Stephan Wessels is a financial advisor at Vontobel Swiss Financial Advisers with 21 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Citigroup. Vontobel Swiss Financial Advisers provides wealth management and wrap-fee investment advisory programs to private individuals, high-net-worth clients, charities, trusts, and business entities, serving both U.S. and non-U.S. clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary mandates managed by an in-house Investment Committee and is notable for its Swiss principal office, FINMA licensing, and affiliation with the Vontobel Group.

Owen Pardo is a financial advisor at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC with 43 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Shephard Capital Management, LPL Financial, and Wells Fargo Advisors. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term, portfolio-driven investment approach using ETFs, mutual funds, and selected individual securities tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Anita Bosch is a financial advisor with Citizens Private Wealth and holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. She has 20 years of industry experience, including 12 years at Citigroup Global Markets and multiple roles within the Citizens organization since 2020. She currently serves as a board member of the Moxxie Mentoring Foundation, where she assists in strategic planning and implementation. Citizens Private Wealth is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, open-architecture investment approach, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with tax, estate, and business consulting services.

Gerald Ariyan is a financial advisor with Ashton Thomas Securities, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 31 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Raymond James & Associates and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Arax Investment Partners. Ariyan is also active as an independent director and chairman of the investment committee at Mass Mutual Trust Co. Ashton Thomas Securities is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $1.86 billion for over 2,200 clients through a team-based approach and offers a variety of program structures including wrap and non-wrap offerings, model portfolios, and separately managed accounts.

Jeffrey Deiss is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC since 2016. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, employee benefit plans, and the clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and self-directed brokerage solutions, using a blend of top-down macro and bottom-up security analysis across multiple asset classes.

William Eckrich is a financial advisor at Sapient Capital LLC in New York, NY, with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to joining Sapient Capital, Eckrich worked at Bofa Securities, Inc. and Plan Forward. Sapient Capital provides wealth management, financial planning, family office services, and sub-advisory support to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, foundations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm uses a long-term investment process combining fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios and serves as an adviser and sponsor to private funds and as a sub-advisor to registered ETFs.

Victoria Jung is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Robertson Stephens. She has held roles at multiple related entities within Robertson Stephens since 2022 and previously worked at CommunityAmerica Financial Solutions, United Nations Federal Credit Union Advisors, and State Farm Mutual Insurance Company. Outside of her advisory work, she is the owner and principal of Sapientia Planning LLC, a rental property management business. Robertson Stephens Wealth Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, family offices, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm combines individualized advice with model portfolios and oversight by an Investment Office and Committee, managing over $7 billion in client assets as of December 31, 2024.

John D'arco is a CFA® charterholder with three years of industry experience. He is currently with Hallmark Capital Management Inc and has previously worked at Prudential and New York Life. He is based in Paramus, NJ. Valley Wealth Managers, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.32 billion through a multi-advisor team. The firm serves institutional clients and high-net-worth individuals, offering discretionary portfolio management, modular financial planning, and multiple wrap fee programs. Their investment process uses client-specific risk guidelines and a proprietary Valuation Analysis to guide tactical allocations and equity selections.

Joshua Bergman is a CFA® charterholder with one year of experience in the financial industry. He currently works at Savvy and previously held positions at Allen & Company and Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP. Savvy provides investment and financial planning services to individuals, trusts and estates, businesses, ERISA plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers customized, primarily index-based investment plans alongside active equity portfolios and tax-aware direct indexing, incorporating third-party sub-advisers, fintech tools, and in-house tax and estate-planning support.

Joseph Piropato is a financial advisor at Tocqueville Asset Management LP in New York, NY, with 19 years at the firm and four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation. Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and supervisory services to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, registered investment companies, private pooled vehicles, insurance companies, and public pension plans. The firm employs a bottom-up, value-oriented, and contrarian investment approach across multiple asset classes and maintains distinct governance and operational practices.

