Gordon Armstrong is a financial advisor with Strong Wealth Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He is the founder, CEO, and president of Strong Capital Markets, LLC, a broker-dealer based in Stamford, CT. Armstrong has held previous roles at firms including March Capital Corp, Blaylock Van, LLC, and North South Capital. Strong Wealth Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and institutional clients by providing financial planning, portfolio management, consulting, and private placement investments. The firm constructs customized portfolios using a range of analysis methods and manages accounts across multiple asset classes, often engaging in active management of private pooled investment vehicles.

Matthew Kinzer is a financial advisor at Markin Asset Management, LP with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been affiliated with Markin Asset Management and its related entities since 2019. He also has a background with Bank of America Private Bank. Markin Asset Management provides discretionary investment management to private pooled funds and separately managed accounts for individuals, trusts, endowments, and family offices. The firm uses proprietary multi-asset quantitative models with artificial intelligence and machine-learning techniques to construct and regularly rebalance portfolios, serving both fund investors and individual clients.

Brendan O'Brien is a financial advisor at Gold Coast Wealth Management, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at R F Lafferty & Co., Inc. since 2013 in addition to his role at Gold Coast Wealth Management since 2010. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in a marketing services business, THE 1 TRAIN LLC, where he participates in operational decisions. Gold Coast Wealth Management provides discretionary investment supervisory services and pension consulting to individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $415 million in assets using a multi-method investment process and offers tailored portfolio management including allocations to pooled investment vehicles and hedge funds.

Kerri Chiodo is a financial advisor at Elevation Wealth Partners LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She has held Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and previously worked at Merrill from 2017 to 2023 and Backflow Corp of NY from 2003 to 2017. Elevation Wealth Partners provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm manages approximately $219.6 million in assets and employs a primarily long-term, diversified investment approach using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs along with individual stocks, bonds, and alternative investments.

Matthew Blank is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience. He has served as an investment advisor representative and owner of Blank Equity Management LLC since 2010 and has worked at Lowell Road Asset Management, Inc. since 2020. Lowell Road Asset Management, Inc. provides portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses, using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management and conducts public educational seminars and workshops.

Yehoshua Sternbach is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He is the principal of Yields For You, LLC and also holds roles at Teucrium Investment Advisors LLC and Yields for You Fund Management, Inc., where he provides marketing and consulting services to ETFs and money managers. Sternbach has experience subcontracting as a CTO for advisory platforms. Yields For You, LLC is an independent investment adviser managing approximately $10.8 million for individual and institutional clients. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, group coaching, and educational seminars, using a combination of passive and active strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Saul Padilla is a financial advisor at Greenwich Creek Capital Management, LLC, based in Stamford, CT, with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Greenwich Creek since 2008. Greenwich Creek Capital Management provides tailored portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and third-party manager analysis to implement strategies ranging from long-term holdings to short-term trading and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Robert Schaefer Sr. is a financial advisor at Buckram Securities Ltd with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC for nine years. Outside of his advisory role, Schaefer serves as an officer at the Northampton Colony Yacht Club, a community organization. Buckram Securities Ltd provides investment advisory, brokerage, and insurance services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals and retirement accounts. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management through its Buckram Wealth Management Program, combining advisory, broker-dealer, and insurance agency functions.

Patricia Cocozza is a financial advisor with First Financial Services in Hauppauge, NY, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. She has worked at First Financial Services since 1988, with prior experience at National Planning Corporation and OSAIC. Outside of her advisory role, Cocozza is involved in bookkeeping and tax preparation as an enrolled agent, and she assists in photographic services through two small businesses. First Financial Services provides pension consulting for retirement, profit-sharing, and 401(k) plans, as well as financial planning and consulting for individual clients and plan sponsors. The firm focuses on fiduciary compliance, investment policy development, and non-discretionary advisory services, with personnel who are also registered representatives and licensed insurance agents.

Steven Florio is a financial advisor with The Florio Wealth Management Group in Westbury, NY, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and bringing 12 years of industry experience. He previously worked for Mass Mutual Investors Services and MassMutual Life Insurance Company, where he has been active since 2012. Florio is also licensed as an insurance agent, offering individual and group life and health products. The Florio Wealth Management Group provides pension consulting and financial planning services, primarily referring institutional and retirement-plan clients to third-party registered investment advisers. The firm offers fiduciary retirement-plan services under ERISA Section 3(38) and operates using hourly or fixed-fee engagements and referral arrangements rather than traditional percentage-of-assets fees.

