Carlos Ferreira is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors in Lexington, MA, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2022 and also has a longstanding tenure at State Street Bank and Trust beginning in 2008. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering access to affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a variety of investment vehicles.

David Walsh is a CFP® professional with 31 years of industry experience, currently serving at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC since 1995. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in insurance sales and services through Cornerstone Financial Group and CFGPlan, focusing on life insurance products from multiple carriers, including Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm operates both as an SEC-registered advisor and FINRA-member broker-dealer, managing a diversified advisory platform with significant discretionary and non-discretionary assets under management.

John Schuler is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at TIAA-CREF and TIAA since 2014, with prior positions at Charles Schwab and Charles Schwab Bank. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals connected to TIAA-administered retirement plans, as well as trusts, estates, and small retirement plans. The firm distinguishes between one-time planning services and ongoing portfolio management, employing both model and customized portfolios while acting as adviser to the TIAA Donor Advised Fund.

Wendy Aimola is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Waltham, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 10 years of industry experience. She has been with Eagle Strategies since 2018 and is also affiliated with NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company since 2015. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a board member for Charley's Angels Pet Initiative, a charitable organization that collects and distributes pet food and supplies to those in need. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base that includes individual investors, institutional plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes tailored advice delivered through multiple program types, with the majority of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Micheline Yacoub is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Boston, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and with 15 years of industry experience. She also owns M.Y. Core Financials, LLC, through which she sells New York Life products and brokers non-registered insurance products. Yacoub volunteers with Community Consulting Teams of Boston, providing consulting services to local nonprofits. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm delivers tailored advice across multiple program types and manages a substantial non-discretionary asset base, primarily serving defined contribution and defined benefit plans, charitable and corporate clients.

Thomas Banks is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Salem, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth Financial Network since 2014. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and services, including discretionary model portfolios and customized investment solutions, while providing operational, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Samuel Rich is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Watertown, MA. He holds the Series 66 designation and has nine years of industry experience, all with Commonwealth since 2013. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, and supports its affiliated advisors with operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management resources.

Albert Li is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 41 years of industry experience. He has worked at Integrated Wealth Concepts since 2016 and previously held roles at LPL Financial and Osaic FA, Inc. Li is involved in providing non-variable insurance products, including life, health, disability, fixed annuities, and long-term care insurance. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing customized portfolios and a long-term investment approach supported by both internal management and third-party asset managers.

Mariah Maines is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 12 years of industry experience. She holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at firms including Montis Financial LLC, Financial Navigators, Inc., Pathstone, and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm’s advisory model separates one-time planning services from ongoing discretionary management, employing model portfolios or customized strategies through dedicated portfolio managers.

Richard Poitras is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 57 years of industry experience. He has been with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance for 10 years. Park Avenue Securities, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of discretionary and non-discretionary advisory solutions, including model portfolios and a hybrid digital advisory platform.

Christopher Hovey is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 17 years of industry experience. His career includes positions at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2017, Ball Financial Services Company since 2016, Merrill from 2012 to 2016, and Transamerica Financial Advisors in 2010. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform with discretionary and nondiscretionary managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement and plan consulting, and custody/clearing services.

Li Li is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Waltham, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 19 years of industry experience. In addition to advising, Li serves as treasurer for the Youth Empowerment Support Foundation, a nonprofit focused on youth leadership training, and teaches language classes at Andover Chinese School. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services with a range of proprietary and third-party investment models.

Brad Champion is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding the ChFC® designation and a Series 66 license, and has 13 years of industry experience. He has worked with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he earns commissions from selling insurance products. Park Avenue Securities serves a diverse retail client base, offering brokerage and advisory services, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies and supports various account-level services, including lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Shavar Lazarus is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including J.P. Morgan Securities and Liberty Mutual. Prior to his advisory career, he served in the U.S. Army and spent several years at Bunker Hill Community College. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time financial planning and ongoing portfolio management within a fiduciary framework.

Robert Santamaria is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and WinterWyman. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, standalone financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Patrick Healy is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with CWM, LLC and Carson Wealth, where he has worked since 2019. His prior experience includes roles at Northeast Planning Associates, Inc. and LPL Financial. Healy is also licensed to sell fixed insurance products including life, disability, annuities, and long-term care. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, families, institutions, and corporations through a network of more than 600 advisors. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services, using a discretionary model portfolio approach overseen by an in-house Investment Committee and supported by third-party sub-advisors and technology tools.

Olivia Harrison is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 credential and previously worked at Sensible Financial Planning and Management, LLC. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes a combination of asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive investment strategies across public and private asset classes.

Dylan Greene is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. He has previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Affinia Financial Group, Eagle Strategies, NYLIFE Securities LLC, and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of his role at Sequoia, he is also a Client Relationship Manager and Financial Planner at Affinia Financial Group. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, and retirement-plan and business-consulting services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and family offices. The firm employs a combination of in-house model portfolios, custom accounts, and third-party manager selection, supported by an Investment Policy Committee and extensive research resources.

Neil Flaherty is a CFP® professional with 28 years of industry experience. He is currently with NewEdge Advisors, where he has worked since 2023. Prior to that, he spent 22 years at TIAA and held roles at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and The Foundry Financial Group. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm provides a range of portfolio management and consulting services and employs multiple program structures combining in-house and third-party strategies, supported by technology and centralized due diligence.

Brian Radler is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Commonwealth since 2016, with additional experience at LPL Financial since 2026. Outside of his advisory role, he was involved with Exceptional Estate Sales for three years. 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 approximately $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custody and clearing services.