Ryan King is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Truist Advisory Services since 2021 and previously held roles at BB&T Securities and Bbtis. Outside of finance, he owns a Sports Clips Haircuts franchise in Westminster, Maryland, where he dedicates time monthly to business strategy and operations. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to a broad range of clients, including individuals, corporate entities, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm combines discretionary and non-discretionary approaches, utilizing third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools to support manager selection and oversight.

Mohammad Amer is a financial advisor with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. He holds CFP® and ChFC® designations and has eight years of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at New York Life Insurance Company, MassMutual, and Frederick Wealth. Outside of his advisory role, he is principal and CEO of Amer Financial Group and manages multiple residential rental properties. Voya Financial Advisors serves a broad range of individual and institutional clients, including retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services through various program structures, with a focus on recommendation-based, non-discretionary client relationships.

Daniel Bernstein is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has been with PNC Investments since 2008. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital strategy pilot that uses algorithmic risk assessment and implements investments via approved model portfolios managed by PNC or third-party strategists.

Alexander Metzner is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp in Frederick, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Money Concepts Capital Corp since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the investment committee of Liberty One Investment Management, LLC. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides investment advisory, financial planning, and consulting services to a diverse client base that includes individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, and corporations. The firm employs model-driven and asset-allocation strategies, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary programs, and operates as an enterprise-scale adviser managing approximately $4.07 billion in client assets.

Lydia Hardy is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with four years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Citibank N.A. since 2006. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains in-house research and security-pricing capabilities, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary investment solutions.

Stephen Waldych is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Frederick, MD, holding a Series 66 designation and 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Truist Investment Services since 2003 and Truist Advisory Services since 2016. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation, investment policy analysis, fiduciary support, and manager-selection programs implemented through discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements, supplemented by AI-enabled research tools and supervisory oversight.

Coleen Beal is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 23 years of industry experience. She has worked with Janney Montgomery Scott and its affiliates since 2013. Outside of her advisory role, Beal serves on the boards of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, the Marriage and Relationship Education Center, and the Carroll Community College Foundation, and is part owner of a hauling and moving services business. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipalities, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Tony Smith Jr. is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 20 years of industry experience, currently with Truist Advisory Services. He has prior experience at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wachovia Bank. Outside of his advisory work, he maintains and manages a rental property. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing a mix of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools.

Sean Wade is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Cetera Wealth Services, LLC, Target, McCaskill Financial, Commonwealth Financial Network, Kestra Investment Services LLC, and a period of employment at the University of Maryland. 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 hundreds of thousands of individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, retirement and plan consulting, and custody/clearing services.

Karen Seipp is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. She has been with Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC since 2013. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and advisory programs.

Matthew Sherlock is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at GWFS Equities, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Merrill. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a ruling elder for Covenant of Grace PCA, a charitable organization in Maryland. 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 clients. The firm delivers services through an integrated model connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing.

Cory Lansinger is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Truist and its predecessor firms since 2004. Prior to his current role, he was associated with Bb&T Securities and Bb&T Investment Services. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools, to deliver its investment solutions.

Douglas Velnoskey is a CFP® professional with 39 years of industry experience, currently advising at Janney Montgomery Scott. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2013, including his current tenure starting in 2023. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a wide range of clients including individuals, families, trusts, corporate retirement plans, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and advisory programs.

Todd Mitchell is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Janney since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, Mitchell owns a produce sales business and serves on the board of North Carroll Community School in Westminster, MD. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, and institutional clients, offering brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and multiple wrap/advisory programs.

Melissa Holt is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 29 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Kestra in 2026, she worked at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for 17 years. She also serves as a trustee and successor in various trust and estate roles. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors, institutional, and individual clients. The firm offers a range of services including fiduciary consulting, plan-level investment advice, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions.

Christopher Hofmeister is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Truist Bank and Bank of America, as well as two years at Attaboy Brewery. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of solutions including asset allocation, investment policy analysis, fiduciary support, and manager selection through its AMC Advantage program, integrating third-party platforms and employing AI-enabled research tools.

Baron Springfield is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. He has been with Truist and its affiliated entities since 2014 in various roles. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a resident agent for a family-owned Domino’s Pizza franchise business in Maryland in an unpaid capacity. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools.

Jackson Klingenberg is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His work history includes multiple roles at Janney Montgomery Scott and prior positions at Liberty University, Coppermine Pantherplex, Piney Branch Golf Club, and Manchester Valley High School. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a broad client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and charitable and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and advisory programs.

James Carroll Jr. is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Westminster, MD, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Merrill and Bank of America, N.A. Carroll joined PNC Investments LLC in 2024. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including the Portfolio Solutions Strategist Digital Offering, an invitation-only, employee pilot that uses algorithm-driven risk assessments to manage portfolios with mutual funds and ETFs.

Kara Shaffer is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience. She is currently with Empower Advisory Group and Empower Financial Services, Inc., having previously worked at Personal Capital Advisors Corporation, Lincoln Financial Advisors, and Heritage Financial Consultants. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s services are integrated with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions tailored to long-term portfolio returns and client savings rates.