Matthew Witten is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Voya since 2014. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in fine arts activities including stage performance, live music, directing, playwriting, and teaching, and is a member of Actors' Equity Association. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional clients such as retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm provides a variety of services including financial planning, portfolio management, wrap programs, and plan-sponsor consulting, with a focus on recommendation-based relationships through multiple program structures.

Owen Ashley is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Prudential Investment Management Services LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Empower Advisory Group primarily serves employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, offering financial planning and investment management through an integrated model connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing in its financial planning services and manages a large participant base relative to its advisor headcount.

Donald Keegan is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc., holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and 29 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Centaurus Financial in 2025, he worked at The Investment Center Inc for nine years and Ic Advisory Services Inc for seven years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partial owner of Yellow Pages Directory Inc., which provides U.S. company information to the public. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and foundations. The firm delivers financial planning and portfolio management through its CLASSIC Plus platform, using both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements with a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.

Nadieda Dazile is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with four years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. Her career includes multiple roles at Citigroup and periods affiliated with New York University Stern School of Business. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in social media activities as a brand ambassador and influencer, promoting beauty products and managing affiliate storefronts. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs, execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains significant institutional capabilities, including in-house research and derivatives services.

Michael Egan is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and 26 years of industry experience. He is the owner of Kingsbridge Capital Advisors, a private entity focused on securities, advisory, and insurance business. His prior experience includes roles at American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc. and OSAIC. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and services, providing operational, trading, compliance, and practice-management support while enabling advisors to construct portfolios from a broad range of securities and insurance products.

Jonathan Goohs is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 23 years of industry experience. He has worked with Ameritas affiliated firms since 2017 and previously with World Financial Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with DiPaola Financial Group, where he provides financial service solutions focused on insurance, retirement, and business planning for individuals and small business owners. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC offers investment advisory and financial planning to a diverse client base, including individuals, charitable and corporate entities, and retirement plans. The firm provides fee-based asset management, retirement-plan advisory, and utilizes model portfolios, third-party sub-advisers, and custom strategies, with a notable emphasis on plan sponsors and participants through various fiduciary and consulting services.

Francis Dispigna is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding a Series 63 license and over 40 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Principal Securities Inc. since 2016 and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in managing several property-related ventures with family members. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Subryan Armogan is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007 and holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a wide range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and operates with large institutional scale and unique market roles.

Timothy Hudson is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. and has 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with VOYA Financial Advisors since 2014. He also serves as president of Hudson Financial Associates, LLC, which provides financial services and insurance. Additionally, he is an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance products. VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and plan-sponsor consulting through multiple program structures. The firm operates both as an SEC-registered investment adviser and a broker-dealer, delivering primarily non-discretionary advice across various platform offerings.

Bernie Townes is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 41 years of industry experience. He previously worked at UBS Financial Services from 2010 to 2017 before joining Janney in 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member for the NuHealth Foundation in East Meadow, NY, focusing on fundraising activities. 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, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and various advisory programs.

Mark Elko is a financial advisor with Sanctuary Advisors, LLC and holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses. He has 36 years of industry experience, including prior roles at HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Pruco Securities, LLC, and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC serves a diverse client base that includes individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to various managed account platforms, combining multiple analytical approaches and operating as a fiduciary where applicable.

Brandon Powers is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Melville, NY, holding a Series 63 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Principal Securities Inc. since 2016 and was previously employed at Principal Life Insurance Company from 2012 to 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as treasurer for his wife’s clinical psychology practice. 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 asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Brian Odonoghue is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at TIAA-CREF and TIAA since 2017. Prior to that, he spent 11 years with New York Life Investment Management LLC and NYLife Distributors LLC. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals with existing TIAA employer retirement plan relationships, as well as trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm offers model portfolio-based and customized portfolio management under a fiduciary standard within a vertically integrated structure that includes affiliated funds.

Charlie Santos is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. Before joining Oppenheimer in 2026, he worked at Edward Jones for seven years. Outside of his advisory work, Santos coaches youth soccer, leading two academy teams and is involved with the HASC Soccer Club. Oppenheimer serves individuals, corporations, pooled vehicles, and retirement plans with a range of advisory programs including portfolio management, consulting, and financial planning. The firm employs varied investment approaches across equity, balanced, and fixed income strategies, and manages approximately $36.7 billion in assets as of December 2025.

Alexander Rabinovich is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Principal Life Insurance Company since 1998 and Principal Securities Inc since 1992. In addition to his advisory work, he sells health insurance for existing clients. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and active-duty military personnel outside the United States. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Dawn Patak is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 36 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Citigroup since 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies using internal standards and oversight committees, and it operates with a combination of large institutional scale and unique market roles.

Michael Kushch is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc., holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and 20 years of industry experience. He has worked at Ridgewood Bank since 2020 and previously at HSBC Bank USA, N.A. from 2016 to 2020. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients through a network of adviser representatives. The firm offers customized advisory services, financial planning, ERISA plan services, and access to alternative investments, operating under a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer model with a focus on both discretionary and non-discretionary assets.

Evan Portnoy is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth since 2017, following a 12-year tenure at National Planning Corporation. Portnoy is also Executive Vice President and Co-Owner of Newport Coverage Corp., a private insurance firm. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, providing a range of advisory programs and back-office support including operations, trading, technology, and compliance. The firm offers various investment program structures and manages discretionary model portfolios through its Investment Management and Research team.

Jiarui Li is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Transamerica, Li has worked with Uber Technologies Inc. and Petco. Outside of advisory work, Li supports Winningstar Leadership Development Inc. in an administrative capacity. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through fee-based wrap programs, model portfolios, and commission-based products. The firm provides access to proprietary and third-party investment models with discretionary and non-discretionary options.

Steven Dolgin is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2004 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. 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 range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and municipal organizations, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and advisory programs.