Bernard Suissa is a financial advisor at Suissa Private Wealth with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His career includes roles at RBC Capital Markets, Wells Fargo Clearing, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Global Markets, and Merrill. Outside of finance, he is involved as a silent partner in an indoor gardening store and holds ownership interests in food manufacturing and guest suites businesses. Suissa Private Wealth is a newly registered investment adviser firm with three advisors, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services primarily to individuals, nonprofits, and business entities. The firm's investment approach focuses on asset allocation and fundamental analysis, employing long-term strategies with periodic rebalancing and quarterly reviews, while also utilizing external managers for portions of client portfolios.

Jiyang Liu is a financial advisor at OSAIC with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at SagePoint Financial, Inc. and Pinion Financial Services. Liu assists financial advisors as part of his role at Pinion Financial Services. OSAIC is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA member broker-dealer serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a range of investment strategies supported by technology-driven portfolio management tools and offers access to various custodial platforms and third-party managers.

William Riley is a financial advisor at Cristata Investment Management with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Cristata Wealth Solutions since 2009. Riley holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. Cristata Wealth Solutions, LLC provides personalized portfolio management and asset-review services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs individualized asset-allocation strategies and combines a long-term investment orientation with short-term trading techniques.

Ashley Perlmutter is a financial advisor at Sherman Wealth Management LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has worked at Sherman Wealth Management since 2020, following four years at the University of Maryland. Outside of financial advising, she operates a small affiliate linking and clothing resale business. Sherman Wealth Management provides advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm uses a customized, open-architecture investment approach focused on long-term investing and strategic asset allocation, often incorporating low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and third-party advisers.

Laura Markoff is a financial advisor at Meritis Wealth Management, Inc. with 21 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Morgan Stanley for 10 years and then at Wells Fargo under the Meritis Wealth Management name for six years before joining Meritis as a supported firm in 2025. She holds a Series 66 license and is also a licensed insurance agent. Meritis Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses by providing customized wealth management that integrates investment management, financial planning, and insurance consulting. The firm implements investment programs tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, typically on a discretionary basis, and employs research from multiple sources to construct portfolios.

Kirsten Calambro is a CFP® professional with Oxford Planning Group, LLC in Woodstock, MD, where she has worked since 2019. She has four years of industry experience and attended James Madison University. Oxford Planning Group provides investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a tailored investment approach combining fundamental analysis with technical techniques and offers services including participant education and plan menu selection for retirement plans.

Taiyoung Lee is a financial advisor at Wealthy & Wise Family Office with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at PTC International Portfolio Management, Inc. since 2000 and at PTC International Inc. since 1981. Outside of his advisory role, he consults for small and mid-size companies in South Korea, focusing on business development. Wealthy & Wise Family Office provides investment advisory and wealth management services to small business owners, professionals, and a variety of individual and institutional clients. The firm employs a customized investment process with discretionary portfolio management and offers comprehensive financial and family-office planning services.

Richard Gloekler is a financial advisor at Marks Wealth Management in Ellicott City, MD. He holds a Series 65 designation and has recently started his career in financial advising, with prior experience at the University of Maryland. Marks Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers comprehensive wealth management services including financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management, with an investment approach focused on globally allocated portfolios and active management.

Leon Malnik is a financial advisor with Malnik Wealth Management, LLC in Clarksville, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and over 33 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and The Retirement Group, LLC. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in selling fixed insurance and annuity products and owns an insurance agency. Malnik Wealth Management provides personalized asset management primarily focused on retirement preparation and ongoing portfolio oversight for individuals and families. The firm manages approximately $79 million for around 150 clients, employing a mix of active and passive strategies across equities, ETFs, and fixed income, with services including management of held-away retirement accounts.

We created Lifetime Financial to serve the professional households working for the greater good. Our clients are unintentional millionaires. It might be surprising to think of yourself as a millionaire, but when you add up the equity in your home, a lifetime of saving, high market returns, and inflation—it quickly adds up. Though modestly affluent households like yours don’t have the resources of the ultra-wealthy, you still have much of the same complexity and the need for regular guidance. Typically, these households hold an average of $1.5 million in liquid assets and are often underserved by the financial community. Eighty percent of high-net-worth and mega-millionaires work with financial advisors to plan and manage their finances, but only 60% of unintentional millionaires do. We provide extensive, full-service financial planning and investment management with great services and ongoing support at a reasonable price. We are independent fiduciaries and keep our fees low, well below Wall Street rates, while providing services they don’t offer. An important distinction is that we are a Fee-Only firm, which is often confused with Fee-Based which is more common in larger firms. In contrast to Fee-Only, Fee-Based advisors receive commissions on products they sell you. We are only paid by you. Our typical clients are nonprofit professionals and those working for the greater good who want expert financial help with retirement, college planning, investing, tax planning, and more. Together we will connect the dots between your financial realities and the life you long to live.

