David Spiegel is a CFP® with 31 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Gci Financial Group, having joined in 2025, and previously worked at Lantern Wealth Advisors, APS Pension and Financial Services, and Axa Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he acts as a broker offering fixed life and long-term care insurance products and corporate health insurance through several providers. GCI Financial Group manages approximately $145 million for around 130 clients, providing asset management and financial planning services tailored to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and businesses. The firm uses a variety of analytical methods and option-writing strategies, with portfolio supervision that includes quarterly reviews and customized investment restrictions.

Paul Saxton is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Saiph Capital, LLC since 2021. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Clearing and A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Outside of his financial advisory work, he is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has worked occasionally as an actor, extra, and stunt player. Saiph Capital provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management to a diverse client base that includes individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and notably banking and thrift institutions. The firm employs a long-term strategic asset allocation approach with tactical adjustments, utilizing a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and Independent Managers tailored to client risk tolerance and objectives.

David Podell is a financial advisor at Podell Financial Group LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Podell Financial Group since 2006, having previously been affiliated with Nylife Securities and New York Life Insurance Company for two decades. Outside of advising, he owns Business Benefits Consulting LLC, which provides fee-for-service benefits consulting to business owners, and serves as a volunteer on the Town of Randolph Board of Assessments for local improvements. Podell Financial Group LLC offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and plan sponsors. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary managed accounts, retirement plan consulting, and access to private investments, tailoring portfolios based on client objectives, time horizons, and risk tolerances.

Edwin Milner is a financial advisor with Comprehensive Wealth Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 28 years of industry experience. His prior firms include LPL Financial, American Investment Planners, and Signature Securities Group Corp./Signature Bank. He also provides limited services through Comprehensive Wealth Services during a transition to LPL Financial’s RIA platform. Comprehensive Wealth Services, LLC offers fee-based investment advisory and portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individuals and related entities, focusing on mutual funds and ETFs with discretionary management tailored to client risk tolerance, tax situations, and time horizons. The firm is modest in scale, with four advisors serving a mainly high-net-worth client base.

Manuel Ruiz is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving at Compass Private Wealth Group LLC since 2021. His prior work includes roles at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and J.P. Morgan Securities. He is also a licensed insurance professional. Compass Private Wealth Group provides discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm employs a tailored, long-term investment approach using ETFs, stocks, and mutual funds, integrating financial planning with portfolio supervision.

Richard Wolfe is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience and has been with Saddle River Capital Management, LLC since 2003. He is based in Wyckoff, NJ, and holds a Series 65 license. Saddle River Capital Management serves individual investors, other advisors, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, 401(k) plans, and institutional and charitable clients by providing portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm uses a proprietary research model combining fundamental and technical analysis to construct cost-efficient, globally allocated portfolios primarily using ETFs and mutual funds, with an emphasis on ongoing planning and performance tracking through quarterly reviews and modeled scenario testing.

Gregory Da Silva is a financial advisor at McMillan Analysis Corporation with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with McMillan Analysis Corp. for over 15 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an ice hockey coach at Gill St. Bernards School. McMillan Analysis Corporation provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, employing an option-centric investment approach that includes covered-call programs and volatility capture strategies. The firm offers managed accounts, subscription products, educational seminars, consulting, and expert-witness services.

Liang Chun Wu is a financial advisor at Upright Financial Corp with one year of industry experience and a Series 65 credential. His background includes teaching positions at Berklee College of Music and various educational institutions in Taiwan, as well as a role at the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance. Upright Financial Corp is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving primarily individual clients, including high-net-worth households, along with a limited range of institutional clients. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management with a long-term, value-oriented approach using both fundamental and technical analysis.

Lauren Locker is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience. She has been with Locker Financial Services, LLC since 1992. Locker Financial Services is a fee-only advisory firm serving individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and professionals sponsoring retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management, focusing on diversified mutual funds and ETFs with accounts typically held at Charles Schwab.

John Williams is a financial advisor at Bautis Financial, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Bautis Financial since 2018, including its current iteration since 2020. Prior to his financial services career, he was involved with Woosh Athletic, LLC, an athletic-related business, from 2013 to 2016. Bautis Financial, LLC provides discretionary investment supervisory services and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately 275 client relationships with about $197 million in discretionary assets. The firm uses client-specific Investment Policy Statements and a variety of analytical techniques to implement trading strategies across multiple asset classes, typically operating on a discretionary basis with annual account reviews.

