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® and ChFC® with 21 years of experience in the financial industry. She is currently affiliated with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a board member of The ARC-Finance and operates Cato Advisory, LLC, a consulting business specializing in dental transition. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser affiliated with Guardian Life. The firm serves individual and institutional clients with a range of brokerage, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and advisory programs, using both proprietary and third-party investment models.

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.

Timothy Parker is a CFA® charterholder currently with Creative Planning, LLC. He has over 25 years of industry experience, including roles at T. Rowe Price and Brightworks Wealth. Outside of financial advisory, he has a concurrent association with Matador Resources. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing and long-term strategies, while also offering access to private market investments and ancillary legal and accounting services.

Elizabeth Snyder is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience. She is currently with Rockefeller Financial LLC and previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill. Outside of her advisory role, Snyder serves with Jewish Women International, focusing on financial education as the Financial Initiatives Chair. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, and corporations through a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform that offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and a range of affiliated services including trust and insurance.

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.

Spencer Smith is a financial advisor at ASB Capital Management LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Chevy Chase Trust Company since 2010. ASB Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $32.9 billion through pooled investment vehicles and institutional separate accounts. The firm offers discretionary management across equities, fixed income, and real estate, serving primarily institutional investors and employing both active and passive strategies.

Wendy Moyers is a Certified Financial Planner® with 24 years of industry experience. She has worked at Chevy Chase Trust Company since 2021, following prior roles at Chain Bridge Bank, May Barnhard Investments, LLC, and Linden Oak Wealth Advisors LLC. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management along with personal trust, family wealth, and financial planning services. The firm employs a thematic investment approach, focusing on secular trends and sector themes, and combines fiduciary trust and custody functions with investment management.

Christine Wallace is a financial advisor at Chevy Chase Trust Company with 18 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Chevy Chase Trust since 2008. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients by providing investment management, personal trust, family wealth and financial planning services, and institutional custody. The firm employs a thematic investment approach that focuses on macroeconomic trends and sector themes, often emphasizing longer-term holdings and integrating fiduciary trust and custody functions with investment management.

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.

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.

Katherine Lee is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with TIAA and TIAA-CREF since 2013 and 2015, respectively. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily serving individuals connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans, as well as trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm provides both point-in-time planning services and ongoing discretionary management through model and customized portfolios, operating within a vertically integrated group that includes affiliated funds.

Judy Mccoy is a Series 65-credentialed financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Chevy Chase Trust Company. She has worked at ASB Capital Management, Inc. since 2000. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients, providing investment management, trust, custody, and financial planning services. The firm employs a thematic investment approach focused on secular trends and sector themes, combining fiduciary trust and custody functions with investment management.

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.

John Nauss III is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF in Silver Spring, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2013. TIAA-CREF’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected through employer retirement plans. The firm offers customized portfolio management alongside model portfolio options and serves as adviser to the TIAA Donor Advised Fund.

David Shober is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Woodbury Financial Services, National Planning Corporation, and Banc of America Investment Services among others. He is also the owner of SZC Financial Planning & Management, a registered representative business. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a broad range of institutional and individual clients, including large plan sponsors. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and manages multiple investment platforms, serving clients that include sovereign wealth funds and other sizable institutional investors.

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.

Eric Mangasarian is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Truist Advisory Services since 2016. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in managing a rental property. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation and investment policy analysis, fiduciary support, participant advice, and a manager‑selection program that combines discretionary and non‑discretionary approaches with third‑party platform partnerships.