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.

Daniel Leskowitz is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with three years of industry experience. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Barclays. His other business activities include fixed insurance sales conducted during business hours. 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 hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Raymond Leyden is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at firms including Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and New York Life Insurance Company. Leyden serves as a board member for Lansdowne Yonkers. Park Avenue Securities, a subsidiary of Guardian Life, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a range of financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management solutions supported by proprietary and third-party platforms.

Ryan Capozucca is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with a Series 66 credential and one year of industry experience. He has held positions at Guardian Life Insurance Company, Park Avenue Securities, National Financial Network, and HomeServe. Park Avenue Securities LLC, part of Guardian Life, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers tailored client services through a combination of advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies, along with access to proprietary and third-party advisory solutions.

Steven Bender is a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation along with Series 66 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to joining Kestra Advisory, he worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, Bender is the sole proprietor of Bender & Associates, CPAs, a tax and accounting firm, 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 a broad mix of institutional and individual clients, including plan sponsors. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, investment advice, and employee education, and manages approximately $79.8 billion in assets, serving clients that include large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Jason Horowitz is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Nomura Securities International, Nomura Holding America, and RBC Capital Markets. Guardian Life’s Park Avenue Wealth Management offers brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and provides access to proprietary and third-party advisory solutions.

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.

Matthew Griffin is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at Citigroup Global Markets since 2007 and was previously with Citicorp Investment Services from 2004 to 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains significant institutional scale with unique market roles such as swap dealing and futures commission merchant activities.

Andrew Leven is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Guardian Life. He has a longstanding career with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life, serving clients since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he helps coordinate community programs for the Greenknolls Greenvale Community Association and is involved with Retirement Strategy Calculator LLC, an application focused on cash flow analysis. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management and a subsidiary of Guardian Life, offers brokerage and advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and provides access to proprietary programs, third-party advisory solutions, and integrated lending options.

Brian McDermott is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Stamford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 2009, totaling 17 years at the firm. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, and IRAs. The firm offers a broad range of programs across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios with both discretionary and non-discretionary management approaches.

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.

Robert Sack is a CFP® professional with 55 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Kestra Advisory Services, LLC since 2016. He has also been associated with Kestra Investment Services, LLC and Fusion Financial Group since 2003. Sack operates a registered representative business under the name Robert Sack Financial Services, focusing on financial planning activities. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse range of institutional and individual clients, including large plan sponsors and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers fiduciary consulting, plan design, benchmarking, and employs multiple management platforms and third-party solutions within a supervisory framework.

Michael Gold is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving at Carson Wealth. His prior roles include positions at Gold Family Wealth, People's Securities, and Gerstein Fisher. He was also President and CEO of Gold Family Wealth, where he managed financial planning and client services. Carson Wealth is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing over $50 billion through a broad network of partner offices. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan services, supported by a committee-driven investment approach and tailored portfolio solutions.

Christina Dziadzio is a ChFC® and Series 66 credentialed advisor with 17 years of industry experience. She has worked at Kestra Advisory since 2016 and has been involved with Kestra Investment Services, LLC since 2009. Christina also manages client relationships and serves as a lead advisor in associated financial service activities. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors as well as institutional and individual clients. The firm offers a wide range of services including fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and advisor-managed accounts, serving a client base that includes large institutional investors.

Kevin Degabriel is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 63 designation and 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth and Clear Path Private Wealth since 2018 and previously spent 13 years at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Degabriel is also involved in fixed insurance sales as an ancillary business activity. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, offering a variety of advisory programs and services. The firm provides operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors, allowing them discretion in portfolio construction alongside managed model portfolios and distinct program structures.

Sydney Moerler is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. Moerler has four years of industry experience, including roles at GE Capital and Wealth Enhancement Group. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets across a large advisor network, using a diversified investment process that blends passive and active strategies overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

Camille Ramirez Dostert is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and holds a Series 66 designation. She has 25 years of industry experience, having worked previously at Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, Morgan Stanley, and UBS Financial Services. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. provides managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations through various program types, including client-directed and fully discretionary options. The firm uses model risk profiles and combines strategic and tactical asset allocation advice with ongoing fund due diligence and monitoring.

Paul Kiernan is a financial advisor at Carson Wealth with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Gold Family Wealth, LLC and Cruser, Mitchell & Sanchez, LLC. Carson Wealth is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $50.6 billion through a network of more than 650 advisors. The firm offers a range of services including discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan services, supported by an Investment Committee that constructs and monitors model portfolios using both fundamental and technical inputs.

Daniel Ferrara Jr. is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services, LLC, holding the Series 63 designation and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has been with Kestra since 2016 and previously worked at Fusion Financial Group for 16 years. Ferrara is the owner and president of Ferrara Financial, an independent financial planning practice. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a range of institutional and individual clients, including plan sponsors and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions.

Marcos Cabral is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across a range of wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including in-house research and derivatives services.