Jared Onorato is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 18 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing before joining Commonwealth and Forge Financial Group. Outside of his advisory work, he is a co-owner of a rental property in Reston, VA. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients with a range of advisory programs and services. The firm provides operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support, allowing advisors to construct client portfolios from diverse securities and insurance products while offering discretionary model portfolios managed by its Investment Management and Research team.

Broderick Young is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Eagle Strategies (NY Life). His career includes roles at Crystal Clear Financial Group, Reveal Wealth, and New York Life. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the board of Studio for Wellness & Education, contributing to the organization’s guidance and strategic development. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional sponsors, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis through various program types linked to insurance and annuity products.

Ashley Galvin is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 17 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Hightower Securities, LLC and Hightower Advisors since 2011. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting services.

Eric Blackman is a financial advisor with United Planners Financial Services of America, holding a Series 66 credential and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Equitable Advisors, LLC and Ernst and Young, as well as academic positions at the University of Maryland and Robert H. Smith School of Business. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management enterprise serving a diverse client base that includes individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and institutional clients. The firm employs independent Investment Adviser Representatives who use a combination of custodians, third-party money managers, and platform programs to implement client-directed investment strategies.

Sarah Cato is a CFP® and ChFC® with 21 years of experience in the financial industry. She is currently affiliated with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a board member of The ARC-Finance and operates Cato Advisory, LLC, a consulting business specializing in dental transition. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser affiliated with Guardian Life. The firm serves individual and institutional clients with a range of brokerage, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and advisory programs, using both proprietary and third-party investment models.

Lyndsie Slusher is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials. She has one year of industry experience, having previously served in the US Army for seven years and currently engaged with UNC Chapel Hill. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a specific focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs managed by a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers.

Christopher Airey is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 27 years of industry experience. He is currently with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Prior to these roles, he spent over two decades at Spire Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of his advisory duties, Airey is president and owner of Corbett Road Capital Management, an affiliated registered investment adviser formed through a joint venture with Spire Wealth Management, and he is also an independent insurance agent. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth and investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services with a focus on customized, long-term portfolios and affiliated sub-advisory arrangements.

Christopher Romano is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, based in Bethesda, MD, and has 14 years of industry experience. He also holds a senior vice president role at The Meltzer Group, a consulting firm where he has worked since 1999. Romano’s career includes consulting and corporate benefits activities with NFP, in addition to his advisory responsibilities at Kestra. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors and a diverse range of institutional and individual clients. The firm offers services including fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms, serving clients such as sovereign wealth funds and other large institutional investors.

Michael Duckett is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Lockton Financial Advisors, Lockton Investment Advisors, Lockton Companies, and Kestra Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, he consults on software for Benetic. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in assets through over 1,100 advisors.

Lawrence Weber is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 25 years of industry experience. He has been with VOYA Financial since 2014. In addition to his advisory role, he operates as an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance products. VOYA Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and plan-sponsor consulting through various program structures such as wrap programs and third-party money manager access.

Kathryn Risch is a financial advisor at Focus Advisor Solutions, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 and Series 63 credentials. Her prior work includes roles at Buckingham Strategic Partners, LLC and Savant Capital Management. Focus Advisor Solutions provides turnkey asset management and back-office services primarily to independent registered investment advisors, offering model portfolios, operational support, fixed-income sub-advisory services, and retirement plan investment management. The firm manages approximately $41 billion in assets and serves more than 33,000 clients through a platform that combines enterprise scale with a focused advisor base.

Joshua Olds is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at NewEdge Advisors since 2024. His previous roles include a decade at New Potomac Partners, LLC, and multiple years with Johnston Lemon Asset Management Inc., as well as a brief tenure at Morgan Stanley. He participates in educational programming through the Washington, DC Society of Financial Analysts’ Wealth Management Sub-Committee. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a wide range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools, with an emphasis on centralized due diligence and monitoring of third-party managers.

Sarah Burdette is a Series 66-licensed advisor with Osaic Advisory Services, LLC, where she has worked since 2026. She has seven years of prior experience at Aeon Wealth Management and additional experience with Osaic Wealth Inc and Smokehouse Live. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm provides a range of services including investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to alternative investments through multiple advisory programs.

David Shober is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory who holds a Series 66 designation and has 23 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Woodbury Financial Services, SSN Advisory, ACI Partners, and National Planning Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he owns SZC Financial Planning & Management and is involved in offering fixed annuities and life and LTC insurance through SZC Financial (Insurance). Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors and a diverse range of institutional and individual clients. The firm offers fiduciary consulting, plan design, vendor searches, and manages discretionary and non-discretionary services supported by due diligence, serving clients including large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Vincent Yuen is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He has two years of industry experience and has been with TD Private Client Wealth LLC since 2023. Prior to this, he was affiliated with TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. beginning in 2012. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional, high-net-worth, and retail clients. The firm utilizes a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation through affiliated and third-party sub-managers and operates a cross-border Private Investment Advisor model serving certain U.S. clients virtually.

Gustavo Laguarda is a CFP® and ChFC® with 22 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently works at Truist Advisory Services and has been with the Truist organization since 2006, including roles at BB&T Investments and Truist Investment Services. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary manager relationships, supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools, and integrates services across affiliated broker-dealer and banking entities.

Sonia Castillo Smith is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in Tysons, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. She has been with HSBC Securities since 2011 and HSBC Bank USA N.A. since 2012. Outside of her advisory role, she is a member of the Rotary Club of Dulles International Airport, where she volunteers on community service and scholarship committees. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to a range of clients, including individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with due diligence from HSBC Global Asset Management and affiliated providers, operating programs that serve both discretionary and client-directed portfolios.

Shane Twomey is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC, holding a Series 66 credential and 21 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Rockefeller Capital Management, Stand Together, Verdence Capital Advisors, and managing his own firm, Twomey Capital. Outside of finance, he has been involved with Twomey Lacrosse for over two decades. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, while also operating as a registered broker-dealer that provides securities transactions, variable insurance products, and placement and investment banking services.

Violette Depagnier is a financial advisor at First Command Advisory Services with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of her advisory role, she works as a beauty consultant at Palm Beach Tan. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and wrap-fee asset management programs using model portfolios and third-party managers selected by an internal Investment Management Team.

Morgan Tester is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 65-registered financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He is currently with MAI Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2024. Prior to that, he was employed at Carmichael Hill for five years and Estabrook & Company for one year. MAI Capital Management, LLC provides investment management, integrated wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages a broad range of strategies and integrates financial planning, tax, and administrative services, overseeing $72.3 billion in assets as of May 31, 2026.