Margaret Shipley is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with two years of industry experience, currently with Osaic Advisory Services, LLC. Her previous roles include positions at Triad Advisors and Triad Hybrid Solutions. In addition to her advisory work, she contributes as a next-generation advisor and financial analyst with Argent Bridge Advisors, focusing on financial education and client portfolio management. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers comprehensive investment and financial planning services through multiple program models, utilizing both proprietary and third-party platforms.

Lauren Brownell is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and two years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Aegis Consulting, Trinity Wealth Securities, and Florida Financial Advisors DBA Tristate Financial Advisors. Before entering financial services, she held positions outside the industry, including at Babson College and The Noble & Greenough School. 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 their individual and institutional clients. The firm provides a comprehensive adviser-support platform with managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Caroline Kramer is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services and holds the ChFC® designation as well as Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. She has 13 years of industry experience, including over a decade at First Command in various capacities. Outside of her advisory role, she is a passive investor in a private brewery and owns Caroline Kramer Financial Planning, LLC. 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 multiple wrap-fee asset management programs managed by a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers who select from prescreened managers and model portfolios.

Michael Weston is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 29 years of industry experience, including 12 years at Ameriprise Financial Services and multiple tenures at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he owns Wharf Financial, LLC and is involved in fixed insurance sales through that entity. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing a range of advisory programs and back-office support including operations, trading, technology, and compliance. The firm offers diverse investment solutions, including discretionary model portfolios and customized advisory programs.

Elizabeth Davila is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Truist Advisory Services. She has been with SunTrust Advisory Services and related SunTrust entities since 2015. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to a broad client base including individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm combines discretionary manager relationships with non-discretionary consulting and leverages third-party platforms and AI-enabled tools to support manager selection and oversight.

Brendan Cherasard is a financial advisor at First Command Advisory Services with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at multiple entities within First Command since 2020. Prior to his current role, he has held positions at organizations including The Judge Group and the University of South Florida Housing & Residential Education. 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 wrap-fee asset management programs managed by a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers using a prescreened selection of investment managers.

James Beall is a CFP® professional with 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently an advisor at Truist Advisory Services and has served in roles at Suntrust Investment Services and Keel Point Capital. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary approaches, supported by AI-enabled equity research and integrated inter-affiliate resources.

Jean Mondestil is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at PNC Investments, Bank of America, and Merrill. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides a range of advisory and brokerage services, utilizing strategic and tactical asset allocation along with manager selection and various investment strategies to meet client objectives.

James Farrell is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Janney Montgomery Scott since 2018, following positions at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a director and treasurer on the board of his homeowners association. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, and institutional clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, and advisory programs supported by in-house and third-party portfolio management.

John Crane is a financial advisor with Park Avenue Securities, a subsidiary of Guardian Life, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 23 years of industry experience and has worked at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is the author of two books focused on personal finance transitions and budgeting. Park Avenue Securities serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering a range of brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs that include proprietary and third-party managed portfolios.

Brian Willey is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Primerica Financial Services, PFS Investments Inc., and Human Circuit. Willey is also involved with Incisive Financial Group and the Business Benefits Group, where he focuses on retirement plans, wealth planning, and commercial benefits consulting. Ameritas Advisory Services provides fee-based investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, corporations, and institutional clients, offering a range of discretionary and non-discretionary programs through in-house and third-party managers.

Larry Schwartzman is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 42 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at Oppenheimer since 2018. His prior experience includes positions at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Oppenheimer serves individuals, corporations, pooled vehicles, and retirement plans by offering advisory programs such as discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and retirement services. The firm employs a variety of investment approaches tailored to each program and advisor, managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets as of December 2025.

Jason Whiteman is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management with 23 years of industry experience. He has held positions at Merrill, Bank of America, United Brokerage Services, and Empower Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, Whiteman is an author and speaker. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including a digital discretionary model account available by invitation to employees. The firm employs algorithmic risk assessment and utilizes mutual funds and ETFs, with portfolio implementation delegated to third parties.

Brandon Schumacher is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including The Colony Group, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Bank of America, Merrill, and Royal Bank of Canada Wealth Management. Focus Partners Wealth serves individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients, offering investment management, financial counseling, family office services, and fiduciary retirement plan solutions. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that integrates fundamental and quantitative analysis with third-party managers and alternative strategies.

Edward Ramsey is a CFP® professional with 38 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network. His career includes roles at Avantis Private Wealth and Quantis Wealth Management, as well as ownership of a CPA and tax accounting firm, Ramsey & Associates. He also provides accounting and business valuation services to dental offices through Peak Dental Transitions, LLC. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of nearly 2,900 advisors and managing over $212 billion in client assets. The firm offers a comprehensive adviser-support platform with discretionary and nondiscretionary managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and a range of investment options.

Weston Burnett is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed advisor at Creative Planning with 23 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Legacy Analytics, LLC and Cohen & Burnett, P.C., where he served as President of the law firm without compensation. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and selective private market exposure.

Thomas Duval is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services who holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 32 years of industry experience. He has worked at Truist Advisory Services since 2022 and previously held roles at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing. Outside of his advisory work, he manages a rental property occupied by family. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate 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 arrangements and AI-enabled research tools.

Harry Pilson II is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 26 years of industry experience. He has been with SunTrust Advisory Services and Sun Trust Investment Services for 10 years. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering asset allocation, investment policy analysis, fiduciary support, and manager selection programs. The firm integrates discretionary and non-discretionary strategies with third-party platforms and employs both traditional and AI-enabled research tools in its investment oversight.

Jeremy Laughton is a CFP® professional at Creative Planning with six years of industry experience. Prior to joining Creative Planning in 2020, he worked at Cohen & Burnett, PC from 2016 to 2019. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a broad client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure while managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.

Richard Allison III is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with Savant Wealth Management, bringing three years of industry experience. He previously served at Alliant Wealth Advisors and is a part owner of an online retail family business. Allison also serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve, acting as a liaison between the FAA and the Department of Defense. Savant Wealth Management provides comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, and family office services to a broad client base, including individuals, families, and institutions. The firm combines evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation with actively managed investment strategies and supports these offerings with affiliated accounting, legal, and trust services.