Narumi Yoshida is the Founder & CEO of Yoshida Wealth Management, Inc. He is a CPA and specializes in Financial & Tax Advisory for Japanese Business Owners and Investors in the US. Mr. Yoshida was born and raised in Shizuoka, Japan. At age 19, he moved to New York in pursuit of his educational and professional goals. He is a first-generation immigrant himself, so he understands what challenges and difficulties people face by moving from one country to another. Mr. Yoshida’s unique professional and educational backgrounds give him the ability to work with clients closely and develop the most effective tax and financial strategies for them. Mr. Yoshida worked as a Financial Advisor for a prominent financial advisory firm in New York City. After gaining valuable experience at the firm, he eventually decided to go out on his own to launch Yoshida Wealth Management, Inc., Independent RIA, to work with clients he felt needed the most help and could add the most value to their situations. Good financial advice must meet a fiduciary standard and be free of conflicts of interest. Therefore, he believes (1) Fee-Only, (2) Fiduciary and (3) Independent are the three most important criteria to consider when choosing a Financial Planner. In addition to Yoshida Wealth Management, Inc., he owns and runs a successful CPA firm based in New York where he and his team provide tax return preparation and business accounting services. Mr. Yoshida focuses on helping Japanese Business Owners and Investors in the US. He utilizes the newest AI/technologies to operate at the highest efficiency level, so he can focuses on what he enjoys the most – working with clients! Outside of work, he enjoys traveling around the world with his wife, Nicole, staying active, reading books and eating Japanese food! (Fun Fact: Narumi used to be a dancer)!

John Belluardo is a ChFC® and financial advisor at Stewardship Financial Planning in Tarrytown, NY, with four years of industry experience. He previously worked for seven years at Quadlogic and has been associated with Stewardship Financial Services, Inc. since 2003. In addition to his advisory role, he offers personal trustee and executor services independent of investment management. Stewardship Financial Planning serves individuals, businesses, charitable organizations, trusts, and estates with comprehensive financial planning and investment advice. The firm employs a multi-bucket, long-term buy-and-hold strategy focused on diversification and offers primarily non-discretionary management with a limited product menu and flat, fixed fees.

Angelo Gallo is the principal advisor at Lifelong Wealth Strategies, LLC in Somers, NY, with 18 years at the firm and four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses. Lifelong Wealth Strategies provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and trusts. The firm employs a "Go Anywhere" top-down, tactical investment approach using economic, fundamental, and technical analysis across multiple asset classes.

Gene McGovern is the sole advisor at McGovern Financial Advisors, LLC in Ridgefield, CT, with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has led his independent advisory practice since 2014. McGovern’s background includes work in law, tax, and accounting publishing, alongside prior teaching in a financial planning certificate program. McGovern Financial Advisors provides fee-only, advice-only financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals and families, focusing on retirement income, cash flow, tax, insurance, education funding, Social Security optimization, and estate planning. The firm delivers project-based and hourly engagements without managing client portfolios on a discretionary basis.

Seaver Wang is a financial advisor at Karagosian Financial Services, Inc. with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been associated with Karagosian Financial Services since 2010. Wang is also affiliated with NPA Asset Management, Inc. and Npa Financial Services, Inc., where he has worked since 2011. Karagosian Financial Services provides personalized financial planning and portfolio management primarily for individual clients, while also serving corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, endowments, and certain foreign funds. The firm customizes portfolios based on client age, risk tolerance, and financial circumstances, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis across various strategies including growth, value, and event-driven special situations.

Vincent Travagliato is a financial advisor with WealthWise, LLC, an independent firm based in Mount Kisco, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has seven years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he practices as a trust and estate lawyer. WealthWise, LLC provides investment supervisory services and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on long-term trading strategies supported by charting, fundamental, and technical analysis. The firm prepares written Investment Policy Statements and conducts regular reviews without discretionary trading authority.

Tsemach Mishal is the sole advisor at Tam Capital Management Inc, holding a Series 65 designation with six years of industry experience. He has been with Tam Capital Management since 2010. Tam Capital Management provides discretionary investment supervisory and portfolio management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, corporate, and institutional clients. The firm employs an aggressive, trading-oriented approach using equities, ETFs, options, derivatives, and leverage within separately managed accounts.

Jay Furst is a financial advisor at Forteris Wealth Management, Inc. with 4 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Forteris Wealth Management since 1993. Forteris Wealth Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser providing portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $179.6 million in assets, employs customized portfolios including equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and derivatives, and offers ongoing portfolio monitoring with regular reviews.

Peter Lusk Jr. is a financial advisor with Acanto, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Acanto since 2017 and has prior experience with Great Point Capital, LLC, Pro Capital Exchange, and Carpe Diem Partners, LLC. Outside of advising, he provides business development consulting for startups through ProCapital Consulting LLC and serves as a registered representative at Weild & Co., focusing on carbon offset valuation and placement. Acanto, LLC is a fee-based investment adviser offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and a quantitative trade-signal service for a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, small businesses, and other advisory firms. The firm uses a proprietary, model-driven approach combining momentum signals with risk parity strategies, emphasizing systematic and rules-based implementation.

