Raymond Balroop is a financial advisor at Avestar Capital, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. His prior roles include positions at Hightower and Fifth Avenue Financial (MassMutual), where he worked for 16 years. Avestar Capital is a SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.06 billion for a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, private investment funds, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of proprietary ETF-based models and third-party portfolios, offering financial planning and portfolio management services with strategies that may include passive and active management, hedging, leverage, and derivatives.

Christopher Dunne is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Avestar Capital, LLC since 2021. He also has experience with IDB Capital Corp. since 2015. Avestar Capital is a SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.06 billion for a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth clients, private investment funds, accredited investors, charities, and corporate entities. The firm employs a combination of proprietary ETF-based models and third-party model portfolios, utilizing both passive and active management strategies, and serves non-U.S. clients through affiliated entities in India and Singapore.

Samson Staff is a financial advisor at Diastole Wealth Management in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at NESS and NEC, as well as multiple terms at Diastole Wealth Management. Diastole Wealth Management offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individual clients, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a variety of analytical approaches and investment strategies, providing regular account reviews and performance reporting, and also acts as adviser and affiliated general partner to a private pooled vehicle.

Alexandra Shepis is a CFP® professional at Francis Financial with five years of industry experience. She has been with Francis Financial since 2018, including the firm's current team structure since 2023. Francis Financial is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $803 million for individual clients, including high-net-worth households. The firm offers personalized investment policy statements, comprehensive financial and divorce financial planning, and employs a mix of long- and short-term strategies with quarterly reviews.

Erika Moromisato is an advisor at Brooklyn FI, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms including Connective Wealth Partners, LLC and The Financial Gym. Her prior work includes a decade at Risk Placement Services, Inc. Brooklyn FI serves individual and high-net-worth clients with household-level investment management, financial planning, and retirement-account advisory services. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach while incorporating specialized external strategies and aggregates held-away assets into client portfolios.

Kevin Smith is a financial advisor at AtCap Partners, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Aegis Capital Corp and National Asset Management. Smith serves on the Investment Advisory Board at Ithaca College School of Business, where he mentors students. AtCap Partners provides investment management and financial planning to individual clients, pension plans, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs proprietary strategies and a blend of analytical methods, including fundamental and technical analysis, to tailor client portfolios and incorporates alternative investments and market-timing techniques in its offerings.

Carmine Coppola is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Planning Group with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Strata Capital Group, NYlife Securities, Eagle Strategies, New York Life Insurance, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and Metlife Securities. He is involved in insurance brokering through Strata Capital Group, focusing on non-registered insurance products. Cornerstone Planning Group serves individuals, businesses, and institutional clients with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a model-based investment approach emphasizing low-cost, passive ETFs and mutual funds, and offers ERISA fiduciary consulting for retirement plans.

Gabe Bryan is a CFP® and Series 65-registered financial advisor with Bridgewater Advisors Inc. in New York, NY, where he has worked since 2008. He has five years of industry experience. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. is a multi-advisor SEC-registered investment firm managing approximately $2.14 billion for about 540 clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and tax-preparation services, with an investment approach that combines active and index strategies across traditional and alternative asset classes.

Joseph Vanacore is a financial advisor at Fortis Group Advisors LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked with firms including LPL Financial and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of advisory roles, he is involved with IDS Autoshred, a family-owned business. Fortis Group Advisors LLC provides investment advisory and wealth-planning services to individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, institutions, trusts, and estates. The firm offers diversified portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA plan services, using risk-profiling technology and tax-aware strategies to tailor client portfolios.

John Marx is a financial advisor at Edge Wealth Management, LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 63 designation with four years of industry experience. He has been with Edge Wealth Management since 2013. Edge Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and ancillary financial planning to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment process is based on fundamental analysis and tailored to each client’s objectives, managing approximately $770.7 million in discretionary assets for about 261 clients.

Mario Giammarco is a Series 66-licensed advisor with 49 years of industry experience. He is currently with Herold Advisors, Inc. and Lantern Wealth Advisors, LLC, and has previously worked at Everbank and Bernard Herold & Co., Inc. Giammarco also serves as president of Herold Insurance Agency, Inc., a life insurance business. Herold Advisors serves individual and institutional clients, including high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, and pension plans. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management using a process that combines computerized screening and fundamental analysis, focusing primarily on domestic large- and mid-cap equities with diversified fixed income and occasional foreign equities.