Giovanni Treglia is a financial advisor at Old Bridge Wealth, Inc. with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Arete Wealth Management and Axa Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he is an officer of Kick Start A Cure, a nonprofit organization that organizes events. Old Bridge Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities by providing portfolio management, written investment policy statements, and referrals to third-party managers. The firm employs multiple analysis methods and a range of investment strategies, including both long- and short-term approaches and allocations to nontraditional vehicles.

Brandon Sherwood is a financial advisor at Strong Wealth Advisors, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at Cortex Technology Capital Management, Cortex Technology Capital Advisors, Sherwood Capital Advisors, and George K. Baum & Company. Sherwood also serves as Vice President of Investment Banking at Strong Capital Markets, LLC. Strong Wealth Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and institutional clients by providing financial planning, portfolio management, private placement investments, and consulting. The firm constructs customized portfolios using a mix of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analyses, managing accounts on a discretionary basis with strategies ranging from capital preservation to aggressive growth.

Matthew Hickman is a financial advisor at Greenwich Creek Capital Management, LLC with Series 63, 65, and 66 credentials and three years of industry experience. He has worked at American Century Investments and Vision Advisors and is a partner in a commission-based wealth management advisory business serving clients in Santiago, Chile. Greenwich Creek Capital Management provides tailored portfolio management and advisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts and estates. The firm employs a customized investment process utilizing fundamental, mutual fund/ETF, technical, and third-party manager analysis, and manages accounts on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Kevin Hegarty is a financial advisor at Hegarty Advisors, LLC in Garden City, NY, with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and CFA® designations and previously worked at UBS Securities LLC for three years before founding Hegarty Advisors in 2019. Hegarty Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm focuses on passive, asset-class-based portfolios using index mutual funds and ETFs, emphasizing low turnover and tax efficiency, and manages approximately $171 million across just over one hundred client relationships.

Barry Dampf is a financial advisor with Clear Point Advisors, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Clear Point Advisors, he worked at Aegis Capital Corp for three years. Clear Point Advisors provides personalized, fee-only investment management and financial advisory services to individuals, retirement and profit-sharing plans, trusts and estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a global asset-allocation approach with tactical adjustments and offers participant education and due diligence on private investment funds as part of its retirement plan consulting.

Douglas Johnston is a financial advisor at Blank Equity Management LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he teaches an undergraduate economics course at Nassau Community College. Blank Equity Management provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm generally follows a long-term buy-and-hold investment approach and uses a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis methods.

Jason Gladowsky is a financial advisor with The Gladowsky Group, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Gladowsky Capital Management Corp. since 1997. The Gladowsky Group offers wrap-fee advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pension plans. The firm provides manager selection, asset allocation, due diligence, and reporting services, operating primarily on a non-discretionary basis while working with third-party investment managers who have trading discretion.

Marcy Mashioff is a financial advisor at Municipal Asset Management Inc. with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and is based in Rye Brook, NY. Municipal Asset Management Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management to high net worth individuals and institutional clients, focusing on fixed-income securities through separately managed bond portfolios tailored to client goals and restrictions. The firm employs fundamental economic and relative-value analysis to support active portfolio management across various strategies and maintains a small client base to deliver highly customized fixed-income solutions.

Brian Hegarty is a financial advisor with Hegarty Advisors, LLC in Garden City, NY, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Btig LLC, and Berenberg Capital Markets LLC. Hegarty Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm manages approximately $171 million for over one hundred clients, primarily using passive, asset-class-based portfolios with an emphasis on tax-efficient construction and individualized investment policy statements.

Kent Whitaker is the principal and chief compliance officer of KP7 Investors LLC in Greenwich, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with eight years of industry experience. Prior to founding KP7 Investors in 2021, he spent 21 years at Davis Selected Advisors and one year at Castle Hill Capital Partners. KP7 Investors provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and estates defined as “Qualified Clients.” The firm employs a long-term, low-turnover investment approach combining proprietary research, third-party analysis, and AI tools for decision support, managing a select client base with a focus on portfolio alignment with financial, tax, and risk considerations.