Gerard Zopfi Jr. is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. He has been with Wealth Enhancement Group and its advisory affiliate since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he provides tax preparation and consulting services through Wealth Enhancement Tax and Consulting Services. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services manages over $122 billion in assets and offers financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a diversified investment approach blending passive and active strategies, supported by an internal Investment Committee and a range of implementation tools and services.

Steven Wilson is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Rye Brook, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Primerica Advisors and Guardian Life Insurance Co of America since 2011 and also operates a CPA and CFA practice focused on tax return preparation and consulting. Additionally, he has a teaching role at Fordham University that he has held since 2007. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering both brokerage and advisory services alongside financial and retirement planning. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party platforms and supports a range of account-level services including lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Jeffrey Fitz is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and brings 34 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Raymond James Financial Services and Bank of America, among others. Stratos Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered enterprise wealth management firm serving over 24,000 clients with approximately $18.6 billion in assets under management. The firm offers a range of advisor-managed and model-based portfolios, financial planning services, and retirement plan consulting through a network of independent investment adviser representatives utilizing an open-architecture investment approach.

Andrew Derenzi is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and previously worked at JPMorgan Securities, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Oppenheimer. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse range of clients, including individuals, high-net-worth families, corporate and institutional clients, offering services such as investment management, financial counseling, and retirement plan fiduciary services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using enhanced open architecture and integrates a broad array of asset classes and affiliated service offerings.

Brian Marshall is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Westport, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at The Colony Group, LLC, GYL Financial Synergies, LLC, and Resnick Investment Advisors, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach emphasizing tax- and fee-sensitivity within an enhanced open architecture framework that integrates active and passive strategies, separate account managers, and private and registered funds.

Shane Kelly is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Janney Montgomery Scott in 2026, he worked at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc for eight years, and held roles at Commonwealth Financial Network and NFP Advisor Services. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple wrap and advisory programs.

Michael Beloff is a financial advisor at Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has held roles at LPL Financial, LLC, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and METLIFE SECURITIES Inc. He serves as a member of the American Funds ABLE Advisory Council. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to individual investors, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, retirement plans, and institutional clients through portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party advisory solutions. The firm offers an open-architecture platform supporting both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios, emphasizing active monitoring and asset allocation across multiple custodians.

Anthony Adamo is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a wide range of investment advisory programs and brokerage services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with oversight committees to select and monitor managers, and it operates with large institutional scale including roles as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Gianni Dimeglio is a CFP® credentialed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. He is currently with William Blair, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to this, he spent nine years at TD Bank, N.A. and TD Private Client Wealth LLC. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm employs an active, research-driven approach across multiple asset classes and provides access to proprietary models, third-party sub-managers, and private investment opportunities.

Timothy Drinkall is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Essentia Analytics, Dauntless Management, Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC, and Morgan Stanley. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Fairfield University, teaching Principles of Investing. Oppenheimer provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and a range of investment products, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management programs.

John Buffa is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in White Plains, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2017 and previously spent nearly a decade at Morgan Stanley in various capacities, including Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors. The firm employs a multi-manager approach with access to affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a range of investment vehicles, serving clients through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Raymond Leyden is a Series 63-licensed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Primerica Advisors and has prior experience at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and New York Life Insurance Company. Leyden also serves as a board member for Lansdowne Yonkers. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage and advisory services, financial planning, and investment programs utilizing proprietary and third-party strategies.

Steven Bender is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor representative at Kestra Advisory. His prior experience includes work at Ameriprise Financial Services and co-owning a CPA firm, Liverzani and Bender. Outside of advisory services, he is the sole proprietor of Bender & Associates, CPAs, and serves as CFO of IG Fruit, an importer and marketer of fresh fruit. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, including fiduciary and plan-level investment services. The firm manages approximately $79.8 billion in assets and serves a diverse client base that includes large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Jason Horowitz is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Nomura Securities International, Nomura Holding America, and RBC Capital Markets. He is based in New York, NY. Primerica Advisors operates under Park Avenue Securities LLC, serving a broad retail client base with a range of brokerage and advisory services, including financial planning and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies and supports various account-level services such as lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Yoshiki Hirabayashi is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 7 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Citigroup since 2011, including roles at Citibank, N.A. and Citigroup Global Markets. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains significant institutional scale with unique market roles, including functioning as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Andrew Leven is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors and operating through Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company. He has held roles at Park Avenue Securities since 2005 and Guardian Life Insurance since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, he helps coordinate community services for the Greenknolls Greenvale Community Association and is involved with Retirement Strategy Calculator LLC, an application focused on cash flow analysis. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage and advisory services, employing proprietary and third-party investment strategies across multiple platforms.

Brian McDermott is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Oppenheimer since 2009. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering advisory and brokerage services such as investment management, consulting, and retirement services. The firm employs strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and a range of investment strategies to meet client objectives, while also acting as a qualified custodian and providing both discretionary and non-discretionary management programs.

Kent Lucken is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, he is a 50% owner of Solvit Capital Partners, LLC, an investment firm focused on private equity, serves on the Board of Directors for the Bastion Institute, a nonprofit organization, and is a member of the International Advisory Board for Equilibrium Global Limited, an international consulting firm. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies supported by internal standards and oversight committees, combining large institutional scale with unique market roles and commercial arrangements.

Michael Gold is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 26 years of industry experience. He is currently with CWM, LLC and has previously worked at People’s Securities, Inc., Gerstein Fisher, and GFA Securities, LLC. Gold is president and CEO of Gold Family Wealth, LLC, where he oversees financial planning, business development, marketing, and client services. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of more than 600 advisors. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management using model portfolios, combining fundamental and technical analysis, third-party sub-advisors, and customization tools, with a focus on retirement plan and institutional services.

Steven Raab is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Fairfield, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Valic in 2018, he worked at Mbsc Securities Corporation for 10 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a member and half-owner of 317 Via Tuscany LLC. Valic Financial Advisors primarily 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, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet UMA models and operating at a large scale with over 1,200 advisors.