John Hellmuth is a CFP® with 43 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and T.A. Holland & Co. He has worked at Cetera Advisor Networks LLC from 2013 to 2021 before joining his current firms. Outside of advisory work, he is co-owner of T.A. Holland & Co. Insurance, LLC, which facilitates property and casualty insurance business, and owns CTL Capital Holdings, LLC, a non-investment related entity. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser that supports a nationwide network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, including discretionary model portfolios and customized investment solutions, while providing operational and compliance support to affiliated advisors.

Jason Phillips is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 26 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Janney Montgomery Scott for over 16 years, including his current tenure starting in 2026. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering a range of brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and advisory services.

Cynthia Goldberg is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 33 years of industry experience. She has been with Private Advisor Group and LPL Financial since 2012. Her outside activities include involvement with Joseph Klein Associates LLC, where she provides financial planning and consulting for hourly fees. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory 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 various investment strategies and coordinating custody and reporting through multiple custodians.

Kristine Moore is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and possessing 19 years of industry experience. She has worked at TIAA-CREF and affiliated entities since 2014, with prior roles at NewEdge Advisors and Radiant Wealth from 2022 to 2024. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals connected with TIAA retirement plans, as well as trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm provides both point-in-time financial planning and ongoing discretionary management, and it serves as adviser to a donor-advised fund while operating within a vertically integrated structure.

Linda Lemaster is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Waltham, MA, holding six years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Avantax Advisory Services, Cetera, and Donnelly-Boland Tax Services, LLC. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing about $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and a range of investment options.

Leudson Veloz is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Waltham, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 10 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with New York Life Insurance Company and NYLife Securities LLC since 2015. Outside of advisory work, he is involved as a silent partner in an e-commerce business and provides contract assistance for a family-owned HVAC mechanical company. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional plans, and charitable organizations, offering a range of financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Elizabeth Hanley is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 32 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities from 2010 to 2022. She has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2022. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Michelle Guarino is a Series 65-credentialed advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at The Colony Group, LLC, Connectus Wealth Advisers, NEIRG Wealth Management, LLC, New England Investment & Retirement Group, Inc., and BNY Mellon. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework, combining active and passive strategies and offering a range of discretionary and non-discretionary services.

Martin Scafidi is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 25 years of industry experience and has operated his own accounting and tax preparation firm, Martin J. Scafidi P.C., since 1989. He also serves as a board member and director of First Priority Credit Union. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a range of managed programs and combines model portfolios, advisor-designed portfolios, and third-party sub-advisers using fundamental and technical analysis along with modern portfolio theory.

Paul Garozzo is a CFP® professional at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ouellette Wealth Advisory, LLC and BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Focus Partners Wealth serves a wide range of clients including individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional investors. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach utilizing fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside third-party managers, and offers integrated wealth, retirement, tax, and sub-advisory services.

Ashley Weir is a financial advisor at Breckinridge Capital Advisors Inc with seven years of industry experience. She held a prior role at Belle Haven Investments, LP for nine years before joining Breckinridge Capital Advisors in 2025. Weir holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Breckinridge Capital Advisors manages separately managed fixed income and equity strategies, sub-advisory services, and investment management for individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, primarily through intermediaries. The firm combines a top-down committee outlook with bottom-up research and rule-based models, emphasizing tax-aware techniques and proprietary portfolio management systems.

Joseph Ferrara is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Winthrop, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has been with GWN Securities since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, Ferrara serves as chairman of the board for The 11 Foundation, a nonprofit organization. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients through discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers. The firm operates a large network of advisors and offers a variety of managed-account programs and model portfolios, including legacy market-timing and momentum-based strategies.

Furooz Jafari Zadeh is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Merrill, Bank of America, Santander Securities, and Southern State University. Outside of his advisory role, he is a co-owner of ShabLight, a business selling handmade and digital products on Etsy. 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 back-office support, including operations, trading, technology, investment management, and compliance, allowing advisors to offer customized portfolio solutions.

Robert Trudo is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Lawrence, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2013 and also serves as an agent with Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Additionally, he is the owner of The Lake Mush LLC, an inactive entity with no current operations. 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, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet UMA models and overseeing approximately $26.4 billion in discretionary assets.

Harold Lico is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory in Boston, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and four years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and Edward Jones Investments. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice primarily to clients in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering services such as annual financial reviews, retirement planning, and investment recommendations delivered through Schwab’s proprietary asset allocation models and research tools.

John Pagliuca is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has been with TIAA-CREF and its predecessor firm since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the boards and finance committees of multiple assisted living and nursing care organizations operated by the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirmed. 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’s advisory model separates one-time planning services from ongoing discretionary management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund while employing a fiduciary standard in its RIA services.

Christina Mccalla is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, based in Waltham, MA. She has 25 years of industry experience and has been with Commonwealth since 2010. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as treasurer for a local political campaign and has worked in various catering positions. Commonwealth Financial Network is a national registered investment adviser supporting approximately 2,950 advisors with a range of advisory programs, including custom portfolio solutions and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides operational, trading, technology, and compliance support while offering access to discretionary model portfolios and multiple program structures.

Susan Ahern Wiercinski is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 42 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has been with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC since 2016 and also has experience with LPL Financial and Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, employing customized portfolios and a long-term investment approach alongside shorter-term trading for rebalancing and cash needs.

Robert Markus Jr. is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC in Boston, MA, holding a Series 65 credential. He joined Cerity Partners in 2024 after completing ten years of full-time education. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, and other institutional investors. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, retirement plan services, and access to alternative and private-market investments, with a focus on diversified asset allocation and customized portfolios.

Wayne Bloom is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 36 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. since 1989 and joined LPL Financial in 2025. 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 back-office support, including operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management services.