Rodney Dir is a financial advisor with The Marshall Financial Group LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 36 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at TLG Advisors, Southport Capital, M Holdings Securities, Pacific Capital Strategies, and Crestwood Group. He also maintains a part-time involvement with TLG Advisors as an investment adviser representative. The Marshall Financial Group serves individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations by providing portfolio management, investment analysis, and planning services. The firm offers fee-based asset management using mutual funds, managed stock and ETF accounts, and held-away asset monitoring, with individualized portfolio design based on client objectives and risk tolerance.

Jordan Heaps is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at The Kelly Financial Group since 2020 and previously spent five years with Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. He is based in Bel Air, MD. The Kelly Group serves individuals, families, trusts and estates, nonprofits, corporations, and qualified retirement plans, managing approximately $1.13 billion in assets for over 1,000 clients. The firm employs a team-based model with diversified portfolios focused on institutional mutual funds and offers comprehensive financial planning and investment advisory services.

Mark Degroat is a CFP® and ChFC® affiliated with SC&H Wealth in Hunt Valley, MD, with 20 years of industry experience. He has worked with several firms including Capital One Financial Advisors and Chevy Chase Financial Services before joining SC&H Financial Advisors in 2018. Degroat is also a licensed insurance agent involved in the sale of insurance-related products. SC&H Wealth is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a team-based, planning-driven approach that integrates tax and estate considerations into asset allocation, with portfolios primarily composed of mutual funds and ETFs and reviewed annually.

Denton Lane is a financial advisor at The Marshall Financial Group LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Farther Finance Advisors, Merrill Edge, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The Marshall Financial Group serves individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides portfolio management, investment analysis, and financial planning services, using individualized portfolios tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and objectives, and supplements its offerings with educational seminars and held-away asset monitoring.

Christopher Pesota is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Cornerstone Advisory since 2024 and previously spent eight years at T Rowe Price. Cornerstone Advisory offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and sub-advisory services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses a planning-first approach combining traditional and alternative investments, including management of proprietary private pooled vehicles.

Fred Hill III is a financial advisor at VSM Wealth Advisory, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 credential and has worked previously at Van Sant & Mewshaw, Inc, PNC Financial Services, UBS Financial Services, UBS Bank USA, and Fidelity Investments. VSM Wealth Advisory serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, and employee benefit plans by providing discretionary investment management alongside integrated wealth-advisory services. The firm employs a fee-only, asset-based model, using an asset-allocation framework focused on index funds and ETFs, and incorporates tax-aware strategies and personalized indexing within its coordinated approach.

Emily Smith is a Series 65 licensed advisor with The Kelly Group, bringing one year of industry experience. Prior to her current role, she worked at Johnson and Johnson and has a background that includes time at La Salle University and managing operations at Bomboy's Homemade Candy and Ice Cream. The Kelly Group serves individuals, families, trusts, nonprofits, corporations, and qualified retirement plans, managing approximately $1.13 billion in assets with a team of 15 advisors. The firm employs a team-based approach with diversified model portfolios focused on active management, ongoing monitoring, and behavioral coaching.

Thomas Biddison is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Cornerstone Advisory since 2006, with prior experience at Alternative Markets Fund LLC and Axa Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as vice chair of the board at UMD St. Joseph Medical Center. Cornerstone Advisory serves individual clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and a private pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a planning-first investment process with discretionary portfolio management, incorporating a broad investable universe that includes traditional and alternative assets and manages the Outcome Driven Fund, L.P., a private pooled vehicle focused on structured notes and lower-correlation strategies.

Lyle Hardgrove is a financial advisor at CFM Advisors Inc with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at CFM Advisors since 2018, following prior roles at Paychex Securities Corporation and Paychex, Inc. CFM Advisors serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans and corporate clients. The firm specializes in non-discretionary portfolio management and retirement plan advisory services, managing over $200 million in client assets outside of retirement plans and advising on more than $2.7 billion in 401(k) assets.

Robert Gill Jr. is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Cornerstone Advisory since 2013. Cornerstone Advisory provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and sub-advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a planning-first approach and integrates traditional and alternative investment strategies, managing approximately $2.25 billion in discretionary assets.

