Thomas Beattie is a CFP® professional with 31 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Samalin Wealth since 2024 and previously spent 13 years with Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc. Samalin Wealth provides comprehensive investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and cyclical analysis in its investment process, managing approximately $490 million in client assets across eight advisers.

Marc Decuffa is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Proxy Wealth Advisors LLC with 14 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., JPMorgan Securities LLC, and Long Island Financial Group, Inc. He has also worked as a freelancer and been involved with Proxy Freedom LLC and Cents Ability LLC. Proxy Wealth Advisors LLC provides fee-based discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical allocation strategy using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across a broad range of instruments and offers specialized services for foreign clients and immigration-related financial planning.

Thomas Castrovinci is a financial advisor with Gradient Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 19 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at MassMutual Life Insurance Company, Woodbury Financial Services, Park Avenue Securities, Strategies For Wealth, and Guardian Life Insurance. Outside of financial advising, he serves as Treasurer and member of the Knights of Columbus chapter in Mahopac, NY, where he handles accounting functions. Gradient Advisors, LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm operates primarily through third-party money managers and investment advisor representatives, using a largely non-discretionary model and multiple analytical approaches while maintaining approximately $1.39 billion in total platform assets.

Shane Edmond is a CFA® charterholder and a registered investment advisor with Bolton Securities Corporation, bringing seven years of industry experience. He has worked with Bolton Global Asset Management and Bolton Global Capital since 2018 and 2019 respectively, and also provides business development for STRAD Software, a professional practice software company. Bolton Global Asset Management offers asset management and financial planning services to individual, corporate, institutional, and charitable clients. The firm delivers customized portfolio management through a network of independent advisers, employing a primarily long-term investment approach that incorporates mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income.

Tom Hamilton is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Advisory Services Network since 2012. Advisory Services Network is an enterprise firm with a network of approximately 208 independent Investment Adviser Representatives serving individuals, families, corporations, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, investment and retirement-plan consulting, and third-party manager selection, overseeing about $8.6 billion in client assets.

Connor Tyson is a financial advisor at Portfolio Medics, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Portfolio Medics in 2022, Mr. Tyson worked at Altium Wealth Management LLC and TIAA-CREF. He is also an independent insurance agent, selling insurance products including annuities. Portfolio Medics provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, as well as small businesses, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers customized portfolios using diversified mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and other strategies, with an emphasis on retail and small-business clients.

Michael Bird is a financial advisor at Kovack Advisors, Inc. with 42 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC, American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc., and UBS Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in consulting for Nextrip, Inc. Kovack Advisors, Inc. is a multi-team registered investment adviser with approximately 260 advisors and over $6 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, banks, and government entities, using a combination of internally created models and third-party managers to manage client portfolios.

Jay Nakahara is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience. He has worked at Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC since 2026 and previously held roles at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Investors Services, NYLIFE Securities LLC, and New York Life Insurance Company. Fortis Capital Advisors serves individuals, families, businesses, retirement plans, institutional clients, and other advisers with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm provides customized investment advice through a combination of discretionary management, various investment styles, and model portfolios, including ESG options, and manages $1.615 billion in discretionary assets as of year-end 2025.

Stefano Safaei is a financial advisor with Wedbush Securities Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Wedbush Securities since 2007. Safaei is involved in tax planning services through his role as a partner at SkyArch Capital Advisors, a firm assisting small and mid-size businesses and high-income individuals with tax strategies. Wedbush Securities provides investment advisory and broker-dealer services to a diversified client base, including individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of services spanning wealth management, fixed income, commodities, and capital markets, with portfolio management tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Steven Kronethal is a financial advisor at CL Wealth Management LLC with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with CL Wealth Management since 2021. He also serves as president of Integrated Planning Associates, Inc., where he is involved in selling life, disability, group ancillary, and health insurance products. CL Wealth Management LLC is a multi-advisor firm that serves individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers portfolio advisory services, financial planning, consulting, and access to third-party money managers and educational workshops, tailoring investment strategies to client objectives through a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.

