Nicole Kianka is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC. Her prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo and Wescott Financial Advisory Firm. Outside of finance, she holds a Pennsylvania law license and works part-time as a bartender. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves ultra-high and high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutions, providing wealth management, financial planning, and portfolio management services. The firm offers integrated solutions through trust, insurance, and brokerage capabilities, with a focus on personalized advisory relationships and access to alternative investments.

David Engel is a financial advisor at Principal Financial Services in Wayne, PA, holding a Series 66 designation. He has one year of industry experience and previously worked in mortgage lending and legal services, including roles at Guild Mortgage, Academy Mortgage, Cardinal Financial, and McDermott Will & Emery. 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’s advisory services include direct advisory programs, financial planning, and access to third-party money manager solutions under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Daniel Zajac is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and leading the Zajac Group since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at Lincoln Investment and Capital Analysts Incorporated. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in tax preparation services through Zajac Tax, LLC, writes financial blog content, and co-owns Animate Wealth, a fintech application development company. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a comprehensive platform of advisory programs, technology, investment management, and practice-management support, allowing advisors discretion to construct portfolios and access model portfolios managed by Commonwealth’s Investment Management and Research team.

Michael Rothman is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and possessing 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at various firms affiliated with Citizens Bank since 2010 and joined Truist Advisory Services in 2019. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm combines discretionary manager relationships with non-discretionary consulting and uses AI-enabled research tools alongside traditional analysis to support its investment approach.

Timothy Howell is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with GWN Securities since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in a restaurant LLC, The Coop Sports Bar and iKitchen. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients, including high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios, utilizing a range of investment strategies including traditional asset allocation and legacy market-timing methods.

Joshua Levitus is a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at firms including OSAIC and New Century Financial Group. Prior to his financial advisory roles, he worked at Lehigh University and in other capacities. Independent Financial Group is a large integrated advisory and brokerage firm serving individuals, trusts, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers investment advisory programs and retirement plan services, utilizing both in-house and third-party model portfolios across various platforms and investment profiles.

Christopher Schuch is a CFP® with 16 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Mariner, where he has worked since 2021, and previously spent nine years at CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Schuch serves as a board member for the Avon Grove Wildcats Girls Lacrosse club and coaches a youth lacrosse team through True Lacrosse, LLC. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, providing investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and coordinated tax services. The firm offers customized discretionary portfolios supported by an internal investment committee and integrates tax, accounting, and family office services alongside its portfolio management capabilities.

Carl Nadwodny Jr. is a CFP® and CFA® credentialed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC and Convergent Financial Strategies LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves a broad range of clients including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using enhanced open architecture, combining fundamental and quantitative analysis with third-party managers, and offers a comprehensive suite of wealth management services.

Ian Mac Kinnon is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at WealthBridge Financial and Edmund Optics, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates Attainable Real Estate IQ, LLC, a real estate business involved in buying, renovating, and selling investment properties. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies within a tax- and fee-sensitive framework and offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial counseling, and fiduciary consulting.

David Kovach is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 35 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has worked at firms including APW Capital, Inc. and Kistler Tiffany Advisors. He serves as president of the KTA Funding Hope Foundation, a charitable organization based in Berwyn, PA. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in client assets and employs a financial planning–led investment process emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by various tactical approaches and comprehensive retirement plan services.

Vincent Grasso is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at Kades-Margolis, MML Investors Services, and MassMutual. Prior to his financial services career, he was involved with Tango Restaurant and Tony Cappelli and Sons. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through managed account programs, financial planning, and introductions to third-party managers. The firm uses a blend of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and employs market-timing and momentum-based strategies in some of its legacy programs.

Jeffrey Miller is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Churchville, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 36 years of industry experience. He has been with GWN Securities since 2005. In addition to his advisory role, Miller is a licensed insurance agent and serves as a sales manager at Kades Margolis, where he recruits, trains, and develops new advisors. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that serves individual and business clients through discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios. The firm manages approximately $3.65 billion across more than 37,000 accounts and offers a range of managed-account programs and model portfolios, including legacy market-timing and momentum-based strategies.

Joseph Giorgio is a financial advisor at Corient with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms, including Coventry First and Radnor Financial Advisors. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party manager solutions and emphasizes risk management and portfolio monitoring.

John Casale is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 33 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Janney since 2018 and previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors from 2015 to 2018. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC manages approximately $110 billion in client assets and serves a diverse range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and municipal entities. The firm provides brokerage services, financial planning, and advisory programs through a combination of in-house portfolio management and third-party managers.

Timothy Landmesser is a financial advisor at Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Sei and JPMorgan. Timothy’s background also includes four years at Pennsylvania State University and five years at Germantown Academy. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, and retirement-plan and business-consulting services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, trusts, family offices, and other institutional clients. The firm employs a mix of in-house models, custom portfolios, and third-party manager selection, supported by an Investment Policy Committee and extensive research resources.

Brian Fisher is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Hoover Financial Advisors, Inc., Villanova Financial Services, Inc., and Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member for YCS in Hackensack, NJ, and coaches a grade school basketball team in Audubon, PA. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment approach combining passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee, and offers a range of financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting services.

Michael Kernicky is a CFP® with 43 years of experience in the financial industry. He currently works at Janney Montgomery Scott, where he has been since 2018. His prior experience includes roles at Bank of America and Merrill. Kernicky serves as Secretary and Rear Commodore on the board of the Yacht Club of Sea Isle City in New Jersey. 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 client base through a variety of brokerage, financial planning, and advisory programs, combining in-house portfolio management with third-party managers.

Bernard Audet is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with 40 years of industry experience and holds a Series 63 designation. His career includes positions at Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, MetLife Securities Inc., and over four decades at Creative Financial Planning Org. GWN Securities provides investment advisory services to individual and corporate clients through a variety of managed account programs and financial planning offerings. The firm utilizes both affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and employs market-timing and momentum-based strategies within certain legacy programs.

Edward Antoian is a CFA® charterholder with 29 years of industry experience. He is currently with Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. and has been a principal at Zeke Capital Advisors, LLC since 2008. He is the general partner and portfolio manager of Zeke L.P., a private investment partnership focused on micro-cap and small-cap securities. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, and retirement-plan and business-consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, trusts, and family offices. The firm employs a combination of in-house model portfolios, custom accounts, and third-party manager selection with oversight from an Investment Policy Committee.

Matthew Schmidt is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He currently works at Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. and previously held roles at J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. and JP Morgan Chase Bank. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and related consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, family offices, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of model allocations and custom portfolio solutions supported by an Investment Policy Committee and integrates multiple investment vehicles and research methods to meet client objectives.