Ricardo Balmaseda is a CFP® with 44 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. since 2011. He is based in Danbury, CT, and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer with approximately 436 advisors and $15.7 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, and nonprofit organizations, offering a range of advisory programs and investment management solutions that include both firm-developed and third-party model strategies.

Raffaele Prospero is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Citigroup since 2021. His prior experience includes seven years at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with internal oversight and provides solutions for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Carl Bailey Jr. is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 63 designation and more than 47 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2002 and also co-owns Bailey and Beatty Financial Services, which he has been involved with since 1982. Outside of his advisory roles, Bailey serves as a co-trustee for client trusts and acts as an executor for client estates. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing about $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a wide range of advisory support services, including managed account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and comprehensive back-office functions.

John Valiska Jr. is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp in Danbury, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 40 years of industry experience. He has worked at Money Concepts since 1995 and concurrently holds long-term roles at Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Oesterreichische Landerbank, and Altschuler Tellkamp Agency. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member and director for Musicals At Richter, a nonprofit organization. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $3.33 billion across multiple managed programs using a combination of model portfolios, adviser-designed portfolios, and third-party sub-advisers.

Ralph Yovane is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 2011. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, employing strategic and tactical asset allocation alongside manager selection and various investment strategies tailored to client objectives.

Mark Rader is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Danbury, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Bailey & Beatty Financial Services and Commonwealth Financial Network since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in selling fixed insurance products. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, and provides operational, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Marc Ferraiola is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Morgan Stanley, E*TRADE Capital Management LLC, Worden Capital Management LLC, and the University of Buffalo. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles and provides advisory, execution, custody, and specialized lending services.

Ryan Hayes is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. He holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Stratos, he worked at Rockefeller Financial LLC and LPL Financial. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers an open-architecture Strategic Wealth Management platform that supports both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios, emphasizing active monitoring and asset allocation across multiple custodians.

Ralph Sessa is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 33 years of industry experience, including multiple tenures at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee for a family trust. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue® Wealth Management, serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and a variety of investment advisory programs.

Jack Woods is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Commonwealth and Bailey & Beatty Financial Services, LLC in 2024, he studied at the University of Maryland and Bryant University. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services.

Laurie Ham is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. Her career includes roles at LPL Financial, Triad Advisors Inc, and Reby Advisors, LLC. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment process combining passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee and quantitative and fundamental research.

Jeffrey Mctiernan is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, holding Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 credentials and 25 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2011 and is also an agent for Agia, offering non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, wrap programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet UMA models for portfolio construction and management.

Kristin Hall is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding a Series 66 credential and bringing 24 years of industry experience. She has been with Principal Financial Services since 2005 and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2004. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a bank officer at Principal Bank and Principal Trust Company to support retirement plan account relationships. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions through various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Paul Beatty is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2002 and also maintains a role at Bailey & Beatty Financial Services, LLC, which he has been involved with since 1995. Outside of advising, he subleases branch office space to a design firm in Danbury, CT. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and back-office support, including portfolio construction flexibility and model portfolios managed by its Investment Management and Research team.

John Sulit is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. holding a Series 66 designation and 25 years of industry experience. He has been with HSBC and its affiliates since 2006, serving in roles at HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Securities. He is also a Bank Officer for HSBC Bank (USA) N.A., engaging in the sale of bank-related products alongside his advisory duties. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations through a variety of client-directed and discretionary platforms. The firm employs a multi-profile investment process supported by affiliated asset managers and custodians, with an emphasis on both non-discretionary and discretionary portfolio management.

Edwin Griswold Jr. is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 30 years of industry experience. His prior roles include 13 years at Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp and a lengthy period as a self-employed financial professional before joining Integrated Wealth Concepts and LPL Financial in 2016. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing customized portfolios that combine internal management and third-party asset managers with a primarily long-term investment focus.

Daniel Giaimo is a CFP® certificant with 27 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Private Advisor Group, LLC and LPL Financial since 2015 and has been involved with ITI Strategies since 2003. Giaimo serves as President and CEO of Giaimo & Company, Inc., a tax preparation and accounting firm. Private Advisor Group serves a diverse client base, including individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm offers access to third-party asset managers, turnkey asset management platforms, and a proprietary WealthSuite separately managed account program.

Jennifer Patten is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, where she has worked since 2005. She has 24 years of industry experience. Patten is also a co-owner of Prosperity, LLC, a private entity involved in securities, advisory, and insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, offering a range of advisory programs and services including wealth management and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to its affiliated advisors.

Devone Mc Leod is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at LPL Financial, Triad Advisors, Reby Advisors, and KeyBank. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise firm that serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting, utilizing a strategic investment approach that combines passive and active managers with quantitative and fundamental research.

Jonathan Alviar is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, he worked at Equitable Advisors. He is the owner of Insightful LLC, a consulting venture focused on data organization using tools like Microsoft Power BI, though the company has not yet engaged in business activities. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered firm serving a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting, utilizing a combination of passive and active investment strategies guided by an internal Investment Committee.