Joseph Johnson is a financial advisor at The J.O. Johnson Group Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at TD Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC and Scottrade/TD Ameritrade. The J.O. Johnson Group provides advisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm combines technical and fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory to manage portfolios across a range of asset classes and employs active options strategies, typically managing accounts on a discretionary basis.

Lauren Gretchen is a financial advisor at Invested Advisors with 23 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at Abundance Wealth Counselors and Triad Advisors. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved with Swayze LLC, a compliance consulting business. Invested Advisors provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm focuses on goal-driven portfolio construction tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerance, often utilizing third-party managers and specialist strategies.

James Lee is a financial advisor at Lee-Kelleher Wealth Management with 27 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. Lee serves as an advisory board member for Adoptions Together, a nonprofit organization that helps people find adopting families. Lee-Kelleher Wealth Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, trusts, foundations, and other business entities. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to construct diversified portfolios and provides discretionary portfolio management alongside financial and retirement plan consulting services.

Jordan Wilson is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Blueprint Wealth Management Inc. in Ellicott City, MD, and has held registered representative roles at Steven M. Molesky and Associates and Kalos Capital since 2013. Blueprint Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with integrated financial planning and discretionary investment management, emphasizing long-term, broadly diversified allocations implemented primarily through indexed mutual funds and ETFs.

James Lee is a financial advisor with Lee Financial Associates, Inc. in Ellicott City, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and having 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at OSAIC and Lee Financial Associates, LLC since 2004 and 2005 respectively. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as president of Lee Financial Associates, Inc., where he also acts as an insurance agent. Lee Financial Associates serves individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities through a two-advisor team supporting about 39 client relationships. The firm emphasizes written financial planning and arranges investment management by selecting and monitoring third-party money managers, primarily using SEI model portfolios while clients retain custody with those third parties.

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.

I get it. Finding a Financial Planner that is a good match for you is not easy. The alphabet soup of credentials and terms can be confusing. I will take as long as you like to talk through all your questions. We serve individuals and families (Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y/Millenials, and Gen Z), entrepreneurs, self-employed individuals, ultra high net-worth families, trusts, intergenerational families, baby boomers, entertainment industry professionals, startup founders, business owners, and small businesses. We help our clients with holistic financial planning including: retirement planning, investment planning & management, business planning, wealth management, new wealth planning, income planning, estate planning, charitable giving, portfolio management, home buying, cross-border planning, and tax planning. I have been fortunate to have served families and individuals from Alaska and California to Texas and Massachusetts and all over Virginia, Maryland, and DC (13 states so far) while based in Fairfax, VA. Why? Because we have everything needed to be your guide in a changing landscape. Like most established firms, at Your Best Path, we offer comprehensive financial planning, retirement planning, investment management, and more to help our clients build the life they really want. However, there are a few aspects of our practice that differ from the great majority of planners. – My mission is to help people align their values and their investments so they can stop supporting the companies that are destroying the systems that make life on Earth possible. I am a leader in sustainable, responsible, and impact investing (SRI), having received the CSRIC designation – the first-ever certification for studying investing while considering environmental, social, and governance factors. If you want it to, your portfolio can reflect your specific values, not just a cookie-cutter index from fund managers who don’t even vote their shares. – We have extensive experience working with tech professionals, managers, and executives with equity compensation (RSUs, Options, ESOPPs, and deferred comp.) – We also have expertise developed over years of working with clients from many branches of the Federal Government, so I understand the intricacies of their various benefit programs. –I have no asset minimum and am happy to work with those with less, but am ready to serve those with substantial wealth.

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.

William Kelleher is a financial advisor at Lee, Kelleher & Klein Wealth Management with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill, OpenText, Foothold Technology, and Yelp Inc. since beginning his advisory career in 2024. Lee, Kelleher & Klein Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, pension plans, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental security analysis and modern portfolio theory, managing accounts on a discretionary basis with ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews.

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.

Brian Smoot is a financial advisor at OSAIC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with OSAIC and Lee Financial Associates since 2016. Outside of advisory work, he is also licensed as an insurance agent, providing clients with insurance solutions related to death benefit and disability needs. OSAIC Wealth, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA member broker-dealer serving a diverse client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services supported by proprietary technology and access to multiple custodial platforms.

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.

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.

Edward Loftice is a financial advisor at Montgomery Financial with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at firms including MFS Wealth LLC and Tounjian Advisory Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is also a musician. Montgomery Financial serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and provides discretionary asset management through a sub-adviser platform as well as ERISA plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes affiliations with other investment advisers and offers educational seminars and workshops.

Jonathan Bradley is a financial advisor at Cristata Investment Management with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Cristata Wealth Solutions since 2009. Cristata Wealth Solutions provides personalized portfolio management and asset-review services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term investment approach complemented by short-term trades and option strategies, managing approximately $52.5 million across discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

Christopher Thomas is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Macroview Investment Management LLC since 2018. His prior experience includes roles at Planning Solutions Group, LLC and Triad Advisors, Inc. He serves as treasurer and board member of the National Capital Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. MacroView Investment Management serves individuals, corporations, non-profits, and retirement plans with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and sub-advisory services. The firm employs a top-down, macroeconomic investment approach using diversified strategies and partners with Zoe Financial to support administrative functions and smaller accounts.

Wayne Lavallee is a CFP® and ChFC® with 29 years of industry experience. He is currently with GLR Partners in Columbia, MD, where he serves as Managing Partner and Director of tax estate planning and co-head of wealth management. Prior to joining GLR Partners, he worked at UBS Financial Services for 10 years. GLR Partners provides personalized financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, including high net worth clients, as well as entities such as family offices, trusts, and private foundations. The firm’s investment approach is based on client-specific financial analysis and fundamental research, offering a broad range of investment instruments and detailed performance reporting.

Philip Huber Jr. is a CFP® professional with 27 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Huber, Weakland & Assoc, Inc. since 1999. HWA Financial Group is a small advisory firm managing approximately $295 million for about 167 clients, primarily high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, investment consulting, and ERISA Section 3(21) retirement plan services, employing a range of asset-allocation strategies across various investment vehicles.

Sherif Othman is a financial advisor at Poise Investment Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and previously operated SO Financial Consultants from 2018 to 2021. Before his advisory career, he worked at Green Company For Export, Import and Trading Agencies. Poise Investment Advisors is an investment manager that provides discretionary investment management, wealth management, financial planning, consulting, and educational workshops. The firm employs an asset-allocation strategy based on macroeconomic analysis and utilizes tools such as derivatives and tactical timing in portfolio management.

Rita Abel is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with 18 years of experience in financial services. She has been with ABEL Financial Management Co. since 1994 and has operated her own CPA practice since 1991. Abel serves as a trustee for a client’s insurance trust and is a member of the AICPA and MACPA. ABEL Financial Management Co. provides comprehensive financial management and planning primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, as well as corporations and families. The firm combines independent model portfolios and internally developed strategies, integrating tax and accounting considerations through its affiliation with a CPA practice.