Marc Defeo is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 27 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2014. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with prior TIAA-administered employer retirement plan relationships. The firm provides planning services that conclude at delivery as well as ongoing discretionary management through various managed account programs and serves as adviser to the TIAA Donor Advised Fund.

Alison Smith is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. She has 24 years of industry experience, having worked at Principal Life Insurance Company and Principal Securities Inc. since 2001. Outside of her advisory work, she is involved in community and nonprofit activities, including serving as a troop leader for the Girl Scouts of Connecticut, a board member of the Westport Country Playhouse, and a chapter leader for Ms President US, a civic leadership organization for young women. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Anthony Lafranca is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation in Irvington, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has been with PlanMember since 2010. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans and offering a range of risk-based mutual fund portfolios supported by participant education and personalized retirement planning.

Christopher Sosa is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mariner since 2021. His prior roles include positions at Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. and Edelman Financial Services, LLC. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and tax services. The firm employs discretionary, customized portfolios supported by an internal team and third-party managers, with specialized capabilities in tax integration and administrative CFO services.

Michael Collins is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Citi since 2012 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles, including derivatives and futures services.

Chryssanthe Detroyer is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. She has previously worked with Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Outside of her advisory role, she holds a 49% ownership in a private real estate business. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is a large SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that serves individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutions. The firm offers a range of fee-based wrap programs, financial planning, and investment management services utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary strategies managed internally and by third parties.

Charles Androsiglio Jr. is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007, with a brief tenure at Wells Fargo Clearing in 2019. He is based in Scarsdale, NY. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across workplace, high-net-worth, and ultra-high-net-worth segments. The firm offers a comprehensive range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services, implementing multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs.

Tammi Lauder is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC in Stamford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 42 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Rockefeller Capital Management, Fieldpoint Private Securities LLC, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. There are no notable outside activities reported. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm provides a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services within an integrated platform that includes discretionary and non-discretionary solutions, as well as broker-dealer capabilities and alternative investment placements.

Christopher Tortora is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 31 years of industry experience. His prior roles include five years at Voya Financial Advisors and multiple positions at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities. He is also involved in advising on term and universal life insurance. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of discretionary and non-discretionary advisory solutions, including model portfolios and a hybrid digital advisory service.

George Haydock III is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 10 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual in various capacities from 2012 to 2018 before joining TIAA-CREF in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member for a local volunteer fire department and leads motorcycle adventure tours in New England. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account services to individuals, trusts, estates, and corporate entities, often serving clients connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers a range of managed account programs, including customized portfolios and model-based strategies, and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund sponsored by Charityvest.

Helene Rude is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently serving with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. She has been affiliated with Stratos Private Wealth and LPL Financial LLC since 2018. Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. is an SEC-registered enterprise wealth management firm overseeing approximately $18.6 billion in assets with around 366 advisors serving over 24,000 clients. The firm offers a range of advisor-managed and model-based investment strategies through an open-architecture platform and provides various financial planning and retirement consulting services.

Neal Baumann is a financial advisor with Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 40 years of industry experience. He has been with Benjamin F. Edwards since 2009. Baumann serves as a board member of Aging in America, Inc., a nonprofit organization providing services to the elderly. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutions. The firm offers fee-based wrap programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment management consulting, utilizing a range of portfolio strategies monitored by an Investment Strategy Committee.

Fabiana Coelho is a financial advisor at TD Private Client Wealth LLC with a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at J.P. Morgan Securities, BNY Mellon, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. TD Private Client Wealth LLC offers discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional and high-net-worth private clients, utilizing a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation through affiliated and third-party sub-managers.

Kenneth Horowitz is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 32 years of industry experience and has been with Primerica Advisors since 2009. His prior experience includes roles at Guardian Life Insurance Company and Park Avenue Securities. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Integrated Benefit Consultants, LLC, an entity focused on benefit consulting. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, utilizing a variety of proprietary and third-party investment programs and platforms.

Dennis Schmidt is a financial advisor with \u0026Partners who holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 48 years of industry experience. Prior to joining \u0026Partners in 2024, he worked at Wells Fargo Clearing from 2016 to 2024 and at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC from 2009 to 2016. \u0026Partners serves a diverse group of clients, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm provides investment advisory and brokerage services, alongside financial planning and retirement consulting, utilizing both proprietary and third-party investment strategies through platforms like Envestnet.

Basil Hussein is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at CitiGroup since 2019, with prior positions at JP Morgan Securities LLC, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., and Best Buy. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad set of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains institutional-scale operations including in-house research, derivatives services, and bespoke discretionary solutions for large relationships.

Brandon Paolillo is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has held positions at Merrill, Bank of America, and First Republic Investment Management prior to joining Hightower in 2023. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s investment approach includes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, with a focus on discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

David Roth is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Stamford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He previously worked at RBC Capital Markets Corporation for 12 years before joining Oppenheimer in 2020. Roth serves as trustee and co-trustee of family trusts. Oppenheimer provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm uses strategic and tactical asset allocation with a range of investment options and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management programs.

Elaine Potash is a CFP® and ChFC® with 34 years of experience in financial advising. She has been with Private Advisor Group, LLC and LPL Financial since 2012. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion for more than 135,000 clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, utilizing multiple investment strategies and third-party asset managers.

Richard Adler is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 63 designation and 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Kestra Advisory Services, Kestra Investment Services, and Fusion Financial Group. He has also maintained a long-standing association with Kass & Jaffe CPAs since 1982. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform with managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custody services, implementing portfolios through internal models or third-party platforms.