Tristine Altamirano is a financial advisor at AlphaCore Capital LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining AlphaCore, she held roles at SPC Financial, Inc., Grossberg Company LLP, and Liptz, Roberts, Marquez, Merkle, Singh & Zipor Chtd. Outside of financial advising, she is an instructor at Pure Barre Rockville, where she teaches for 6-8 hours per month. AlphaCore Capital LLC is an independent wealth advisory firm serving individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and entity clients. The firm offers comprehensive wealth planning and investment management with an emphasis on both traditional and alternative investment strategies.

Elise Hoffmann is a financial advisor at Marshfield Associates with 29 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Marshfield Associates since 1997. Hoffmann also has concurrent roles at Bushido Capital Partners LLC and Yogi Advisors, LLC, where she has been active since 2008 and 2007, respectively. Marshfield Associates serves a diverse client base including high net worth individuals, pension plans, foundations, and governmental entities. The firm employs a long-only, value-oriented investment approach focused on a concentrated Core Value Equity Strategy and manages approximately $7.5 billion across 13 advisors.

James Musgrave is a financial advisor with Regal Investment Advisors LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. He has 27 years of industry experience, including ten years at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and concurrent roles since 2022 at Regal Investment Advisors and Regulus Financial Group. Outside of advisory work, he is a financial seminar presenter for the nonprofit Society for Financial Awareness. Regal Investment Advisors, operating under the name LionShare, provides model portfolio implementation and discretionary investment management to unaffiliated advisers and their clients, focusing on proprietary and third-party strategies through a sub-advisory platform managing approximately $2.88 billion in assets.

Carl Noble is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience. He currently works at Congress Wealth Management LLC and previously spent 20 years at Pinnacle Advisory Group. He is based in Columbia, MD. CW Advisors, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach combining active, passive, quantitative, and ESG strategies, and offers wealth management, family office services, retirement plan advisory, and portfolio management.

Kenny Mezher is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at The Burney Company. He has worked at various Burney Company entities since 2017 and spent one year at Growth Capital Services, Inc. outside of the Burney organization. The Burney Company advises primarily individual investors, including high net worth clients, and also manages accounts for small businesses, pension plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm combines proprietary fundamental and quantitative models with a multi-team advisory platform, offering discretionary equity portfolio management, financial planning, and tax services through an affiliated CPA firm.

Jason Klopman is a CFP® certificant with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at XML Financial Group since 2016. He holds a Series 66 license and is an equity member of BR Financial Associates Management Company, LLC, which manages XML Financial and XML Securities. XML Financial Group is a multi-advisor wealth management firm overseeing approximately $3.3 billion in client assets. The firm serves nearly 2,900 clients with services including discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and access to alternative investments.

Peter Michaels is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Spire Wealth Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2008. He has 20 years of industry experience. Outside of his advisory role, Michaels serves on the advisory board of System Planning Corp. Spire Wealth Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans, offering a range of strategies including passive, active, and hybrid tax-aware allocations. The firm also manages discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios and utilizes proprietary risk overlays through its affiliate Corbett Road Capital Management.

Kyle Cassaday is a financial advisor at Cassaday & Company, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Cassaday & Company since 2013, currently serving as Associate Vice President at Cassaday & Co Wealth Management, LLC. Cassaday & Company manages investment portfolios and provides financial planning and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm follows a long-term, Modern Portfolio Theory–based approach emphasizing diversified, buy-and-hold allocations with actively managed mutual funds, ETFs, and conservative fixed income securities.

Byron Moore is a financial advisor with Realta Investment Advisors, Inc in Columbia, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 26 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes positions at Capital One Investing, LLC from 2015 to 2018. He is also the CEO of Sovereign Wealth Management, a fee-based investment advisory and financial planning firm. Realta Investment Advisors offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services and financial planning for individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes individualized advice through advisor interviews and employs diversified strategies including mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and alternative investments.

