Todd Crowley is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC in Boston, MA, with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Cerity Partners in 2025, he worked at MassMutual/MMLIS for six years and Guardian/Bulfinch Group for four years. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and institutional investors. The firm offers customized wealth management services and employs an investment framework centered on client-specific profiles, combining quantitative screening, manager selection, and direct security selection, while also providing access to alternative and private market solutions.

Laura Williams is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience. She is currently with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC and previously worked at Sensible Financial Planning And Management, LLC for eight years. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a manager-focused investment approach, utilizing a proprietary “Focus List” and both active and passive strategies, while also sponsoring proprietary investment vehicles and serving as an operating general partner for multiple private funds.

Mark Mathers is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC since 2015. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is based in Waltham, MA. Prior to 2015, he was associated with Beacon Pointe Wealth Advisors, LLC. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a manager-driven approach using a proprietary “Focus List” and offers discretionary wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and outsourced CIO solutions, among other services.

Alison Di Fonzo is a financial advisor at Breckinridge Capital Advisors Inc. with eight years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Merrill and Newday USA prior to her current role. Breckinridge Capital Advisors manages over $54 billion in client assets, providing fixed income and equity strategies, sub-advisory services, and investment management to individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, primarily through intermediaries. The firm combines top-down investment outlooks with bottom-up credit research and employs tax-aware portfolio management techniques within its proprietary systems.

Richard Davies is a CFP® and Series 65-registered financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. and previously spent 11 years at O'Brien Wealth Partners LLC. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios and offers a range of investment solutions alongside financial, retirement, tax, and estate planning services.

Curt Busenburg is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with CFP® and CFA® designations and four years of industry experience. He has been associated with TIAA and its affiliated entities since 2008. Based in Waltham, MA, Busenburg serves clients through TIAA-CREF’s Advice & Planning Services. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plan relationships. The firm employs a fiduciary standard for its advisory services and offers both model and customized portfolio management options.

Dillon Gonzalez is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Beverly, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2015. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, and provides operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Charles Cady is a financial advisor at First Command Advisory Services with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has prior work experience at firms including Booz Allen Hamilton and Sea Machines Robotics Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as the 1st Vice Commander on the E-Board of AMVETS Post 208 in Hudson, Massachusetts, overseeing membership activities. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and various wrap-fee asset management programs managed by a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers.

Melissa Gallagher is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 66 and Series 63 designations and 12 years of industry experience. She has been with Commonwealth Financial Network since 2016. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement and plan consulting, and custody/clearing services.

Tracey Neret is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 18 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Oppenheimer since 2009, previously working at Merrill for one year. Outside of her advisory role, she works as an independent contractor in voice acting. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a wide range of programs and advisory services, including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and retirement services.

Thomas Tate is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 2005 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the investment monitoring committee for Rosie’s Place, a nonprofit women’s shelter in Boston. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm provides a range of investment and consulting services with a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary management, maintaining custody of client assets while operating both broker-dealer and advisory businesses.

Anna Larina is a CFP®-designated financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with three years of industry experience. She previously served as president and investment advisor representative at The Financial Advisors, LLC for 19 years and is currently involved in transitioning advisory business following an acquisition. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC offers wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party Independent Managers across public and private asset classes and provides comprehensive reporting, analytics, and participant education for retirement plans.

Jonathan Marcus is a CFP® with 18 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2021 and previously spent over a decade with Raymond James Financial Services. He also has experience managing rental properties. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a multi-manager approach that includes affiliated and third-party managers, discretionary portfolio management, and customized investment solutions.

John Balzer is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Guardian Life since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in the sale of insurance products as part of his business activities. Park Avenue Securities, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charities, and businesses. The firm offers a combination of advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies through proprietary and third-party platforms.

Andrew Holmes is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with seven years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC and previously worked at Financial Planning Solutions, LLC. Outside of financial advising, he had two years of experience with State Line Propane LLC. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, consulting, retirement-plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of asset allocation modeling and third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across multiple asset classes.

Philippe Berthoud is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 18 years of industry experience. He has been associated with United Planners since 2007 and also partners with The Retirement Financial Center. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved as a manager in a non-investment-related trucking business. United Planners serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and brokerage solutions through a network of 477 independent advisors. The firm operates an open-architecture platform with multiple custodians and third-party money managers and is notable for its largely non-discretionary asset management approach.

Matthew Ristuccia is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in Waltham, MA, and has 14 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Argent Wealth Management, LLC for six years before joining Hightower Advisors in 2020. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base that includes individuals, institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering both affiliated and third-party managers, with a focus on discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Keon Songui Samuel is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and five years of industry experience. He has worked at Empower Retirement since 2019 and previously held roles at Instacart, Shipt, Wag Labs, and in youth and university organizations. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management services primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as to certain retail brokerage clients. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and integrates its advice with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Lucas Deslauriers is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. He previously worked at The Financial Advisors, LLC, where he served as president and managed the transition of the advisory business following an acquisition. His background also includes roles at Morgan Stanley and involvement with the Newport Gulls Baseball Club. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions to a diverse client base including individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines proprietary asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers, utilizing both active and passive strategies across public and private markets.

Richard Fine is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC since 2025. Prior to this, he spent 23 years at Sensible Financial Planning and Management, LLC. He is also an insurance agent with Beacon Pointe Insurance Services, LLC. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, retirement-plan services, and OCIO solutions to individual, corporate, and institutional clients. The firm combines proprietary asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across various asset classes.