Adam Kozak is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at SPC since 2014. He has been involved with Sigma Financial Corporation concurrently during this period. Outside of his advisory role, he acts as a trustee for a special needs trust established for his brother. SPC serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA-related retirement services, offering both discretionary and nondiscretionary management tailored to client needs.

William Whelan is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Primerica Advisors since 1999 and concurrently affiliated with The Guardian Life Insurance Company since 1995. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee of an irrevocable life insurance trust for his family. Primerica Advisors is part of Park Avenue Securities LLC, which serves a broad retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both brokerage and advisory services, utilizing a range of proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

Scot Karr is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds the CFP® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 42 years of industry experience, including long-term roles at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the board of the Whippoorwill Ridge Homeowners Association and is involved in managing family investment ventures. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base with transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, offering proprietary and third-party investment programs alongside financial and business consulting. The firm manages approximately $15 billion in regulatory assets under management through a mix of model portfolios, third-party managers, and digital advice solutions.

Matthew Gilmore is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 22 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at LPL Financial, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and Equitable Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member for a nonprofit organization. Private Advisor Group provides portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and managed account solutions to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model that incorporates both proprietary and third-party strategies, utilizing technology platforms and a variety of investment methods.

Scott Kaplan is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 23 years of industry experience and has worked with firms including Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and Westchester Advisory Group. Kaplan serves on advisory councils such as the BlackRock Models Advisory Council and provides consulting for Tristate Capital Private Bank’s client advisory board. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, offering brokerage and advisory services along with financial planning and retirement-plan consulting. The firm utilizes proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types and supports lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Stephen Condon is a financial advisor with Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Benjamin F. Edwards since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee and co-treasurer of the North Castle Historical Society. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an integrated broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients through over 500 advisors. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, including wrap-fee programs, financial planning, and investment management with both proprietary and third-party strategies.

Noel Hodges is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 23 years of industry experience. He is currently with Rockefeller Financial LLC and Rock & Co LLC, having previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, and operates as a registered broker-dealer with capabilities in securities transactions, variable insurance products, placement, and investment banking.

Kevin Manning is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding the CFA® designation and Series 63 license. He has 18 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Entrust Securities LLC and extended tenure at Guardian Life. Manning serves as a trustee on several family trusts. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser affiliated with Guardian Life. The firm provides brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients.

Barrett Butlien is a CFP® professional with 31 years of industry experience, currently practicing at Commonwealth Financial Network and Westchester Financial Advisors since 2022. He previously spent 19 years at Marathon Financial Group, Kestra Advisory Services, and Kestra Investment Services. He is the owner of Marathon Advisory Group Inc. and co-owner of BHB Advisors, LLC, entities established to facilitate securities, advisory, and insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform with access to managed-account programs, third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Marc Horowitz is a financial advisor with Equity Services, Inc. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 10 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at National Life Group, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Pruco Securities, LLC, and Allstate Insurance Co. Outside of his advisory role, he is licensed to sell life, health, annuity, long-term care, and disability insurance through his business, Evolution Financial Group. Equity Services, Inc., doing business as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management services to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers multiple advisory platforms, utilizing third-party asset managers and model portfolios that primarily focus on long-term strategies alongside options for shorter-term trading.

Craig Tull is a financial advisor with Planmember Securities Corporation in Irvington, NY, holding a Series 63 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Planmember Securities Corporation since 2014. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans and offering participant-level investment options. The firm employs a top-down strategic asset allocation framework to manage risk-based mutual fund portfolios and supports plan sponsors and participants through education, personalized planning, and counseling.

Joseph Prendergast is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds the Series 66 designation. He has one year of industry experience, including his current roles at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company, where he has worked since 2025. Prior to this, he spent two years at Certified Financial Services and has academic experience at Montclair State University and New Milford High School. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with a range of financial planning, brokerage, and advisory services.

Michael Melly is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has been with Valic since 2026 and has prior experience with multiple firms including Cetera Wealth Services and Island Financial Advisors. Outside of finance, he has been involved with Celtic Shores Realty since 2010 and Sutton Place Occupational Therapy through 2025. Valic Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer serving primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary unified managed accounts using third-party model managers and emphasizes a technology-driven approach to managing a large client base.

David Scher is a CFP® and ChFC® professional with 25 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Kestra Advisory since 2016 and also maintains a role at Applied High Voltage, LLC. Scher serves on the board of the Ridgewood AM Rotary Club, where the board allocates funds to community-oriented charitable projects and scholarships. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a broad client base including institutional and individual investors. The firm offers fiduciary consulting, plan design, and diverse investment solutions, serving large institutional clients and delivering specialized services such as pooled employer plans and discretionary trading.

Yanelys Benham is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA-CREF since 2014. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily for individuals with pre-existing TIAA retirement plan relationships, as well as trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans. The firm distinguishes between point-in-time planning services and ongoing portfolio management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund within a vertically integrated structure.

John Rapport is a CFP® with 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Rockefeller Financial LLC and has held prior roles at Rockefeller Capital Management, Bank of America, N.A., and Merrill Lynch. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm combines discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management with financial planning and consulting, operating also as a registered broker-dealer that provides securities transactions, variable insurance products, and investment banking services.

Philip Sandt is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Janney since 2001. 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, including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and municipal clients, providing brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Angel Quito is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and previously worked at Mirador and Northwestern Mutual. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, along with proprietary research and various investment strategies.

Peter Christian Della Volpe is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding a Series 66 designation and possessing one year of experience. His prior work includes roles at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Before entering the financial industry, he spent several years in education at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle and High Schools and Franklin and Marshall College. 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 a range of brokerage and advisory services, utilizing proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

Anthony Croce is a CFP® professional at Hightower Advisors with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2023 and previously at Altium Wealth Management and Investmark Advisory Group. Croce also serves as an Infantry Officer and Platoon Leader in the Connecticut Army National Guard. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a model that emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions with access to both affiliated and third-party managers.