Nafissa Bounia Yahaya is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2023. Prior to her advisory role, she spent four years affiliated with Lake Forest College. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base including individual investors, corporate participants, executives, and institutional clients. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, specialized executive wealth programs, and access to alternative investments, utilizing a range of strategies and integrated resources across the Goldman Sachs platform.

Darren Fabric is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 19 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Level Four Advisory Services and LPL Financial. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, offering customized portfolios with a long-term approach and oversight of third-party managers.

Mark Pietsch is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding Series 63 and 65 credentials and bringing 39 years of industry experience. He has been with Guardian Life and its affiliated entities since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he is associated with The Pietsch Financial Group, Inc. and True Wealth Strategies LLC. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs that include both proprietary and third-party strategies.

Sharon Zumstein is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Fidelity Investments, Bank of America, Merrill, and TD Ameritrade. Outside of financial advising, she is an independent contractor at Century 21, holding an Illinois real estate license. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns through integrated services tied to Empower’s administrative platforms.

David Mcfeggan Jr. is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has worked with LPL Financial since 2006 and joined NewEdge Advisors in 2023. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in tax preparation and bookkeeping through Midwest Small Business Accounting and manages Midwest Insurance Partners, which offers property, casualty, and non-variable insurance. NewEdge Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management through a wrap fee program, employing asset allocation across mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities with regular portfolio reviews and rebalancing.

Jeffrey Hackman is a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 designations and has previously worked at firms including Icba Securities and Vining Sparks. Hackman also served the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire Protection District for over two decades. In addition to his advisory role, he assists with life insurance business through an affiliated insurance activity. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, offering fiduciary consulting, plan design, compliance testing, and investment advice. The firm serves a broad client base including large institutional investors and employs a comprehensive due diligence process for recommended investments.

Maury Fertig is a financial advisor at NorthCoast Asset Management LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Focus Partners Wealth, Kovitz Investment Group Partners, and Relative Value Partners Group. He serves as a director on the board of Benefit Security Insurance Company, participating in quarterly meetings. NorthCoast Asset Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a quantitative and systematic investment approach using proprietary models and offers a wide range of strategies including equity, income, and alternatives.

Matthew Lafontaine is a financial advisor at William Blair with 10 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 credential. He has worked at William Blair since 2015 and is also a principal and head of baseball operations at The Yard, an indoor baseball facility. Additionally, he coaches baseball on weekends for New Trier Pony. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm employs active, research-driven strategies across multiple asset classes and provides proprietary models and access to private funds through its MB Investments Program.

Thomas Buhrmann is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC and Strategic Wealth Partners Group LLC. 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 investment approach that emphasizes tax- and fee-sensitivity within an enhanced open architecture framework, combining active and passive strategies along with private and registered funds.

Stephen Morris is a financial advisor with The Huntington Investment Company, holding a Series 66 credential and nine years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Ameriprise Financial Services, Bank of America, Merrill, and First American Bank. Outside of his advisory role, he engages in gig work as a driver for services such as Doordash and Uber. The Huntington Investment Company serves individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities with advisory and brokerage services. The firm offers multiple wrap-fee programs using an open-architecture model that integrates third-party and affiliate investment strategies, with portfolio management and custodial services provided through National Financial Services.

James Hammack is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He is currently with William Blair and has previously worked at InterOcean Capital Group, InterOcean Capital, Kestra Advisory, and NFP Corporate Services. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients, employing an active, research-driven approach across various asset classes and providing access to proprietary models and private investment opportunities.

Cole Pedro is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with six years of industry experience. He is currently with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, where he has worked since 2019, previously holding roles at The Ayco Company and Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to a diverse client base, including individual, corporate, executive, and institutional clients. The firm offers tailored investment strategies supported by proprietary research, and integrates resources across the broader Goldman Sachs network to deliver specialized wealth and advisory services.

Michael Mileski is a financial advisor at Corient with Series 65 credentials and experience beginning in 2023. His prior work includes roles at CI BDF and positions at Hope College and William Fremd High School. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies and third-party solutions, with ongoing portfolio monitoring and risk management.

Darryl Newman is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Corient since 2022 and previously was with Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC from 2018 to 2023. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party managers, supported by continuous portfolio monitoring and risk management tools.

Maxwell Thompson is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Performance Wealth Partners and Brad Scott - State Farm Agency. Outside of advising, he has been involved in entrepreneurial ventures including a moving company and a yogurt business. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a broad client base ranging from individual investors to institutional clients, providing financial planning and portfolio management. The firm offers tailored plans using strategic allocation models and proprietary research, with integrated access to the wider Goldman Sachs ecosystem and a variety of specialized programs.

Daniel Dopp is a financial advisor at The Huntington Investment Company with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Ameriprise, The Huntington Investment Company, and LPL Financial. The Huntington Investment Company, operating as Huntington Financial Advisors, serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities with advisory and brokerage services. The firm offers multiple wrap-fee programs using an open-architecture model that combines third-party sub-managers and proprietary Private Bank strategies, with portfolio management supported by custodial services through National Financial Services.

Jay Pollack is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations. He has 43 years of industry experience, including roles at Guardian Life Insurance Company and Park Avenue Securities. Outside of his primary advisory work, he is involved with Laurus Strategies for Wealth, a separate investment-related business. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, offering brokerage and advisory services along with financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party portfolios and supports various account-level services.

Mariam Sargsyan is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and EY Armenia. Her background includes academic roles at the University of Florida and Nebrija University. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services supports a diverse client base, including individual investors, corporate participants, executives, and institutional clients, by providing financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized programs such as Private Family Office services and Executive Wealth management. The firm uses strategic allocation models and proprietary analytics within the broader Goldman Sachs ecosystem to tailor solutions aligned with client objectives.

Allison Swanson is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with one year of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining Creative Planning, she worked at Sageview Advisory Group and Cetera Wealth Services, LLC. Outside of financial advising, she provides private softball pitching lessons through her business, Coach A Softball Stars. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led approach that integrates low-cost indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and selective private market exposure.

Jason Petitte is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience. He is currently with NorthCoast Asset Management LLC and has previously worked at Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC, and Kovitz Securities, LLC. NorthCoast Asset Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations through a quantitative and systematic investment approach. The firm offers a broad range of strategies including separately managed accounts, private credit, private equity, and private real estate interval funds.