Shamus Coyne is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with two years of industry experience and a Series 65 credential. Prior to joining Hightower in 2022, he worked at Navint Partners LLC and Green Oak Financial Services and has a background that includes entrepreneurial experience with The Cookie Monstah. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors. The firm employs a multi-manager approach utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers and offers services such as portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting.

Anja Nickel is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Waltham, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 11 years of industry experience. She has worked at New York Life Insurance Company and its affiliates since 2014 and operates ABN Financial Strategies, LLC, through which she brokers non-registered insurance products. Nickel also serves as a board member of HR Alliance. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional plan sponsors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life structure.

Bruce Thompson is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and was previously with Thompson Wealth Management, Ltd. for 23 years before joining Hightower in 2021. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors such as pension plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm’s advisory approach focuses on manager selection and multi-manager strategies, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers alongside proprietary research.

Allison Dagostino is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 18 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Commonwealth in 2019, she worked at Coastal Capital Group, Inc. and LPL Financial. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors. The firm offers various managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custody services, serving both individual and institutional clients.

Jonathan Harding is a CFP® and ChFC® with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Savant Wealth Management since 2026 and previously spent ten years at Heritage Financial Services. Savant Wealth Management provides comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and family office services to individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth clients. The firm combines evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation with actively managed strategies and maintains affiliated entities specializing in accounting, legal, and trust services.

Frederick Baird is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at The Colony Group, LLC since 2019, following a tenure at Aurora Financial Advisors, LLC from 2010 to 2019. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies through an “enhanced open architecture” framework, integrating fundamental and quantitative analysis with specialized tools like trend-following and options overlay strategies.

Gary Gerulskis is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and previously worked at Capital Advisors, LLC for 18 years before joining Focus Partners Wealth. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Salvatore Maniscalco Jr. is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 42 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network since 1993, with prior experience at Lexington Financial Group dating back to 1987. He is also president and sole owner of SJM Associates, Inc., and a 50% owner of an insurance agency at his branch location. 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 hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody/clearing services.

Margaret Kantrowitz is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 10 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. Her prior roles include positions at Allspring Funds Management, Wells Fargo, Merrill, and the New England Center and Home for Veterans. Outside of advising, she works as an interior designer and serves as a trustee reviewing and awarding college scholarships at Avon High School. TIAA-CREF’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, and small retirement plans. The firm separates point-in-time planning from ongoing portfolio management and serves as adviser to a donor-advised fund while operating within a vertically integrated group using affiliated funds.

James Aldo is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Vision Wealth Strategies LLC, Eagle Strategies (NY Life), and New York Life Insurance Company. Aldo also volunteers as a youth softball coach in Taunton, MA. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and consulting services, leveraging both in-house and third-party strategies supported by technology and centralized due diligence.

Brian Franford is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Needham, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ameritas Advisory Services, Daniel J. Galli & Associates, COMPASS Wealth Management, and Lincoln Investment. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and manages roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform with access to managed-account programs, third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Joshua Olson is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at The Vanguard Group and Polaris MEP. Olson also engages in fixed insurance sales as a secondary business activity. 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 roughly $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform with a variety of managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and comprehensive back-office services.

Aline Tellstone is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has prior work experience with LPL Financial LLC and Einstein's Workshop. 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 roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody/clearing services.

Bryan Rutledge is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2015. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, providing operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Francis Burgoyne II is a financial advisor with Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 16 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Bankers Life Securities, Inc. since 2016 and with Bankers Life and Casualty since 1995. In addition to his advisory role, Burgoyne also trains and manages insurance agents through his position as a Unit Field Trainer at Bankers Life and Casualty. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. primarily serves mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management as well as retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to tailor asset allocations and manages portfolios across a variety of securities.

Qing Yang is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. and previously worked at O'Brien Wealth Partners LLC, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. O'Brien Wealth Partners LLC provides fee-only investment advice and financial planning to individuals, families, businesses, nonprofits, pension plans, and endowments, managing approximately $1.1 billion in discretionary assets. The firm emphasizes capital preservation and attractive returns through diversified asset allocation and model portfolios guided by an investment committee, with implementation primarily via mutual funds and ETFs.

Mark Purcell is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Principal Securities Inc. and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2020, following prior roles at Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. and Jhfn Sii. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel stationed abroad. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions under various adviser and promoter arrangements.

Mark Haser is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. He previously worked at Artemis Financial Advisors for six years and has held positions at Kyruus and Athenahealth. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Medha Nadgir is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors and its predecessor, Beacon Pointe Wealth Advisors, since 2015. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, employing a manager-of-managers approach that combines active and passive strategies with a formal due diligence process. The firm also sponsors proprietary investment vehicles and serves as an operating general partner for several private funds.

Richard Belofsky is a CFP® and ChFC® with 39 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors and has held roles at Guardian Life Insurance Company, Park Avenue Securities, and The Bulfinch Group LLC. He teaches adult education classes on retirement-related topics in Arlington, MA. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, utilizing proprietary and third-party investment strategies across multiple platforms.