Nelson Pang is the principal of Variety RIA LLC, a registered investment adviser based in Brooklyn, NY. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been in the financial advisory industry since 2025. Outside of his advisory role, he practices as a pharmacist and operates a tax preparation business, in addition to being a licensed real estate broker. Variety RIA LLC provides wealth management, financial planning, and discretionary investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs an asset-allocation strategy based on Modern Portfolio Theory, combining passive and active funds with a long-term investment approach.

Weiqin Dong is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Metis Asset Management Advisory, LLC, with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Metis, Dong worked at South Brook Asset Management LLC and Buckingham Global Advisors, LLC, and held a role at GE Capital. Metis Asset Management Advisory provides discretionary investment advisory services focusing on data-driven, quantitative strategies that incorporate multiple market signals and emphasize risk management. The firm manages approximately $16.65 million in discretionary assets across a small number of managed accounts.

John Hannigan is the sole advisor at Hannigan Financial, LLC and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Barclays Capital Inc. since 2007. Outside of financial advising, Hannigan is also a professional actor and singer. Hannigan Financial, LLC offers hourly financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals and families, focusing on retirement planning, budgeting, investment education, risk management, and estate planning coordination. The firm operates without managing client assets or executing trades, providing advice on a non-discretionary, as-needed basis.

Dylan Cohan is a CFA® charterholder and principal of CatsGame Capital LLC, an independent investment advisory firm. He has 18 years of industry experience, including 12 years at Portland House Group and over 6 years managing portfolios at CatsGame Capital. CatsGame Capital serves qualified and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management, employing a research-driven, concentrated investment approach focused on fundamental analysis and multi-year holding periods. The firm is distinctive for accepting only performance-based compensation and utilizing documented hurdle and high-water mark structures.

Richard Colacino is a CFP® with 31 years of industry experience, currently serving at OSAIC and Rc Financial, Inc. He has been involved with OSAIC since 2003 and founded Colacino Tax Partners in 2002, where he prepares tax returns. His background includes leadership as president and investment adviser representative at Rc Financial, Inc. OSAIC is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA member broker-dealer supporting a broad client base that includes individual investors, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory services and employs a comprehensive investment process combining risk assessment, asset allocation, and portfolio optimization.

Andy Liang is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Sylo Planning. He previously worked at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. for eight years before founding Sylo Planning in 2024. Outside of his advisory role, Liang is involved in real estate investment and property management through several LLCs. Sylo Planning, LLC is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser providing financial planning and investment management services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes asset allocation using Modern Portfolio Theory and a combination of passive and active strategies, managing most assets on a non-discretionary basis and offering both ongoing and project-based planning engagements.

Tonia Gustafson is a financial advisor at Sabbia Faro Wealth Management LLC with five years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and previously worked at Cooper Family Office for 23 years. Gustafson currently serves as a trustee on six trusts associated with her prior employment. Sabbia Faro Wealth Management LLC focuses on portfolio management and integrated financial planning for primarily high-net-worth individual clients. The firm customizes portfolios using fundamental, technical, and charting analysis with a long-term trading approach, managing a majority of assets on a non-discretionary basis while requiring clients to custody assets at Schwab Institutional.

Stephen Zheng is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with four years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Wealthlet Advisory LLC since 2016 and previously worked at New York University from 2015 to 2019. Wealthlet is an independent advisory firm that provides portfolio management, financial planning, and specialized investment-immigration services, including EB-5 and E-2 matters. The firm serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, businesses, and pooled investment vehicles, using a fundamental, bottom-up value investing approach while integrating investment-immigration advisory work alongside traditional wealth management.

Eve Schniebolk is a CFP® professional with 41 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Sound & Secure Advisors LLC since 2022. Prior to establishing the firm, she operated her own advisory practice from 1985 to 2022. In addition to financial advising, she provides individual and small business accounting, bookkeeping, and tax preparation services as a sole proprietor and is a licensed insurance agent. Sound & Secure Advisors LLC offers investment consulting and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm builds diversified, client-specific asset allocation models and provides ongoing portfolio management, financial planning, retirement and estate analysis, and insurance review with discretionary management available when authorized.

