Christopher Tarnowski is a financial advisor at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Hornor, Townsend & Kent and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company since 2019. In addition to his advisory role, Tarnowski is the proprietor of WT Music & Son LLC, a company that rents, sells, and repairs brass, woodwind, and stringed instruments. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm combines investment advice with brokerage and custody services, managing a large asset base through a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary account options.

Conner Decker is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with a Series 66 credential and two years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company. He is also involved in a family-owned business selling snack products. Guardian Life’s affiliated firm, Park Avenue® Wealth Management, serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs.

Michael De Paola is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Cetera Wealth Services, Mid Atlantic Resource Group, and Minnesota Life Insurance Company. De Paola also serves as an independent agent placing life and disability insurance products through Crump Life Insurance Services. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients through discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers. The firm offers a range of managed-account programs and model portfolios, including traditional and active strategies, supported by a network of approximately 423 advisors.

Mark Giordano is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 25 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at LPL Financial and Independent Financial Partners, and he is also an attorney with The Giordano Law Firm, PC. Outside of finance, he is involved in a film production company. Private Advisor Group, LLC manages over $41 billion for more than 135,000 clients, including individuals, trusts, and corporate plans. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, utilizing multiple investment strategies and third-party platforms.

Michael Hecht is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Private Advisor Group since 2014, having previously worked at LPL Financial LLC starting in 2007. Hecht is also involved with ECH Financial LLC, a business entity for tax and investment purposes. Private Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm provides access to third-party asset managers, turnkey asset management platforms, and a proprietary separately managed account program.

Mason Piersall is a financial advisor at Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. He holds a Series 66 designation and has experience in the industry beginning in 2024, with prior roles at Fiducient Advisors, MassMutual Life Insurance Co, and Mass Mutual Investors Services. Outside of finance, he has worked in the hospitality sector at Wood-n-Tap Bar and Grill. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer with approximately 436 advisors and $15.7 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory programs and investment strategies that include both firm-developed and third-party models with ongoing oversight and strategic allocation reviews.

Robert Schmidt is a financial advisor at &PARTNERS with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. &PARTNERS serves a diverse client base, including individual, institutional, and sovereign wealth fund clients, providing investment advisory and brokerage services along with financial planning and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes the Envestnet platform with a mix of proprietary models and third-party managers, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Stephen Littenberg is a CFP® and ChFC® with 35 years of industry experience. He is currently with Private Advisor Group, LLC, where he has worked since 2020, and previously spent 10 years with National Asset Management, Inc. and National Securities Corp. Outside of his advisory role, he operates under the business names Scholar Wealth Management and Scholar 401k Solutions through Private Advisor Group. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset management programs.

Franklin Smith Jr. is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial and CUNA Mutual Group in prior roles. In addition to advisory duties, he provides administrative support to Private Advisor Group. Private Advisor Group is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset management programs.

Raymond Bolleia is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 43 years of industry experience, including 12 years at Ameriprise Financial Services and five years with both Private Advisor Group and LPL Financial. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion for more than 135,000 clients, including individuals, trusts, estates, and corporate retirement plans. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, utilizing multiple investment strategies and third-party asset managers.

Katherine Chen is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with seven years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021, following prior roles at The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied and SS&C Technologies. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm integrates centralized investment resources and offers tailored solutions such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support within a large, integrated financial group.

Perry Koplik is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 39 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at firms including Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and MetLife Securities Inc. Koplik is co-owner of PF Compass, LLC, which provides group benefits services. 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, including discretionary model portfolios and personalized indexing, supported by a comprehensive platform for operations, trading, technology, and compliance.

Lesley Draper is a financial advisor with Corient, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 18 years of industry experience. She has worked at RegentAtlantic for 14 years before joining Corient and its related entities in recent years. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and corporate entities. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach integrating in-house strategies and third-party managers, with an emphasis on risk management and portfolio monitoring.

Jared Brown is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Bridgewater, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and MetLife Securities Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he is an independent insurance agent and a sales broker for Creative Risk Management. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients through a large network of advisors. The firm offers discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios, with a distinctive legacy use of market-timing and momentum-based investment strategies.

Michael Green is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, GYL Financial Synergies, LLC, and Wechter Feldman Wealth Management, Inc. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework that combines active and passive strategies, private funds, and other vehicles.

Jessica Divincent is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with 10 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021, following six years at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and model portfolios, delivering tailored solutions such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support within a large integrated financial group.

Ryan Casey is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC, Longbridge Financial, LLC, and Park Avenue Securities. Casey’s background also includes roles outside finance, such as positions at Bottle King and Acme Markets. Park Avenue Securities LLC, doing business as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and a range of investment advisory programs using model portfolios from internal and third-party managers.

Brian Mc Govern is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential and six years of industry experience. He is also a partner at McGovern Garry LLC, a CPA firm offering tax and consulting services. Additionally, Mr. McGovern serves as a board member for QuantumXchange, Inc. without compensation and provides tax advice and preparation services separate from his investment advisory work. Private Advisor Group, LLC manages over $41 billion for more than 135,000 clients, including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, employing a range of investment strategies and extensive use of third-party platforms and managers.

Corrado Spezzacatena is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC. His previous experience includes roles at Raymond James Financial Services and Wells Fargo Advisors. Outside of advisory work, he is the CEO of prefGrab, Inc., a business focused on idea generation and development. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory, planning, and portfolio management services through both proprietary and third-party solutions.

Matthew Masterson Jr. is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Corient. He previously worked at RegentAtlantic for eight years. He is involved with the Morris Educational Foundation, where he serves on the Finance Committee overseeing the organization’s finances and investments. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach combining in-house strategies, third-party managers, and customized asset allocation, with ongoing portfolio monitoring and risk management.