Joseph Edmondson is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors holding a Series 66 credential and 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked at CMG Financial Planning, Ltd. for 11 years and Equitable Advisors for 17 years, with overlapping tenure at Axa Advisors, LLC. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients, including pension plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm’s advisory approach focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, with offerings that include discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Joseph Palumbo is a financial advisor at Farther with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Farther in 2025, he worked at Truvium Capital Partners, LLC and Truvium Financial. Outside of his advisory role, Palumbo is a partner in several special purpose vehicles, including AP Strategies, Jupiter Entertainment, and Saturn Flux. Farther serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through a technology-driven advisory platform and direct client meetings. The firm uses a Modern Portfolio Theory approach with algorithmic model portfolios and focuses on ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, and fixed income investments.

Matthew Walker is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Saddle Brook, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 25 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at NYLIFE Securities, New York Life Insurance Company, Massmutual, and Northwestern Mutual. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional clients, and plan sponsors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations delivered through various program types, with the majority of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Richard Moorhead is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 35 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Citibank since 2021. His prior roles include positions at NYLIFE Securities LLC, New York Life Insurance Company, and Sterling Aircraft Materials. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment programs and broker-dealer services. The firm combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles, including in-house research, swap dealing, and futures commission merchant activities.

Brian Dragotto is a financial advisor with Guardian Life, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Bank of America, and Merrill. Outside of advising, he contributes articles for the International Planning Alliance. Brian is part of Park Avenue® Wealth Management, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, which serves individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with a combination of brokerage services, financial planning, and advisory programs featuring both proprietary and third-party investment models.

Joseph Long is a financial advisor at Primerica Advisors with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Primerica Advisors since 2013. Long also serves on the Board of Directors for the Union College NYC Alumni Club. Primerica Advisors operates as part of Park Avenue Securities LLC, serving a broad retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors. The firm offers both brokerage and advisory services, employing a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

Gary Blum is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 17 years of industry experience and has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2024. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in an outside insurance business offering life, disability, long-term care, and annuity products. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage and advisory services, employing proprietary and third-party investment strategies along with financial and business consulting solutions.

Steven Arietta is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He previously worked at CMG Financial Planning Ltd and Equitable Advisors, with overlapping time at AXA Advisors, LLC. Arietta serves as a Reserve Deputy with the Rockland County Sheriff's Reserve, an all-volunteer force supporting full-time law enforcement. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm’s model emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research and a range of investment vehicles.

Matthew Stack is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC in Ramsey, NJ. He holds the CFP® designation and has five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Integrated Wealth Concepts in 2022, he worked at Evercore Group LLC and Modera Wealth Management, LLC. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach using customized portfolios of mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income, and sponsors various wrap-fee and model-based programs.

Michael Tanney is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 13 years of industry experience, including an 11-year tenure at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Outside of his advisory role, he manages a real estate property as a non-agent owner. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice through the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering annual financial reviews, retirement planning, and investment recommendations. The firm operates within the Schwab ecosystem using standard asset allocation models and research tools, with final trading decisions made by clients.

Kenneth Glick is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Janney Montgomery Scott and Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers advisory and brokerage services such as investment management, consulting, retirement services, and financial planning, employing strategic and tactical asset allocation alongside various investment strategies.

Scott Tasch is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior work includes roles at Mass Mutual Insurance Company and Altium Wealth Management. Hightower Advisors serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, offering investment advisory and planning services through a multi-manager approach that incorporates affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a variety of investment vehicles.

Lorely Machin is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience, currently serving at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, Inc. She has been with the firm since 2003. Wells Fargo Investment Institute provides institutional research, manager due diligence, model portfolio construction, and asset-allocation guidance primarily to Wells Fargo wealth and fiduciary businesses and select external clients. The firm operates through specialized divisions that deliver equity and fixed-income analysis, long-term capital market assumptions, and model portfolio solutions without exercising investment discretion or holding client assets.

Eric Banson is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding Series 63 and 66 licenses and 22 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes nine years at Wells Fargo Securities. He serves as trustee of The Norma L. Banson Living Trust, a role unrelated to his investment activities. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients with brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and a range of investment advisory programs, including model portfolios and a hybrid digital advisory solution.

Robert Hashim is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 credentials and 14 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at GWFS Equities, INC, New York Life Investments, and entrepreneurial experience running Hashim Design NYC. Empower Advisory Group provides 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, delivering services integrated with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Eileen Suppo is a financial advisor with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. She has been with Voya Financial Advisors since 2014. In addition to her advisory role, Suppo operates as an independent insurance agent involved in the sales of fixed insurance products. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves individual clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and charitable and corporate clients through financial planning, portfolio management, and brokerage and insurance product distribution. The firm employs a mix of affiliated strategies, third-party managers, and commission-based product sales within its dual-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer structure.

Robert Pruett is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2004. Outside of his advisory role, he markets non-Guardian insurance products when appropriate to clients’ financial needs. Park Avenue Securities LLC, doing business as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser affiliated with Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. The firm provides brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients.

Anthony Pirro is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp in Scarsdale, NY, holding a Series 66 designation and over 14 years of industry experience. He also operates Anthony G. Pirro CPA PC, providing accounting and bookkeeping services since 2011. Pirro has been affiliated with Money Concepts Capital Corp since 2006 and has offered accounting and tax services through his own practice since 1981. Money Concepts Advisory Service (MCAS) serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a variety of managed programs and portfolio strategies, combining model portfolios, advisor-designed portfolios, and third-party sub-advisers, using fundamental and technical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory.

Lawrence Borger is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory and holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. He has 22 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co and Hornor Townsend & Kent Inc. Outside of advisory work, he is the owner of a small real estate business. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a wide range of institutional and individual clients. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and advisor-managed accounts, serving approximately $79.8 billion in assets under management and maintaining relationships with large institutional investors including sovereign wealth funds.

Kenneth Fliegel is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Citigroup Global Markets since 2019. Prior to that, he was with Legg Mason & Co., ClearBridge Investments, and Legg Mason Investor Services from 2005 to 2018. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including in-house research and security pricing, swap dealer and futures commission merchant operations, and specialized lending and discretionary solutions for very large clients.