Nicole Kianka is a CFP® certificant with four years of experience in the financial industry. She is currently with Rockefeller Financial LLC and has previous experience at Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Wells Fargo Bank, and Wescott Financial Advisory Firm. Outside of finance, she holds a law license in Pennsylvania and works part-time as a bartender. 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 range of portfolio management and financial planning services and operates as a registered broker-dealer, providing securities transactions, variable insurance products, and investment banking services through a private advisor model and a consolidated investment platform.

David Engel is a financial advisor at Principal Financial Services with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has prior work history in mortgage and legal sectors, including positions at Guild Mortgage, Academy Mortgage, and McDermott Will & Emery. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a broad client base that includes individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel stationed outside the United States. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Daniel Zajac is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and leading the Zajac Group since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at Lincoln Investment and Capital Analysts Incorporated. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in tax preparation services through Zajac Tax, LLC, writes financial blog content, and co-owns Animate Wealth, a fintech application development company. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a comprehensive platform of advisory programs, technology, investment management, and practice-management support, allowing advisors discretion to construct portfolios and access model portfolios managed by Commonwealth’s Investment Management and Research team.

Michael Rothman is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and possessing 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at various firms affiliated with Citizens Bank since 2010 and joined Truist Advisory Services in 2019. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm combines discretionary manager relationships with non-discretionary consulting and uses AI-enabled research tools alongside traditional analysis to support its investment approach.

Timothy Howell is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with GWN Securities since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in a restaurant LLC, The Coop Sports Bar and iKitchen. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients, including high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios, utilizing a range of investment strategies including traditional asset allocation and legacy market-timing methods.

Joshua Levitus is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and three years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including OSAIC and New Century Financial Group. Levitus also spent four years at Lehigh University. Independent Financial Group, LLC offers investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, and corporate and pension plans. The firm employs a range of portfolio management strategies using both firm- and third-party models, combining passive and active exposures across standard risk profiles.

Christopher Schuch is a CFP® with 16 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Mariner, where he has worked since 2021, and previously spent nine years at CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Schuch serves as a board member for the Avon Grove Wildcats Girls Lacrosse club and coaches a youth lacrosse team through True Lacrosse, LLC. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, providing investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and coordinated tax services. The firm offers customized discretionary portfolios supported by an internal investment committee and integrates tax, accounting, and family office services alongside its portfolio management capabilities.

Andrew Johnson is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory. He has worked at Charles Schwab since 2021 and has prior experience at firms including Infosys and The Vanguard Group. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients, using proprietary asset-allocation models and internal research tools to tailor recommendations based on client goals and risk tolerance.

Carl Nadwodny Jr. is a CFP® and CFA® credentialed financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC and Convergent Financial Strategies LLC. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Ian Mac Kinnon is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at WealthBridge Financial and Edmund Optics, Inc. In addition to his advisory role, he owns AtTrainable Real Estate IQ, LLC, a real estate business focused on buying, renovating, and selling or leasing investment properties. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that blends active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds under an enhanced open architecture framework.

David Kovach is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 35 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has worked at firms including APW Capital, Inc. and Kistler Tiffany Advisors. He serves as president of the KTA Funding Hope Foundation, a charitable organization based in Berwyn, PA. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in client assets and employs a financial planning–led investment process emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by various tactical approaches and comprehensive retirement plan services.

Vincent Grasso is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has six years of industry experience. Before joining GWN Securities, he worked at Kades-Margolis and MML Investors Services. His earlier career includes roles outside finance, such as at Tango Restaurant and Tony Cappelli and Sons. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through multiple managed account programs and financial planning offerings. The firm utilizes a mix of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers, model-based asset allocation strategies, and maintains a historic use of market-timing and momentum-based trading approaches in certain legacy programs.

Jeffrey Miller is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Wayne, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with GWN Securities since 2005 and also serves as a sales manager at Kades Margolis, where he recruits, trains, and develops new advisors. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through multiple managed account programs, employing a mix of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and model-based allocations grounded in asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm is noted for its use of market-timing and momentum-based strategies in certain legacy programs.

Stephanie Maurer is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has previously been associated with Independence Wealth Services. Outside of her advisory work, she is a member of Shellenberger Family, LLC, a family business unrelated to investments. Commonwealth Financial Network is a national registered investment adviser that supports approximately 2,950 advisors with a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides operational, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors who deliver personalized client portfolios.

Landon Swallow is a financial advisor at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has previously worked at Northwestern Mutual and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. Swallow is also involved in insurance brokerage businesses, including roles with 1847Financial, Estate Strategies Inc, and Redwood Financial Advisors. 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 adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer, managing billions in assets through a network of advisors and third-party asset managers.

Jason Forsythe is a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory with 27 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior experience includes over two decades at Lincoln Financial Distributors and six years at Merrill. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and select Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients. The firm offers guidance on asset allocation and investment selection based on proprietary research and standard models, with reviews tailored to individual clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

Joseph Giorgio is a financial advisor at Corient with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms, including Coventry First and Radnor Financial Advisors. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party manager solutions and emphasizes risk management and portfolio monitoring.

John Casale is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 33 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Janney since 2018 and previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors from 2015 to 2018. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC manages approximately $110 billion in client assets and serves a diverse range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and municipal entities. The firm provides brokerage services, financial planning, and advisory programs through a combination of in-house portfolio management and third-party managers.

Tyler Foley is a financial advisor with Key Investment Services LLC in Kennett Square, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and nine years of industry experience. His career includes roles at KeyBank, Santander Securities, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Branch Banking and Trust. Key Investment Services LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides portfolio management and model-based advisory products to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and institutional plan clients through a broad network of financial professionals. The firm employs a multi-provider model for portfolio implementation and oversight, with significant integration of affiliated services from KeyCorp entities.

Timothy Landmesser is a financial advisor at Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Sei and JPMorgan. Timothy’s background also includes four years at Pennsylvania State University and five years at Germantown Academy. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, and retirement-plan and business-consulting services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, trusts, family offices, and other institutional clients. The firm employs a mix of in-house models, custom portfolios, and third-party manager selection, supported by an Investment Policy Committee and extensive research resources.