Kol Birke is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Waltham, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2001. Outside of his advisory role, he provides behavioral coaching services and seminars. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, and provides operational, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Curtis Jones is a Series 66 licensed advisor with 25 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Osaic Institutions, Inc. and has held roles at Infinex Investments, Inc., East Cambridge Savings Bank, IFMG Securities, Inc., and Invest Financial Corporation. Outside of advising, he serves as president of JACONN Corp., a real estate development company in which he invests personal funds. Osaic Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized advisory services, financial planning, ERISA plan services, and access to alternative investments through a hybrid adviser and broker-dealer model that emphasizes firm supervision and third-party manager arrangements.

Isabela Miller is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Axial Financial Group, Fidelity Investments, Wellington Management, and teaching positions at College of the Holy Cross. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform offering managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Kenneth Lahey is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding Series 66 and Series 63 designations and 19 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Empower Financial Services and Fidelity, where he worked for over a decade. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm’s approach integrates proprietary and third-party planning methodologies focused on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing, delivered within Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Nelson Willard is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Commonwealth since 2016. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing over $210 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Mark Fraser is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2012. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time financial planning and ongoing portfolio management using model or customized portfolios under a fiduciary standard within a vertically integrated structure.

Spencer Betts is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in Lexington, MA, holding the CFP® designation and Series 63 license. He has 26 years of industry experience, including prior roles at LPL Financial, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and Dietz & Lynch Capital. Betts is also a partial owner of Bickling Financial Services, where he provides financial advisory services and serves as Chief Compliance Officer. Hightower Advisors offers investment advisory and planning services to a diverse group of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers across various investment vehicles, supported by proprietary research and operational features tailored to complex portfolios.

Lauren Cecchini is a CFP® professional with one year of experience, currently with Savant Wealth Management. She previously worked at Heritage Financial and Weiss Asset Management and has a background that includes work outside finance as a chef. Savant Wealth Management serves individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive wealth management and related services. The firm employs a blend of evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation alongside actively managed strategies, supported by a broad range of in-house capabilities and affiliated entities.

Mathew Smith is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Winooski, VT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2017 and has prior experience with Uber and Barcelona Wine Bar. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member and treasurer for Fellowship of the Wheel, a nonprofit organization that builds and maintains mountain bike trails in Chittenden County, Vermont. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, and offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services. The firm employs model-based portfolio construction with Envestnet as sub-adviser and overlay manager and supports a large client base through its extensive advisor network.

Renee Lebaron is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. She has been with Commonwealth since 2015. 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 managed by its Investment Management and Research team, and supports affiliated advisors with operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice management.

Shaw Wen Yang is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 65 and Series 63 registrations and nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2016 and has been involved with World Financial Group, Inc. since 2015. In addition to his advisory role, he engages in the sale of insurance products for companies affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios, with options for discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Abbey Henderson is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor representative at NewEdge Advisors. She previously worked at Abaris Financial Group LLC and CWM, LLC. Outside of her advisory work, she owns Abbey Henderson LLC, a life coaching business offering one-on-one sessions and workshops, and is a committee member of the Professional Advisors Leadership Council at the Community Foundation for MetroWest. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisors. The firm provides a broad range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools to support advisor and client needs.

Arthur Arsenault is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at LPL Financial and Lincoln Financial Advisors. Arsenault is also a CPA and serves as treasurer on the board of the Historical Building Association and Museum in Chelsea, MA. 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 offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, employing a long-term investment approach with customized portfolios constructed from mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income.

Peter Frisch is a CFP® professional with 32 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC and has held roles at Steward Partners Global Advisory and Raymond James Financial Services, among others. Outside of advisory work, he manages Penn Packet, LLC, which owns and operates a Swan 53 sailboat. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered, enterprise-scale registered investment advisor managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services through both Steward Partners-branded and third-party solutions.

Joshua Haapanen is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Danvers, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fidelity Investments, Citizens Bank, and Measured Wealth Private Client Group, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he also works as an independent contractor delivering food for Uber Eats and DoorDash. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional plans, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis through an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Frank Censullo is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2019, following a seven-year tenure at Lexington Wealth Management. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors such as pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services.

Peter Morin is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Andover, MA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Fairway Group LLC, Third3rd Financial Partners LLC, NYLIFE Securities LLC, and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of advising, he serves as president of a local BNI chapter, managing weekly meetings and leadership activities. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm delivers advice through multiple program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, with the majority of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Owen Flanagan is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. for seven years before joining Commonwealth in 2023. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors. The firm provides a broad platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement and plan consulting, and custody services, managing roughly $212.7 billion in client assets.

Elizabeth Malgari is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor representative at NewEdge Advisors, LLC. She has previously worked at CWM, LLC and Abaris Financial Group. Outside of her advisory role, she owns E. Malgari LLC, a self-directed IRA. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent adviser representatives. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management and consulting services and utilizes technology and centralized due diligence to support advisor and client needs.

Kristina Patt is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience, currently with First Command Advisory Services in Burlington, MA. She has been with First Command and its affiliated entities since 2017, working across advisory and insurance services. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a particular focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs featuring centrally managed model portfolios and preapproved third-party managers.