Maximilian Cavallo is a financial advisor at Northbridge Wealth Management LLC with 11 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Needham & Company, LLC, Morgan Stanley, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. Northbridge Wealth Management LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, employing a long-term, asset-allocation approach with discretionary portfolio management.

James Christopher is a financial advisor with Apeiron Wealth Service in Astoria, NY, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at LPL Financial, Santander Securities, and Millennial Advisers. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member of Credit Connect Technologies and consults for Apeiron Solutions Inc. Apeiron Wealth Service provides investment management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with full financial plans and consultations. The firm uses fundamental and technical analysis to develop customized asset-allocation strategies and conducts quarterly reviews to monitor and rebalance portfolios according to client objectives.

Colin Slabach is a CFP® professional at Meridian Atlas Planning with one year of industry experience. He holds a doctorate in personal financial planning and has served as a university professor at New York University since 2022. Prior to that, he was affiliated with The American College of Financial Services and Texas Tech University. Meridian Atlas Planning is an independent, fee-only firm that provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs an investment approach based on asset allocation, blending passive and active strategies rooted in fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory, with an emphasis on discretionary portfolio management and personalized investment policies.

David Soo Hoo is a financial advisor at Angel Wealth Advisors with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Mass Mutual Investors Services, MassMutual Life Insurance Company, and Thrivent Financial. Outside of finance, he has experience at Redeemer Presbyterian Church Downtown and Reformed Theological Seminary. Angel Wealth Advisors LLC is a fee-only, state-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses a portfolio construction approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, combining passive and active investment vehicles, and offers a range of financial planning services with flexible billing options.

Rocco Santomenno is the sole advisor at Rocco R. Santomenno, an independent firm based in Fair Lawn, NJ. He holds over 14 years of industry experience and has been practicing as a sole practitioner since 1975. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as president of Gold Ring Investments, Inc., a mortgage placement business. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management focused on publicly traded equities for individuals, trusts, and pension or profit-sharing plans. It emphasizes fundamental equity analysis and manages approximately eighty client accounts with just over $50 million in assets under management.

Raul Velazquez is a financial advisor at Cenador Financial Advisers LLC in New York, NY, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses, with 5 years of industry experience. He is also President and CEO of Velazquez Ventures LLC, a consulting firm, and Senior Managing Director at Cenador Capital LLC, focusing on alternative business opportunities. Cenador Financial Advisers LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and limited consulting services primarily to individual clients using a fee-only structure. The firm offers public educational seminars and builds portfolios based on client objectives and risk tolerance, employing a variety of investment strategies including mutual funds, ETFs, options, short sales, and allocations to independent managers.

Charles Carmona is the sole advisor at Westmore Asset Management in Pearl River, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 25 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Torino Capital LLC, Rena Advisors LLC, UBS Financial Services, and UBS International Inc. Westmore Asset Management serves a small, primarily high-net-worth client base, managing approximately $54.5 million across seven accounts. The firm offers personalized investment supervisory services and limited business strategy consulting, employing multiple analytical methods and both long- and short-term strategies across domestic and international markets.

Oliver Lennox is the sole advisor at DaceyHolden Management, LLC in Fort Lee, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with nine years of industry experience. He has been involved with DaceyHolden entities since 2011, including serving as managing member and managing partner of affiliated companies. DaceyHolden Management primarily advises a private pooled investment vehicle and manages a limited number of separately managed accounts for individual and high-net-worth investors. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis, generally following a long-term trading approach with a focus on equities, and utilizes both long and short positions along with derivatives and leverage.

Ioannis Papatherapontos is a financial advisor with J.Pappas Investments, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He has held roles at several affiliated firms, including Pappas Financial Group, First Financial Consultants, and J.Pappas Realty. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as CEO of companies involved in merchant services, energy brokerage, and insurance sales, focusing primarily on sales and business development. J.Pappas Investments provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, small businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm constructs diversified portfolios using a combination of fundamental, technical, and economic analysis, managing accounts largely on a discretionary basis while tailoring advice to client objectives and risk tolerance.

I am a fee-only, advice-only investment advisor and financial planner. My mission is to provide great advice at a fair price to support each client’s purpose in life. I am a CFP® Practitioner and CFA® Charterholder. As Founder and Principal Advisor at IndiePlan™, I am committed to our fiduciary duty by providing independent holistic advice and education that puts clients’ interests first. I entered the advisory business after a thirty-year career in financial services. I am a former Head of Index Governance and Chairman of the US Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, where my job was to oversee major benchmarks like the S&P 500®. Prior to that, I held a variety of positions - from designing indexes and assisting leading asset management firms to working on a portfolio management team that served institutional clients. My interest in investing and financial planning is long standing. I enjoy helping others as they save, invest, and plan for their future, or as they prepare for transitions like retirement, a health challenge, a second career, starting a new business, furthering their education, or taking extended leave. At IndiePlan™ we strive to meet clients where they are in their journey. We provide independent, holistic, tailored advice at a fair price.

