Michael Donohue is a financial advisor at &PARTNERS with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Wells Fargo Advisors, Bank of America, and Merrill. He also owns and operates JONES MD LLC, an investment-related business based in Jersey City, NJ. &PARTNERS serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, offering investment advisory, brokerage services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a range of portfolio management strategies and operates as both a broker-dealer and registered investment advisor.

Gavin Ford is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. His prior roles include positions at Hartford Funds Distributors, IPTA Clinical LLC, and Rutgers University, among others. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions to individual investors, corporations, pension plans, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers using both active and passive strategies across various asset classes.

Thomas Rose is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 25 years of industry experience. He has worked at Private Advisor Group since 2015 and has been associated with LPL Financial LLC since 2004. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships, serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset management programs, employing a range of strategies and supporting held-away account management through technology partnerships.

Bret Kaye is a CFP® affiliated with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services and its predecessor firms since 2013. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides comprehensive financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in regulatory assets under management through a broad advisor network and employs a diversified investment approach that combines passive and active management overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

Matthew Clifford is a financial advisor with RBC Rochdale, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with City National Rochdale since 2014. Outside of his advisory work, he is an LLC member of Sweet Vivi's Bakery, an online bakery venture involving his daughter. RBC Rochdale serves a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations, employing a multi-strategy investment approach that combines quantitative modeling with fundamental analysis. The firm is known for its sponsorship of City National Rochdale mutual funds and its use of proprietary portfolio management tools.

Gregory Klar is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Mariner Wealth Advisors since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at SFI Advisors, LLC and TIAA/TIAA-CREF. Outside of advisory work, he is a managing member of an e-commerce platform, New Ventures AMZ, LLC. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm employs discretionary, customized portfolios supported by an internal investment committee and combines in-house research with third-party managers, delivering a broad range of strategies and integrated tax, accounting, and financial wellness solutions.

Jasmine Britton is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 12 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at JP Morgan Securities LLC, JP Morgan Chase Bank, and the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Outside of advising, she serves as a notary officer for the state of New Jersey. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering investment advisory programs along with brokerage and insurance services. The firm provides both digital and managed account advisory options and operates as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Abby Salameh is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. with industry experience spanning several years across multiple firms, including RFG Advisory, CAIS, Hightower Advisors, and Private Advisors Group. She holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments by providing investment advisory services alongside financial, tax, retirement, estate planning, and family office services. The firm’s investment approach utilizes Modern Portfolio Theory with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios implemented through a combination of low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, direct indexing, and specialized strategies.

William Ryan Jr. is a CFP® with 35 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC since 2017. He has also been affiliated with LPL Financial, LLC since 1998. Outside of his advisory roles, he sells non-variable insurance products including life, health, disability, long-term care, and fixed annuities. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset management programs.

Pablo Baiza Castro is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Bloomfield, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Primerica Advisors, Citizens Bank, and Harvard Business School. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s services integrate with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and focus on long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and clients’ savings rates.

James Dy is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Private Advisor Group since 2015 and has also worked at LPL Financial since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Lamington Capital Partners, LLC, a business entity used for tax and investment purposes. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm utilizes a variety of investment strategies and platforms, including both discretionary and non-discretionary management, and supports held-away account management through technology partnerships.

Viresh Bawa is a financial advisor at Integrity Alliance, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Brokers International Financial Services and MetLife. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of two financial planning and insurance-related businesses and works as an associate director focusing on actuarial model development and quantitative analysis. Integrity Alliance serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans through a network of 164 independent advisors. The firm offers comprehensive asset management, financial planning, and retirement consulting using both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios across various investment strategies and platforms.

Bryan Kossove is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 29 years of industry experience. His prior firms include Ameriprise and Royal Alliance. Outside of his advisory role, he owns BHK Tax Services, a tax preparation business. OSAIC Institutions serves individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, offering advisory and brokerage services through customized engagements and access to alternative investments. The firm is notable for its predominantly non-discretionary assets and its dual broker-dealer/adviser status.

Hui Liang Lee is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. Lee has worked extensively with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company over the past decade. Outside of advisory activities, Lee consults on Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) in partnership with Protective Financial and Insurance Services. Park Avenue Securities LLC 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 across various account types and supporting lending and tax-efficient features.

Lori Koval is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 32 years of industry experience. She has been with Oppenheimer since 2003. 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, manager selection, and various investment strategies tailored to client objectives.

Nazma Begum is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, based in Berkeley Heights, NJ, and has seven years of industry experience. She previously worked at TD Ameritrade and TD Bank. Outside of her advisory role, she is also an agent for non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, wrap programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Michael Flower is a CFP® with 30 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently affiliated with Hightower Advisors and Hightower Securities LLC, where he has worked since 2018. Michael has prior experience at Securities America Advisors, Inc. and Securities America, Inc., spanning 14 years. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a trustee at Packanack Community Church and is a member of the Economic Development Commission of Wayne Township. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, pension plans, charitable organizations, and financial institutions. The firm’s advisory approach involves manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, with a range of investment vehicles and services tailored to client needs.

Arthur Grossbard is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc. in West Orange, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 44 years of industry experience. His prior work includes 28 years at Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. and five years at Ameriprise. OSAIC Institutions serves individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, offering advisory and brokerage services through customized engagements, financial planning, ERISA plan services, and access to alternative investments via the CAIS platform. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis and features predominantly non-discretionary assets alongside distinctive lending and cash-management solutions.

David Cevallos is a financial advisor at TD Private Client Wealth LLC with a Series 66 designation. He has experience at several firms, including Wells Fargo Bank, UBER, and TD Bank. Cevallos has been with TD Private Client Wealth LLC since 2026. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap‑fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional, high-net-worth private clients, and retail clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning support, and uses a combination of affiliated and third-party sub-managers in its investment approach.

Charles Porter III is a financial advisor at Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Benjamin F. Edwards since 2015. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer with approximately 436 advisors and $15.7 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and charitable and educational organizations, offering a range of advisory programs and investment management solutions that include both firm-developed and third-party model strategies.