Kathleen Allen is a financial advisor with M HOLDINGS SECURITIES, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Foresters Financial Services and Foresters ADVISORY SERVICES LLC. M HOLDINGS SECURITIES, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations through a nationwide network of independent firms and professionals. The firm offers a combination of advisory and brokerage services with an emphasis on suitability-based recommendations, ongoing monitoring, and both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management programs.

Timothy Hermann is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Advisors Capital Management, LLC since 2023 and previously worked at several related firms including The Roosevelt Investment Group from 2009 to 2023. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs by offering discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and self-directed brokerage solutions. The firm combines macro-level insights with detailed security analysis across multiple asset classes and manages over $8 billion in discretionary assets, distinguishing itself with its extensive intermediary relationships and scale.

Andrew Benet is a financial advisor with IP Financial Advisory Services LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms including H.D. Vest Advisory Services and Innovation Partners LLC. In addition to advisory work, he owns Benet and Associates LLC, which provides tax preparation and accounting services, and he operates as an independent insurance agent. IP Financial Advisory Services primarily serves individual retail clients and offers portfolio management, financial planning, managed account programs, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm focuses on non-high-net-worth individuals and combines traditional investment advisory services with insurance consulting and enterprise risk management.

Francis Capella is a financial advisor at Wedbush Securities Inc. with 20 years of industry experience. He has worked at Wedbush Securities since 2007 and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. Wedbush Securities serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients by providing investment advisory and broker-dealer services. The firm offers a range of services including wealth management, fixed income, commodities, securities lending, and capital markets, with a focus on tailored portfolio management and institutional research.

Peter Barcia is a CFA® charterholder with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Belpointe Asset Management LLC since 2009. Barcia also held a role at Belpointe Insurance, LLC from 2009 to 2022. Belpointe Asset Management serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, and other advisers. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and plan consulting, employing a range of strategies from passive to tactical tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Timothy Edmond is a financial advisor with Bolton Securities Corporation and holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 33 years of industry experience and has worked with Dow Family Office Advisory, LLC since 2026. In addition to his advisory role, he conducts fixed insurance sales in life, health, and long-term care. Bolton Global Asset Management provides asset management and financial planning services to individual, corporate, and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a mix of internal management, unaffiliated managers, and third-party programs, focusing on a primarily long-term investment approach using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income.

Michael Feriola is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Advisor Share Wealth Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. He has been associated with Ferstavi Holdings Corporation since 2013. Advisor Share Wealth Management, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, professional investment advisers, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm offers portfolio management, retirement-plan services, and a web-based platform for independent advisers, implementing client strategies through third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios on either a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Ronald Deramon is a financial advisor with First Advisors National, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at First Advisors National since 2018 and previously spent nine years with H.D. Vest Insurance and Investment Services. In addition to his advisory role, Deramon operates an accounting practice and works as an independent insurance agent. First Advisors National manages discretionary assets for individual and high-net-worth clients, offering investment management, third-party portfolio recommendations, and retirement plan consulting. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes manager selection and monitoring, supplemented by fundamental analysis and tailored client reviews.

David Cleary is a CFA® charterholder with 26 years of industry experience. He is currently with Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC and also serves as president and chief compliance officer of Timber Pointe Capital Management. His prior experience includes roles at Lazard Asset Management Securities LLC, Crow Point Partners, and IPI Wealth Management, Inc. He is also president of Beechmont Holding Corp, a holding company for proceeds from other business ventures. Fortis Capital Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, businesses, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm offers customized portfolio construction across various strategies, with discretionary management and online reporting.

Douglas Solinsky is a financial advisor with Kingswood Wealth Advisors, LLC and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has 22 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Benchmark Investments, Inc. and NewBridge Securities Corporation. He hosts the Wall and Main Podcast, where he conducts discussions with guests on investment topics. Kingswood Wealth Advisors serves retail and institutional clients, providing portfolio management, financial planning, ERISA plan advisory, and consulting services. The firm offers a customizable investment approach through an open-architecture platform and integrates insurance-linked account management with affiliated financial entities.