Neil Murphy is a financial advisor with NPM Consulting, LLC in Ridgewood, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Rose Wealth Advisors LLC since 2024 and has been with NPM Consulting since 2012. NPM Consulting provides financial planning, tax preparation, and investment management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, related trusts, and select pension plans and business entities. The firm builds customized portfolios using fundamental and technical analysis, asset allocation, and active management, incorporating a range of securities and derivatives, and also offers a managed futures program for accredited investors.

Steven Hecht is the sole advisor at Steven Hecht Investments, Inc., an independent firm based in Teaneck, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 18 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 2007. Steven Hecht Investments, Inc. provides portfolio management services to individuals and a variety of institutional clients, including small businesses, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of securities and uses fundamental, technical, and charting analysis to tailor and monitor portfolios on an ongoing basis, often managing accounts on a discretionary basis.

David Polevoy is a Certified Financial Planner® with 13 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Beekman Financial Planning LLC since 2012 and has prior experience with SPC, VSR Financial Services, Inc., and Wells Fargo Advisors. He is also a licensed life insurance agent in New York. Beekman Financial Planning LLC is an independent, single-advisor firm serving individuals and small businesses with financial planning, investment consultation, and supervisory services. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and cyclical analysis alongside varied investment strategies to build diversified portfolios, primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis for a concentrated client roster.

Lloyd Stabiner is a financial advisor with Fulcire Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has worked as a CPA since 2010. Fulcire Wealth Management serves well-to-do individuals and families, focusing on portfolio management combined with tax and wealth-transfer guidance. The firm emphasizes managing assets designated for short-term investments and income generation through dividend-paying equities and covered-call writing, with a tax-aware, options-focused investment approach.

Vincent Grosso is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with six years of industry experience. He is the principal of Grosso Wealth Management LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2022. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Kestra Private Wealth Services from 2018 to 2021. Outside of advising, he serves as President of the Joanne Grosso Foundation Inc. Grosso Wealth Management provides fee-only financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, along with consulting services for employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a passive, long-term investment approach and offers retirement plan advisory services including ERISA fiduciary roles, a practice less common among similarly sized advisers.

Matthew Morano is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Curbstone Advisors LLC, an independent firm he has been with since 2015. Prior to this, he held a senior director position in business analysis at CME Group, Inc., where he worked full-time supporting front-office trading systems for futures, options, and swaps. Curbstone Advisors provides personalized portfolio management and ongoing investment supervision to individual clients on a fee-only basis. The firm emphasizes a strategic, cyclical, and contrarian asset allocation approach using low-cost ETFs, individual stocks, fixed income, and alternatives, while employing automated rebalancing and maintaining liquidity for opportunistic buying.

Youwei Jing is a financial advisor at Alterra with a Series 65 designation and no prior industry experience. Before joining Alterra, Jing worked at several firms including DevelopIntelligence, Bubble, and Correlation One. Alterra is an independent, state-registered investment adviser specializing in portfolio management and a unique options-based borrowing service using short box spread strategies. The firm serves a diverse client base ranging from individuals and small businesses to institutional and corporate entities, and it employs exchange-traded S&P 500 index options to manage borrowing exposures and mitigate early assignment risk.

Humberto Portillo is a financial advisor at Financial Freedom Management LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with his current firm since 2015. Financial Freedom Management LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, and pension plans with approximately $8.1 million in assets under management. The firm uses a rules-based quantitative approach to asset allocation, incorporating low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, tax-loss harvesting, and leverage strategies, with a focus on special-needs planning and community education through seminars and workshops.

Warren Stean is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is the founder and director of Atlantica Wealth, LLC, a firm providing financial consultancy services to UK expatriates, where he focuses on business development for investment advisory services in the United States. He has worked at Liberty Wealth Managers since 2022 and has prior experience at several firms, including WestFuller Advisors and Abbey Financial Solutions. Liberty Wealth Managers offers fee-based investment advisory services primarily to individual United Kingdom expatriates, specializing in pension transfer assistance and portfolio management. The firm uses a tactical allocation approach mainly through exchange-traded funds and mutual funds, operating on a non-discretionary basis with a focus on longer-term holdings.

Mark Vogel is the sole advisor at Mark Vogel Wealth Management, LLC, located in North Caldwell, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 14 years of experience in financial advising. In addition to his work in wealth management since 2003, he has practiced law as a sole proprietor since 1991, dedicating a significant portion of his time to his legal practice. Mark Vogel Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, and small-company pension accounts, managing approximately $96 million in assets. The firm employs a concentrated, growth-at-a-reasonable-price strategy focused on a small number of individual stocks and offers performance-based compensation options for qualified clients.