Seth Varnhagen is a financial advisor at Fifth Set Private Wealth Management LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and previously worked at North Castle Advisors, LLC for 17 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as the sole trustee for a family testamentary trust. Fifth Set Private Wealth Management LLC is an independent advisory firm that provides portfolio management, financial planning, and wealth management services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations and business entities. The firm’s investment approach is based on modern portfolio theory and the efficient market hypothesis, emphasizing diversified asset-class allocations and regular portfolio reviews.

David Winer is a financial advisor at Calm River Capital LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Access Wealth Management and Silver Pine Capital, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as adjunct faculty at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. Calm River Capital provides discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and subadvisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on equities and ETFs implemented primarily through a covered-call option strategy. The firm tailors portfolios to clients’ goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon, employing a variety of analytic methods and trading strategies.

Jason Dos Santos is a financial advisor at Milagre Wealth Management, Inc. with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include work at the Virtual Civilization Initiative and Marist College. Milagre Wealth Management offers fee-based investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a range of analytical methods and trading strategies, tailoring portfolios based on client risk profiles while managing a large client base from multiple offices.

Gary Reetz is a financial advisor at One Oak Capital Management, LLC with 4 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at One Oak since 2020. Prior to that, he spent 17 years at Regis Advisors and has been affiliated with Fox Chase Capital Partners since 2000. One Oak Capital Management provides discretionary investment management through separately managed accounts and private pooled vehicles, serving a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, trusts, endowments, charitable organizations, corporations, and other investment advisors. The firm focuses primarily on fixed-income and investment-grade bond portfolios, utilizing multiple fund structures and third-party manager allocations.

Andrew Cosgrove is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Bluestone Financial Advisors, LLC since 2007 and is also associated with Bluestone Life Insurance Company. Bluestone Financial Advisors primarily serves entrepreneurs, business owners, high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm acts as a personal CFO, providing financial planning, consulting, and investment management through project-based or ongoing retainer arrangements, with a focus on long-term strategy and complex asset advisory.

Thomas Papa is a financial advisor at OakTrust Wealth Advisors, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with OakTrust since 2014, concurrently maintaining a relationship with LPL Financial since 2003. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in a travel-related business, Travel by Helen, LLC. OakTrust Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm constructs customized portfolios using a range of investment vehicles and emphasizes long-term, client-specific strategies supported by ongoing reviews and oversight of independent managers.

Nathaniel Ralston is a financial advisor at Shearman, Ralston Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Shearman, Ralston Inc. since 2012. Shearman, Ralston Inc. is a small registered investment adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and trusts. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment advice across a broad range of instruments, employing fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, with a notable emphasis on non-discretionary asset management.

Bonnie Yam is a CFP®, CFA®, and ChFC® with 18 years of experience in the financial industry. She has been with Pension Maxima Investment Advisory, Inc. since 2007 and is currently associated with Mi Lino Gato. Outside of advisory work, she provides financial wellness education through SUNY Westchester and operates a tax planning firm, Mi Lindo Gato, where she manages client inquiries and tax preparation services. Pension Maxima primarily serves pension, profit-sharing, and 401(k) plan sponsors and participants, as well as individual clients. The firm focuses on pension consulting, financial planning, model portfolio recommendations, and a manager-of-managers program, with an advisory practice that is largely non-discretionary.

Jonathan Lifschutz is a CFP® with 40 years of industry experience. He is a principal at American Wealth Administration Group LLC, where he has worked since 2016, and also has a background with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in insurance sales related to investments. American Wealth Administration Group LLC provides discretionary investment management, wealth management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a focus on capital preservation and utilizes a tactical overlay in portfolio construction, avoiding the use of options, margin, private equity, and cryptocurrencies.

Peter Scholtz is a financial advisor at Scholtz & Company, LLC in Stamford, CT, with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Scholtz & Company since 1993. Scholtz & Company is a wealth management firm serving high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, and institutions. The firm manages approximately $314 million across 200 client accounts, employing a combination of in-house fundamental research and technical analysis, with investment strategies that include Balanced, All Cap Equity, Income, Small Cap Equity, and Tactical Allocation approaches.

