Brendon Worst is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving at Cedar Spring Advisors, LLC. He has previously worked at Northrop Grumman and Freshly, Inc., and holds a Series 65 license. He is also involved with Halcyon Financial as an insurance agent. Cedar Spring Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as charitable organizations, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm manages approximately $169 million in assets and employs a range of investment strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Bradford Yeakle is a financial advisor at MY Wealth Management, Inc. in Germantown, MD, holding a ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has seven years of industry experience, including six years at T. Rowe Price before joining MY Wealth Management in 2024. MY Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and small business entities with tailored investment strategies that include stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and options. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting while maintaining a small advisory team managing approximately $156 million for about 114 clients.

Bradley Sherman is a financial advisor at Sherman Wealth Management LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Sherman Wealth Management since 2013, previously spending four years at Osaic FS, Inc. Outside of advising, Sherman is a co-owner of real estate rental properties, where he is involved in property maintenance and rent collection. Sherman Wealth Management provides advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a customized, open-architecture investment approach focused on long-term investing, strategic asset allocation, and fundamental analysis, utilizing low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Genti Cici is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is the founder of StandUP Advisors, where he has served as a fiduciary advisor since 2017. In addition to his work at StandUP Advisors, he provides financial planning and fiduciary advice to clients through an independent contractor relationship with InvestEd. StandUP Advisors is a fee-only fiduciary firm serving individuals, families, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a customized, goals-based process and manages assets on a discretionary basis with a broadly diversified, ETF-style global investment approach, offering both all-ETF core strategies and core-satellite options.

Micah Patashnik is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving at Macroview Investment Management LLC. He has worked at Absolute Investment Management since 2012. Macroview Investment Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, corporations, non-profits, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a top-down, macroeconomic investment approach and manages portfolios with diversified strategies that may include third-party managers.

Jaron Beach is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Pointer Financial Advisors LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Canter Wealth, Cetera Financial, Northwestern Mutual, and LPL Financial. Pointer Financial Advisors serves individual clients across various wealth levels as well as trusts, estates, family businesses, charitable organizations, and plan assets, providing discretionary investment management and integrated wealth and financial planning services. The firm focuses on customized strategic asset allocation and fundamental analysis to achieve global diversification across multiple asset classes.

Christopher Brown is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Ivy League Financial Advisors LLC, formerly Commonwealth Advisory, since 1999. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. Ivy League Financial Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, emphasizing documented client objectives and ongoing portfolio monitoring and rebalancing.

William Powell is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Ferguson-Johnson Wealth Management, Inc. since 2013. Ferguson-Johnson Wealth Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser providing investment management and financial planning to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and nonprofit entities. The firm employs a research-based passive investment approach emphasizing broad diversification through ETFs, no-load index funds, and engineered-index funds, managing roughly $316 million across about 190 client relationships.

Richard Gaige is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience. He is currently a managing partner and Co-CEO at GLR Partners, where he oversees investments and portfolio management. Prior to joining GLR Partners, he worked for ten years at UBS Financial Services. GLR Partners provides personalized financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, and qualified retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $260.7 million in discretionary assets for around 170 clients, employing fundamental research to build long-term portfolios while allowing for shorter-term trading when appropriate.

Andrew Magdar is a Series 65-licensed advisor at White Oak Wealth Management in Columbia, MD, with less than one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles in banking and the hospitality sector, as well as being a full-time student. White Oak Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, managing approximately $124.2 million in discretionary assets. The firm employs a blend of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analyses to create tailored investment plans and utilizes discretionary management with diverse investment vehicles, including the use of leverage and derivatives where appropriate.

Gary Williams is a CFP® with over 31 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the founder of Williams Asset Management and has also spent significant time at Commonwealth Financial Network. Outside of his advisory work, he is the author of the book *Art of Retirement* and holds several nonprofit roles, including chairing the investment committee and serving on the executive board at the Y of Central Maryland. Williams Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management, wealth management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a multi-disciplinary investment approach combining fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, and incorporates options strategies alongside long-term trading.

