Richard Bowers is the principal advisor at Venture Partners Wealth Management, LLC in Natick, MA, with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Silverwood Partners LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Bowers co-founded Partners on Prospect, a nonprofit forum for business visionaries and investors, and serves as a board member and paymaster for The Corinthians Association, Inc. Venture Partners Wealth Management is a small, independent advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans, including pension and profit-sharing clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and constructs diversified, low-cost portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and Independent Managers, while providing fiduciary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting services.

Sergey Agres is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with AMA Office Solutions LLC in Needham, MA. He has seven years of experience at Cambridge Associates, LLC and three years at Aon. AMA Office Solutions operates primarily as an accounting and bookkeeping practice while also functioning as a state-registered investment adviser serving corporations, families, and small institutions. The firm combines proprietary quantitative models with qualitative adjustments to manage diversified portfolios, with particular expertise in retirement plan consulting and pension strategy.

Mary Koenig is a CFP® with 27 years of experience in financial planning. She has been with Harvard Square Financial Planning since 2012 and previously worked at Tfc Financial Management Inc for 13 years. Her practice focuses on serving clients in the nonprofit community and their families. Harvard Square Financial Planning provides financial planning and investment consultation primarily to nonprofit sector clients. The firm offers non-discretionary, consultative advice emphasizing diversification, tax efficiency, and long-term allocation strategies, without providing discretionary portfolio management or custody of client assets.

Stuart Nagode is a CFA® charterholder with 23 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been the sole advisor at Dover Investment Advisory Corporation since 2001. Dover Investment Advisory Corporation provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, and corporations, managing approximately $135 million across about 45 client relationships. The firm employs broadly diversified, low-cost investment strategies primarily using index mutual funds and ETFs, with selective active management in specific market segments.

Christa Canavan is a financial advisor at Norton Financial Consultants with 40 years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has been with Norton Financial Consultants since 1984 and Commonwealth Financial Network since 1999. In addition to financial planning, she also provides tax preparation services. Norton Financial Consultants offers fee-based financial planning and wealth management consulting to individuals, high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm focuses on customized, methodical financial plans aligned with clients’ goals, tax situations, and risk tolerance, providing implementation assistance through broker-dealer and insurance channels without discretionary portfolio management or custody of assets.

Michael Gross is a CFP®, PFS™, and Series 65-registered financial advisor with ten years of industry experience. He is the principal of Rising Tides Financial, LLC, an independent firm based in Needham, MA. Gross dedicates part of his time to an affiliated CPA practice that coordinates tax preparation and accounting services for his clients. Rising Tides Financial provides ongoing financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm primarily employs a passive investment approach using index mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by fundamental and technical analysis, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management arrangements.

Kimberly Howard is a CFP® with 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is the principal advisor at KJH Financial Services in Needham, MA, and has worked at CitiStreet since 2004, where she also serves as a project manager for third-party retirement plan administration. KJH Financial Services offers fee-only financial planning for individuals, couples, high-net-worth clients, trusts, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm provides consultative, educational investment guidance without portfolio management or custody of assets, focusing on long-term, diversified, buy-and-hold strategies and charging fees on an hourly, project, or retainer basis.

Andrea Crowell is a financial advisor at Kearney-Burch Financial Services, Inc. with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Kearney-Burch Financial Services and its successor firm since 2005. Kearney-Burch Financial Services, Inc. provides investment advisory services, financial planning, and consultation to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate entities. The firm manages discretionary portfolios using a risk tolerance questionnaire and employs MoneyGuide Pro for planning and portfolio modeling, offering services that include 401(k) advisory and pension consulting.

Adam Sureau is a financial advisor at Okemo Capital Management, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Okemo Capital Management since 2012. Outside of advising, he is the sole owner and property manager of Brick Capital, LLC, a multifamily real estate business, and is a limited partner in a family planning vehicle that owns a stake in Radant Technologies, Inc. Okemo Capital Management provides investment supervisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, developing customized Investment Policy Statements and managing diversified portfolios that include mutual funds, equities, fixed income, ETFs, real estate vehicles, hedge funds, private placements, and insurance products. The firm employs a range of strategies from long-term holdings to short-term trading and offers both performance-based and standard fee structures while managing accounts on a discretionary basis.

Lisa Franks is a financial advisor with L M Franks Capital in Chestnut Hill, MA, holding a Series 65 designation and 11 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Taylor Wealth Management Partners for four years before founding her current firm in 2018. Outside of advising, she manages an art holding company and a family real estate LLC for estate planning purposes. L M Franks Capital provides customized discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, estates, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a top-down investment approach that integrates global growth analysis with fundamental, technical, behavioral, and charting methods to pursue long-term growth with income, managing approximately $34 million in client assets.

