John Benevides is a CFP® professional with five years of experience currently at Zoe Financial, Inc. He has previously worked at Rething Wealth, Ameriprise, OmniLYF, and has a background that includes time at Texas Tech University and Grimaldi's Pizzeria. Zoe Financial operates an online referral service connecting individuals and high-net-worth households with third-party registered investment advisers through its Advisor Network, and also provides a Wealth Platform offering reporting, administrative, sub-advisory, and wrap-fee services to RIAs.

Christian Di Russo is a financial advisor with Altfest Personal Wealth Management in New York, NY. He holds the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66 designations and has over five years of industry experience, including prior roles at Withum Smith + Brown, PC and KPMG. Altfest Personal Wealth Management provides investment management, financial planning, ERISA fiduciary services, and management of pooled investment vehicles to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, corporations, private funds, and other business entities. The firm emphasizes discretionary wealth and portfolio management supported by an investment committee and offers retirement-plan fiduciary services alongside participant education programs.

Jorge Pizarro Jr. is a financial advisor at BlackDiamond Wealth Management, LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., Capital One Advisors, LLC, and Capital One Bank. BlackDiamond Wealth Management LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm with a seven-person team managing approximately $424 million for around 371 clients. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, offering discretionary investment management and financial planning with a generally long-term, diversified approach that incorporates low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and independent managers.

Eric Monroe is a financial advisor at Aurora Private Wealth, Inc. with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with APW Capital, Inc. and Standard Pension Services, LLC, where he also provides retirement plan and benefits consulting. Outside of his advisory role, Monroe is an independent insurance broker specializing in fixed insurance products and operates a separate insurance-related consulting business under his own corporation. Aurora Private Wealth, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, consulting, and investment management through a team of advisors, utilizing a range of investment strategies and third-party platforms.

Ryan Payne is a financial advisor at Payne Capital Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Payne Capital Management since 2008. Payne Capital Management provides comprehensive wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, non-profits, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach is based on quantitative methods from Modern Portfolio Theory and is tailored to client risk tolerances and goals, utilizing a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, options, and independent managers.

Abraham Luciano is a financial advisor at Masterworks Advisers, LLC with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Masterworks and NetElixir, as well as teaching experience at Rider University and Union City High School. Masterworks Advisers provides investment advice focused exclusively on securitized art investments issued by Masterworks affiliates. The firm serves individual and high-net-worth investors through a rules-based investment process that incorporates art market research, internal appraisals, and allocation models developed with Mercer.

Scott Clements is a financial advisor at RMR Wealth Management with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining RMR Wealth Management in 2025, he worked at Fountainhead Capital Management for eight years and Merrill for seven years. RMR Wealth Management serves individuals, retirement plans, and corporate clients through discretionary portfolio management and various managed-account programs. The firm utilizes third-party platforms and managers to tailor investment portfolios based on client objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance, employing a range of conventional and alternative strategies.

John Kelly is a financial advisor at Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC with 37 years of industry experience. He has been with Wellington Shields and its affiliated firms since 1989. He holds the Series 63 designation. Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, employing various equity strategies, options, and margin trading, while maintaining formal suitability assessments and ongoing monitoring.

Veronica Taylor is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Ellevest. She previously worked at Northstar Money and Hudson Fusion, with a combined career spanning over two decades in the financial sector. Ellevest provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services primarily focused on helping women invest and plan. The firm offers tailored portfolios based on clients' goals and risk tolerance, emphasizing strategic asset allocation and diversification, and supports its clients with tax-minimization techniques and impact investment options.

Ibrahim Sarker is a financial advisor at Bull Harbor Capital LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank. Bull Harbor Capital LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach focuses on long-term strategic asset allocation with tactical adjustments and utilizes a range of investment vehicles and third-party platforms.

