Patrick Atwood is a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory with a Series 66 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior work history includes roles at Kestra Investment Services, LLC, the University of Delaware, and the Gilman School. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors and a broad mix of institutional and individual clients. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and uses multiple management platforms and third-party solutions, serving clients that range from large institutional investors to sovereign wealth funds.

Timothy Brunnock is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Private Advisor Group since 2011 and LPL Financial since 2007. In addition to his advisory work, he maintains a limited law practice focused on wills and non-litigation civil matters and serves on the Finance Committee of the Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade, a nonprofit organization. Private Advisor Group provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm follows a fiduciary-based advisory model and utilizes a range of investment strategies implemented through both direct portfolio management and third-party managers.

Michael Donohue is a financial advisor with \u0026PARTNERS, holding a Series 66 credential and 10 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors, Bank of America, and Merrill. Donohue also owns and manages JONES MD LLC, an investment-related business based in Jersey City, NJ. \u0026PARTNERS serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and private businesses, offering investment management and financial planning services. The firm utilizes a variety of investment strategies and platforms, and operates as both a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer.

Jordan Swartz is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Jersey City, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and five years of industry experience. Before joining Empower in 2024, he worked at The Vanguard Group for three years. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, along with Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage account holders, using an integrated service model connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

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.

Michael Wenger is a financial advisor at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory work, Wenger has pursued interests in electronic dance music production and has an LLC established to open a restaurant/lounge in New York City. Park Avenue Securities, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and institutional clients through brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment advisory programs. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary advisory options utilizing models from internal and third-party managers, along with a hybrid digital advisory solution.

Jared Savino is a financial advisor at Cetera Planning Partners with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and operates a CPA firm, Jared M Savino CPA PLLC, where he provides tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services to small businesses. His prior experience includes roles at Avantax and various Cetera entities. Cetera Planning Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on pre-retirees and retirees. The firm offers investment management, comprehensive financial planning, Social Security optimization, and retirement advice, along with ancillary services such as tax planning, bookkeeping, payroll support, and estate-planning through a third-party provider.

Matthew Piro is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding a Series 66 credential and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities LLC and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2017, and previously at Zimmer Capital from 2015 to 2017. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent contractor involved in insurance sales outside Guardian Life. 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 both transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, utilizing a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

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 at RBC Rochdale, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with City National Rochdale since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved as an LLC member of Sweet Vivi’s Bakery, an online bakery for his daughter. RBC Rochdale serves a diverse client base including high net worth individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment process combining quantitative screening, statistical modeling, and fundamental analysis, with an emphasis on tailored portfolio construction using proprietary tools and collaboration with sub-advisors.

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.

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 36 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Private Advisor Group, LLC since 2017 and LPL Financial, LLC since 1998. He is based in Morristown, NJ, and also engages in non-variable insurance sales through Ryan Wealth Management Services. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans by providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model, utilizing various investment strategies and technology platforms while often implementing advice through third-party managers and TAMPs.

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 29 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at LPL Financial and Osaic FA, Inc. He operates a DBA, Main Street Wealth Management, and is involved in selling life, health, disability, and long-term care insurance. Outside of his advisory work, he is connected to Lamington Capital Partners, LLC, a business entity used for tax and investment purposes. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model that uses proprietary and third-party platforms to implement various investment strategies, including both managed account solutions and held-away asset management.

Patrick Trombetta is a financial advisor at Cetera Planning Partners with 10 years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. He has worked with firms including Avantax and 1st Global Advisors and has been a consulting partner and financial advisor at MS Investment Partners since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as the head varsity soccer coach at Trinity Hall School. Cetera Planning Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on pre-retirees and retirees by providing investment management, financial planning, and retirement-related advice. The firm integrates a formal planning process with diversified allocations and offers ancillary services such as tax planning, bookkeeping, and estate planning through third-party providers.

Bryan Kossove is a financial advisor with Osaic Institutions, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 30 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ameriprise Financial Services, Royal Alliance, and LPL Financial. He is also the owner of BHK Tax Services, a tax preparation business. Osaic Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, ERISA retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers customized advisory services, financial planning, ERISA plan services, and access to alternative investments, operating a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer model with both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

Hui Liang Lee is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 21 years of industry experience. Lee has worked at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he consults on Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) products in partnership with Protective Financial and Insurance Services. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment advisory programs, including a hybrid digital advisory solution called VestWise™.

Lori Koval is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 32 years of industry experience. She has held her position at Oppenheimer since 2003 and previously worked at CIBC World Markets Corp. from 2002 to 2003. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers a broad range of programs with discretionary and non-discretionary investment services across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, and it maintains custody of client assets as a qualified custodian.

John Hounsell is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mercer, he worked at Wiss Private Client Advisors, LLC and at NUS Consulting Group. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments, offering investment advisory services along with financial, tax, retirement, estate planning, and family office services. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios implemented through a combination of low-cost ETFs, separate account managers, direct indexing, and private funds.