Louis Seaman is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Edison, NJ. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, and has 12 years of industry experience. Seaman has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2026 and has been with affiliated New York Life entities since 2012. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisers. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Kenneth Furman is a financial advisor at Mariner Wealth Advisors with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Charles Schwab Bank SSB, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., and Fidelity Investments. Mariner serves a diverse client base that includes individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and tax services. The firm combines in-house research with third-party managers to implement customized portfolios and provides notable integrated tax and accounting services, including administrative CFO capabilities.

Sanjeev Segan is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Edison, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2013 and has a broader tenure with New York Life and its affiliates dating back to 2007. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent contractor brokering non-registered insurance products with outside carriers. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individuals, institutional investors, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm provides a variety of program types and emphasizes tailored recommendations, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Sarah Melzer is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in Madison, NJ, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and seven years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Bay Point Wealth and Raymond James & Associates. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a multi-manager approach emphasizing manager selection and offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services.

Katie Clark is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor representative at TLG Advisors, Inc. She has previously held roles at Simplicity Investments and Brian K Adams & Associates. In addition to her advisory work, she is an executive director and co-national sales manager at BKA Financial, LLC, where she is involved in advanced insurance planning and business operations. TLG Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and institutional investors. The firm uses fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to create diversified portfolios and offers both traditional portfolio management and a digital program called Starlight Portfolios.

Darrin Miles is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and eight years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at New York Life, NYLIFE Securities, and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a facilitator for Real World Academy, a nonprofit providing youth development services such as life skills training and budgeting. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Daniel Smirnov is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Merrill, CitiBank, TD Bank, and Northfield Bank, as well as a four-year period at Baruch College, CUNY. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, providing investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and leverages both discretionary and non-discretionary programs, combining large institutional scale with unique market roles such as swap dealing and futures commission merchant activities.

Daniel Serrano Torres is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill, and Bankers Life in various advisory roles. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm’s advisory model separates one-time planning services from ongoing portfolio management and operates within a vertically integrated group that offers affiliated funds and donor-advised fund advisory services.

Liwen Li is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors based in Piscataway, NJ. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has four years of industry experience. In addition to her advisory role, Liwen co-owns Vert Global LLC, a firm providing immigration consulting services. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a combination of advisory and broker-dealer services, utilizing proprietary and third-party model portfolios with both discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Elizabeth Newman is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 41 years of industry experience. She has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2013 and also serves as an agent at Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S. 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.

Jeuris Ramon Pena is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. He has prior experience with World Financial Group, Inc., ICON Parking, and City Winery. Outside of financial advising, Pena serves as an accounting manager for LVRN Records LLC, a music record label. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of advisory and broker-dealer services with proprietary and third-party investment models, managing both discretionary and non-discretionary assets.

Daniel Duca is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. He previously worked at Altfest Personal Wealth Management for 13 years. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments by offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services along with financial, tax, retirement, estate planning, and family office services. The firm employs a globally diversified investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing a range of low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and other investment vehicles, while also providing educational content and specialized client programs.

Joseph Yeager is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021, following 12 years at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base including individual investors, executives, institutional clients, and plan sponsors. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management along with specialized programs and uses strategic allocation models and both discretionary and non-discretionary implementations to tailor solutions to client objectives.

Kevin Salvatore is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and five years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA since 2007 and joined TIAA-CREF in 2025. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management, operating within a vertically integrated structure that includes affiliated funds and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Christopher Turso is a CFP® professional at Cerity Partners LLC with four years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Round Table Wealth Management and Northwestern Mutual. He also spent four years affiliated with Michigan State University. Cerity Partners serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, business entities, charitable institutions, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. The firm offers tailored wealth management services with an investment framework based on client-specific profiles and asset allocation, integrating proprietary quantitative methods, third-party strategies, and direct security selection.

Mark Macdonald is a financial advisor at Brookstone Capital Management LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been involved with Advanced Wealth Preservation, LLC since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he manages a college planning consulting business focused on college selection, admission, and preparation. Brookstone Capital Management is an SEC-registered adviser providing fee-based asset management and financial planning through a turnkey asset management platform and wrap-fee program. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and institutional clients such as sovereign wealth funds, employing a variety of discretionary investment strategies and supporting a large advisor network.

Aaron Berlow is a financial advisor with Lincoln Investment in Cranford, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. He also serves as Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Wildenstein & Co., Inc., where he oversees strategic direction and operational analysis, particularly within the art and real estate sectors. Additionally, he is the owner of Amber USA LLC, a leather goods manufacturing business. Lincoln Investment is a large enterprise advisory and broker-dealer that serves individual and high-net-worth investors, trusts, charities, and retirement plans, including a focus on educators and 403(b)/457(b) programs. The firm employs a combination of advisor-led consulting, strategic model portfolios, and third-party managers supported by an in-house Investment Management & Research team.

Jerome Delsordo is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021, following 19 years at The AYCO Company, L.P. and its affiliates. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a broad client base including individual investors, corporate participants, executives, and institutional clients. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management supported by specialized programs and access to alternative investments, leveraging integrated resources across the Goldman Sachs ecosystem.

Robert Kelly is a CFA® charterholder with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Farther since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at Bank of America, Merrill, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Grisanti Capital Management. He is a trustee for Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss, a nonprofit providing free grief services to children. Farther serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through a technology-driven advisory platform and discretionary investment management. The firm’s approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, using bespoke and algorithmic model portfolios primarily invested in ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income.

Michael Desaulnier is a CFP® with 24 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has worked at Private Advisor Group, LLC and LPL Financial since 2012, and previously held positions at Stifel, Ryan Beck & Co., and J. B. Hanauer & Co. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in tax preparation and accounting services in Morristown, NJ. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model and uses a variety of investment strategies and technology platforms.