Zachary Moss is a financial advisor with Potomac Investment Company, holding a Series 66 designation and no prior industry experience. His work history includes roles at Bank of Montreal, Hamilton Ventures, Georgetown University, Potomac Investment Co, and The York School. Potomac Investment Company is a small investment management firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement accounts. The firm employs a conservative, long-term investment strategy focused on diversification and fundamental analysis, managing portfolios of publicly traded equities, mutual funds, and fixed-income securities.

Jeffrey Yeakle is a CFP® and ChFC® with 28 years of industry experience. He is currently with My Wealth Management, Inc., where he has worked since 2013, and previously held positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and LPL Financial. My Wealth Management, Inc. provides asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, and business entities. The firm manages portfolios using a variety of securities and employs a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Alishia Creekmore is a financial advisor at Lifetime Financial with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Lifetime Financial, she worked at the Coalition to Transforming Advanced Care and Capote Ventures. Lifetime Financial LLC is a small advisory firm serving individuals and high-net-worth clients, particularly professionals at nonprofits, colleges, and government organizations. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning, investment management, and employee benefit consulting, emphasizing systematic investment management and tax-aware strategies.

Lauren Gretchen is a financial advisor at Invested Advisors with 23 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at Abundance Wealth Counselors and Triad Advisors. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved with Swayze LLC, a compliance consulting business. Invested Advisors provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm focuses on goal-driven portfolio construction tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerance, often utilizing third-party managers and specialist strategies.

James Lee is a financial advisor at Lee-Kelleher Wealth Management with 27 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. Lee serves as an advisory board member for Adoptions Together, a nonprofit organization that helps people find adopting families. Lee-Kelleher Wealth Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, trusts, foundations, and other business entities. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to construct diversified portfolios and provides discretionary portfolio management alongside financial and retirement plan consulting services.

Jordan Wilson is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Blueprint Wealth Management Inc. in Ellicott City, MD, and has held registered representative roles at Steven M. Molesky and Associates and Kalos Capital since 2013. Blueprint Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with integrated financial planning and discretionary investment management, emphasizing long-term, broadly diversified allocations implemented primarily through indexed mutual funds and ETFs.

Richard Wagener is a CFP® and ChFC® with 51 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at Raymond James Financial since 2009 and also serves as President of Financial First Advisors, a firm he has been involved with since 1986. He occasionally acts as an insurance agent for life, fixed annuity, disability income, and long-term care products not typically available through Raymond James. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individual investors, high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and governmental entities. The firm offers financial planning and non-discretionary investment consulting, utilizing asset allocation, modeling tools, and firm research to develop tailored recommendations.

James Lee is a financial advisor with Lee Financial Associates, Inc. in Ellicott City, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and having 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at OSAIC and Lee Financial Associates, LLC since 2004 and 2005 respectively. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as president of Lee Financial Associates, Inc., where he also acts as an insurance agent. Lee Financial Associates serves individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities through a two-advisor team supporting about 39 client relationships. The firm emphasizes written financial planning and arranges investment management by selecting and monitoring third-party money managers, primarily using SEI model portfolios while clients retain custody with those third parties.

Brandon Levenson is a financial advisor at Suissa Private Wealth with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at RBC Capital Markets, Jones Lang LaSalle, Farmland Partners, CBRE, Yelp, and Penn State University. Suissa Private Wealth is a newly registered SEC investment adviser with three advisors that provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, non-profits, endowments, and business entities. The firm focuses on long-term strategies using asset allocation and fundamental analysis, incorporating dollar-cost averaging, periodic rebalancing, and quarterly performance reviews.

Joseph Jacques is a financial advisor at Jacques Advisors, LLC in Rockville, MD, holding the CFP® and ChFC® designations with 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Jacques Advisors since 2000 and also owns Jacques and Associates, Certified Public Accounts, LLC, a separate accounting firm. Jacques Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm offers customized portfolios utilizing a blend of in-house analysis, institutional models, and third-party managers, combining advisory, brokerage, and accounting capabilities within a small, credentialed team.