Mikhail Veselov is a financial advisor at ValMark Advisers, Inc. with four years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. Prior to joining ValMark Advisers in 2022, he worked at Valmark Securities, Inc. and Capital Formation Group. Outside of finance, he is an accomplished cellist and faculty member teaching cello and chamber music at institutions including the Longy School of Music of Bard College and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts. ValMark Advisers provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plan sponsors, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes diversified, goal-based portfolios and asset allocation strategies implemented through mutual funds, ETFs, and separate-account managers, offering comprehensive client account monitoring and periodic reviews.

Warren Baum is a Series 63-licensed financial advisor with 34 years of industry experience. He has worked at Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc. since 2021 and previously spent nearly three decades with Avantax Advisory Services and Avantax Investment Services. Outside of his advisory role, he is also a sole proprietor offering professional services in tax preparation, accounting, and legal matters as an attorney. Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc. serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors, through a network of 176 advisors. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, wrap-fee programs, and retirement-plan consulting, utilizing a combination of direct management and third-party money managers via the Hilltop/Hilltop-cleared Envestnet platform.

Jeffrey Porter is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving at Congress Asset Management Company, LLP since 2010. He is based in Boston, MA, and is part of a multi-team firm. Congress Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management, model portfolio, and sub-advisory services to a diverse range of institutional and individual clients. The firm employs a research-driven, primarily bottom-up investment approach focused on long-term growth equity and diversified fixed-income strategies, serving over 8,000 client relationships with approximately $14.2 billion in assets under management.

Francis Sennott is a financial advisor with RWA Wealth Partners in Boston, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Ropes Wealth Advisors, a division of RWA Wealth Partners, since 2015. RWA Wealth Partners serves individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, business entities, and employer-sponsored retirement plans with investment management, financial planning, integrated tax planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation using an open-architecture platform and offers customized fixed income and cash management supported by internal credit analysis and a network of fixed income dealers.

Andrew Phelan is a financial advisor at Moors & Cabot, Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley, First Republic Securities Company, and First Republic Investment Management. Moors & Cabot serves retail and high-net-worth individuals as well as corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management, fee-based financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing a range of analysis methods and strategies, and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services.

Melissa Boccaci is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 63-licensed advisor with 19 years of industry experience. She has been with New England Private Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2006, serving in her current role since 2023. New England Private Wealth Advisors provides fee-based investment advisory and wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm typically constructs broadly diversified portfolios using mutual funds and ETFs, monitors third-party managers and legacy positions, and incorporates alternative investments and options-based income strategies when appropriate.

Lucas Winthrop is a financial advisor at Winthrop Wealth with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked with Winthrop Advisory Group, LLC since 2017 and LPL Financial from 2013 to 2024. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Cirque Holdings LLC, a business entity for tax and investment purposes. Winthrop Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, business entities, retirement plans, and donor-advised funds. The firm employs a long-term, prudence-focused investment philosophy using a structured process and combines in-house management with third-party sub-advisers to implement tax-managed and options-based strategies.

Kent Niebuhr is a financial advisor with Capital Analysts, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Capital Analysts since 2022 and has been affiliated with Lincoln Investment since 2015. Capital Analysts serves a diverse range of clients, including individual and high-net-worth investors, trusts, foundations, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm provides portfolio management and retirement-plan advice through a nationwide network of independent advisors, combining discretionary investment management with proprietary mutual fund screening and tax-aware strategies.

Rafael Hernandez is a financial advisor at Moors & Cabot, Inc. in Boston, MA, with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has held positions with Wells Fargo Clearing, Wells Fargo Funds Management, and Evergreen Investment Management Co. since 2009. Hernandez has been with Moors & Cabot since 2019. Moors & Cabot serves retail and high-net-worth individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides portfolio management, fee-based financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing a range of analytical methods and strategies along with third-party sub-advisors.

Shaopeng Zhu is a financial advisor at McAdam LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at McAdam since 2014, with prior experience at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Madison Avenue Securities. McAdam LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and government entities, including high-net-worth households. The firm provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting, managing client portfolios on a discretionary basis using a range of traditional and specialized investment strategies.

