Benjamin Heikes is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mariner. He has previously worked at The Mather Group, Financial Engines Advisors, Edelman Financial Services, Fidelity, and T. Rowe Price Advisory Services. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans, offering investment management, financial planning, and specialized tax and family office services. The firm employs discretionary, customized portfolios supported by in-house research and third-party managers, and features integrated tax and accounting capabilities uncommon in large advisory enterprises.

John Milone is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Focus Partners Wealth since 2024. Prior to his current role, he completed four years at Union College and four years at Notre Dame High School. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs an investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, utilizing tools such as trend-following and options overlay strategies.

Frederick Baird is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at The Colony Group, LLC since 2019, following a tenure at Aurora Financial Advisors, LLC from 2010 to 2019. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies through an “enhanced open architecture” framework, integrating fundamental and quantitative analysis with specialized tools like trend-following and options overlay strategies.

Gary Gerulskis is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and previously worked at Capital Advisors, LLC for 18 years before joining Focus Partners Wealth. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Beverly Rodrigue is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 17 years of industry experience. She is currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, where she has worked since 2021. Her prior experience includes roles at North American Management Corp and Lake Street Advisors, LLC. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm that serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of financial planning and asset management services, utilizing a strategic investment process that combines passive and active management guided by an internal Investment Committee.

James Aldo is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Vision Wealth Strategies LLC, Eagle Strategies (NY Life), and New York Life Insurance Company. Aldo also volunteers as a youth softball coach in Taunton, MA. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and consulting services, leveraging both in-house and third-party strategies supported by technology and centralized due diligence.

Andressa Tsaparlis is a financial advisor at Breckinridge Capital Advisors Inc with 8 years at the firm and a total of 11 years of industry experience, including three years at JP Morgan. She holds the Series 65 designation and is based in Boston, MA. Breckinridge Capital Advisors manages over $50 billion in separately managed accounts and sub-advisory arrangements for a diverse client base including high net worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, trusts, mutual funds, and wrap-fee programs. The firm offers a range of fixed income and equity strategies and integrates a top-down macro outlook with bottom-up fundamental research, supported by proprietary technology and a team-based portfolio construction process.

Lauren Desforge is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with 27 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP®, PFS™, and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining Cerity Partners in 2022, she worked for Daintree Advisors LLC for ten years. Desforge serves on the board and finance committee of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and volunteers with Advisers Give Back, Inc., a nonprofit providing financial advice to low-income families. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm offers customized investment management, financial planning, and access to alternative and private-market investments, managing approximately $126.9 billion in client assets.

Brian Franford is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Needham, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ameritas Advisory Services, Daniel J. Galli & Associates, COMPASS Wealth Management, and Lincoln Investment. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and manages roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform with access to managed-account programs, third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Joshua Olson is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at The Vanguard Group and Polaris MEP. Olson also engages in fixed insurance sales as a secondary business activity. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing roughly $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform with a variety of managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and comprehensive back-office services.

Qing Yang is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. and previously worked at O'Brien Wealth Partners LLC, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. O'Brien Wealth Partners LLC provides fee-only investment advice and financial planning to individuals, families, businesses, nonprofits, pension plans, and endowments, managing approximately $1.1 billion in discretionary assets. The firm emphasizes capital preservation and attractive returns through diversified asset allocation and model portfolios guided by an investment committee, with implementation primarily via mutual funds and ETFs.

Alexander Gross is a CFP® with 22 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Cerity Partners LLC, where he has worked since 2022, and previously spent a decade at Daintree Advisors LLC. Gross holds the Series 65 designation and is based in Boston, MA. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, corporations, charitable institutions, and other entities. The firm offers customized portfolio management with a focus on diversified asset allocation and provides services such as financial planning, tax and insurance support, retirement plan services, and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Barbara Cummings is a financial advisor at William Blair with 22 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has been with William Blair since 2015. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm emphasizes active, research-driven management across multiple asset classes and provides access to proprietary models, third-party sub-managers, and private investment opportunities.

Nicholas Cole is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Boston, holding a Series 65 designation. He has been in the financial industry since 2021, with prior experience at Audax Group and RSM US LLP. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, and institutional clients, offering a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs an investment approach that integrates active and passive strategies within a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive framework, supported by fundamental and quantitative analysis.

Mark Purcell is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Principal Securities Inc. and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2020, following prior roles at Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. and Jhfn Sii. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel stationed abroad. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions under various adviser and promoter arrangements.

Nicholas Tuccelli is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. in Boston, MA, with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at Fidelity Investments for two years. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse group of individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and plan-sponsor consulting through various program structures including wrap programs and third-party money manager access. The firm emphasizes recommendation-based, non-discretionary advice and operates as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer.

Mark Haser is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. He previously worked at Artemis Financial Advisors for six years and has held positions at Kyruus and Athenahealth. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Evan Couture is a financial advisor at Breckinridge Capital Advisors Inc with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Allspring Funds Management, Allspring Funds Distributor, and T. Rowe Price. Breckinridge Capital Advisors provides separately managed fixed income and equity strategies, sub-advisory services, and investment management for individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, primarily accessed through intermediaries. The firm combines a top-down investment committee outlook with fundamental credit research and systematic, tax-aware portfolio management techniques, managing over $54 billion in client assets as of December 31, 2025.

Laura Keelon is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Boston, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 15 years of industry experience. She has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2005. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Timothy Vanech is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. with 22 years of industry experience. He previously worked for 16 years at Shorepoint Capital Partners. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as a trustee managing investment decisions for his family's trusts. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio strategies, including model allocations and specialized options-based approaches, and utilizes technology to manage held-away employer retirement accounts.