John Juliano is a CFP® with 29 years of industry experience, currently serving at T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. since 2024. He spent 27 years at The Vanguard Group and has been an adjunct professor at Saint Joseph's University since 2007, teaching CFP-approved courses. Outside of finance, he owns a seasonal business selling water ice at carnivals and sporting events. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides retirement-focused financial planning and discretionary investment management to individual investors and households, using model portfolios invested exclusively in T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs. The firm combines goals-based planning, retirement income strategies, and ongoing account management supported by an interactive online platform.

Tyler Fanyo Tabak is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with a Series 65 credential and less than one year of industry experience. His prior background includes various roles outside finance, such as full-time education and work at Circle K. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, families, trusts, corporations, charitable institutions, and other investors. The firm offers a wide range of services, including discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and access to alternative and private-market investments, with a focus on customized, diversified portfolios.

Sonya Coleman is a financial advisor with Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. She has worked with Bankers Life Advisory Services, Bankers Life Securities, and Bankers Life & Casualty, as well as Fidelity Investments and PNC Bank. Outside of her advisory roles, she operated Swag Shoppe LLC for eight years. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals with discretionary portfolio management, investment consulting, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to create tailored asset allocations and ongoing portfolio management aligned with clients’ goals and risk tolerances.

Charles Walker is a CFP® with 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Wealthspire Advisors since 2019 and previously worked at SunTrust Advisory Services and related SunTrust entities from 2014 to 2019. Wealthspire Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, nonprofit organizations, and trustees, providing wealth management, financial planning, and trust-administration services. The firm employs a relationship-driven, customized investment approach that emphasizes diversified, institutional-style asset allocation and ongoing portfolio management.

Rebecca Streamo is a financial advisor at HB Wealth with seven years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has previously worked at TrustCounsel and WMS Partners, LLC. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm offers wealth management, investment management, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) services, employing a combination of quantitative and qualitative due diligence across a variety of public and private investment strategies.

Andrew Schwartz is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc., holding Series 66 and Series 63 designations and two years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he held positions at Under Armour, Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg P.A., and Elon University Athletic Administration. His background also includes involvement with the Burlington Sock Puppets and Palanzo Martial Arts. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services offers a retirement advisory program focused on individual investors and households, combining goals-based financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management primarily through T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs.

Daniel Pineiro is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Mitchell and Hastings Financial Services and InFocus Financial Advisors Inc. He also has experience outside finance, including work with The TJX Companies, Inc., and teaching at Century High School and Salisbury University. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services offers the Retirement Advisory Service to individual investors and households focused on retirement goals, combining goals-based financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management primarily through proprietary T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs. The firm employs asset-location strategies, tax-aware rebalancing, and Monte Carlo-based financial planning delivered with telephone advisor access and online tools.

Eric Miller is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Towson, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2006. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plans, and offers a range of brokerage, financial planning, and advisory services.

Adekemi Azeez is a financial advisor at T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. with 16 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Merrill and Bank of America, N.A. for ten years. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. offers a retirement-focused advisory service that combines nondiscretionary financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management using proprietary mutual funds and ETFs. The firm serves individual investors and households, employing model allocations and tax-aware strategies supported by an interactive online planning tool.

Gavin La Dore is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. He has prior experience at Ameriprise Financial and has been involved with various organizations including Sacred Heart Outreach Camp and Maryland Football. Additionally, he is appointed as an agent to sell non-securities insurance products for AGIA. 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 for portfolio construction and management.

Debra Hemphill is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. Her prior work includes roles at Liberty Tax Service and Macy's. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides retirement-focused financial planning and investment management to individual investors and households, using a combination of nondiscretionary planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily invested in proprietary T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs. The firm employs a structured approach with tax-aware rebalancing and Monte Carlo-based retirement income projections.

William Peck is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Towson, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He worked at Brown Advisory Securities, LLC for 13 years before joining Janney Montgomery Scott in 2018. Peck serves as a board member and treasurer of the Kernan Hospital Endowment and is an investment committee member for the University of Maryland Medical System. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a wide range of clients through brokerage services, financial planning, and advisory programs, using both in-house portfolio management and third-party managers.

Devin Williams is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has worked previously at firms including Forthright Capital Partners, Aston Carter, and Cassaday and Company. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and serves hundreds of thousands of individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a broad platform including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Melinda Manning Robinson is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 16 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including T Rowe Price and Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors LLC. Outside of her advisory role, she works part-time at TJ-Maxx in Pasadena, Maryland. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, leveraging integrated platforms for recordkeeping and administration. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and savings rates in its planning services and serves a large participant base relative to its adviser headcount.

Donald Ferguson Jr. is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Keeney Financial Group, Inc. and Triad Advisors, Inc. He is also the owner of DFergs, LLC, a stockholder entity based in Ocean City, Maryland. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a manager-focused, asset-allocation approach that combines active and passive strategies with ongoing performance monitoring. The firm sponsors proprietary investment vehicles and serves as an operating general partner for multiple private funds.

Bernard Makino is a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and operated Makino Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he has experience running Ugly Moose LLC for five years. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers brokerage, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services through a national network of Investment Adviser Representatives, utilizing multiple advisory programs and third-party asset managers.

Lesa Crosser is a financial advisor at HB Wealth with 19 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wms Partners LLC for 14 years before joining HB Wealth in 2025. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, and institutional clients. The firm offers wealth management, investment management, and financial planning, combining quantitative and qualitative due diligence across public and private investment strategies.

Lorraine Flowers is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 38 years of industry experience. She is an Investment Advisor Representative at Kestra Advisory Services, LLC, where she has worked since 2016. In addition to her advisory role, she owns The Flowers Financial Group, through which she acts as a life and health insurance agent. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base, including institutional and individual investors. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms, serving a range of clients from small plans to large institutional investors like sovereign wealth funds.

Brianna Martin is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. She holds the Series 66 and Series 63 designations and has nine years of experience. Prior to her advisory role, she worked seven years at Charm City Run. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services provides retirement-focused financial planning and discretionary investment management for individual investors and households, using proprietary mutual funds and ETFs along with an online planning tool and telephone advisor access.

Nathaniel Adams is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 10 years of industry experience. Adams has been with T. Rowe Price since 2015. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides a retirement-focused advisory program for individual investors and households, combining goals-based financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management. The firm employs model portfolios invested exclusively in T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs, using tax-aware rebalancing and tactical allocations.