Michael Byman is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Hemington Wealth Management, LLC for 11 years before joining Beacon Pointe in 2025. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a proprietary manager “Focus List,” employs both active and passive asset allocation strategies, and sponsors proprietary investment vehicles while offering discretionary wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and outsourced CIO solutions.

Scott Faust is a financial advisor at CWM, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at First Command Advisory Services and related entities for over a decade. Faust also works as an insurance agent, selling life, health, disability, annuities, and long-term care insurance. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutions through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services, managing accounts mostly on a discretionary basis using model portfolios overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

Mandana Sedigh is a financial advisor at &PARTNERS with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Outside of her advisory role, she provides Farsi language tutoring through WyzAnt. &PARTNERS serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers investment management, financial and tax planning, and ERISA consulting, utilizing a range of proprietary and third-party strategies with ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Amy Mackay is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. She has worked with Truist Advisory Services since 2022 and previously held roles at Wells Fargo Clearing, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC, and Wachovia Bank. Mackay serves on the board of the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, a public charity focused on advancing equity through philanthropy. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm combines discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by AI-enhanced research and inter-affiliate integration across Truist entities.

Jeffrey Banks is a financial advisor at Brookstone Capital Management LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Brookstone since 2020. Prior to his financial advisory career, he served as a pilot for United Airlines and was in the United States Air Force from 2014 to 2018. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in selling annuities and life insurance through an assignment with Triquest for Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. 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, charitable organizations, other RIAs, sovereign wealth funds, and banking institutions, offering discretionary investment management via model portfolios, unified managed accounts, and separately managed accounts.

Jennifer Bishop is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services in Fairfax, VA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and 15 years of industry experience. She has been affiliated with various First Command entities since 2010 and currently owns Bentley Mac Financial LLC, operating her independent advisory business. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm provides financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs managed by a centralized Investment Management Team.

Julia Simmons is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and eight years of industry experience. She has worked at Private Advisor Group since 2021 and previously at LPL Financial and Raymond James Financial Services. Simmons provided investment advisory services through Private Advisor Group, an independent firm, starting in 2020. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to various advisory programs. The firm uses a fiduciary-based advisory model with a range of investment strategies and technology platforms, often implementing advice through third-party managers and programs.

Joseph Holinka IV is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work experience includes roles at Financial Growth Partners and North Star Resource Group, among others. Outside of his advisory work, he operates Green Cloud Consulting LLC, which provides back-office and administrative services. Park Avenue Securities, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage services, financial planning, retirement consulting, and a combination of proprietary and third-party investment advisory programs.

William Smith is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC and affiliated with LPL Financial since 2016. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, employing a long-term investment approach combined with shorter-term adjustments, and utilizes both internally managed and third-party strategies.

Joshua Graham is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, currently serving as a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. He has two years of industry experience, with prior roles including positions at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services and the Wealth Enhancement Group, as well as educational experience at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets and utilizes a diversified investment approach that combines passive and active management with quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis.

Timothy Shean is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and Potomac Financial Private Client Group, LLC, where he has worked since 2011. Prior to that, he was with Equitable Advisors from 2006 to 2011. He is a co-owner of Potomac Financial Private Client Group. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm offers a broad range of managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and back-office services including trading and reporting.

Brenda Blisk is a CFP® with 40 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. She spent four decades at Spire Wealth Management, LLC before joining her current firms. Brenda serves on the Board of Trustees for Concordia Plan Services in a volunteer capacity. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on customized, primarily long-term portfolios and offers a range of wealth management and financial planning services supported by a large network of advisors.

Robert Adams III is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Vienna, VA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Eagle Strategies, he worked in the automotive sector from 2016 to 2022. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors and institutional plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within the integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Marilyn Forrester is a financial advisor at VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. with five years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. Her prior work history includes roles at New York Life, Life Time Fitness, and the D.H. Gould Company. VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional clients such as retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, wrap programs, and plan-sponsor consulting through various advisory program structures, emphasizing recommendation-based, non-discretionary relationships.

George Shirley is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC. He has previously worked with Raymond James Financial Services Advisors and holds multiple securities licenses including Series 63 and Series 65. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Chair of the Rec Committee and is a board member of the Arlington Soccer Association. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an enterprise-scale SEC-registered RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in regulatory assets. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of investment advisory, financial planning, and managed account services through both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management solutions.

Carmen Dello Iacono is a financial advisor at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds the CFA® designation and Series 66 license. Prior to his current role, he worked at Corbett Road Capital Management and FactSet. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on customized, primarily long-term portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles, supported by a network of approximately 286 advisors.

Leigh Pell is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services who holds Series 66 and Series 63 credentials and has nine years of industry experience. Prior to joining Truist in 2025, Leigh worked at Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated for 15 years and had a brief tenure at Sandy Spring Bank. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation, investment policy analysis, fiduciary support, and a manager-selection program, utilizing a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary investment approaches supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools.

Robin Corley is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Transamerica since 2014. Prior to that, he was with Wells Fargo Clearing and Morgan Stanley DW Inc. He is also involved in the sale of insurance products related to annuities, disability, and long-term care through affiliated companies. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and broker-dealer services, utilizing proprietary and third-party model portfolios and providing both discretionary and non-discretionary investment programs.

Joseph Doniger is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Vienna, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America, Merrill, Wells Fargo, and several other financial services firms. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutional investors, and retirement plans, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Matthew Worthington is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Vienna, VA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 14 years of industry experience. His prior affiliations include Franklin Capital Strategies, LLC and Avenue Wealth Management, LLC, where he has focused on selling New York Life products and brokering non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional plans, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations across multiple program types, with a majority of its assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.