Ryan Schott is a financial advisor with Raymond James Financial, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Independent Living Innovations LLC and KTS Financial Group, as well as an academic background at the University of Alabama. He also serves as Operations Manager for North Atlantic Investment Partners, LLC. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. provides financial planning and investment consulting to a broad client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, institutions, and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs analytical tools and risk profiling to tailor non-discretionary planning and encourages implementation through its advisory programs or other providers.

Marianne Cunha Simmons is a Wealth Management Planning Consultant at Fidelity Investments, where she collaborates with the Wealth Management team to assist clients in developing personalized financial plans aimed at achieving their individual financial goals. She has been in her current role since 2023. Ms. Simmons has extensive experience in the financial services industry, having held various positions at Fidelity Investments since 1998, including Planning Consultant, Senior Relationship Manager, Premium Services Representative, and Retirement Planning Representative. She also worked as a Registered Sales Assistant at DCU Financial from 2011 to 2013. Her career reflects a long-standing commitment to client service and financial planning. No information about her education, credentials, personal interests, or community involvement has been provided.

Diane Burke is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Westborough, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and over 10 years of industry experience. She has been with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney since 1999. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that provides advisory programs and financial planning services to individuals and institutions, managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets. The firm utilizes structured discovery conversations and proprietary planning tools, including the Global Investment Committee’s Secular Return Estimates and Monte Carlo simulations, to develop its financial plans.

Matthew Clark is a financial advisor with Equitable Advisors in Wellesley, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Waltham Public Schools, Boston Public Schools, and Uber. Outside of advising, he serves as executor of his father’s estate and is involved as a sales associate with Realty Benefit Services and Dergalis Associates LLC. Equitable Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, retirement plan, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, broker-dealer services, insurance distribution, and access to third-party asset management programs. The firm operates as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and a broker-dealer, working extensively with program sponsors and endorsed third-party managers.

Nicholas Pucillo is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor at Fidelity with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles in education with Bentley University and the Acton-Boxborough School District. He is part of Strategic Advisers LLC, a Fidelity Investments company that provides investment management and advisory services to retail and institutional clients. The firm employs a blend of fundamental research, quantitative analysis, and algorithmic portfolio construction to manage discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios, including model portfolios built from mutual funds, ETFs, and ETPs.

Margaret Simonds is a financial advisor with Mass Mutual Investors Services in Southborough, MA, holding a Series 63 license and 11 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life. She is also active as a sales agent in individual and group life, health, disability income, and long-term care insurance. Mass Mutual Investors Services is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser providing financial planning and asset management services to individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers. The firm offers ongoing, collaborative planning engagements that use firm-approved tools to analyze client goals and deliver written recommendations.

Amanda Willey is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Ameriprise in Framingham, MA. She has been with Ameriprise and its affiliated entities since 2010. Outside of her advisory role, Amanda owns a travel consulting business and serves on the boards of two nonprofit organizations, Acacia In Kenya and Global Youth Groove, where she holds treasury responsibilities. Ameriprise offers a retirement-income planning service focused on individuals approaching or in retirement who meet specific asset criteria. The firm delivers non-discretionary, research-backed recommendations through a centralized team and supports a broad range of advisory, brokerage, and insurance solutions typical of a large institutional firm.

Maxwell McGourty is an Investment Consultant at Fidelity Investments, a role he has held since 2024. He works with clients to co-create investment plans related to their financial goals. Prior to this position, he held several roles at Fidelity Investments, including Investment Solutions Representative from 2023 to 2024, High Net Worth Representative from 2022 to 2023, and Customer Relationship Advocate from 2021 to 2022. His experience encompasses various aspects of client relationship management and investment solutions within the firm.

Danielle Drew is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving with Cetera. Her prior roles include positions at Commonwealth Financial Network and Triad Advisors. Outside of finance, she teaches cardio and strength fitness classes at Nrg Fitness. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC is a nationwide network of independent advisors serving individual, corporate, retirement plan, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, featuring a multi-manager platform with both discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Michelle Allison is a financial advisor at Merrill with 16 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and has previously worked at Prudential Financial, Bank of America Merrill, Ameriprise Financial, and Riversource Investments. Merrill, together with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program, offering model-based and discretionary investment strategies to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations.

Stephen Hall is the sole advisor at Yarrington Management Company, an independent firm based in Westborough, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Yarrington Management Company in 1999, Hall became a partner at Higley Hall & Company, Inc., where he advises boards of banks, credit unions, and trust companies on senior management and policy issues. Yarrington Management Company provides independent advisory services with a focus on personalized client engagement.

James Maxon is the sole advisor at James D. Maxon Financial Advisors, LLC, an independent firm based in Bedford, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 24 years of experience in financial advising. Prior to establishing his advisory firm in 2003, he has operated as a Certified Public Accountant since 1986, maintaining that practice alongside his advisory work. James D. Maxon Financial Advisors serves individual clients with personalized financial strategies, combining investment management with accounting insights.

Meredith Murphy is a CFA® charterholder and principal at Financial Well-Being Advisors LLC, an independent firm based in Wellesley, MA, with nine years of industry experience. She also serves as Chief Accounting Officer at Genesis, a firm providing back-office support services, where she oversees the accounting group. Financial Well-Being Advisors LLC is a single-advisor firm focused on delivering financial planning and investment management services.

Jeffrey Bonvallat is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Bon Investments, LLC since 2003. The firm is an independent, single-advisor registered investment adviser based in Acton, MA. Bon Investments, LLC provides portfolio management services primarily to individual clients, managing approximately $67.94 million in assets across about 60 accounts. The firm focuses on ongoing portfolio oversight and typically serves clients with larger individual portfolios, maintaining a more concentrated client base than many independent advisers.

Stephen Peck is the sole advisor at Stephen H. Peck Employee Benefits Solutions in Needham, MA, with over 30 years of experience in employee benefits. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked with multiple benefits firms since 1989, including his current practice established in 2011. His career has focused on consulting and brokerage for employee health and ancillary insurance. Stephen H. Peck Employee Benefits Solutions serves for-profit and not-for-profit organizations by providing brokerage and consulting services for employee health, dental, and ancillary insurance. The firm refers clients seeking retirement investment guidance to independent wealth management representatives and does not manage plan assets or charge asset-based fees.

Kalule Guwatudde is a financial advisor at BoraBond, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. His career background includes roles at Nortlov Securities, Kalepa Corporation, TA Associates, and McKinsey and Company. BoraBond provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management services focused on government-backed bonds issued by African sovereign entities. The firm builds diversified portfolios of African sovereign fixed-income instruments using fundamental and technical analysis, tailoring accounts to individual client circumstances and risk tolerances.