Michelle Guarino is a Series 65-credentialed advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at The Colony Group, LLC, Connectus Wealth Advisers, NEIRG Wealth Management, LLC, New England Investment & Retirement Group, Inc., and BNY Mellon. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework, combining active and passive strategies and offering a range of discretionary and non-discretionary services.

Martin Scafidi is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 25 years of industry experience and has operated his own accounting and tax preparation firm, Martin J. Scafidi P.C., since 1989. He also serves as a board member and director of First Priority Credit Union. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a range of managed programs and combines model portfolios, advisor-designed portfolios, and third-party sub-advisers using fundamental and technical analysis along with modern portfolio theory.

Paul Garozzo is a CFP® professional at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ouellette Wealth Advisory, LLC and BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Focus Partners Wealth serves a wide range of clients including individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional investors. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach utilizing fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside third-party managers, and offers integrated wealth, retirement, tax, and sub-advisory services.

Joseph Ferrara is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Winthrop, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has been with GWN Securities since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, Ferrara serves as chairman of the board for The 11 Foundation, a nonprofit organization. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients through discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers. The firm operates a large network of advisors and offers a variety of managed-account programs and model portfolios, including legacy market-timing and momentum-based strategies.

Furooz Jafari Zadeh is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Merrill, Bank of America, Santander Securities, and Southern State University. Outside of his advisory role, he is a co-owner of ShabLight, a business selling handmade and digital products on Etsy. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and back-office support, including operations, trading, technology, investment management, and compliance, allowing advisors to offer customized portfolio solutions.

Robert Trudo is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Lawrence, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2013 and also serves as an agent with Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Additionally, he is the owner of The Lake Mush LLC, an inactive entity with no current operations. Valic Financial Advisors serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet UMA models and overseeing approximately $26.4 billion in discretionary assets.

John Pagliuca is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has been with TIAA-CREF and its predecessor firm since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the boards and finance committees of multiple assisted living and nursing care organizations operated by the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirmed. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm’s advisory model separates one-time planning services from ongoing discretionary management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund while employing a fiduciary standard in its RIA services.

Christina Mccalla is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, based in Waltham, MA. She has 25 years of industry experience and has been with Commonwealth since 2010. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as treasurer for a local political campaign and has worked in various catering positions. Commonwealth Financial Network is a national registered investment adviser supporting approximately 2,950 advisors with a range of advisory programs, including custom portfolio solutions and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides operational, trading, technology, and compliance support while offering access to discretionary model portfolios and multiple program structures.

Susan Ahern Wiercinski is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 42 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has been with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC since 2016 and also has experience with LPL Financial and Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, employing customized portfolios and a long-term investment approach alongside shorter-term trading for rebalancing and cash needs.

Wayne Bloom is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 36 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. since 1989 and joined LPL Financial in 2025. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and back-office support, including operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management services.

Jeffrey La Cross is a CFP® and PFS™ with 11 years of industry experience. He is associated with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC and has operated LaCross Financial Advisors since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he works as a tax manager providing accounting, tax, and consulting services through LaCross Financial Advisors. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing customized, primarily long-term portfolio strategies using mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed income.

Kristopher Brassard is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously spent 11 years with Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. and Eaton Vance Management. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individuals, corporations, pension plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers, utilizing both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Andrew Keener is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2018 and previously worked at the University of Massachusetts Boston from 2015 to 2018. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and support services, including wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party asset managers, while offering advisors discretion in portfolio construction alongside managed model portfolios.

John Rocco is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. His career includes roles at New York Life Insurance Company and NYLife Securities LLC since 2012, and he operates Rocco Insurance and Financial Group, focusing on New York Life products and services. He is also a shareholder of NYLARC Holding Company Inc., which reinsures life insurance policies he writes. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple advisory programs tailored to client objectives and manages a predominantly non-discretionary asset base within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Derenig Kostikian is a CFP® with 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Commonwealth Financial Network, where he has worked since 2014, with a brief period at AssetMark Brokerage, LLC and AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. from 2022 to 2023 before returning to Commonwealth in 2023. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and services, including discretionary model portfolios and personalized investment solutions, supported by comprehensive operations, trading, technology, and compliance platforms.

Joseph Henry Jr. is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2020, following five years at Argent Wealth Management LLC. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors such as pension plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a variety of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Christopher Wilde is a CFA® charterholder with five years of experience in financial advisory roles. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, Connectus Wealth, NEIRG Wealth Management, LLC, New England Investment & Retirement Group, Inc., and SCS Financial Services. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within a tax- and fee-sensitive framework, offering a broad range of services including portfolio management, financial counseling, and fiduciary consulting.

John Steiger is a CFP® with 34 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and Wealth Planning Resources LLC since 2012. He co-owns Steiger Creed LLC, an entity involved in managing residential real estate in Steamboat, Colorado. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors, providing a range of advisory programs and back-office support including operations, trading, technology, and compliance. The firm offers various investment program structures and discretionary model portfolios, supporting advisors who deliver personalized financial advice under Commonwealth’s supervision.

Jeffrey Covitz is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at Epg Incorporated and Stoneham Bank before joining Janney Montgomery Scott. 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, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and charitable and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Kevin Sanchez is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior experience at Sachetta, LLC, Allied Universal, and Keenan Financial, among other roles. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolios through various model strategies and employs technology to manage held-away employer retirement accounts.