Mark Mumford is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience. He is currently the sole advisor at AMWH Asset Management LLC, where he has worked since 2024. Prior to this, he held positions at Hollow Brook Wealth Management and J.P. Morgan Private Bank. AMWH Asset Management LLC provides portfolio management and advisory services to a small client base including individuals, small businesses, trusts, estates, pooled investment vehicles, and charities. The firm offers tailored investment programs using a mixed analytical approach and provides sub-advisory services to other advisers.

Jacob Hadad is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with Wesfair Advisory Group, Inc. in Chappaqua, NY, with five years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he spent five years at Apollo Global Management, LLC. He is also President of JH Solutions LLC DBA Wesfair Tax, a company providing accounting and tax preparation services, and serves as Vice President and co-owner of Wesfair Agency, Inc., a licensed insurance agency. Wesfair Advisory Group, Inc. offers portfolio management, pension consulting, and financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a long-term trading approach based on a combination of charting, fundamental, modern portfolio theory, quantitative, and technical analysis, primarily operating on a non-discretionary basis.

Francis Brown is a CFP® and ChFC® with 32 years of industry experience. He is currently with Abundant Wealth Management LLC, where he has worked since 2018. Prior to this, he held roles at TLG Advisors, Inc., The Smith Company, Inc., and The Leaders Group Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as President and Founding Partner of Abundant Insurance Services and also provides individual tax preparation services. Abundant Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes Modern Portfolio Theory and long-term investing, offering comprehensive financial plans and a bi-weekly newsletter, “Advisor Stream,” as part of its client services.

Lindzy Gasparella is a financial advisor at Golden Bay Advisors LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. Her prior roles include positions at Shareholders Service Group Inc and Altruist Financial LLC. Golden Bay Advisors primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management for separately managed accounts and retirement plans, along with financial planning services. The firm utilizes a diverse investment approach centered on exchange-traded funds, individual stocks, mutual funds, and other equity and debt instruments.

Denis Baftiq is a CFP® at Midfield Private Wealth, LLC with one year of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Merit Financial Group, and several other financial and educational institutions. Midfield Private Wealth provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm employs a blend of passive and active strategies with a focus on fundamental analysis, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management tailored to client needs.

Elizabeth Peck is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Frazier Financial Consultants, LLC. She has contributed financial planning articles to Forbes since 2017 and Copper Bank since 2020, and is the author of the book "Beyond Piggy Banks and Lemonade Stands," published in 2019. Additionally, she is the founder and managing member of FinLit Learning, LLC, an entity related to her outside business activities. Frazier Financial Consultants provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach using core-and-satellite portfolios with passive and active funds, integrating tax and estate planning within its discretionary management services.

Loriann Low is an investment adviser representative with Forte Asset Management, LLC and holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. She has four years of industry experience, with prior roles including Covey Roberts & Carmody and self-employment. Low is also involved with the PACE Women's Justice Center. Forté Asset Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a portfolio-risk oriented approach tailored to client objectives and manages over $322 million in discretionary assets with a small advisory team.

Henry Middlezong is a Series 65 licensed advisor at AMFA LLC with one year of industry experience. He has worked at AMFA Capital since 2024 and concurrently serves as a Senior Consultant at Dougherty Business Solutions, providing software engineering and programming services unrelated to investment advisory. Prior to these roles, he spent eight years at MIG Group. AMFA LLC offers discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, pension plans, and certain institutional clients. The firm employs a data-driven, quantitative investment process that includes portfolio management across various asset classes and actively trades derivatives and digital assets.

Gregory Werlinich is the sole advisor at Werlinich Asset Management, L.L.C. and holds a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. He has led Werlinich Asset Management since 1997. The firm provides discretionary investment management primarily to individuals, personal trusts, and charitable foundations, offering financial planning services that include income and estate tax planning, retirement and college planning, and insurance analysis. It serves both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, employing a top-down sector-rotation investment strategy focused on individual equities and select ETFs, with an emphasis on tax efficiency and personalized investment policies.

Sean Gelston is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at VII Capital Management LLC since 2014 and previously was employed by Tongore Management LLC from 2015 to 2019. VII Capital Management LLC manages discretionary equity portfolios for individuals, trusts, estates, and taxable business entities, while also advising a pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a fundamental, bottom-up investment approach focused on publicly traded common stocks, offering standardized and customized portfolios with options for performance-based fees and the use of leverage and short selling.

Peter Yam is a financial advisor at Pension Maxima Investment Advisory, Inc. with two years of industry experience. He previously worked at OCBC Bank for eight years and was retired for three years before joining his current firm. Pension Maxima primarily serves pension, profit-sharing, and 401(k) plan sponsors and participants, as well as individual clients. The firm provides pension consulting, financial planning, model portfolio recommendations, and a manager-of-managers program, focusing mainly on non-discretionary advisory services and educational workshops for retirement plan participants.