Robert Korzik is a financial advisor with First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC in Little Falls, NJ, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 44 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ameriprise Financial Services and Northwestern Mutual, where he worked from 2005 to 2017. Outside of advising, he is a managing partner in RJE Marine Services LLC, a charter boat business operated by his son. First Light Wealth Advisors serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and business entities, offering financial planning, discretionary investment management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a portfolio construction approach based on fundamental and cyclical analysis combined with Modern Portfolio Theory and manages assets with ongoing monitoring and coordination with other client professionals.

Vincent Schott is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Xpotential Inc. with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Xpotential since 1999. Outside of his advisory role, he consults part-time for Phoenix Merchant Services, monitoring the performance of an outsourced wholesale payment processor. Xpotential provides discretionary portfolio management to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, foundations, and institutions. The firm employs globally diversified portfolios using low-cost index funds and ETFs, with a combination of strategic asset allocation and tactical risk adjustments.

Martin Matousek is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with Cadia Private Client LLC, having joined in 2025, and previously worked at Private Advisor Group and Merrill Lynch. Matousek serves on the Board of Trustees for the Mendham Borough Library. Cadia Private Client LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm constructs customized, primarily long-term portfolios using a variety of investment vehicles and offers fiduciary ERISA/IRA advice for retirement accounts.

Peter Goodman is a financial advisor with SFI Advisors, LLC in Montclair, NJ, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license with 38 years of industry experience. He has been with SFI Advisors since 2001 and has prior experience at Manufacturers Life Insurance Company spanning three decades. Goodman serves on the executive committee of a retirement planners’ study group, Retirement Advisors & Designers of America (RADA). SFI Advisors serves individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and qualified retirement plans by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, corporate retirement plan consulting, and family office services. The firm employs tailored investment strategies, including modern portfolio theory and long-term purchase approaches, and offers access to a range of investment products such as equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and municipal securities.

Nikola Goles is a financial advisor with Fjaka Wealth Management LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley and several other financial firms. Fjaka Wealth Management LLC offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and family-office–style advisory services to individuals nationwide, primarily through virtual meetings. The firm combines fundamental analysis, strategic asset allocation, and active security selection, including the use of derivatives and options strategies in separately managed accounts.

David Marks is a financial advisor at Valley Financial Management, Inc. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including CITIGROUP, Popular Community Bank, and Infinex Investments, Inc. He is based in Morristown, NJ. Valley Financial Management operates the Valley Digital Investor platform, providing individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management through an online, mobile-based service focused on automated ETF model portfolios. The firm requires clients to maintain a Valley National Bank account and follows a structured investment approach based on client profiles and market conditions.

Francis Noonan is a financial advisor with Personal Financial Specialists, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 41 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial LLC since 2025 and previously operated his own sole proprietorship under Personal Financial Specialists from 1999 to 2025. He also has extensive experience with Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., Bauman, Noonan and Associates, and American United Life Insurance Company. Personal Financial Specialists primarily serves retirement plans and plan participants, along with IRA and money-management clients, providing plan communication, administrative services, and investment advice tailored to participant needs. The firm’s investment approach is largely non-discretionary, focusing on mutual funds and ETFs selected from Charles Schwab’s no-transaction-fee lists and guided by a primary-market-trend framework, combining technical and fundamental analysis.

Anna Bronstein is a financial advisor at Springreef LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Springreef since 2011, following three years at UBS Financial Services. Springreef LLC serves high net worth families and large nonprofit organizations by providing independent advisor evaluations, searches, and ongoing monitoring rather than managing client assets directly. The firm employs a documented due-diligence process and offers consultancy-style services compensated through hourly or fixed fees.

Cheryl Werbeloff is a financial advisor at Kensington Financial Advisors LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and National Wealth Management, LLC. Kensington Financial Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm combines discretionary and non-discretionary investment management with financial planning and consulting services, using a range of strategies and instruments while providing plan-level services and participant education for retirement plans.

Dorota Pietryka is a financial advisor with Compass Private Wealth Group LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and bringing 21 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Merrill and J.P. Morgan Securities over a combined span of nine years. Dorota is also a licensed insurance agent, dedicating a portion of her time to insurance sales and implementation of insurance recommendations. Compass Private Wealth Group LLC manages approximately $113 million for around 80 clients, including individuals, families, trusts, and businesses. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.