Vanessa Johnson is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. She has been with Fortis Group Advisors LLC and LPL Financial, LLC since 2018 and previously worked at INVEST Financial Corporation and Marie Rampino. Fortis Group Advisors is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser that serves individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, institutions, charitable organizations, trusts, and estates. The firm offers comprehensive investment management, financial planning, and estate coordination, utilizing a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, strategic asset allocation, and institutional manager due diligence.

Ryan Haiss is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Flynn Zito Capital Management, LLC. He has been with Flynn Zito since 2012 and also maintains a role at LPL Financial. Haiss contributes financial insights to websites such as MarketWatch and Yahoo Finance on an unpaid basis. Flynn Zito Capital Management, LLC is a team-based registered investment adviser managing approximately $672 million for over 1,000 clients, including individuals, high-net-worth households, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers customized wealth management and investment services, combining discretionary portfolio management with sub-adviser solutions and leveraging a hybrid relationship with LPL Financial.

Andrew Schmeidler is a financial advisor at ARS Investment Partners, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with ARS Investment Partners since 2016. The firm serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as institutional accounts, offering tailored asset allocations, separately managed accounts, and ETF-based thematic portfolios driven by a committee process that integrates macro and sector analysis with fundamental research.

Matthew Becker is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Fruitful, where he has worked since 2024. Prior to that, he operated Mom and Dad Money, an investment advisory firm registered in Florida, which he is in the process of winding down. He also offers courses and books on personal finance through his website. Fruitful Advisory, LLC provides web-based financial planning and discretionary investment management to individual clients who hold an active membership. The firm focuses on low-cost, passive investment strategies using ETFs and index funds, and delivers personalized planning through licensed Fruitful Guides.

Jacqueline Di Santo is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Perennial in New York, NY, with one year of industry experience. Her prior work includes seven years at The Ursuline School and four years at Wake Forest University. Perennial serves individual clients, family offices, trusts, estates, small businesses, and other organizations with wealth advisory, financial planning, and portfolio management services. The firm employs a customized, tax-aware investment process incorporating fundamental research, diversification, rebalancing, and fee and tax minimization, often using equities, ETFs, fixed income, derivatives, and margin strategies.

Francis Conway is a financial advisor at Bespoke Investment Group, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Bespoke Investment Group, he worked for Connecticut Premier Hoops Development for eleven years. Bespoke Investment Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary portfolio management and a range of online subscription research products and newsletters. The firm employs a combination of charting, cyclical, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to manage accounts, typically on a discretionary basis with monthly monitoring.

John Griffin is a Certified Financial Planner® with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is the sole owner of an LLC that holds a New York City taxi medallion. Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC provides fee-based portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pensions, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation approach using a variety of securities and analytical methods, managing approximately $258 million in client assets.

Scott Gegerson is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Magnus Financial Group LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Stratos Wealth Partners, LPL Financial, Trivium Wealth Management, Trivium Financial Group, and Guardian Life. Magnus Financial Group LLC provides personalized financial planning and investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, businesses, and qualified retirement plan sponsors. The firm manages approximately $2.33 billion in assets and employs a tailored, committee-driven approach to portfolio construction, featuring proprietary quantitative strategies and unique operational tools such as the Pontera platform for managed account oversight.

Joseph Blaney is a financial advisor at Next Level Private LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory role, he is president of the Joe Namath Foundation, a charitable organization supporting children's charities and neurological research, and serves as CEO of Broadway Joe Media, a media and marketing company associated with Joe Namath. Next Level Private LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and annuity consulting services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm uses a long-term investment approach with diversified portfolios and combines fundamental and technical analysis alongside regular client reviews.

Lauro Akira Neuppmann Takata is a financial advisor at Simetria Advisory Group LLC with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Brasil Plural Investment Advisor LLC and Sympatheia Advisory LLC, as well as positions in the banking and capital markets sectors. Brasil Plural Investment Advisor, LLC manages approximately $201.6 million in regulatory assets, serving individuals, corporations, and institutions through customized portfolio management. The firm employs a research-driven approach, utilizing third-party macroeconomic research and in-house analysis across various asset classes, including equities, fixed income, options, and alternatives.

