Giovanni Valle is a CFP® professional with two years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Cetera Planning Partners. His background includes roles at several firms such as Avantax Planning Partners, Facet Wealth, Mariner Wealth Advisors, and Beacon Trust Company. Cetera Planning Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, especially pre-retirees and retirees, providing investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-related advice. The firm’s approach focuses on diversified allocations using mutual funds and ETFs aligned with client objectives, supported by additional services including tax planning, bookkeeping, and estate-planning offerings.

John O'Keeffe is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Kestra Investment Services, Trust Financial Services, Capitas Financial, O'Keeffe Financial Partners, and Raymond James Financial Services. O'Keeffe is the owner of O'Keeffe Financial Partners LLC and serves as an independent contractor specializing in life insurance. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse range of institutional and individual clients. The firm offers fiduciary consulting, plan-level investment advice, and utilizes multiple management platforms and third-party solutions to support its services.

Christina Bouphavan is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 10 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Citigroup since 2006. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, implementing multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs.

Nairon Majeed is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Citigroup since 2015. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains distinctive market roles such as swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Anthony D’auria is a financial advisor at OSAIC Institutions, Inc. with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Royal Alliance Associates, Banc of America Investment Services, and Quick & Reilly. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, ERISA plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients. The firm’s hybrid adviser/broker-dealer structure combines discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services, access to alternative investments, and lending solutions, while delegating investment management to its network of investment adviser representatives.

Michael Grofsick is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Morgan Stanley DW Inc., Agia, and LPL Financial, LLC. His other business activity includes serving as an agent for non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer serving primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary unified managed accounts using third-party model managers and centralized technology across a large network of advisors.

Jeff Russo is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms, including Bank of America and Merrill. Outside the financial industry, he has been involved with Pozzitiv Productions. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse clientele, including individuals, families, trusts, corporate sponsors, and municipal clients, offering a range of brokerage, financial planning, and advisory services.

Dakotah Hyslop is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Lord Abbett and William Paterson University. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment programs and a broad range of advisory, execution, and custody services. The firm integrates institutional-scale resources with specialized roles such as swap dealing and futures commission merchant activities.

Steven Meglio is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc. since 2021, following prior roles at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and FCG Advisors LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he is the president and owner of Meglio Group PC, an accounting practice. J.W. Cole Advisors operates a large network of independent advisors and offers fee-based portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutions. The firm utilizes a blend of fundamental and technical analysis across discretionary and non-discretionary account management and provides access to multiple custodial platforms and third-party investment managers.

John Traut is a financial advisor at Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including Oppenheimer & Co., Merrill, and Bank of America. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a firefighter with the New York Fire Department. Stratos Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered enterprise advisor with approximately 379 advisors managing around $18.6 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, nonprofits, and institutions, offering customized portfolio management through an open-architecture platform that integrates multiple third-party managers and features specialized planning services.

George Croonquist Jr. is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Hackensack, NJ, where he has worked since 1989. He has 42 years of industry experience and serves as an advisory board member for Hackensack Meridian Quality Care, a role in which he advises on assisted living properties. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a broad client base with services including brokerage, financial planning, and advisory programs, and offers in-house and third-party portfolio management across multiple investment platforms.

Joseph Block is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 13 years of industry experience, including roles at Park Avenue Securities, Sunbridge Capital Partners, Foreside Fund Services, Fiera Capital Inc., and City National Rochdale. He is based in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a range of financial planning, consulting, and investment management solutions through proprietary and third-party platforms.

Vincent Blazewicz is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding a Series 66 designation and 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 2004. He also serves as a board member of Harmony Starts Farm Inc. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a subsidiary of Guardian Life, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a combination of advisor-led discretionary management, model-based strategies, and digital solutions tailored to client needs.

Robert Jaffe is a financial advisor at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at his current firms since 2005. Park Avenue Securities, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, offers brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm provides a range of financial planning and advisory solutions, combining advisor-led management with model-based strategies and proprietary programs.

Christopher Shea is a CFA® charterholder with 30 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC, where he has worked since 2026. Prior to that, he spent over two decades at UBS Financial Services and UBS Asset Management. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, while also operating as a registered broker-dealer offering securities transactions, variable insurance products, and investment banking services.

Oliver Davis is a financial advisor with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc., holding a Series 66 credential and seven years of industry experience. Prior to joining Voya in 2019, he worked at Tiverton Trading and spent time at the University of Rhode Island. He is also an independent insurance agent and a partner in a small business handling technology issues. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations by offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm combines in-house and external strategists with technology-enabled tools to manage client assets, primarily through non-discretionary relationships.

Joseph Edmondson is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors holding a Series 66 credential and 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked at CMG Financial Planning, Ltd. for 11 years and Equitable Advisors for 17 years, with overlapping tenure at Axa Advisors, LLC. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients, including pension plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm’s advisory approach focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, with offerings that include discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Justin Poplawski is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Private Advisor Group, Northwestern Mutual Investment Management, and Wells Fargo Clearing. He also acts as an insurance agent with Beacon Pointe Insurance Services, LLC. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced CIO solutions to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers across active and passive strategies, and offers proprietary private funds alongside comprehensive reporting and analytics.

Mazin Hakim is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at TIAA-CREF since 2018. Prior to that, he was employed at PNC Investments and PNC Bank. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals and various institutional clients, often those with existing relationships through TIAA-administered retirement plans. The firm offers both model portfolio options and customized portfolio management under a fiduciary standard.

Tianning Li is a CFP® professional with four years of experience at Transamerica Financial Advisors. He has held roles at DataDog as a senior software engineer and previously worked at Uber Technologies and Tower Research Capital. In addition to his financial advisory work, Li has been involved as an independent travel insurance agent and a college planning consultant. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and businesses. The firm utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers to implement investment strategies and offers a range of advisory and brokerage services through multiple program platforms.