Lauren Bell is a financial advisor at Trio Wealth Management, LLC in Great Falls, VA. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been in the industry since 2022, with prior experience at HH Global and Pride Global. Lauren joined Trio Wealth Management in 2024. Trio Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and access to unaffiliated third-party managers. The firm employs an investment approach based on asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, combining passive and active strategies to align with clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Alishia Parkhill is a financial advisor at Lifetime Financial with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 credential and has previously worked at Coalition to Transforming Advanced Care, Capote Ventures, and LeadingAge. Lifetime Financial provides ongoing financial planning and investment management to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on professionals in nonprofits, higher education, and government sectors. The firm employs a systematic, asset-allocation-centered investment approach using low-cost index funds and ETFs, with an emphasis on diversification, tax-aware strategies, and life-centered planning that integrates career, philanthropy, and cash-flow coaching.

James Birks is a CFP® certificant and holds a Series 65 license with nine years of industry experience. He is the principal at Birks Financial Corp. and has prior experience serving six years in the Virginia Army National Guard. He attended the College of William and Mary from 2013 to 2017. Birks Financial Corp. advises individual and trust clients on retirement planning and investment management, providing written financial plans, ongoing retained planning, and assistance with investment policy statements. The firm employs a long-term investment process beginning with risk-tolerance assessments and uses model no-load mutual fund allocations, managing assets on a non-discretionary basis and partnering with third-party money managers when appropriate.

Michelle Hundley is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience. She is currently an advisor at Trio Wealth Management, LLC, joining the firm in 2023. Prior to Trio, she worked at Goldman Sachs (formerly United Capital Advisors, LLC) for five years and Hemington Wealth Management for four years. Trio Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and access to unaffiliated third-party managers. The firm employs an investment approach based on asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, combining passive and active strategies tailored to clients’ objectives, risk tolerance, and tax considerations.

Carolyn Nunez is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 15 years of industry experience. She has been involved with the UNT PDI CFP Program since 2007. Nunez is based in Chevy Chase, MD, and is affiliated with Ithaka Financial Planning, LLC. Ithaka Financial Planning provides integrated financial planning and portfolio management services for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and personal trusts and estates. The firm emphasizes customized portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory and offers a range of engagement options including investment-only and hourly consulting, supported by a small advisory team.

Brandon Levenson is a financial advisor at Suissa Private Wealth with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at RBC Capital Markets, Jones Lang LaSalle, Farmland Partners, CBRE, Yelp, and Penn State University. Suissa Private Wealth is a newly registered SEC investment adviser with three advisors that provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, non-profits, endowments, and business entities. The firm focuses on long-term strategies using asset allocation and fundamental analysis, incorporating dollar-cost averaging, periodic rebalancing, and quarterly performance reviews.

Joseph Jacques is a financial advisor at Jacques Advisors, LLC in Rockville, MD, holding the CFP® and ChFC® designations with 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Jacques Advisors since 2000 and also owns Jacques and Associates, Certified Public Accounts, LLC, a separate accounting firm. Jacques Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm offers customized portfolios utilizing a blend of in-house analysis, institutional models, and third-party managers, combining advisory, brokerage, and accounting capabilities within a small, credentialed team.

Thomas Seneca is a financial advisor with T.M. Wealth Management in Reston, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, and Girard Securities, Inc. Seneca is also a licensed insurance agent. T.M. Wealth Management serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and comprehensive financial planning, using an individualized investment process that incorporates fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis.

Hilary Disher is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and holds the Series 66 designation with 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at CAVU Wealth Advisors since 2014 and spent a year with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services prior to that. CAVU Wealth Advisors provides investment management and financial planning primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, as well as small and medium institutional accounts. The firm uses a holistic, Investment Policy Statement–driven approach to build broadly diversified, tax-aware portfolios managed on a discretionary basis.

Matthew Sanchez is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with five years of industry experience. He has worked at Ivy League Financial Advisors LLC since 2019, following prior roles at The Wealth Consulting Group and Pinnacle Advisory Group. Ivy League Financial Advisors LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, with an investment approach that includes constructing Growth or Withdrawal portfolios across various asset classes and providing trustee-directed ERISA services and participant education.

