Sevasti Balafas is a CFA® charterholder with 16 years of industry experience. She is currently a financial advisor at GoalVest Advisory LLC, where she has worked since 2016, and previously held roles at City National Rochdale, Rim Securities LLC, H. Beck, Inc., VWealth Advisors, and First Liberties Financial. Balafas serves as CEO of GoalVest Advisory LLC. GoalVest Advisory LLC primarily serves high-net-worth and individual clients, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and subadvisory services. The firm employs fundamental research, quantitative analysis, and modern portfolio theory to build long-term, client-specific portfolios and also sponsors private pooled investment vehicles.

Robert Rom is a CFP® professional with 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently works at Legacy Edge Advisors and previously spent over two decades at TIAA. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in RSTM Partners, LLC, a real estate investment entity. Legacy Edge Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as trusts, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and a sponsored wrap-fee program. The firm customizes investment policies and employs a mix of fundamental, quantitative, and technical strategies across a range of asset classes.

James Demeo is a financial advisor at Shulman Demeo Asset Management, LLC, holding the ChFC® designation with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Shulman DeMeo Asset Management since 2007. Shulman DeMeo Asset Management serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services, financial planning, consulting, and portfolio monitoring. The firm manages client portfolios using a mix of index funds, ETFs, individual stocks, and bonds, typically through a wrap fee program that consolidates advisory, trade execution, custody, and reporting services.

Zacharia Waxler is a financial advisor at Equinum, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Equinum since 2019, following a one-year tenure at RVW Wealth LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Waxler is the president and owner of ZACHARIA WAXLER CPA P.C., where he provides accounting services to businesses and individuals. Equinum offers investment supervisory services, financial planning, retirement plan advice, and family office services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm uses both fundamental and technical analysis, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, including automated ETF-based model portfolios via its robo-advisor platform.

Jeffrey Kerman is a financial advisor at Premier Wealth Advisors, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Cetera Advisors LLC and First Allied Advisory Services. In addition to his advisory role, Mr. Kerman is a licensed attorney providing tax law, estate planning, asset protection, and elder law services, and he consults on identity theft protection and risk reduction. Premier Wealth Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, corporations, and business entities with financial planning, investment consulting, discretionary management, and broader wealth management services. The firm employs a core/satellite investment approach combining fundamental and technical analysis with Modern Portfolio Theory to create customized portfolios tailored to client risk tolerances.

Shummi Jindal is a financial advisor at Rose Capital Advisors, LLC with a Series 65 designation and over 15 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Hudson Park Management and Hudson Park Advisors LLC. He is based in Plandome, NY. Rose Capital Advisors provides asset management, financial planning, and investment consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a bottom-up fundamental analysis approach complemented by technical indicators and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Josefine Cays is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently serving at Bridgewater Advisors Inc. in New York, NY. She has been with Bridgewater Advisors since 2001. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. is a multi-advisor SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.14 billion for about 540 clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations, utilizing a combination of actively managed and index-related strategies across traditional and alternative asset classes.

Jason Shulman is a financial advisor at Shulman DeMeo Asset Management, LLC with 19 years at the firm and a total of 9 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Shulman DeMeo Asset Management serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services along with financial planning, consulting, and portfolio monitoring. The firm manages approximately $757 million in assets with a small advisory team and operates its own wrap fee program, implementing portfolios using a mix of index funds, ETFs, individual stocks, and bonds.

Ronald Geffen is a financial advisor at ELCO Management Company, LLC with 42 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at RMB Capital Management and Revere Securities LLC. He has been with ELCO since 2019. ELCO Management Company, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through separately managed accounts and a private pooled vehicle. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, including options and leverage strategies, and oversees sub-advisors for sector-focused portfolios.

Barbara Leclerc is a CFP® and CFA® with five years of industry experience. She has been with Bridgewater Advisors Inc. since 2003. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation across traditional and alternative asset classes, using a combination of actively managed and index-related strategies, and conducts due diligence on third-party managers as part of its investment process.

