John Henien is a financial advisor at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at HSBC Bank USA N.A. since 2016 and HSBC Securities since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in managing residential real estate rental activities through multiple entities and rents a swimming pool via a mobile platform. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. provides managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses a range of model risk profiles and combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with fund due diligence, offering both client-directed and fully discretionary investment solutions.

David Avila is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Vienna, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at George Mason University and multiple financial services firms such as Charles Schwab and MassMutual. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional sponsors, and retirement plans. The firm provides a range of advisory services including financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting, with an emphasis on tailored recommendations and a primarily non-discretionary asset management approach.

Christopher Buckley is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Schwab Wealth Advisory and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., where he has worked since 2024. Prior to this, he spent six years with Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and nine years with FIDELITY Brokerage Services LLC. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, using standard asset allocation models and Schwab research tools. The firm focuses on annual financial reviews and investment recommendations while leaving final trading decisions to clients, and it operates as an internal advisory unit within the Schwab ecosystem.

Kenneth Clarke is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Ameritas Advisory Services since 2021 and has been associated with Peake Financial and Ameritas Investment Corp. since 2016. Clarke is also involved with Peake Financial Group LLC, where he serves as a financial representative focusing on insurance and investment services. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual investors, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a variety of managed account programs and fee-based management of variable annuity and universal life subaccounts, supported by risk-based portfolio construction and multiple custodial platforms.

Leah Jones is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Hightower Advisors since 2015. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is based in Bethesda, MD. Outside of her advisory role, she owns a small rental property in Chicago. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm’s approach includes multi-manager solutions and discretionary portfolio management, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers across various investment vehicles.

Christopher Johnson is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC and Bridgewater Wealth & Financial Management, LLC. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a blend of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Sofia Kostopoulos is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets and holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials. She has 25 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Wells Fargo and JP Morgan. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with both discretionary and non-discretionary programs, supported by in-house research and a range of specialized market roles.

Dee Schedler is a financial advisor at CIBC Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and has been associated with Investment Advisers, Inc. since 2004. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies. The firm combines an internal investment team and governance committees to offer customized portfolio management and wealth advisory services, leveraging both proprietary and external strategies.

Steven Goldfarb is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Washington, DC, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2014. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that manages approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and a range of advisory programs.

Sarah Kyle is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, AvalonBay, and Ernst & Young. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm combines active and passive investment strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, emphasizing long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive portfolio construction.

Joshua Stromberg is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at EP Wealth Advisors. His prior roles include positions at Divergent Planning, Wealthway Financial Advisors, and Ameriprise Financial. EP Wealth Advisors is a registered investment adviser that serves individuals, corporate and business clients, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services, using customized model portfolios and a variety of investment strategies including fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

James Bruyette is a financial advisor with Creative Planning in Annandale, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He previously worked for IA Sullivan, Bruyette, Spero & Blayney and Sullivan, Bruyette, SperoS & Blayney, Inc. for 30 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member and youth coach for the First Tee of Greater Washington DC. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment process emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a large advisory team and centralized investment infrastructure.

Justin Graves is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Alexandria, VA. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining PNC, he worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities. Outside of finance, he was involved with Tom's Watch Bar. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including the Portfolio Solutions Strategist Digital Offering, an online discretionary model account available by invitation to employees with PNC Bank online credentials. The firm utilizes approved model strategies implemented via mutual funds and ETFs with annual rebalancing and limited direct client interaction.

Kadri Emini is a financial advisor at First Command Advisory Services with one year of industry experience. They hold Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and have worked within various First Command entities since 2024. Prior to entering the advisory field, Kadri was involved with Auto Salloni 01 for ten years. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a particular focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs featuring model portfolios managed by an internal Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers.

Matthew Robertson is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with TIAA and TIAA-CREF since 2007. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning, discretionary managed account programs, and broker-dealer services primarily to individuals connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm separates one-time planning services from ongoing portfolio management, applying a fiduciary standard to its advisory services and acting as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Bryan Lennon is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and previously worked at Atomic Invest, LLC and Personal Capital Advisors Corporation. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting with an investment approach that combines passive and active managers guided by quantitative and fundamental research.

Gabriel Krawczak is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Washington, DC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has worked with SunTrust Advisory Services since 2016 and with Suntrust Securities, Inc. since 2000. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation, fiduciary support, and a manager-selection program that combines discretionary and non-discretionary approaches, supported by AI-enabled research and inter-affiliate integration.

Frances Arias is a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) affiliated with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and has 14 years of industry experience. She has been associated with New York Life Insurance Company and Nylife Securities LLC since 2012 and joined Eagle Strategies in 2022. Outside of her advisory role, Arias works as an independent contractor at St. Francis of Assisi Church and performs as a paid wedding musician. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, defined contribution and benefit plans, as well as charitable and corporate clients. The firm provides tailored financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services, emphasizing mostly non-discretionary asset management within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Taylor Seiling is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Creative Planning since 2021 and previously spent 15 years at SBSB Financial Advisors. Based in McLean, VA, he is part of a large advisory firm serving a diverse client base. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in assets and employs a financial planning–led investment process that incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and supplemental approaches such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Brita Jones is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd in Silver Spring, MD, holding the ChFC® and Series 66 designations and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has worked at Stratos Wealth Partners since 2016 and concurrently at LPL Financial since 2007, with prior experience at Uvest Financial Services Group, Inc. from 2004 to 2007. Stratos Wealth Partners serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm’s investment approach integrates individualized asset allocation and active monitoring, offering access to proprietary and third-party strategies through a broad network of investment adviser representatives.