as a supported firm in 2025. She holds a Series 66 license and is also a licensed insurance agent. Meritis Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses by providing customized wealth management that integrates investment management, financial planning, and insurance consulting. The firm implements investment programs tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, typically on a discretionary basis, and employs research from multiple sources to construct portfolios.

Sean Geiger is a financial advisor with Geiger Group Wealth Management in Sterling, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and over 31 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and Citigroup Global Markets. Geiger Group Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser established in 2026 that serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, business entities, and qualified retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach combining strategic asset allocation with fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, offering discretionary portfolio management, retirement income planning, pension consulting, and broader financial planning services.

Richard Gloekler is a financial advisor at Marks Wealth Management in Ellicott City, MD. He holds a Series 65 designation and has recently started his career in financial advising, with prior experience at the University of Maryland. Marks Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers comprehensive wealth management services including financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management, with an investment approach focused on globally allocated portfolios and active management.

Leon Malnik is a financial advisor with Malnik Wealth Management, LLC in Clarksville, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and over 33 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and The Retirement Group, LLC. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in selling fixed insurance and annuity products and owns an insurance agency. Malnik Wealth Management provides personalized asset management primarily focused on retirement preparation and ongoing portfolio oversight for individuals and families. The firm manages approximately $79 million for around 150 clients, employing a mix of active and passive strategies across equities, ETFs, and fixed income, with services including management of held-away retirement accounts.

Kurt Laubinger is a financial advisor at Potomac Wealth Management LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with the firm since 2009. Based in Great Falls, VA, he works alongside a small advisory team serving a range of clients. Potomac Wealth Management LLC provides fee-only investment advisory and financial planning services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a broadly diversified, often passive, asset-allocation approach using institutional and no-load funds with periodic rebalancing, and offers educational seminars for retirement plan participants.

Feldy Suwito is an investment advisor at BNB Wealth Management, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Bellamah, Neuhauser & Barrett, Inc. since 1998. Outside of his advisory role, he operates a photography business specializing in family portraits and event photography. BNB Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, small businesses, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm constructs diversified portfolios, develops individualized investment policies, and offers a wrap-fee program combining advisory, execution, and custody services.

Paul Bennett is a financial advisor at DecisionMap Wealth Management, LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has previously worked at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management and United Capital Financial Advisors. In addition to his advisory work, he is an author who writes and promotes books. DecisionMap Wealth Management offers financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a core-satellite investment approach that combines passive and active strategies, utilizing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Zachary Moss is a financial advisor with Potomac Investment Company, holding a Series 66 designation and no prior industry experience. His work history includes roles at Bank of Montreal, Hamilton Ventures, Georgetown University, Potomac Investment Co, and The York School. Potomac Investment Company is a small investment management firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement accounts. The firm employs a conservative, long-term investment strategy focused on diversification and fundamental analysis, managing portfolios of publicly traded equities, mutual funds, and fixed-income securities.

Jeffrey Yeakle is a CFP® and ChFC® with 27 years of industry experience. He has been a principal at My Wealth Management, Inc. since 2013 and previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments from 2013 to 2017. My Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and small business entities, offering discretionary asset management and financial planning tailored to client objectives. The firm employs a range of investment strategies and maintains a small advisory team managing approximately $156 million for about 114 clients.

Lauren Bell is a financial advisor at Trio Wealth Management, LLC in Great Falls, VA. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been in the industry since 2022, with prior experience at HH Global and Pride Global. Lauren joined Trio Wealth Management in 2024. Trio Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and access to unaffiliated third-party managers. The firm employs an investment approach based on asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, combining passive and active strategies to align with clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Michelle Hundley is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience. She is currently an advisor at Trio Wealth Management, LLC, joining the firm in 2023. Prior to Trio, she worked at Goldman Sachs (formerly United Capital Advisors, LLC) for five years and Hemington Wealth Management for four years. Trio Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and access to unaffiliated third-party managers. The firm employs an investment approach based on asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, combining passive and active strategies tailored to clients’ objectives, risk tolerance, and tax considerations.

Joseph Jacques is a financial advisor at Jacques Advisors, LLC in Rockville, MD, holding the CFP® and ChFC® designations with 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Jacques Advisors since 2000 and also owns Jacques and Associates, Certified Public Accounts, LLC, a separate accounting firm. Jacques Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm offers customized portfolios utilizing a blend of in-house analysis, institutional models, and third-party managers, combining advisory, brokerage, and accounting capabilities within a small, credentialed team.

Matthew Sanchez is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with five years of industry experience. He has worked at Ivy League Financial Advisors LLC since 2019, following prior roles at The Wealth Consulting Group and Pinnacle Advisory Group. Ivy League Financial Advisors LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, with an investment approach that includes constructing Growth or Withdrawal portfolios across various asset classes and providing trustee-directed ERISA services and participant education.

Charles Marks is a financial advisor at Marks Wealth Management with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing. Marks Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers comprehensive wealth management services, including financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management, with a focus on globally allocated portfolios that primarily use exchange-traded funds alongside mutual funds and individual securities.

Lisa Crivella is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience at Ivy League Financial Advisors LLC in Rockville, MD. She has been with the firm since 2006. Ivy League Financial Advisors LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, with a focus on documented client objectives and ongoing account monitoring and rebalancing.

Patrick founded Ortman Financial Planning in 2016, a financial planning and investment management firm located in North Bethesda, MD. He holds the Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) designation and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance at the Catholic University of America. Patrick has a strong focus on his clients’ overall financial wellbeing and recognizes that money is only a tool to help achieve the vision each person has for their life. He focuses on providing a very deep level of service balanced with simplicity to provide each client with greater peace of mind around their finances. Patrick and his wife, Kate, have four boys ranging from elementary school through high school. He coaches various youth sports teams and is an active volunteer at his children’s schools. Patrick is active in the financial planning community and is a member of XY Planning Network and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA).

Christopher Campbell is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with CJC Wealth Management and has three years of industry experience. He is the founder and CEO of both Ace 3 Holdings, LLC, which owns CJC Wealth Management, LLC, and CJ Campbell & Associates, an insurance company. Campbell spends significant time engaged in these business activities, which include recommending insurance and annuity products as a licensed insurance agent. CJC Wealth Management offers portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $122 million across its four advisors. The firm utilizes fundamental and quantitative analysis along with modern portfolio theory to build diversified, long-term portfolios tailored to clients’ goals, and also provides educational seminars on retirement planning and financial literacy.

Liliang Chen is a financial advisor at Enduro Capital Partners LLC with a Series 65 designation and no prior industry experience. Before joining Enduro Capital Partners in 2026, Chen worked at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and American General Life Insurance Company. Enduro Capital Partners LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and limited financial planning guidance to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses modern portfolio theory and a top-down, historical analysis approach to construct low-correlation asset mixes across equities, mutual funds, ETFs—including leveraged ETFs—and fixed-income securities tailored to client risk and return objectives.

Derek Elphick is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Castfirm Advisors LLC, where he has worked since 2026. Prior to this, he spent a decade at The Warner Companies, serving as Chief Investment Officer focused on asset allocation and investment management. Castfirm Advisors LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and one-time financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes modern portfolio theory and a long-term investment horizon, primarily utilizing equity ETFs alongside mutual funds and fixed income to build diversified portfolios.