Edward Esposito is a financial advisor with Merit Financial Partners LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. He has been with Merit Financial Partners since 2021 and has also worked as a self-employed tax accountant providing tax preparation and accounting services since 2016. Merit Financial Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering fee-only financial planning, investment consultation, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a fiduciary approach combining fundamental and technical analysis with strategic asset allocation and diversified portfolios, using low-cost index funds and ETFs alongside active strategies when appropriate.

Peter Cardillo is a financial advisor with Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 53 years of industry experience. He has worked at Spartan Capital Securities LLC since 2018 and previously at Rockwell Global Capital, LLC from 2011 to 2018. Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management provides personalized investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers portfolio management, selection and oversight of third-party money managers, and ongoing investment consultation, tailoring guidance to clients’ objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.

Nadav Schwartz is a financial advisor with IDB Lido Wealth, LLC in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 13 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Family Care, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, and UBS Financial Services. IDB Lido Wealth, LLC is a SEC-registered adviser jointly owned by Lido Advisors and Israel Discount Bank of New York, offering investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement and estate planning services to a range of clients including high-net-worth individuals and institutions. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach with multi-asset allocations and utilizes affiliated sub-advisers and related service entities as part of its strategy.

Michael Stern is a financial advisor at Point Windward Advisors, Inc. with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Beech Hill Advisors, Inc. since 2010. Beech Hill Advisors, Inc. provides discretionary and occasional non-discretionary investment management, annuity oversight, and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other entities. The firm combines fundamental, quantitative, qualitative, and technical analysis methods, including short sales and option writing, to manage approximately $358.6 million in client assets.

Jacques Freeman is a CFP® professional with eight years at Bridgewater Advisors Inc. and a total of five years in the financial industry. He previously worked at Monarch Business & Wealth Management for four years. Based in New York, NY, he is part of a 14-advisor team at Bridgewater Advisors. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation across traditional and alternative asset classes using a combination of actively managed and index-related strategies.

Brian Gamble is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience, currently serving at First Long Island Investors, LLC. He has been with the firm since 2006, where he holds the position of Senior Vice President of Private Wealth Management. First Long Island Investors, LLC advises individuals—including high-net-worth households—corporations, and charitable organizations, typically starting with relationships of at least $5 million in assets. The firm employs a long-term, individually tailored investment approach emphasizing diversified asset allocation through internally managed equity strategies, bespoke fixed-income management, and access to third-party managed accounts.

David Shields is a financial advisor with Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and over 59 years of industry experience. He has been with Wellington Shields Capital Management and its related entities since 2009 and has prior experience dating back to 1982 with Shields & Company. Shields serves as an interested trustee for the Capital Management Investment Trust, a registered open-end investment management company, a position he has held since 1994. Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis and offers a range of strategies including equity, options, and margin trading, with documented client suitability and ongoing monitoring processes.

Ruben Ramirez Jr. is a financial advisor with Fortitude Advisory Group L.L.C. in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Quint Capital, Eagles Coast Capital, Private Advisor Group, LPL Financial, Halen Capital, and Advisors Asset Management. He is also CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Fortitude (DBA ProActive Planning Partners) and Co-Founder/CEO of P3 Asset Management. Fortitude Advisory Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individuals, retirement trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and some businesses. The firm offers portfolio management and financial planning through a network of financial advisors and operates multiple affiliated entities, including P3 Asset Management.

Jason Ambrosini is a financial advisor at United Asset Strategies Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at United Asset Strategies since 2019. Prior to that, he was employed at Bookkeeper 360 and Stony Brook University. United Asset Strategies provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets and employs a team-based advisory model that emphasizes diversified, tailored portfolios with active fixed-income management and the use of options and margin transactions.

Noel Kezsbom is a financial advisor at Wellington Shields & Co., LLC with 56 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Wellington Shields since 2018 and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC since 2003. Wellington Shields & Co. provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and brokerage services to individuals, corporations, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $470.9 million across about 514 client relationships and employs a range of investment methods including fundamental and technical analysis, options strategies, and third-party manager selection.