Yuri Iozzo is a financial advisor with Oltarion Capital LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. He has professional experience primarily outside of finance, including roles at OPKO Health, Sanofi, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Oltarion Capital provides non-discretionary investment advisory services and limited-scope financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm uses model portfolios focused on mutual funds and ETFs, customizing recommendations to client objectives while excluding cryptocurrencies and leveraged or inverse ETFs.

Robert Dossett is a CFP® professional and founder of Waypoint Financial Planning LLC in Milford, MA, with 15 years of industry experience. He has operated his independent advisory firm since 2011. Outside of financial advising, he is a minority investor in a company holding patents in the medical device field. Waypoint Financial Planning LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and trusts and estates across multiple states. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental-analysis investment approach and constructs diversified portfolios tailored to each client’s tax situation, time horizon, and risk tolerance.

Paul Cloonan is a CFP® and CFA® with over 25 years of experience in the financial industry. He is the principal advisor at Pathways Financial Consulting LLC, where he has worked since 2023. Prior to founding Pathways, he spent 24 years at Amundi Distributor US, Inc. Pathways Financial Consulting LLC is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on discretionary wealth management and financial planning, constructing diversified portfolios primarily using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, with the ability to include individual stocks or bonds as needed.

Matthew Priore is the sole advisor at Priore Investments, holding a Series 65 designation with 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Priore Investments since 2015 and has been employed at Perficient, Inc. since 2010. Priore Investments is a sole-proprietorship investment adviser that serves both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth individual clients. The firm provides customized investment management focused on risk-adjusted returns tailored to client needs, using traditional securities analysis and discretionary trading authority under client agreements.

Elizabeth McVittie is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at OSAIC since 2023. She has operated McVittie Financial Advisors since 2008 and previously worked at FSC Securities Corporation for 18 years. Outside of her advisory roles, she serves as Treasurer and Finance Committee Member for the United Parish of Auburndale, overseeing the church’s endowment fund and financial records. OSAIC Wealth, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA member broker-dealer that provides advisory and brokerage services through a large network of financial advisors. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations, utilizing a range of investment strategies and technology-driven portfolio management tools.

Rand Spero is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Street Smart Financial, LLC in Lexington, MA. He has been with Street Smart Financial since 2008. Street Smart Financial provides fee-only financial planning and investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $52 million for about 62 clients using a risk/reward approach focused on diversification, low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, and tactical asset allocation informed by macroeconomic analysis.

Steven Qian is president and chief compliance officer of Tribeca Investment Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He previously held roles at Ninth Eternity Asset Management LLC, Ninth Eternity Securities LLC, Ninth Eternity Venture Capital, and Beijing Botai Kangrui Investment Management. Outside of finance, Qian is a shareholder and director of Pulsethera Corporation, a small business focused on the elimination of drug-resistant pathogens through light inactivation. Tribeca Investment Inc. provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $19 million and offers tailored portfolios primarily allocated among equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs using proprietary technical-analysis models and regular account reviews.

John Harrison is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience and has served as President of Aspire Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2012. He is also a licensed insurance broker specializing in life, health, and fixed or indexed annuities. Aspire Financial Advisors provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes tactical asset allocation using both fundamental and technical analysis and offers a largely non-discretionary management model with multiple compensation options.

Bruce Kaufman is a financial advisor with BDKMarketGroup Investment Management LLC in Wellesley, MA. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 14 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, Kaufman serves in strategic planning and leadership positions for several web-based marketing organizations, including Teenfreeway Inc., RewardsGold.com, and LettCharityRing.org. BDKMarketGroup provides fee-based discretionary investment management primarily for high-net-worth individual investors, offering customized portfolios across various securities. The firm employs a market-timing approach that integrates technical, cyclical, and fundamental analysis, and is noted for its use of performance-based fees and regular client communications such as newsletters and real-time market model outputs.

Jingsong Xu is the principal advisor at Growth Vision Asset Management LLC, an independent firm based in Sharon, MA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 11 years of industry experience. Since founding Growth Vision Asset Management in 2013, he has focused on managing portfolios specializing in small- and mid-cap biotechnology equities. Growth Vision Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management to qualified clients, including high-net-worth individuals, investment clubs, and institutional investors such as fund-of-funds and family offices. The firm employs a fundamental-analysis-driven strategy with long-term positions, low turnover, and no use of derivatives or short sales.