Mark Hemenway is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with five years of industry experience. He has worked at Lifeworks Advisors, LLC since 2023 and previously spent three years with Bankers Life Advisory Services and related entities. Prior to that, he was with Benevento Companies for 12 years. Lifeworks Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and businesses with discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm integrates tax and accounting capabilities within its corporate group and employs a planning-based tranche investment approach combined with factor-based and smart-beta strategies.

Kelsey Strait is a financial advisor at Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Flagship Harbor Advisors, LPL Financial, Cantella & Co., Inc., and Commonwealth Financial Network. Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $3.42 billion in discretionary assets through a team of around 60 advisors, employing a range of investment strategies including mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and separately managed accounts.

Brett Ferrari is a financial advisor at Modera Wealth Management, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Edward Jones, JP Morgan Chase, LPL Financial, and Comprehensive Wealth Planners at Dean Bank. Modera Wealth Management provides wealth management, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm employs a diversified asset allocation strategy based on Modern Portfolio Theory and combines enterprise-scale advisory operations with in-house accounting and tax services.

Samuel Kornstein is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Sowell Management and has served as Vice President at Cartesian, a strategic consulting firm, since 2012. At Cartesian, he provides non-investment-related consulting services to clients across various industries. Sowell Management is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and other RIAs with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs multiple management styles and offers services including model portfolios, sub-advisory relationships, and unified managed account solutions.

Nelly Xavier is a financial advisor with CW Advisors, LLC in Boston, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with five years of industry experience. Prior to joining CW Advisors in 2024, she worked at HighVista Strategies LLC, Foreside Fund Services, LLC, and Fiera Capital Inc. CW Advisors, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension plans, and business entities. The firm uses a Core-and-Satellite investment approach combining active, passive, quantitative, and ESG strategies, with centralized investment oversight and a range of services including wealth management and family office solutions.

Patrick McVeigh is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, LLC in Boston, MA, where he has worked since 2005, accumulating 21 years of industry experience. Reynders, McVeigh provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, model portfolio advice, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, family offices, corporations, pension plans, and trustee law firms. The firm employs a growth-at-a-reasonable-price (GARP) investment philosophy incorporating ESG criteria and manages a registered mutual fund alongside its advisory and consulting roles.

Joseph Bakish is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with John Hancock Personal Financial Services, LLC in Boston, MA. He has over nine years of experience, previously working with Richardson Wealth (USA) Limited and Richardson Wealth Limited before joining his current firm in 2025. John Hancock Personal Financial Services, LLC provides financial planning, consultative services, and an Emergency Savings program to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, non-profits, and business entities. The firm employs a technology-assisted model with a high client load per advisor and delivers written recommendations through third-party financial planning software, with implementation at the client's discretion.

Melinda Cramer is a financial advisor at Citizens Private Wealth with 24 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities and First Republic Investment Management. Citizens Private Wealth is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals, families, and various institutional clients. The firm focuses on long-term asset allocation within an open-architecture framework, offering discretionary portfolio management overseen by a Chief Investment Officer, along with specialized services including tax and estate structuring and business consulting for multigenerational family and closely held business matters.

Matthew Tehan is a financial advisor at Capital Analysts with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at firms including UBS Financial Services and Lincoln Investment. Outside of his advisory role, he occasionally works as a contractor for food delivery services. Capital Analysts serves a diverse client base that includes individual and high-net-worth investors, trusts, foundations, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management and retirement-plan advice through a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary investment approaches, supported by an in-house Investment Management & Research team and partnerships with third-party managers.

Wendy Holding is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with 18 years of industry experience. She has been with Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors, LLP since 2009. The partners at the firm also serve as trustees and directors of affiliated trust companies that provide custody and administration services. Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors manages fiduciary and investment relationships mainly for high-net-worth individuals, trustees, foundations, and endowments, typically requiring about $2 million in investable assets. The firm emphasizes long-term ownership of high-quality growth equities with low turnover, supported by independent consultants and AI tools, and maintains a Sustainability Group focused on ESG research and impact investments.