Alexia Larson is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has worked at Perry B. Seiffert, Investment Management, and Chesapeake Asset Management before joining The Mather Group, LLC in 2022. The Mather Group serves high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, and corporations, offering integrated financial planning, investment management, tax and estate planning, and family office services. The firm employs an evidence-based investment approach with customizable portfolio options and utilizes AI-assisted tools alongside human oversight.

Stephen Sikes is a financial advisor at AlphaCore Capital LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked previously at SPC Financial, Raymond James Financial Services, and ATEL Securities Corporation. AlphaCore Capital LLC is an independent wealth advisory firm serving individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and entity clients. The firm focuses on comprehensive wealth planning and investment management, emphasizing alternative investment strategies alongside traditional equity and fixed-income exposures.

Clare Dandridge is a financial advisor at Range Advisory, LLC with six years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Rockefeller Financial LLC and Northwestern Mutual. Range Advisory serves individual clients across the wealth spectrum, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, offering financial planning, investment advice, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm uses model portfolios and incorporates tax-aware techniques such as tax-loss harvesting and direct indexing, supported by AI tools integrated into client interactions and portfolio analysis.

Scott Wilson is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Heritage Investors Management Corp since 2023 and was previously with Harbour Capital Advisors, LLC for seven years. Heritage Investors Management Corporation provides investment management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutional accounts, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on tailored portfolios with diversified holdings and typically employs long-term investment strategies while acting as a fiduciary on retirement rollovers.

Vernon Holleman III is a financial advisor with M Holdings Securities, Inc. holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at M Holdings Securities since 2000 and at Bcg Companies since 2013, in addition to a longstanding role at Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. Holleman serves as a trustee for the Federal City Council, is on the Board of Directors for the Washington DC Estate Planning Council, and acts as Secretary-Treasurer for the St. Albans School Alumni Association Board. M Holdings Securities, Inc. serves individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities nationwide through independent Member Firms and Financial Professionals, offering a broad range of advisory and brokerage services including discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, retirement plan consulting, and insurance advisory services.

Anthony Rieck is a CFP® professional with two years of experience, currently advising at Andersen in McLean, VA. He previously worked at Andersen Tax LLC for seven years and has held positions at West Financial Services and Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blayney. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as an NCAA football referee. Andersen serves successful individuals, families, trusts, family-owned corporate plans, and not-for-profit endowments, offering investment consulting through a non-discretionary advisory model that integrates tax and valuation services. The firm emphasizes client communications, consolidated performance reporting, and forward-looking asset allocation modeling.

Anthony Spano is a Certified Financial Planner® with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Choreo, LLC since 2022 and previously worked at McGladrey Wealth Management LLC for 19 years. Choreo provides investment and advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, family offices, endowments, foundations, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm’s investment process focuses on strategic asset allocation and diversified model portfolios managed by a centralized team and overseen by an Investment Committee.

Philip Mantua Jr. is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at AlphaCore Capital LLC since 2025 and previously spent eight years at Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. He is also a producing agent for AlphaCore Insurance Services, an insurance agency affiliated with his firm. AlphaCore Capital LLC is an independent wealth advisory firm that serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm offers comprehensive wealth planning and investment management, emphasizing alternative investing alongside traditional equity and fixed-income strategies.

Robert Blankenship is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Cassaday & Company, Inc. He has been with Cassaday since 2019 and has prior work experience including roles at Radford University and involvement with the Student Managed Investment Portfolio Organization. Cassaday & Company provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses, managing approximately $7.14 billion in discretionary assets. The firm employs a long-term, asset-allocation-driven investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, using actively managed mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income securities, and model portfolios aligned with written investment policy statements.

Bradley Schell is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC and previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. Schell also serves as an independent contractor associate financial advisor with Potomac Financial Group. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans with a long-term, portfolio-driven investment approach utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, and selected individual securities.

Ashley Helm is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Merit Financial Advisors. Her prior roles include positions at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, LLC. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion and serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and institutions. The firm utilizes a long-term, diversified investment approach through customizable model portfolios and offers specialized services such as fiduciary and ESOP trustee work alongside financial wellness programs.