Charles Marks is a financial advisor at Marks Wealth Management with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing. Marks Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers comprehensive wealth management services, including financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management, with a focus on globally allocated portfolios that primarily use exchange-traded funds alongside mutual funds and individual securities.

Ryan Houlihan is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Houlihan Financial Resource Group, Ltd. since 2000. Houlihan Financial Resource Group, Ltd. is a privately owned advisory firm providing discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning to individuals, trusts, foundations, pensions, and corporations. The firm serves high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth clients, managing assets through an in-house investment model that includes five internal program categories and offering both discretionary management and an automated portfolio service for smaller accounts.

Lisa Crivella is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience at Ivy League Financial Advisors LLC in Rockville, MD. She has been with the firm since 2006. Ivy League Financial Advisors LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, with a focus on documented client objectives and ongoing account monitoring and rebalancing.

Patrick founded Ortman Financial Planning in 2016, a financial planning and investment management firm located in North Bethesda, MD. He holds the Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) designation and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance at the Catholic University of America. Patrick has a strong focus on his clients’ overall financial wellbeing and recognizes that money is only a tool to help achieve the vision each person has for their life. He focuses on providing a very deep level of service balanced with simplicity to provide each client with greater peace of mind around their finances. Patrick and his wife, Kate, have four boys ranging from elementary school through high school. He coaches various youth sports teams and is an active volunteer at his children’s schools. Patrick is active in the financial planning community and is a member of XY Planning Network and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA).

Mark Hillman is the principal of Hillman Capital Management Inc in Bethesda, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 27 years of industry experience. He has led Hillman Capital Management since 1998. Hillman Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, foundations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional investors. The firm manages the Hillman Value Fund and participates in wrap-fee, sub-advisory, and dual-contract programs, employing a long-term, fundamental value approach focused on companies with sustainable competitive advantages.

Christopher Campbell is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with CJC Wealth Management and has three years of industry experience. He is the founder and CEO of both Ace 3 Holdings, LLC, which owns CJC Wealth Management, LLC, and CJ Campbell & Associates, an insurance company. Campbell spends significant time engaged in these business activities, which include recommending insurance and annuity products as a licensed insurance agent. CJC Wealth Management offers portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $122 million across its four advisors. The firm utilizes fundamental and quantitative analysis along with modern portfolio theory to build diversified, long-term portfolios tailored to clients’ goals, and also provides educational seminars on retirement planning and financial literacy.

Kapil Shiohare is a financial advisor at Thinagee Investments Inc. with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Thinagee Investments since 2012, following seven years at First Management Group Investments Inc. Thinagee Investments provides discretionary investment management to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, and corporate pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm manages approximately $265 million in assets across about 40 client relationships, employing a strategic asset allocation approach that combines fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory with a mix of passive and active investments tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Liliang Chen is a financial advisor at Enduro Capital Partners LLC with a Series 65 designation and no prior industry experience. Before joining Enduro Capital Partners in 2026, Chen worked at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and American General Life Insurance Company. Enduro Capital Partners LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and limited financial planning guidance to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses modern portfolio theory and a top-down, historical analysis approach to construct low-correlation asset mixes across equities, mutual funds, ETFs—including leveraged ETFs—and fixed-income securities tailored to client risk and return objectives.

Derek Elphick is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Castfirm Advisors LLC, where he has worked since 2026. Prior to this, he spent a decade at The Warner Companies, serving as Chief Investment Officer focused on asset allocation and investment management. Castfirm Advisors LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and one-time financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes modern portfolio theory and a long-term investment horizon, primarily utilizing equity ETFs alongside mutual funds and fixed income to build diversified portfolios.

Kira Rogozhina is a financial advisor at Foxman Asset Advisors Inc. with eight years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Avantax Investment Services, and NBAC Corporation. Outside of her advisory role, she is a commissioned notary in Virginia. Foxman Asset Advisors provides advisory services to individuals, corporations, trusts, and foundations, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs long-term trading strategies based on fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative techniques, primarily recommending mutual funds alongside ETFs, fixed income, and other securities.