Robert Sollazzo is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with four years of industry experience. He is currently with Quent Capital, LLC and has previously worked at Cerity Partners LLC, SVB Wealth LLC, Boston Private Wealth LLC, and KLS Professional Advisors Group, LLC. Before entering the financial advisory field, he was employed at Hamilton College for four years. Quent Capital is an independent SEC-registered adviser managing approximately $1.6 billion in discretionary assets, serving individual and high-net-worth clients as well as investors in a private pooled vehicle. The firm employs a combination of fundamental research, quantitative methods, and portfolio-level asset allocation, utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, and derivatives within its strategies.

Benjamin Shapiro is a CFA charterholder with experience at Quent Capital, LLC since 2025. He previously worked at Basswood Capital Management, LLC from 2019 to 2025, as well as at Hedgeserv and Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. His career in the financial industry spans several roles across investment management firms. Quent Capital is an independent SEC-registered adviser managing approximately $1.6 billion in discretionary assets, serving individual and high-net-worth clients along with investors in a private pooled vehicle. The firm employs a combination of fundamental research, quantitative methods, and portfolio-level asset allocation, offering discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services.

Andoni Yturralde is a financial advisor at Cross Border Wealth, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Cross Border Wealth since 2017, following five years at deVere USA. Cross Border Wealth, LLC serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities, focusing on expatriates, Americans living abroad, and foreign nationals. The firm provides non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting tailored to cross-border retirement and pension issues.

Christopher Ward is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience. He is currently with Avity Investment Management Inc., where he has worked since 2022. Prior to joining Avity, he was employed at G.research, LLC and GAMCO Investors, Inc. from 2015 to 2022. Avity Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management to a variety of clients including individuals, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on fundamental research and active management of high-quality, liquid securities, maintaining a relatively large asset base with a small adviser team.

Oscar Santaella is a financial advisor at Bulltick Wealth Management, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Intercam Advisor, Inc., Intercam Securities, and Banorte Asset Management. Santaella dedicates a portion of his professional time to an affiliated investment-related business based in Miami, Florida. Bulltick Wealth Management provides investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, family offices, and corporations. The firm combines top-down macroeconomic analysis with fundamental and technical security analysis, offering proprietary model portfolios and a range of financial planning and consulting services.

Jeffrey Filone is a financial advisor with Platform Technology Partners, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley Private Bank from 2009 to 2019. He is also involved in managing several pooled investment funds as a general partner. Platform Technology Partners serves a diverse client base with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, utilizing independent managers, mutual funds, ETFs, and private funds. The firm is notable for actively managing pooled investment vehicles and private funds and operates a network model that integrates advisory, brokerage, insurance, and family-office services.

David Linsen is a financial advisor at Abner, Herrman & Brock, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked for Lord Abbett Distributor LLC for 20 years and Summit Financial, LLC for one year. Outside of his advisory role, he manages the finances for a real estate business that builds and sells spec homes. Abner, Herrman & Brock LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a top-down investment process combining fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, with tailored portfolios focused on large-cap equities and laddered, investment-grade fixed income.

Gregory Mallia is a financial advisor with Fortitude Advisory Group L.L.C. in New York, NY, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked with Fortitude Advisory Group since 2019 and previously held roles at Private Advisor Group, LLC and LPL Financial, LLC. Fortitude Advisory Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individuals, retirement trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and some businesses. The firm operates through a network of financial advisors offering portfolio management and third-party manager selection, among other services, and maintains multiple affiliated entities and offices.

Michael Lamagna is a financial advisor with Traphagen Financial Group, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at Morgan Stanley since 2019 and at E*TRADE Capital Management and E*TRADE Securities since 2015. Traphagen Investment Advisors LLC provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis and offers integrated tax, accounting, and estate planning services alongside investment advice.

Rochester Cahan is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Empirical Research Partners LLC since 2013. He holds a Series 63 designation and is based in New York, NY. Empirical Research Partners provides data-driven research and on-request investment advice exclusively to institutional investors, using quantitative models that combine macroeconomic and statistical analysis to support equities and portfolio strategy decisions. The firm primarily operates as a broker-dealer and serves an international institutional subscriber base without managing individual client assets.