Libertad Rosenkranz is a financial advisor at NPA Asset Management, LLC with 31 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Nationwide Planning Associates, Inc. since 2010. Rosenkranz serves as president of the PWN Account Association Tri-State and has experience as an independent insurance agent. NPA Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser offering managed-account programs through its Advisor’s Edge platform. The firm serves individual and high-net-worth investors, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations, combining advisor-led planning with model portfolio implementation and oversight of sub-advisors.

Nicholas Pirrotta is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving at Citizens Private Wealth in Tarrytown, NY. He has been with Citizens Private Wealth since 2005 and also holds roles at Citizens Bank and Citizens Securities, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, Pirrotta serves on the boards of Greater Mental Health of NY and the Mental Health Association of Westchester, chairing the Audit Committees for both organizations. Citizens Private Wealth, LLC is a multi-team registered investment adviser that serves high-net-worth individuals and families as well as institutional clients. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes tailored long-term asset allocation within an open-architecture framework, with discretionary portfolio management overseen by a Chief Investment Officer and supported by both quantitative and qualitative research.

Christopher Zogg is a CFA® charterholder with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors and previously worked for Smith Group Asset Management, LLC and Smith Asset Management Group, LP. Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, and institutional clients. The firm offers proprietary ETF model portfolios and manages various registered investment companies and private pooled funds with a focus on strategic asset allocation and diversification.

Garrett Wells is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC since 2017. Prior to joining Simon Quick, he worked briefly at First Derivatives in 2017. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and non-profit entities, endowments, foundations, and corporate clients by providing wealth management, investment consulting, financial planning, tax planning and compliance, and administrative services. The firm uses a combination of unaffiliated independent managers, mutual funds, ETFs, and affiliated private investment funds, and offers integrated tax and back-office services, including proprietary tax reporting tools.

Thomas Enriquez is a financial advisor at McAdam LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Brooks Quayle Global Resourcing, where he serves as a consultant in executive search. Outside of finance, Enriquez is involved in property management through his roles at Seven Hedges Property Management and Fifteen Hedges Property Management. McAdam LLC is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs fundamental analysis to manage portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and individual securities, and offers a subscription-based financial-planning service alongside access to alternative and specialized investment strategies.

Lydia Nunez Ferrari is a financial advisor with Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. She has previously worked at Merrill and Morgan Stanley. She serves as secretary on the board of Milagros Hope, a nonprofit focused on providing financial assistance to high school students pursuing college or vocational training. Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC offers fee-based financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations, and other entities. The firm provides a customized planning process covering topics such as tax and estate planning, executive compensation, and philanthropic planning, using tools like eMoneyAdvisor and Monte Carlo simulations to support probability-based financial outcomes.

Anthony Gallardo is a financial advisor at RMR Wealth Builders, Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Invesco Distributors, Inc. and Oppenheimerfunds Distributor, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a golf coach at Morristown-Beard School. RMR Wealth Builders is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $2.2 billion in client assets, primarily serving individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, annuity services, digital-asset management, and both wrap and non-wrap advisory programs.

Evelyn Benbrahim is a financial advisor at Insigneo Advisory Services, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank for a combined 18 years. Insigneo Advisory Services provides investment advisory and portfolio management to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, corporations, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm employs a customized investment process supported by a dedicated Investment Committee and offers a range of managed accounts, third-party manager oversight, and proprietary private placement vehicles.

Ruth Mejia is a financial advisor with Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. Her prior experience includes roles at Leucadia Asset Management LLC, Jefferies LLC, and Morgan Stanley. Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC offers fee-based financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and various organizations through a customized process that incorporates tools such as eMoneyAdvisor and Monte Carlo simulations to support probability-based financial outcomes.

Daniel Larosa is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Ritholtz Wealth Management since 2019, following prior roles at RoundAngle Advisors LLC and Foundation Retirement Plan Consultants Inc. based in New York, NY. Ritholtz Wealth Management serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients by providing portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and college financial planning. The firm manages approximately $9.4 billion in assets using a goal-based investment process that incorporates asset allocation, behavioral finance principles, diversified low-cost ETFs, and tactical overlays, supported by both advisor-led services and digital platforms.