Bryant Sheftick is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life). He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2019 and has longstanding affiliations with NYLife Securities Inc., New York Life Insurance Co., and Paramount Financial dating back to 2004. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates Sheftick & Associates CPA, PLLC, a CPA firm specializing in tax preparation and planning. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated investment adviser representatives. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages a substantial asset base primarily on a non-discretionary basis, including work with defined contribution and defined benefit plans as well as charitable and corporate clients.

Craig Ferrantino is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 31 years of industry experience and has served in various roles including as president of Craig James Financial Services, LLC since 2018. Outside of his advisory work, Ferrantino is involved with several nonprofit financial education organizations and volunteers as an EMT-Advanced Life Support. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management firm serving a diverse client base that includes individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm delivers advisory and brokerage services through independent representatives using multiple custodians and third-party managers, with a significant portion of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Theodore Agrillo III is a financial advisor at CWM, LLC with 33 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has held prior roles at Cetera Wealth Services, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, The Pinnacle Financial Group, and LPL Financial. Agrillo also owns Multiplex Planning and is involved with Financial Strategies Group, where he helps develop strategies for high-net-worth clients using charitable and load trusts funded by life insurance. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, foundations, corporations, and institutions through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm employs discretionary management using model portfolios and combines fundamental and technical analysis, third-party sub-advisors, and customization tools to support retirement plans, institutional clients, and platform services.

Alex Canas is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. with 36 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has worked at Voya Financial Partners since 2014, in addition to affiliation with Anthony Izzo & Associates and Aetna Life & Casualty. Outside of his advisory roles, he is an independent insurance agent involved in the sale of various insurance products, including fixed and index annuities and life insurance. Voya Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual and institutional clients such as retirement plan sponsors and charitable organizations. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, and plan-sponsor consulting through multiple program structures, with a focus on non-discretionary, recommendation-based advice.

Devin Higgins is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at The Ayco Company LP since 2019. Prior to that, he was employed at the University at Albany and Vito A. Sindoni & Son Packing Company. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services offers financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and model portfolios, delivering services through both discretionary and non-discretionary managers, and integrates offerings across its affiliated financial entities.

Jose Sanchez is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2015. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm separates one-time planning services from ongoing managed account management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund while operating within a vertically integrated group that uses affiliated funds.

Trevor Mcnally is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Bungee Capital Partners, and Managed Care Advisory Group, Inc. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker‑dealer and SEC‑registered investment adviser serving individuals—including high-net-worth clients—pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with a range of brokerage, financial planning, and retirement consulting services.

Thakoor Balkaran is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has been with VOYA Financial Advisors since 2014 and has also operated Balkaran & Associates since 2011. Balkaran is an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance products. VOYA Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors, retirement plan sponsors, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm provides services such as financial planning, portfolio management, and plan-sponsor consulting, delivering advice primarily through non-discretionary, recommendation-based programs.

Michael Murray is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 31 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has previously worked at American Express Financial Advisors Inc., Securities America Advisors, and OSAIC. He also has involvement in fixed insurance sales as part of his business activities. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of nearly 2,900 advisors and a broad client base. The firm provides a comprehensive adviser-support platform, including managed account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services, managing approximately $212.7 billion in client assets.

Lissette Almanzar is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with seven years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Hightower Securities LLC since 2017. Outside of her advisory role, she volunteers as a financial coach with Women's Money Matters and maintains a fitness and lifestyle content page on TikTok. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a range of individual and institutional clients, employing a multi-manager investment approach that includes affiliated and third-party managers, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Michael Weinberg is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Guardian Life and its affiliates since 1997. Outside of his advisory role, he is a CPA who prepares various types of tax returns and also conducts insurance sales independently. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser owned by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. The firm offers brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients.

Nicole Ilustre is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with three years of industry experience. She has worked at The Colony Group since 2021 and previously at Thrivent Financial from 2017 to 2021. She is affiliated with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, an enterprise firm serving individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm offers a broad range of wealth advisory and investment management services, employing a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Rosario Lenzo III is a CFP® and ChFC® with 39 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC and has been associated with both Hornor, Townsend & Kent and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company since 2012. Lenzo is involved in insurance sales and investment advisory through his roles related to Empire Wealth Strategies and Lenzo Wealth Management. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans by offering advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm operates both as an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer, managing a multi-billion-dollar asset base through a combination of third-party asset managers and tailored client strategies.

Frank Booth Jr. is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. in Melville, NY, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has been with VOYA Financial Advisors since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is also active as an independent insurance agent and works as a real estate salesperson with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. VOYA Financial Advisors serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting through various program structures, primarily focusing on non-discretionary, recommendation-based relationships.

Jeffrey Lang is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets in Dix Hills, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles such as operating as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Jeremy Kosh is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Oppenheimer since 2020, following six years at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Oppenheimer serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—corporations, pooled vehicles, and retirement plans, offering a variety of advisory programs such as portfolio management, consulting, and financial planning. The firm employs diverse investment approaches across equity, balanced, and fixed income strategies, managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025.

Jonathan Freed is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and over 45 years of industry experience. He has been with Ameritas Advisory Services since 2021 and also serves as President of Freed Management Group Inc., a business focused on insurance sales and administration since 1994. Additionally, he is a Limited Partner-Consultant with ABHC Property Group LLC, involved in commercial real estate management. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, charitable and corporate entities, and retirement plans, offering fee-based asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory through a variety of investment strategies and affiliated representatives.

Scott Greenspon is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott and holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. He has 26 years of industry experience and has been with Janney in various capacities since 2016. 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, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple wrap/advisory programs.

Isaac Addo is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Uniondale, NY, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. He has been associated with New York Life Insurance Company since 2003 and Nylife Securities, Inc since 2006. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individual investors and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a comprehensive network of advisors. The firm emphasizes tailored advice delivered primarily on a non-discretionary basis and operates within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Brennian Antell is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 17 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has previously worked at Altium Wealth Management LLC and Hightower Altium Holding, LLC. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in insurance advice and sales through Altium Planning, Inc. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, pension plans, charitable organizations, and financial institutions. The firm’s approach features multi-manager solutions and manager selection, offering access to both affiliated and third-party managers with a broad range of investment options.