Nicole Scarpati is a financial advisor with Capital Counsel LLC in New York, NY, holding five years of industry experience and fourteen years at Capital Counsel. The firm provides discretionary asset management and occasional financial planning for individuals, families, foundations, endowments, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporations. Capital Counsel employs a valuation-based fundamental investment strategy focused on profitable, free-cash-flow-generating businesses, managing both separately managed accounts and private partnerships with a concentrated portfolio approach.

Ivan Lucuk is a financial advisor with Greenline Partners, holding a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. He has been with Greenline Partners since 2018 and previously worked at Bridgewater Associates LP from 2004 to 2018. Greenline Partners manages portfolios for individual clients, trusts, estates, and institutional clients such as foundations, endowments, pensions, and family offices. The firm employs a fundamental, long-term investment approach focused on diversified portfolios, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment and consulting services tailored to client-specific goals and risk considerations.

Mary Catherine Mcrae is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience. She has been with American Capital Management, Inc. since 2010. American Capital Management, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, foundations, and institutional clients, focusing on individually managed equity portfolios supplemented with convertible and fixed-income investments. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis of small- and medium-sized growth companies in health care and technology sectors, with a preference for long-term holdings and lower turnover.

Austin Sweerus is a financial advisor with Fortis Group Advisors LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Fortis Group Advisors and LPL Financial since 2018 and previously spent seven years at INVEST Financial Corp. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Christopher Edwards Financial Associates LLP, an investment-related business. Fortis Group Advisors LLC provides investment advisory and wealth-planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement plans, institutions, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a diversified, asset-allocation approach, utilizing risk-profiling technology and third-party manager evaluations to tailor portfolios and financial plans.

Courtney Mckenna is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving at Altfest Personal Wealth Management since 2022. Prior to joining Altfest, she worked at Iam Capital Corporation and Iridian Asset Management LLC. Altfest Personal Wealth Management provides investment management, financial planning, ERISA fiduciary services, and management of pooled investment vehicles to a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, and private funds. The firm employs a disciplined investment approach involving fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, along with ongoing monitoring and portfolio rebalancing under an investment committee.

Joyce Zhang is a financial advisor at Seasons of Advice Wealth Management with eight years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at JP Morgan Securities and JP Morgan Chase Bank. Joyce is based in New York, NY. Seasons of Advice Wealth Management provides financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, small business owners, professionals, and families. The firm uses a proprietary planning process that sequences goal tracking, asset allocation, family and cash-flow reviews, and year-end tax planning, tailoring investment recommendations to each client’s goals and risk tolerance.

Drew Graves is a financial advisor at IDB Lido Wealth, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has previously worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates Soaring Student, LLC, providing tutoring and consulting services as well as wellness and dating advice for men coping with divorce. IDB Lido Wealth, LLC is a SEC-registered adviser jointly owned by Lido Advisors and Israel Discount Bank of New York. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement and estate planning services to individuals, family offices, pensions, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and insurance companies, employing an integrated wealth-management approach that includes multi-asset allocations and affiliated sub-advisory strategies.

James Fahey is a financial advisor at Wellington Shields & Co., LLC with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Wellington Shields since 2016, following a four-year tenure at Oppenheimer. Wellington Shields & Co. provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and brokerage services to individuals, corporations, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $470.9 million across about 514 client relationships, employing a variety of investment methods and offering both advisory and brokerage account options.

John Gross is a financial advisor at MayTech Global Investments with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has previously worked at Polen Capital Management and BNY Mellon Distributors. MayTech Global Investments manages approximately $895 million in assets, serving individual investors, wealth management platforms, and institutional clients. The firm employs a research-intensive Global Growth strategy focused on companies impacted by globalization, digitalization, and demographic change, with an emphasis on information technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors.

Kenneth Botwinick is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor at Signature Wealth Management Partners, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Linsco/Private Ledger Corp., and has been associated with Botwinick & Company, LLC since 1997, where he serves as a Certified Public Accountant and partner. His non-investment activities include accounting, audit, tax services, and consulting on business financing strategies. Signature Wealth Management Partners, LLC offers financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm manages customized and model-based portfolios using a range of securities and employs a blend of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with periodic rebalancing.