David Weiss is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor at &PARTNERS with five years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Wells Fargo Clearing, Creative Planning LLC, and AMJ Financial Wealth Management LLC. He is based in Vienna, VA. &PARTNERS serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, providing investment management, financial and tax planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis and offers investment management through both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches using the Envestnet platform.

Steven Zeigler is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Schwab Wealth Advisory since 2023 and has been with Charles Schwab since 2018. Prior to joining Schwab, he spent nine years with Fairfax County Public Schools. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice, financial planning, and wealth management consultations primarily to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients. The firm’s advice is based on internal asset-allocation models and research tools, with client-tailored recommendations and trades executed only with client authorization.

Jared Onorato is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Forge Financial Group. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of nearly 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm provides a broad range of managed account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Broderick Young is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Eagle Strategies (NY Life). His career includes roles at Crystal Clear Financial Group, Reveal Wealth, and New York Life. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the board of Studio for Wellness & Education, contributing to the organization’s guidance and strategic development. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional sponsors, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis through various program types linked to insurance and annuity products.

Ashley Galvin is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 17 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Hightower Securities, LLC and Hightower Advisors since 2011. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting services.

Eric Blackman is a financial advisor with United Planners Financial Services of America, holding a Series 66 credential and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Equitable Advisors, LLC and Ernst and Young, as well as academic positions at the University of Maryland and Robert H. Smith School of Business. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management enterprise serving a diverse client base that includes individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and institutional clients. The firm employs independent Investment Adviser Representatives who use a combination of custodians, third-party money managers, and platform programs to implement client-directed investment strategies.

Sarah Cato is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66-registered advisor with 21 years of industry experience. She is currently affiliated with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, where she has worked since 2010. In addition to her advisory role, she serves on the board of The ARC and operates Cato Advisory, LLC, which supports dental transition consulting. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies, combining proprietary programs with third-party platforms and tailored client solutions.

Charles Smith is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding a Series 66 credential and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Morgan Stanley and SunTrust Advisory Services. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member for Boy Scouts of America Troop 68. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of discretionary manager relationships and consulting supported by a dedicated Equity Research team and integrates services across affiliated entities.

Christopher Airey is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 27 years of industry experience. He is currently with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Prior to these roles, he spent over two decades at Spire Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of his advisory duties, Airey is president and owner of Corbett Road Capital Management, an affiliated registered investment adviser formed through a joint venture with Spire Wealth Management, and he is also an independent insurance agent. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth and investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services with a focus on customized, long-term portfolios and affiliated sub-advisory arrangements.

Christopher Romano is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, based in Bethesda, MD, and has 14 years of industry experience. He also holds a senior vice president role at The Meltzer Group, a consulting firm where he has worked since 1999. Romano’s career includes consulting and corporate benefits activities with NFP, in addition to his advisory responsibilities at Kestra. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors and a diverse range of institutional and individual clients. The firm offers services including fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms, serving clients such as sovereign wealth funds and other large institutional investors.

Michael Duckett is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Lockton Financial Advisors, Lockton Investment Advisors, Lockton Companies, and Kestra Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, he consults on software for Benetic. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, 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, managing approximately $295.6 billion in assets through over 1,100 advisors.

Alana Light is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. She has previously worked at McLean Asset Management Corporation and Eagle Strategies, among other firms. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, consulting, retirement plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) solutions to a diverse client base that includes individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes a combination of asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers, offering both active and passive strategies across public and private markets.

Lawrence Weber is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. in Rockville, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has been with VOYA Financial and its advisory affiliate since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he operates as an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance products. VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. is an enterprise-scale firm offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement services to individuals, corporate clients, and organizations. The firm combines in-house and third-party strategies with technology-enabled tools to deliver primarily non-discretionary investment management through a broad network of advisers.

Kathryn Risch is a financial advisor with Focus Advisor Solutions, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. She has worked at Buckingham Strategic Partners and Savant Capital Management in various capacities over the past two decades. Focus Advisor Solutions provides turnkey asset management and back-office services to independent registered investment advisors, offering model portfolios, operational support, and fixed-income sub-advisory services. The firm manages diversified, systematically invested mutual fund and ETF portfolios and serves retirement plans with discretionary fiduciary responsibilities, supporting a high client and asset load per advisor.

Joshua Olds is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at NewEdge Advisors since 2024. His previous roles include a decade at New Potomac Partners, LLC, and multiple years with Johnston Lemon Asset Management Inc., as well as a brief tenure at Morgan Stanley. He participates in educational programming through the Washington, DC Society of Financial Analysts’ Wealth Management Sub-Committee. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a wide range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools, with an emphasis on centralized due diligence and monitoring of third-party managers.

Sarah Burdette is a financial advisor at Osaic Advisory Services, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Aeon Wealth Management for seven years and Smokehouse Live for one year. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser serving a broad client base, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporate and charitable entities, retirement plan participants, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers a range of investment programs and financial planning services, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis, tactical trading, and alternative investments, supported by platform relationships and an affiliated ecosystem.

David Shober is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 24 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Kestra Advisory. His prior roles include positions at Woodbury Financial Services, SSN Advisory, and National Planning Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he owns SZC Financial Planning & Management and is involved in insurance services offering fixed annuities and life and long-term care insurance. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base including plan sponsors and institutional investors. The firm offers comprehensive fiduciary consulting, plan design, and employee education services supported by extensive due diligence and access to multiple management platforms.

Vincent Yuen is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He has two years of industry experience and has been with TD Private Client Wealth LLC since 2023. Prior to this, he was affiliated with TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. beginning in 2012. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional, high-net-worth, and retail clients. The firm utilizes a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation through affiliated and third-party sub-managers and operates a cross-border Private Investment Advisor model serving certain U.S. clients virtually.

Gustavo Laguarda is a CFP® and ChFC® with 22 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently works at Truist Advisory Services and has been with the Truist organization since 2006, including roles at BB&T Investments and Truist Investment Services. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary manager relationships, supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools, and integrates services across affiliated broker-dealer and banking entities.

Sonia Castillo Smith is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in Tysons, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. She has been with HSBC Securities since 2011 and HSBC Bank USA N.A. since 2012. Outside of her advisory role, she is a member of the Rotary Club of Dulles International Airport, where she volunteers on community service and scholarship committees. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to a range of clients, including individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with due diligence from HSBC Global Asset Management and affiliated providers, operating programs that serve both discretionary and client-directed portfolios.