Shiying Zeng is a financial advisor at Highrock Capital Management Inc. She holds a Series 65 designation and has over a year of experience in the industry. Her prior work includes roles at Apple Trade Group Inc., MML Investors Services, Mass Mutual Life Insurance, and NY Life Securities. Highrock Capital Management Inc. offers portfolio management and financial planning services, along with a paid research subscription featuring timely alerts. The firm’s investment process combines fundamental analysis, quantitative screening, and technical analysis focused on U.S. equities and ETFs, with an emphasis on transparency and conflict controls in its research publishing.

Cristina Guglielmetti is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with four years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Future Perfect Planning, LLC, where she has worked since 2016. Future Perfect Planning provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, couples, and families. The firm employs a passive, asset-allocation strategy using low-cost index mutual funds and ETFs, focusing on a planning-first model with fixed-scope initial plans and optional ongoing retainers.

Edward Chang is a financial advisor at Pledge Capital LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Pledge Capital since 2016. Pledge Capital provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to a variety of clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and managed investment pools. The firm employs a value-oriented strategy with a growth bias, focusing on equities and exchange-traded funds and using a bottom-up fundamental research process.

Gabriel Markiz is a CFP® professional with 22 years of experience in financial advising and over 30 years as a CPA. He is the owner of Markiz Wealth Management and also operates a separate CPA firm. He currently dedicates most of his time to his CPA practice while managing his financial planning business. Markiz Wealth Management provides wealth management and financial planning services primarily to individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes long-term strategic asset allocation, global diversification, and tax-efficient implementation, with portfolios tailored to each client’s tax situation.

Brian Reddington is a financial advisor at R Squared IV with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Castleview Partners, LLC, David Lerner Associates, and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he occasionally drives for Uber after market hours. R Squared IV is an independent investment advisory firm that provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, and small institutions. The firm employs a quantitative, systematic investment process using multi-factor models and combines trend-following and mean-reversion signals, typically executing strategies through ETFs and index mutual funds tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Michael Woloch is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with Financial Strategy Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2014. He has 12 years of experience and operates a solo independent advisory practice in Bayside, NY. Outside of financial advising, he devotes significant professional time to an unrelated dental practice. Financial Strategy Advisors, LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser that provides personalized financial planning to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers services through flat-fee retainers and focuses on recommendations involving mutual funds and ETFs, without managing client assets or executing trades.

Martin Herzberg is the sole advisor at Alphatheta Capital LLC, an independent firm based in Lawrence, NY. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 designations and has 16 years of experience with Alphatheta Capital. Alphatheta Capital provides discretionary portfolio management to a limited number of individual and institutional clients, focusing on income-producing strategies. The firm combines quantitative models with fundamental and technical analysis to manage diversified accounts using a range of instruments including equities, options, bonds, and derivatives.

Jonathan Ghermezian is a financial advisor at Gold Star Asset Management, LLC in Westbury, NY, with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Gold Star Asset Management since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he works in accounts payable for Allied Importers. Gold Star Asset Management provides portfolio management services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and corporate entities. The firm uses a variety of analytical methods and strategies, managing accounts primarily on a non-discretionary basis while preparing customized Investment Policy Statements for each client.

Suneil Kalantry is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor at Kalantry Advisors LLC with six years of experience at the firm and a total of twelve years in the industry through his affiliation with Kalantry LLP. He is also a CPA and partner at Kalantry LLP, where he occasionally provides accounting-related advice or products to clients. Kalantry Advisors LLC provides portfolio management and investment advisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm operates mainly on a non-discretionary basis, delivering client-specific investment policy statements, portfolio monitoring, and access to third-party money managers and managed account solutions.

Paresh Shah is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Integrity Alliance, LLC, Lion Street Financial, Csenge Advisory Group, Kestra Financial, and Guardian Life Insurance. He serves on the board of the New York South Asian Chamber of Commerce and is a trustee for the Rotary Eye Institute in Navsari, India. Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers fiduciary services and ERISA 3(21) retirement plan advisory, managing diversified discretionary portfolios that include equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Avraham Ziv is a financial advisor at Dorado Wealth Management LLC with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at LPL Financial, Western International Securities, Inc., Northeast Asset Management LLC, and Northeast Securities, LLC. He also serves as a non-variable insurance agent. Dorado Wealth Management LLC provides portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, corporations, and 401(k) participants, with plans to expand to pension funds, financial institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis and utilizes third-party investment managers on the Schwab platform.