Michael Delpozzo is a financial advisor at Masterworks Advisers, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has previously worked at Arete Wealth Management, Arete Wealth Advisors, SDDco Brokerage Advisors, and other firms. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as a Platform Associate for Masterworks, LLC, performing administrative functions related to an alternative investment platform focused on securitized art. Masterworks Advisers specializes in providing investment advice exclusively on securitized art investments issued by Masterworks affiliates. The firm offers point-in-time and ongoing non-discretionary advisory programs, using a rules-based investment process supported by art market research, internal and third-party appraisals, and allocation models.

Zane Belcak is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Planning Group with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Zynergy Retirement Planning, as well as in educational roles at Monmouth University and Flanders School District. Cornerstone Planning Group serves individuals, businesses, qualified retirement plans, foundations, trusts, and estates with discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and educational seminars. The firm employs a model-based investment approach focusing on low-cost, passive ETFs and mutual funds and offers ERISA fiduciary consulting and flexible financial planning engagement structures.

Sean Lawless is a CFA® charterholder based in New York, NY, with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with ARS Investment Partners, LLC since 2016 and previously worked five years at Modern Asset Management. ARS Investment Partners is an SEC-registered adviser serving individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm employs an Investment Committee process that integrates macro and sector analysis with fundamental research to construct tailored portfolios, including separately managed accounts and ETF-based strategies.

Adenikke Soremekun is a financial advisor with Chemistry Wealth Management LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Her prior roles include work at Chemistry Wealth Management in different capacities and a position at Unión de Cooperativas de Enseñanza de Trabajo Asociado de Madrid. Chemistry Wealth Management LLC is an SEC-registered fiduciary firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a generally long-term investment focus and manages over $1.26 billion in client assets through a team of seven advisors.

Stephen Portas is a financial advisor with Wellington Shields & Co., LLC in New York, NY. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Wellington Shields since 2011. Wellington Shields & Co. provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and brokerage services to individuals, corporations, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $470.9 million across about 514 client relationships and employs a range of investment methods including fundamental and technical analysis, options strategies, and third-party manager selection.

Sheila Scott is a financial advisor at Neville, Rodie & Shaw Inc with 6 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Neville Rodie & Shaw since 2015. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as a board member of 51 Fifth Avenue Owners Corp, where she has been involved in managing building-related matters for over two decades. Neville, Rodie & Shaw Inc provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and separately managed accounts for individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, foundations, endowments, qualified retirement plans, and other institutions. The firm focuses on fundamental equity analysis, long-term holdings, and balanced portfolios tailored to client objectives, with investment decisions reviewed weekly by an internal committee.

Francesco D'Andrea is a financial advisor with Blue Square Asset Management, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Blue Square Asset Management since 2018 and previously held positions at Raymond James Financial Services and UBS Financial Services. Blue Square Asset Management serves individuals, family offices, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and other advisers by providing financial planning, investment management, and sub-advisory services. The firm utilizes a proprietary Dynamic Cash Allocation® process to manage diversified strategies across traditional and digital assets.

Anna Marie Mock is a CFP® professional with seven years of experience, currently serving as an advisor at HIGHLAND Financial Advisors, LLC since 2014. She is part of a seven-advisor team based in Wayne, NJ. HIGHLAND Financial Advisors provides wealth management and investment services to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, and small business entities. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with strategic asset allocation, using broadly diversified mutual funds and ETFs, and offers integrated tax support and educational programs for clients.

Rebecca Brown is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving at Visionary Horizons, LLC. She has previously worked with firms including Hawkwind Wealth Advisory, Third Eye Associates, and Commonwealth Financial Network. Outside of advisory roles, she serves as the USA Director for the Tobacco Free Portfolios Foundation, a nonprofit organization advocating for tobacco-free finance policies. Visionary Horizons, LLC is a team-based firm providing investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs model portfolios informed by third-party research and offers tailored strategies that include equities, fixed income, ETFs, mutual funds, options, and selective alternatives, with ongoing monitoring and client notifications.