William Carlson is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Fort Myers, FL, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. He has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2017 and is involved in multiple business activities including offering estate planning services through LegacyShield Solutions Inc and promoting financial literacy locally through The Financial Literacy Project. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a broad client base, including individuals, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers across multiple platforms, delivering services through a large network of advisors and managing approximately $1.7 billion in regulatory assets under management.

Brian Simon is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 20 years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, Simon is involved in community activities including serving as Treasurer for the Jewish Federation of Lee and Charlotte Counties and as Vice President of Finance and Building for Temple Judea. He also owns Youth Sports Southwest Florida, a newsletter and website promoting youth sports in the region. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage and advisory services, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, utilizing a variety of proprietary and third-party investment programs.

Rick Pearl is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He worked at LPL Financial for 17 years before joining Independent Financial Group in 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an officer and director of an insurance agency and owns a marketing DBA, Pearl Financial Inc. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of brokerage, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement services through a national network of Investment Adviser Representatives and employs multiple advisory platforms and third-party asset managers to implement client investment strategies.

Thomas Cash is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd in Fort Myers, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Stratos Wealth Partners and affiliated LPL Financial since 2011. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers a Strategic Wealth Management platform with an open-architecture approach, utilizing multiple custodians and a range of affiliated and third-party sub-advisors to deliver tailored investment strategies.

Shelby Peltier is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with two years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. Her prior work includes roles at Citizens Securities, Inc. and Citizens Bank. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by third-party platform and manager arrangements, to deliver its investment solutions.

William Hoffer is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Fort Myers, FL, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 13 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, and Wells Fargo Advisors. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions, utilizing both adviser and promoter arrangements.

Mario Battistini is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Farther. His prior experience includes roles at JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch. Farther serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through a technology-driven advisory platform combined with direct client meetings. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach using bespoke and algorithmic model portfolios, focusing primarily on ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income.

Russell Ogan is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Oppenheimer since 2009. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a variety of advisory and brokerage services, employing strategic and tactical asset allocation alongside manager selection and investment products such as mutual funds, ETFs, and fixed income.

John Offenburger is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Wells Fargo Advisors and EmVision Capital Advisors LLC. Offenburger is also the owner and president of Offenburger Capital Management, LLC, where he operates securities, advisory, and insurance businesses, and he serves as a notary public. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of about 2,900 advisors and managing approximately $213 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody and clearing services.

Blake Fortune is a financial advisor at OSAIC Advisory Services, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work history at GCG Wealth Management and experience in education at the University of Central Florida and Fort Myers High School. OSAIC Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and lending solutions, utilizing multiple program models and a mix of proprietary and third-party platforms.

Stephen Freeman is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Fidelity Investments and Seminole Casino Immokalee. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations, utilizing a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by third-party platform and manager arrangements.

Gustave Krafve is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Fort Myers, FL, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. for seven years before joining Oppenheimer in 2023. Outside of his advisory role, Krafve is involved as a partner in several residential real estate investments. Oppenheimer serves individuals, corporations, pooled vehicles, and retirement plans by offering a range of advisory programs including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and retirement services. The firm’s investment approach varies by program and advisor, incorporating strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and periodic rebalancing.

Lynn Petkus is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Fort Myers, FL, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Financial Engines Advisors, Regions Bank, Fischer Investment Strategies LLC, Symmetry Financial Group, and Aviance Capital Partners LLC. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as certain IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm integrates its advisory services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions within plan lineups chosen by plan sponsors.

John Mcgee II is a financial advisor at Sanctuary Advisors, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked for UBS Financial Services for 13 years. Mcgee is a partner in 1280 JM LLC, an operating entity for his investment advisory business. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm supports over 400 independent investment adviser representatives who manage accounts using various strategies and platforms, operating under a fiduciary standard when formal advisory agreements are in place.

Richard Gallant is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at GWFS Equities, Inc. for 15 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Kaufy Baseball, a minor league baseball concessions support business providing running supplies to concession stands. Empower Advisory Group offers financial planning and investment management primarily for employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm uses an integrated model connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and focuses on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing in its financial planning services.

Lucas Sopchak is a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. His prior work experience includes roles at Alliance Financial Group and Estero Country Club. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services manages over $122 billion in assets and serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans through a diversified investment approach that blends passive and active management, overseen by an internal Investment Committee. The firm offers a range of investment and implementation services across multiple program options.

Richard Anderson is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and 38 years of industry experience. He has worked at Private Advisor Group since 2022 and has concurrent experience with Investors Financial Group, LLC and LPL Financial dating back to 2009 and 2010. Anderson has also been involved in the sale of life insurance products. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset management programs.

John Nastasi is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He has worked with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he is a musician who performs regionally, serves as music director at Our Lady of Lourdes church in Venice, Florida, and participates in a music partnership that provides entertainment to assisted living venues. He also serves on the board of a nonprofit Free Pain Clinic. Park Avenue Securities LLC, doing business as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser wholly owned by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients by offering brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and a range of proprietary and third-party investment advisory programs.

Jason Sulvinski is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Fort Myers, FL, holding a Series 66 credential and four years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Truist Advisory Services, TRUIST Investment Services, and SunTrust/Truist dating back to 2015. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by AI-enabled research tools and an integrated team overseeing manager selection and portfolio reviews.

Jason Chabek is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Fifth Third Securities, Fifth Third Bank, and Wells Fargo Advisors. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services with an investment approach that includes strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and various investment strategies tailored to client objectives.