David Skelly is a CFP® professional with 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Commonwealth Financial Network and Vala Wealth Management, having previously worked at OSAIC and Woodbury Financial Services. He is also the owner of Skelly Financial Planning Group, LLC. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides back-office support, technology, investment management, and compliance services, offering various advisory programs including discretionary model portfolios and personalized indexing options.

Kathleen Vasko is a CFP® and ChFC® with eight years of experience, currently advising at Janney Montgomery Scott. She has worked exclusively at Janney Montgomery Scott throughout her financial career and previously spent time at Wirx Pharmacy and Family Support Line. Kathleen serves as a trained advocate for CASA Youth Advocates of Delaware and Chester County and participates on the College and Career Planning Committee for Unionville Chadds Ford School District. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, providing brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and wrap/advisory programs with a combination of in-house and third-party portfolio management.

Jerry Wacura is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Philadelphia, PA. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has seven years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at GWFS Equities, Wells Fargo Clearing, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, Merrill, and TD Bank. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm uses an integrated model linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and focuses on long-term portfolio returns and client savings rates rather than short-term forecasts.

David Berkeihiser is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding CFP® and ChFC® designations and over 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Private Advisor Group since 2012 and associated with LPL Financial since 1997. Berkeihiser also works as an independent insurance agent in a limited capacity. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes a fiduciary-based advisory model and a variety of technology platforms and third-party managers to provide diversified investment solutions.

Vaughn Schill is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC. His previous roles include positions at Hyperion Partners, LLC; Bridgers Schill Wealth Management Group, LLC; and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. MAI Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary 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 investment strategies and offers services that include trust administration and insurance through its affiliates.

Nicole Kianka is a CFP® certificant with four years of experience in the financial industry. She is currently with Rockefeller Financial LLC and has previous experience at Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Wells Fargo Bank, and Wescott Financial Advisory Firm. Outside of finance, she holds a law license in Pennsylvania and works part-time as a bartender. 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 a range of portfolio management and financial planning services and operates as a registered broker-dealer, providing securities transactions, variable insurance products, and investment banking services through a private advisor model and a consolidated investment platform.

Matthew Fleming is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 22 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2014. Fleming is also an owner of a rental property in Philadelphia. 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. The firm offers a range of investment solutions including model portfolios and customized portfolios managed under client-approved investment policy statements.

Timothy Howell is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with GWN Securities since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in a restaurant LLC, The Coop Sports Bar and iKitchen. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients, including high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios, utilizing a range of investment strategies including traditional asset allocation and legacy market-timing methods.

Thomas Daniels is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Creative Planning, LLC since 2023 and previously spent seven years at Daniels + Tansey, LLP. Daniels is based in Greenville, DE. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies for long-term goals, supplemented by direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and selective private market exposure.

Christopher Schuch is a CFP® with 16 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Mariner, where he has worked since 2021, and previously spent nine years at CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Schuch serves as a board member for the Avon Grove Wildcats Girls Lacrosse club and coaches a youth lacrosse team through True Lacrosse, LLC. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, providing investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and coordinated tax services. The firm offers customized discretionary portfolios supported by an internal investment committee and integrates tax, accounting, and family office services alongside its portfolio management capabilities.

Andrew Johnson is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory. He has worked at Charles Schwab since 2021 and has prior experience at firms including Infosys and The Vanguard Group. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients, using proprietary asset-allocation models and internal research tools to tailor recommendations based on client goals and risk tolerance.

Carl Nadwodny Jr. is a CFP® and CFA® credentialed financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC and Convergent Financial Strategies LLC. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a broad 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.

Ian Mac Kinnon is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at WealthBridge Financial and Edmund Optics, Inc. In addition to his advisory role, he owns AtTrainable Real Estate IQ, LLC, a real estate business focused on buying, renovating, and selling or leasing investment properties. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, 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 blends active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds under an enhanced open architecture framework.

David Kovach is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 35 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has worked at firms including APW Capital, Inc. and Kistler Tiffany Advisors. He serves as president of the KTA Funding Hope Foundation, a charitable organization based in Berwyn, PA. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in client assets and employs a financial planning–led investment process emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by various tactical approaches and comprehensive retirement plan services.

Vincent Grasso is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. in Wayne, PA with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Kades-Margolis, MML Investors Services, and MassMutual. Before entering finance, he held roles outside the industry including positions at Tango Restaurant and Tony Cappelli and Sons. GWN Securities provides investment advisory services to individual and corporate clients through various managed account programs and financial planning. The firm uses a combination of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and incorporates market-timing and momentum-based strategies in some legacy programs.

Jeffrey Miller is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Wayne, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with GWN Securities since 2005 and also serves as a sales manager at Kades Margolis, where he recruits, trains, and develops new advisors. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through multiple managed account programs, employing a mix of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and model-based allocations grounded in asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm is noted for its use of market-timing and momentum-based strategies in certain legacy programs.

Jonathan Susser is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Huntington Securities, Janney Montgomery Scott, Valley National Investments, Credit Agricole, Glenmede Investment Management, and Blackrock. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a broad range of advisory programs including asset management, consulting, and retirement services, with a focus on both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Ethan Collins is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 24 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Hightower Advisors and its affiliated broker-dealer, Hightower Securities, LLC, since 2014. The firm provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. Hightower's advisory approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing proprietary research and a range of investment vehicles such as mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Ashesh Shah is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. He has been with PNC Investments LLC since 2022 and has also worked at PNC Bank since 2000. PNC Wealth Management provides retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital discretionary model account for employees, which uses algorithmic risk assessments and invests in mutual funds and ETFs with annual rebalancing.

Christine Curtiss is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 23 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Her prior roles include positions at BNY Mellon Securities Corporation and BNY Mellon. Citigroup Global Markets serves a range of clients from workplace investors to ultra-high-net-worth individuals, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including in-house research and derivatives services.