Richard Schaeffer is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 41 years of industry experience. He is associated with Schaeffer Financial LLC, where he has worked for over two decades, and currently serves as part of a five-advisor team. His prior experience includes roles at Grove Point Investments and LPL Financial. Schaeffer Financial serves individuals and families, including federal employees and foreign nationals holding G‑IV visas, as well as trusts, foundations, and small businesses. The firm provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management, emphasizing diversified asset allocation tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance, and frequently coordinates with outside professionals to implement client plans.

Michael Ausherman Jr. is a financial advisor with Milestone Asset Management, LLC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, and has 18 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Alphastar Capital Management, Brookstone Capital Management, Legacy Capital Planners, and Ausherman Financial Group, which he owns and operates as a separate insurance sales business. He is also involved in financial planning and income tax preparation through Legacy Capital Planners. Milestone Asset Management provides discretionary asset management and modular financial planning primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, as well as trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a blend of tactical and strategic investment approaches using firm-developed and third-party model portfolios, sub-advisers, and derivative-based strategies.

Thomas Arnold is a financial advisor with Sentinel Asset Management, LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and New York Life Insurance Company. Sentinel Asset Management, LLC is a fee-based advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a mosaic investment approach, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and provides ongoing account monitoring alongside due diligence of third-party managers.

Sandeep Saini is a CFP® professional with one year of experience at PlanVest Financial, Inc. Prior to joining PlanVest, he worked for 22 years with the US Public Health Services and FDA and was involved with SSI Education DBA The Goddard School. PlanVest Financial, Inc. primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, providing wealth planning, financial planning, and investment management through a team of six advisors managing approximately $176 million. The firm customizes portfolios using a mix of analytical approaches and offers multiple engagement models, including a unique wrap fee program and a dedicated federal-employee planning service.

Michael Cassella is a financial advisor with AtCap Partners, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ceros Financial Services, Inc., National Securities, Sns Installations, MD Global Partners, and Worden Capital Management LLC. Outside of finance, he is involved in a home health care business and serves as an officer in a pass-through corporation. AtCap Partners provides investment management and financial planning services to individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and technical analysis, including market cycle timing, and offers access to alternative investments and affiliated private funds as part of its comprehensive client programs.

Tanya Rapacz is a CFP® with 17 years of experience in the financial industry. She has worked at The Advisory Group of San Francisco, LLC since 2023 and previously held roles at Arthur Stein Financial, LLC and Zeiders Enterprises. Outside of financial advising, she owns and operates The Partnership Resource, where she provides consulting on mergers, conflict resolution, and succession, and speaks and writes on these topics. The Advisory Group of San Francisco, LLC is a fee-only advisory firm serving individuals, foundations, endowments, and retirement plans. The six-advisor team manages approximately $810 million, employing a blend of modern portfolio theory, fundamental and quantitative analysis, active and passive mutual funds, and periodic portfolio rebalancing.

Todd Norris is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving at Mercer Global Advisors following their acquisition of Glass Jacobson Wealth Advisors. He previously worked at Glass Jacobson Wealth Advisors, Facet Wealth, Life Plan Financial, and Prime Investment Advisors. Glass Jacobson Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, providing investment advisory and financial planning alongside integrated services such as tax preparation, accounting, business consulting, and litigation support. The firm uses a quarterly-investment committee approach focused on diversified asset allocation, managing accounts on a household basis with both discretionary and limited non-discretionary relationships.

Roger Desai is a financial advisor with Lynx Investment Advisory, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms, including United Planners Financial Services and The Patriot Financial Group, and serves as adjunct faculty at Howard Community College. Desai is also a vice president of a local condominium association, reflecting involvement in community activities. Lynx Investment Advisory serves individual and institutional clients by providing investment consulting, manager research, and portfolio monitoring. The firm builds customized allocations typically implemented through vetted third-party managers and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Connor Wilson is a financial advisor at Elite Income Advisors, Inc. in Ellicott City, MD, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Elite Income Advisors, he worked in various roles including at CVS Pharmacy and York College of Pennsylvania. He is also an independent insurance agent based in Ellicott City. Elite Income Advisors serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and pension consulting, utilizing model portfolios and third-party managers while emphasizing participant education and employee communications for retirement plans.