Brandon Riso is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fidelity Investments and self-employment engagements. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns through proprietary and third-party methodologies and integrates its services with Empower’s administrative and recordkeeping platforms.

William Wolf is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 34 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Merrill for 12 years before joining Hightower Securities, LLC, where he has been since 2014. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting with access to proprietary research and a variety of investment vehicles.

Phillip Grandison is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies, affiliated with New York Life, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at HSBC Securities USA and Citizens Securities. Outside of advising, he owns a custom clothing company and volunteers with the nonprofit STALWARTS YOUTH, providing career guidance and mentoring. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a network of affiliated advisers. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations across multiple program types and maintains a significant non-discretionary asset base, working with individual investors, institutional clients, and plan sponsors.

Giorgio Caputo is a financial advisor with TLG Advisors, Inc. based in Summit, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 12 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at JOHCM (USA) Inc., Foreside Financial Services, LLC, and JOHCM Funds Distributors, LLC. He is also a Senior Portfolio Manager at Gideon, where he manages client portfolios and contributes market updates. TLG Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and institutional investors. The firm focuses on investment supervisory services and portfolio management, utilizing fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to construct diversified portfolios, often managed through sub-advisors and program platforms.

Daryl Gaskin is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has 22 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Morgan Stanley, E*TRADE, TD Ameritrade, and Axa Advisors. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base ranging from individual investors to institutional and corporate clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and maintains a primarily non-discretionary asset base.

Paul Holman is a financial advisor with over 13 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 credentials and has worked at firms including LPL Financial and First Republic Investment Management. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets and employs a diversified, risk-class based investment approach using both passive and active managers, supported by an internal Investment Committee.

Andrew Meinbresse is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Berkeley Heights, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation and with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2014 and has also been affiliated with Agia since 2022, where he acts as an agent for non-securities insurance products. 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, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models and various overlay options for portfolio management.

William Blanche is a financial advisor with Lincoln Investment in Cranford, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Lincoln Investment Planning Inc since 2008. Lincoln Investment Planning, LLC is a large enterprise advisory and broker-dealer serving a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, trusts, charities, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, consultant-led portfolio management, and model portfolios supported by an in-house Investment Management & Research team, while maintaining both advisor-led and discretionary client relationships.

Shawn Hooper is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. He has 37 years of industry experience, including roles at New York Life and Nylife Securities Inc. since the late 1980s. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailored recommendations, primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis for individual and institutional clients.

Cheryl Hunter is a Series 66-registered financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services in New York, NY, with 17 years of industry experience. She has been with Goldman, Sachs & Co. since 1995, accumulating over three decades at the firm. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a broad client base, including individual investors, executives, plan sponsors, and institutional clients, providing financial planning and portfolio management alongside specialized offerings such as Private Family Office and Executive Wealth programs. The firm integrates strategic allocation models, manager selections, and multiple implementation approaches, supported by the broader Goldman Sachs ecosystem and a range of operational tools including AI-driven analytics.

Daniel Brennan is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, based in Jersey City, NJ. He has three years of industry experience and has held roles at Goldman Sachs & Co LLC as well as service in the United States Army. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, executives, plan sponsors, and institutional clients, offering financial planning and portfolio management alongside specialized wealth programs and access to alternative investments. The firm integrates proprietary research and third-party analytics to tailor strategies and leverages the broader Goldman Sachs network to provide a comprehensive range of services.

Gamaliel Michaud is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2010 and is currently an agent with Agia. Michaud serves as Managing Director for the National Association of Minority Financial Advisors, where he participates in networking and conference organization for minority financial professionals. 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-developed UMA models and a variety of investment options.

Dominick Kortkamp is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2019 and has previously worked with New York Life Insurance Company and Nylife Securities LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of Liberty Marketing Group Solutions Inc, a company focused on marketing and branding for physician practices targeting Medicare Advantage consumers. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers a variety of programs tailored to client objectives and plan sponsor criteria, with a significant portion of its assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Robin Li is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2017 with a break from 2024 to 2025, and concurrently has been employed at Indeed, Inc. since 2019 as a Product Manager. His other business activities include the sale of insurance and non-insurance products affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a mix of advisory and broker-dealer services with proprietary and third-party investment models, serving clients through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs.

George O. Shaughnessy is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth and affiliated entities since 2017, including prior roles at Reilly Financial Group and F and G Insurance Agency. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing a range of advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm supports affiliated advisors with operations, trading, technology, compliance, and investment management, offering discretionary and customized portfolio solutions.

Matthew Pomerantz is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in New York, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has 14 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Eagle Strategies since 2018 and also operates under the DBAs Miller-Pomerantz Insurance and Financial Services and Lenert Financial Group, through which he brokers non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple advisory programs and focuses on tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing most assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Wei Wu is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2013 and has been associated with Kistler Tiffany Benefits since 2015. Outside of advising, he is involved in the sale of insurance products and manages a personal rental property. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers a range of advisory and broker-dealer services, featuring proprietary and third-party model portfolios with both discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Beat Reinhart is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and six years of industry experience. He previously led Reinhart Advisors Group LLC for eight years and has been associated with New York Life Insurance Co and NYLIFE Securities LLC since 2019. Outside of advising, he serves as executor and power of attorney for his uncle’s estate and is involved in managing a non-investment business, Fox Hills Farm Chester LLC. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and delivers advice through various program types, serving a broad client base including defined contribution and benefit plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients.

James Scroggs is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at TD Ameritrade, Edward Jones, Citigroup Global Markets, Truist Investment Services, and Merrill. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both one-time financial planning and ongoing managed account services, utilizing model and customized portfolios, and acts as adviser to the TIAA Donor Advised Fund.

Farhod Sultonov is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has nine years of industry experience and has been affiliated with New York Life entities since 2008. In addition to his advisory work, he hosts the Cactuz Podcast, interviewing guests about their personal journeys and life lessons. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and retirement plans, providing financial planning, investment management, and advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.