Diana DeFrate is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving as owner and CEO of DeFrate & Paavola, LLC. She has been with Vicus Capital, Inc. since 2005 and also holds a role at Cetera Wealth Services, LLC. Outside of advisory work, she is licensed to sell life, annuities, and long-term care insurance. Vicus Capital serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, trusts, and retirement plan sponsors, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis across multiple strategies and provides specialized fiduciary consulting and plan-sponsor services alongside traditional advisory offerings.

Peter Knapp is an advisor at RMR Wealth Builders, Inc. with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining RMR Wealth Builders, he held roles at the New York Athletic Club, New York Jets, River Operating Company, State Farm, and Temple University. RMR Wealth Builders is a multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $2.9 billion and serving individuals, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan services, and specialist advisory options including annuity management and digital asset programs.

Jerrold Klein is a financial advisor with B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 28 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at United Advisor Services, Comprehensive Capital Management, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup Global Markets. B. Riley Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering a variety of investment programs and managing approximately $4.21 billion in client assets through a team of about 173 advisors.

Sean Meehan is a financial advisor at Ingalls Investment Management, LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 66 designation with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Ingalls & Snyder LLC since 2005 and joined Ingalls Investment Management in 2026. Ingalls Investment Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to a range of clients including individuals, financial institutions, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs multiple asset-management styles, offering strategies from long-term equity holdings to option writing and short-term trading, and participates in third-party wrap programs and private investment partnerships.

Kenneth Lee is a financial advisor at Ingalls Investment Management, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked previously at Ingalls & Snyder LLC and Tocqueville Securities L.P. Lee serves as a board member of Inuvo, Inc., a company specializing in advertising, marketing, and communications services. Ingalls Investment Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, financial institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs various asset-management styles and participates in third-party wrap programs, donor-advised funds, and private investment partnerships.

Paul Arbeit is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving at Citizens Private Wealth. He has been with Citizens Private Wealth since 1999 and also holds roles at CITIZENS Bank and Citizens Securities, Inc. His credentials include the Series 63 designation. Citizens Private Wealth, LLC is a multi-team registered investment adviser that serves high-net-worth individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on long-term asset allocation within an open-architecture framework and offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside tax, estate, and business consulting services.

Jerome Gaudry is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with six years of industry experience, currently with Hilltop Securities Inc. in New York, where he has worked since 2020, with a brief tenure at Natixis from 2004 to 2019. He serves as director of a Family Investment Trust held by his children. Hilltop Securities serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients through a combination of investment advisory and broker-dealer services, offering managed accounts, financial planning, and specialized municipal bond strategies. The firm integrates custody, banking, and market-making capabilities within its open-architecture platform.

Daniel Grijalva is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with five years of industry experience, currently practicing at Citizens Private Wealth in Tarrytown, NY. He has been with Citizens Private Wealth since 2003 and also holds Series 63 registration. Citizens Private Wealth, LLC is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes a long-term, tailored asset allocation within an open-architecture framework, combining discretionary portfolio management overseen by a Chief Investment Officer with quantitative and qualitative research. Its affiliation with Citizens Bank, N.A. provides clients with access to bank deposit sweep programs, securities-based lending, and integrated investment and consulting services.

Paul Pfeiffer is a financial advisor at Cannell & Spears LLC with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Spears Abacus Advisors LLC since 2009. Cannell & Spears provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and rollover advice to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and various institutional clients. The firm employs a value-oriented, long-term investment approach based on proprietary fundamental research and tailored portfolio construction.

John Masciandaro is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Belpointe Asset Management LLC since 2017. Prior to joining Belpointe, he worked at LPL Financial and National Planning Corporation. His other business activities include acting as an agent in the sale of life settlements and fixed insurance products. Belpointe Asset Management serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, and corporations. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing customized portfolios and a range of investment strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Mark Neely is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at GenTrust with two years of industry experience. He previously worked at EIF Capital LLC for 12 years. GenTrust is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides wealth and investment management, financial planning, concierge, and consulting services to individuals, families, pooled vehicles, institutional clients, and financial intermediaries. The firm uses an asset-allocation driven investment approach combining fundamental, technical, and macroeconomic analysis with scenario-based risk management and may allocate to independent managers and private placements for qualified investors.

Kenneth Mathieson is a financial advisor with Arax Advisory Partners in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and bringing 38 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, Laidlaw Wealth Management, Steward Partners, and Raymond James Financial Services. Arax Advisory Partners provides wealth management services to a diverse range of clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a fiduciary approach using in-house portfolio teams, external managers, and a mix of traditional and alternative investments, supported by proprietary research and technology.

Timothy Collier is a financial advisor with Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors, holding the Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill and Griffin Capital Securities. Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, institutional clients, and financial intermediaries. The firm offers proprietary ETF model portfolios, employs a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation, and manages several registered investment companies and pooled funds.

Douglas Pruett is a financial advisor at BCG Securities, Inc. with 46 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at BCG Securities since 2016. Prior to that, he was with Raymond James Financial and Raymond James & Associates from 2008 to 2016. BCG Securities serves institutional retirement plans and individual clients, typically those with accounts exceeding $25,000, offering portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and wealth management services. The firm focuses on developing or reviewing written investment policy statements and tailoring recommendations to client goals, often implementing advice on a non-discretionary basis.

Kimberlyn Balz is a financial advisor at One Capital Management, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC since 2012 before joining One Capital in 2026. One Capital Management, LLC manages approximately $8.5 billion for individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan solutions, and sub-advisory services, utilizing a globally balanced investment approach that combines active large-cap equities, ETFs, and diversified fixed income.

Christopher Cochran is a CFP® with 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. and has prior experience at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Foresters Financial Services. Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, endowments, foundations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes a fundamental, bottom-up investment approach with a long-term orientation and offers tailored strategies that include equity, fixed income, and option overlays, serving both retail and institutional accounts.

Alexandra Kennedy is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with nine years of industry experience. She has worked at Lifeworks Advisors, LLC since 2026, following positions at Rockefeller Capital Management and First Republic Investment Management. Lifeworks Advisors serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and businesses, offering wealth management, financial planning, and portfolio management services. The firm employs both planning-based and risk-based investment approaches, utilizing a mix of model strategies, quantitative and fundamental analysis, rebalancing, and tax-aware portfolio decisions, supported by proprietary technology and integrated tax and insurance capabilities.

Maxwell Cheng is a financial advisor at Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC with 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Jefferies & Company, Inc. since 2005 and also worked at Leucadia Asset Management LLC for 18 years. He holds the Series 63 designation. Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC provides fee-based financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers a customized, collaborative planning process covering a wide range of topics including tax and estate planning, executive compensation, and philanthropic planning.

Jacob Turner is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with two years of industry experience. He is currently with Ritholtz Wealth Management and previously worked at Jim Saulnier & Associates, LLC and Financial Design Studios. Before entering financial advising, Turner spent 14 years at AbbVie, Inc. Ritholtz Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, offering comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm employs a goal-based investment process that incorporates asset allocation and behavioral finance principles, using diversified, low-cost ETFs alongside tactical overlays and alternative investments.

Christine Valente is a financial advisor with Latitude Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and over 42 years of industry experience. She has worked at GWN Securities, Inc. since 2018 and previously at J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc. and J.W. Cole Financial, Inc. Valente is also a licensed insurance agent specializing in life, accident, health, variable, credit, and travel insurance. Latitude Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and various institutional and corporate clients, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, third-party manager selection, and pension consulting. The firm employs a combination of in-house and external model strategies to manage portfolios on a discretionary basis with continuous monitoring and rebalancing in line with client objectives.