Tara Verbeek is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. She has been with Commonwealth Financial Network since 2011. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and services, including discretionary model portfolios and personalized investment solutions, while providing operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Tyler Fouhey is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at GWFS Equities, Inc. since 2018. Prior to his financial services career, he was employed at Jimmy's Steer House. Outside of his advisory role, he has experience working as a restaurant server specializing in American BBQ. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management services mainly to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm’s approach integrates recordkeeping and administrative platforms, emphasizing long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and client savings rates.

James Whiteman is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Commonwealth since 2008. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, while supporting affiliated advisors with operations, technology, investment management, and compliance.

Tia Mc Namara is a CFP® and Series 66 credentialed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience. She is currently with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC and has previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services and Cascade Pacific Financial Planners. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in independent insurance brokering focused on whole life insurance. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office and retirement advisory services, employing customized portfolios with a long-term approach and oversight of third-party asset managers.

Nicholas Cross is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Peabody, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Tritower Real Estate Capital, DMB Financial, and TD Bank. He operates under the DBA Dickinson Wealth Strategies LLC to sell New York Life products and services. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailored recommendations, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Grace Moleski is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience currently affiliated with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. Prior to joining Focus Partners Wealth in 2026, she worked at Pathstone Family Office for five years and held roles at Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. and GEN Financial Management Inc. She also has a background in the hospitality industry. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporations, retirement plans, and institutions, offering a wide range of wealth management and advisory services through a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that integrates fundamental and quantitative analysis with various asset management strategies.

Myles Davis is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Eagle Strategies, he has been associated with NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an assistant coach for the Roxbury Latin Varsity Basketball team. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors and institutional sponsors. The firm emphasizes tailored solutions and offers a range of advisory programs, primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Charles Costa II is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and six years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at GWFS Equities, Renewables Worldwide, and Pella Windows and Doors. Outside of his advisory work, Costa occasionally performs paid musical gigs and bartends at a live music venue. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain retail brokerage clients. The firm employs an integrated service model connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Dillon Driscoll is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Financial Planning Solutions, LLC and Manganaro Building LLC, as well as work in education and local government. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a manager selection process using a proprietary “Focus List” and offers discretionary wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and outsourced CIO solutions.

John Howard Jr. is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Wakefield, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 19 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Eagle Strategies since 2009 and has operated under the DBA Rocco Insurance and Financial Group since 2019, brokering non-registered insurance products alongside his advisory role. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes non-discretionary asset management within an integrated New York Life affiliate framework.

Richard Zachary is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 25 years of industry experience and a Series 66 designation. His career includes roles at Fidelity, E*TRADE, Nationwide Investment Services, and other financial services firms. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing retirement relationships through TIAA. The firm’s model distinguishes point-in-time planning from ongoing discretionary management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund while operating within a vertically integrated group using affiliated funds.

Michael Wilson is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 18 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Avantax Investment Services and Donnelly Boland & Associates. Outside of advisory services, he owns Wilson Accounting Group, LLC, which provides accounting and payroll services. Commonwealth Financial Network is a national dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser supporting approximately 2,900 advisors and managing over $212 billion in client assets. The firm offers a comprehensive adviser platform with both discretionary and nondiscretionary managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services.

Michael Wood is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer in Boston, MA, with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Fahnestock & Co. Inc. since 2002. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides a range of advisory and brokerage services, utilizing strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and various investment strategies tailored to client objectives.

Jonathan Morrill is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to his current role, he worked at Trindent Consulting and Procter & Gamble. Outside of finance, he owns Pi Design Boston, a small business specializing in custom embroidery services. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm provides tailored advice through various program types and works extensively with retirement plans and insurance-related products.

Christopher O'Day is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with 2 years of industry experience. He previously worked at LGA, LLP and ALL CPAs and has been involved with the Massachusetts Society of CPAs since 2010. Outside of advising, he serves as Director of Marketing for LGA LLP, a CPA and business advisory firm. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing a long-term investment approach with customizable portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed income.

Daniel Ferris is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. Prior to his advisory role, he served twenty years in the United States Army. Outside of his advisory work, he is the founder of High Caliber Solutions LLC, where he teaches military planning, combat leadership, and performance coaching to both service members and civilian businesses. 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 provides financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs managed through a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers.

Joseph Hayes is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors since 2023. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at Boston Hill Advisors, LLC. He also has a background in brokerage, life, and health sales dating back to 1995. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors. The firm's approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers alongside proprietary research to build customized portfolios.

Austin Litvak is a CFP® and CFA® with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with Mercer Global Advisors and previously spent six years at O’Brien Wealth Partners LLC, along with prior roles at Boston Advisors, LLC and Fidelity Investments. O’Brien Wealth Partners LLC provides fee-only investment advice and financial planning to individuals, families, businesses, nonprofits, pension plans, and endowments, managing approximately $1.1 billion in discretionary assets. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes capital preservation and attractive returns through diversified asset allocation, using mutual funds, ETFs, and occasionally interval funds, emerging markets, and ESG-focused investments.

John Hagberg is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Commonwealth since 2000. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, and supports affiliated advisors with operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management resources.

Benjamin Mander is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe, he held various roles at Boston College, Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA, and Grace Church School. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, standalone financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines its asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers and employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.