William Ruff is a Series 65-licensed advisor at The Kelly Group with one year of experience. His prior work includes roles in education and the service industry, including positions at Towson University, James Madison University, Texas Roadhouse, and Chick-fil-A. The Kelly Group serves individuals, families, trusts, nonprofits, corporations, and qualified retirement plans, managing approximately $1.13 billion in regulatory assets for over 1,000 clients. The firm employs a team-based model and focuses on diversified, actively managed portfolios complemented by ongoing monitoring, rebalancing, and behavioral coaching.

Lauren Madison is a financial advisor at The Kelly Group in Bel Air, MD, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. She has worked at The Kelly Group since 2018 and previously held positions at PNC and Salisbury University. The Kelly Group serves individuals, families, trusts and estates, nonprofits, corporations, and qualified retirement plans, managing approximately $1.13 billion in assets across a team of 15 advisors. The firm employs a team-based model using diversified institutional mutual funds and active managers, offering services such as discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning.

Kimberly Silvestri is a financial advisor at Berman McAleer with 19 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Kestra Advisory and Kestra Investment Services, LLC. Berman McAleer provides holistic financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm employs a discovery-based planning process and manages portfolios across long-term equity, short-term fixed income, and intermediate alternative segments, combining fundamental and quantitative research techniques.

Kyle Levickas is a financial advisor with The Marshall Financial Group LLC in Hunt Valley, MD. He holds a Series 66 designation and has six years of industry experience, including a prior role at Merrill from 2019 to 2025. The Marshall Financial Group serves individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations by providing portfolio management, investment analysis, and comprehensive planning services. The firm uses a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary management with customized portfolios based on client objectives and risk tolerance, and it offers educational seminars and held-away asset monitoring through third-party partnerships.

Agostino Pugliese is a financial advisor at The Marshall Financial Group LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, SSN Advisory, Inc., and Securities Service Network, Inc. Pugliese occasionally provides advice related to fixed insurance as part of his professional activities. The Marshall Financial Group LLC is a team-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages roughly $593 million in advisory assets and offers services including fee-based asset management, retirement and estate planning, and education planning, using individualized portfolios based on client risk tolerance and objectives.

Jessica Davis is a Series 66 licensed advisor at Global Brokerage Services, Inc. in Hunt Valley, MD, with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, she was a homemaker for ten years. Global Brokerage Services serves individual investors, retirement accounts, employee benefit plans, and trusts through advisor-led wrap-fee programs and separately managed account offerings. The firm operates as both a FINRA-registered broker/dealer and an SEC-registered investment adviser, administering portfolios via the Envestnet platform with a focus on non-discretionary advice and a combination of third-party sub-managers and model portfolios.

Hope Fribush is a financial advisor at SC&H Wealth with a Series 65 credential and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining SC&H Financial Advisors in 2018, she worked for Baltimore County Public Schools from 2014 to 2018. SC&H Wealth serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, small businesses, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, asset management, retirement plan consulting, and tax return preparation through a team-based approach that includes CPAs and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professionals.

Christopher O’Shea is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience and has been with The Financial Consulate since 2013. He holds a Series 63 license and is based in Fallston, MD. The Financial Consulate serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, corporate retirement plans, and institutional clients with comprehensive financial planning and investment management. The firm integrates tax and accounting services with a “Risk Opportunity Investing” approach that combines tactical asset allocation and multi-faceted analysis to emphasize capital preservation and adaptive portfolio positioning.

Richard Spivey is a ChFC® with 44 years of industry experience, currently serving as President and Chief Marketing Officer at The L. Warner Companies, Inc. He has held roles with M Holdings Securities, United Brokerage Services, and Woodbury Financial Services. Spivey also serves on the finance committee of Timonium Methodist Church. The L. Warner Companies provides discretionary investment management and financial planning primarily to high-net-worth individuals and related entities, as well as consulting and administration services to corporations and non-profits. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-driven investment approach with broadly diversified portfolios and integrates multiple third-party platforms and fiduciary services.

Caitlin Garner is a financial advisor at SC&H Wealth with 21 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with SC&H Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2014. Prior to that, she worked at Triad Advisors, Inc. from 2014 to 2017. SC&H Wealth serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a team approach combining CPAs and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professionals to provide tailored asset allocation and long-term growth strategies, managing client accounts primarily with mutual funds and ETFs.