Jian Qi is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. He has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2016 and also maintains a role at World Financial Group, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, Jian Qi is involved in the sales of insurance and non-insurance products affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a broad advisor network and multiple program platforms, relying on model portfolios and third-party managers to implement its advisory strategies.

Ali Agha is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in White Plains, NY. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 16 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Eagle Strategies since 2017, Nylife Securities LLC since 2010, and New York Life Insurance Company since 2009. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals and institutions, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages a significant portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Joseph Brida is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations. He has 43 years of industry experience, including long-term roles at Wealth Conservation Group, Inc. and Nylife Securities Inc. Brida has an ownership interest in a racehorse entity, J & B Stables, though he is not actively involved in its management. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base of individual and institutional investors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and offers multiple advisory programs within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

John Maher is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at WealthShield Partners, Ironclad Asset Management, Hawks Acquisition Corp, and Wilmington Trust. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets through a large advisor network and employs a diversified investment process that blends passive and active managers with quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis.

Lawrence Papola Jr. is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His professional background includes roles at OSAIC, ThinkEquity Insurance Services LLC, and U.S. Captive Partners & Associates, Inc. He is also involved in providing insurance services related to life, health, annuities, and long-term care products beyond standard offerings. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and support services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, while enabling advisors to construct customized client portfolios with access to discretionary model portfolios and various program structures.

Jordan Ceraso is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding a Series 66 credential and 12 years of industry experience. His work history spans both firms since 2015. Outside of his primary role, he also engages in insurance sales beyond Guardian policies. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser affiliated with The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. The firm serves individual and institutional clients with a range of brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory solutions, including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Jeffrey Neeck is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has worked with Guardian Life Insurance Company and Park Avenue Securities, with a career spanning over two decades at Primerica Advisors. He is involved in managing partnership interests through Hardscrabble Hill Holdings LLC. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering both brokerage and advisory services. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party portfolios and provides various financial planning and consulting services.

James Toner is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2015. Toner serves on the financial committee of the West Babylon Alumni Association, where he contributes to scholarship funding decisions. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Anthony Larocca is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp in Williston Park, NY, holding a Series 63 designation and 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Money Concepts Capital Corp since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, Larocca is president of a company focused on sales and marketing of insurer-related products including health, disability, and long-term care insurance, and he also works as a business consultant during non-securities hours. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a range of managed programs and portfolio strategies, combining model portfolios, IAR-designed portfolios, and third-party sub-advisers to serve approximately 14,700 clients with around $3.33 billion in assets under management.

Michael Lynch is a CFA® charterholder with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2016 and previously worked at Maltin Wealth Management, Inc. from 2012 to 2016. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and integrates internal standards and oversight committees to select and monitor managers, operating at a large institutional scale with unique market roles and arrangements.

Charlie Yeung is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory work, he is associated with The Bohea Associates Ltd., a food importing and wholesale business. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with a combination of internal oversight and external partnerships, supporting a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment solutions.

Thomas Brown is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Merrill, JPMorgan Securities LLC, and Capital One Bank. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across wealth management segments, offering investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and operates with a combination of large institutional scale and unique market roles.

Sara Ashmawy is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (New York Life) with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked with Pinnacle Strategies, Inc. since 2019. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in brokering non-registered insurance products with outside carriers. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals and institutions, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated representatives. The firm offers tailored solutions across multiple program types, emphasizing non-discretionary asset management and fiduciary responsibilities to retirement investors.

Stephen Dileo is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with TIAA-CREF and TIAA since 2016. Prior to that, he worked at R. Seelau & Co., Inc. from 2015 to 2016. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients linked to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management under a fiduciary standard and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Austin Colaluca is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing four years of industry experience. He has worked at TD Private Client Wealth LLC and TD Bank N.A. since 2018, and prior to that was employed at Sacred Heart University and MKTG. TD Private Client Wealth LLC offers discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional, high-net-worth, and retail clients, combining strategic and tactical asset allocation with investments from affiliated and third-party sub-managers.

Andres Fernandez Salvador is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He currently works at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and previously held roles at Kings Point Capital Management LLC and Charles Schwab. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment approach combining passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee and research that includes quantitative and fundamental analysis.

Kenneth Lynn is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 29 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Charles Schwab and Kings Point Capital Management LLC. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment approach combining passive and active managers, supported by an internal Investment Committee, and offers a range of financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting services.

Timothy Cunningham is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. since 2020. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities for eight years. Outside of finance, he has been involved in stagehand work for the New York City Ballet since 2002. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer with over 400 advisors managing approximately $15.7 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, and nonprofit organizations, offering a range of advisory and investment management services that include firm-developed and third-party model strategies with ongoing oversight.

Michael Bongiorno is a financial advisor at Wealthspire Advisors with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at New York Life. His background also includes roles in education at Farmingdale State College and a high school for career and technical education. Wealthspire Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $34.3 billion in assets for nearly 9,700 clients, including individuals, institutions, and nonprofits. The firm employs an institutional-style asset allocation framework and offers a range of wealth management and financial planning services tailored to client needs.

Christopher Lane is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and operates at a large institutional scale with various specialized market roles and commercial arrangements.