Michael Hoffman is a CFP® professional with over 31 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Truist Advisory Services since 2016 and has prior experience at Truist Securities, Inc. spanning more than two decades. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation and investment policy analysis, plan sponsor fiduciary support, participant advice, and manages the AMC Advantage manager-selection program through a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary approaches.

Craig Smith is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Bethesda, MD, holding a Series 66 license and 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at several Principal entities since 2011 and serves as a bank officer at Principal Bank and Trust Company. Outside of his financial advisory role, he provides wedding officiant and pre-marital counseling services. Principal Securities offers brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes access to direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and third-party money manager solutions.

Patrick Gallagher is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience. He is currently with Creative Planning, LLC, where he has worked for five years, and previously spent a year at Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros, and Blayney (SBSB). Gallagher’s background also includes four years at Virginia Tech. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets through over 1,100 advisors and 151 offices.

Caroline Szivos is a financial advisor at Chevy Chase Trust Company with one year of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously operated ArtfulPrint LLC for 14 years. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, personal trust and financial planning services, and institutional custody. The firm employs a thematic investment approach focused on secular trends and sector themes, emphasizing longer-term holdings and combining fiduciary trust and custody functions with investment management.

Patrick Mc Lane is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has worked at firms including USA Financial Securities and National Planning Corporation. He is also a licensed attorney who provides occasional legal advice and services outside of his investment practice. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a wide range of clients including individuals, families, businesses, and foundations, offering financial planning and portfolio management through the CLASSIC Plus platform. The firm utilizes both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements and employs a variety of analytical approaches in managing client assets.

Robert Crandall is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding a Series 63 designation and over 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Principal Securities Inc. since 2004. Outside his advisory role, he is involved in fixed insurance activities including life, disability, annuities, and long-term care insurance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Jason Williams is a CFP® and PFS™ affiliated with Creative Planning, bringing 22 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & Blayney, Inc. for 17 years before joining Creative Planning in 2021. Creative Planning serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans, managing approximately $217 billion in assets. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by tax-loss harvesting and fundamental equity sleeves, supported by a broad advisory team and integrated investment infrastructure.

Joseph Falchek III is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience currently serving at Cresset Asset Management, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blayney and PagnatoKarp Partners, LLC. Cresset Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered adviser managing approximately $71.9 billion in client assets for a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on diversified, asset-allocation-driven portfolio construction using both active and passive strategies and provides a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, private fund advisory, and family office services.

Claire Weil is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 31 years of industry experience. She previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC and GYL Financial Synergies, LLC. Outside of her advisory work, she manages a rental property in Scotland, handling income and expense tracking and occasional interaction with the management company. Focus Partners Wealth serves individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients, offering a range of investment and wealth management services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach and integrates fundamental and quantitative analysis with affiliated service companies and product relationships.

Madison Hedrick is a financial advisor at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Penn Mutual/Aspire Wealth Planners. Outside of her advisory role, Madison is a seasonal field hockey coach at Paint Branch High School. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through a network of advisers, offering advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides both advisory and broker-dealer services, with a platform that includes third-party asset manager relationships and a range of account options.

Joseph Young is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience, currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in McLean, VA. He has been with Mercer in various roles since 2015. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments, offering a range of advisory services including financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning. The firm’s investment approach utilizes Modern Portfolio Theory with globally diversified portfolios implemented through ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and private funds.

Adam Deal is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC in Bethesda, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at BB&T Bank and Securities, Truist Advisory Services, and Rockefeller Capital Management. He is also a member of DNA Holdings LLC, an investment holding company for personal passive investments. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and operates as a registered broker-dealer offering securities transactions, variable insurance products, and placement and investment banking services.

Megan Hirsch is a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has a background that includes roles in education at Academia Britania Cuscatleca, Escuela Americana, and multiple school districts prior to her financial career. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice through the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering services such as annual financial reviews, retirement planning, and investment recommendations based on Schwab’s asset allocation models and research tools.

Sien Vernyns is a CFP® certificant with one year of industry experience, currently affiliated with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe, Vernyns worked at The Family Firm for a total of nine years, interspersed with brief periods outside the industry. Vernyns holds a minor ownership interest in a family paint business based in Belgium. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm employs a manager-driven, asset-allocation approach using a proprietary “Focus List” and offers discretionary wealth management, fiduciary services, and outsourced CIO solutions.

Grant Bartlett is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, First Republic, and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. Bartlett is based in Rockville, MD. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody and clearing services.

Kent Davis is a CFP® and PFS™ professional with 10 years of experience in financial advising. He currently works with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. and has prior experience at Bernhardt Wealth Management, Advocacy Wealth Management, and Thompson Greenspon CPAs. Outside of his advising role, he operates a tax preparation service under his own business, Kent Davis, CPA. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments by providing investment advisory, financial planning, tax, retirement, and estate services. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios using a range of investment vehicles and offers specialized programs alongside client education and integrated affiliated service platforms.

Timothy Hughes is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Wealthspire Advisors since 2015. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Reston, VA. Wealthspire Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and nonprofit organizations, offering wealth management, financial planning, and trustee services. The firm uses a relationship-driven, customized investment approach emphasizing diversified, institutional-style asset allocation and ongoing portfolio management.

Jason Pan is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience. He currently works at Mariner Wealth Advisors and has previously been employed at firms including Mason Investment Advisory Services, The Mather Group, Facet Wealth, Sullivan, Bruyette, Spero & Blayney, EF Legacy Securities, and Edelman Financial. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm employs a discretionary, customized portfolio approach supported by an investment committee and offers a range of strategies across equities, fixed income, alternatives, and digital assets, with notable integration of tax and accounting services uncommon among large advisory firms.

Ryan Malaeb is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory. His prior experience includes roles at T. Rowe Price and PwC. Outside of his advisory work, he manages rental properties, handling tenant relationships and lease issues. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice through the Schwab Wealth Advisory program. The firm uses Schwab’s standard asset allocation models and research tools to support clients with investment recommendations and conducts annual account reviews without discretionary trading authority.

Gary Lyons is a financial advisor with Creative Planning, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential and bringing 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Creative Planning in 2021, he spent 17 years at Sullivan, Bruyette, Spero & Blayney, Inc./BMO Financial Group. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in client assets and employs a financial planning–led investment process that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a range of supplemental portfolio management techniques and a large advisory team.