Paul Dossantos is a financial advisor at Milagre Wealth Management, Inc. in White Plains, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 29 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at International Equity Services, Inc. and JSK Associates. Milagre Wealth Management serves individual clients, trusts, and estates with discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis and actively manages client assets, often adjusting allocations in anticipation of market changes.

Ronald Robins is a financial advisor at Beacon Financial Advisors with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Beacon since 2000. Outside of his advisory role, Robins is a licensed insurance agent and serves as president of Family Stewards Inc., a business related to his investment activities. Beacon Financial Advisors is an independent wealth advisory firm serving individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning and discretionary asset management through a multi-step planning process and employs a mix of active and passive strategies, including its own wrap fee program.

Yingying Tan is a financial advisor at AMFA LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Goldman Sachs in 2017. AMFA LLC provides discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, pension plans, and certain institutional clients. The firm employs a tailored, data-driven investment process with quantitative strategies based on statistical modeling, including momentum, statistical-arbitrage, and mean-reversion approaches, and is notable for its active trading in derivatives and digital assets.

Kavita Rathi is a financial advisor at NorthStar Portfolio Investments, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and previously focused on full-time parenting for over a decade before joining NorthStar. Outside of advisory work, she is a partner in Miraansh Aditia LLC, an investor and consultant in a UPS franchise store. NorthStar Portfolio Investments provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm employs fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to develop custom portfolios and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, with a focus on higher asset-per-client relationships supported by technology for held-away account management.

Benjamin Robins is a CFP® and CFA® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Beacon Financial Advisors since 2015. His credentials also include the Series 63 license. Outside of his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent involved in insurance sales. Beacon Financial Advisors is an independent wealth advisory firm that provides financial planning and discretionary asset management to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a multi-step planning process and combines strategic and tactical asset allocation using both active and passive managers.

Joseph Lee is a financial advisor at The David J. Yvars Group Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with the firm since 2023. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a clubhouse manager for the New York Yankees, a position he has held since 1995. The David J. Yvars Group Inc. advises individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning, using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct customized portfolios tailored to client goals and restrictions.

Alana Stone is a CFP® with 20 years of experience and has been with Heydorn Stone Capital Management LLC since 2005. She holds a Series 63 license and works out of Larchmont, NY. Heydorn Stone Capital Management LLC is an independent registered investment adviser managing approximately $125.6 million across about 105 client relationships. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trustees, retirement plans, endowments, foundations, and corporations, using a client-centered approach that emphasizes diversification and tailored asset allocation.

Peter Heine is a financial advisor at Strong Wealth Advisors, LLC in White Plains, NY. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 designations and has experience at firms including Smith Graham & Co Investment Advisors L.P. and Loop Capital Asset Management. Strong Wealth Advisors serves high-net-worth and other individual investors, businesses, and institutional clients by providing financial planning, portfolio management, consulting, and private placement services. The firm employs a range of analytical methods to build customized portfolios and actively manages private pooled investment vehicles, often using performance-based fee structures for qualified clients.

Jeffrey Kinzel is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with CK Advisors, LLC since 2006, where he serves as one of two advisors. CK Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, related entities, and select institutional clients, managing approximately $96.7 million in discretionary assets. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental value investing approach focused on company-level analysis and portfolio concentration in individual equities, complemented by fixed income and cash instruments as needed.

Peter Joers III is a financial advisor at Avos Capital Management, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked previously at Silver Creek Capital Advisors and Greenline Partners, LLC. Avos Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, institutional clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and privately offered pooled investment vehicles. The firm constructs diversified portfolios primarily using publicly traded securities and exchange-traded funds, supplemented by actively traded components to enhance risk-adjusted returns, and manages specialized strategies including a private fund and an exchange-traded fund.