Patric Hyland is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with a Series 66 credential and three years of industry experience. He has previously worked at LPL Financial and has additional work experience including positions at Villa Walsh School and the University of Miami. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers a fiduciary-based advisory model using various investment strategies and technologies, including proprietary and third-party managed account solutions.

Steven Gelber is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in Fairfield, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera Advisor Networks, CWM, LPL Financial, and Cetera Wealth Services. He has worked with Hightower Securities LLC and Hightower Advisors LLC since 2018. Hightower provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, using both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a range of portfolio management options including custom and alternative investments.

Leonardo Ramirez is a financial advisor at AE Wealth Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms including Aegis Capital Corp and National Life Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is also an insurance agent involved in explaining annuities to prospects. AE Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charities, and businesses. The firm offers a range of services such as model portfolio solutions, discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan services, operating a platform that integrates both internal and third-party investment models.

Darrell Marques is a financial advisor with Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 26 years of industry experience. He has worked with Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Hornor, Townsend & Kent since 2004. Marques is also active as an insurance agent specializing in multi-line insurance and life insurance brokerage, including portfolio construction for advisory accounts. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through a network of advisors, providing advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services, with a platform that includes third-party asset manager relationships and discretionary and non-discretionary account options.

Donald Hertling is a CFP® professional with over 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC since 2020. He previously worked at Heller Wealth Advisors for 11 years. Hertling maintains involvement in insurance services through his role at JD Associates, LLC, where he works with clients on property and casualty insurance. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a manager-of-managers approach, utilizing third-party independent managers selected through a formal due-diligence process and supported by quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Alexander Les is a CFP® and holds a Series 63 license with 25 years of industry experience. He is currently with Kestra Advisory, having joined in 2024, and previously worked at Barclays Capital Inc. for 14 years. In addition to his advisory role, he is licensed as an insurance agent selling life, disability, and long-term care insurance. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base, including institutional and individual investors. The firm offers fiduciary consulting, plan design, investment advice, and access to multiple management platforms, serving approximately $79.8 billion in assets under management and clients such as sovereign wealth funds.

Francesco Scorsone is a CFP® professional affiliated with Corient, with 11 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Corient in 2023, he held roles at JP Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank from 2015 to 2023. He has also been involved in entrepreneurial ventures, including operating J&F Fabricators LLC for 10 years and One Heart to Another LLC for 2 years. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a broad client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach combining in-house strategies with third-party managers, and integrates risk management tools and alternative investments as appropriate.

Steven Semple is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience. He currently works at Key Investment Services LLC and KeyBank NA, having previously served at J.P. Morgan Securities and Chase Investment Services Corp. Semple is also the general manager of Steven Semple Investments LLC, a Florida-based entity related to owning and managing mortgage and rental real estate. Key Investment Services LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser offering portfolio management and model-based advisory products to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and institutional plans. The firm utilizes a multi-provider model combining discretionary implementation and strategist portfolios, with integration across KeyCorp affiliates for additional advisory and investment services.

Megan Brozowski is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience. She has worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors from 2015 to 2018 and RegentAtlantic from 2003 to 2015. She is currently affiliated with Mariner and holds a Series 65 license. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax and Core Family Office services, employing discretionary, customized portfolios supported by both internal research and third-party managers.

Kristin Merrick is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Morgan Stanley Bank and Raymond James Financial Services before joining Kestra in 2020. She is co-founder of Women Work F#cking Hard, a platform focused on connecting women with resources through events and webinars, and serves on the boards of the Ridgewood YMCA and House of Puff, providing strategic and fundraising guidance. Kestra Advisory Services offers investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse range of institutional and individual clients, including large plan sponsors and sovereign wealth funds. The firm provides fiduciary services, plan-level investment advice, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions.

James Sullivan is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Private Advisor Group and LPL Financial since 2011 and has worked with PAG Financial, LLC since 2020. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans by providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers managed account solutions, including its proprietary WealthSuite platform and access to third-party managers, employing a fiduciary-based advisory model tailored to client goals and risk tolerances.

Roger Forman is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Clearing. Forman is based in New York, NY. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including acting as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Melissa Gerckens is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC since 2020. Her prior experience includes roles at Heller Wealth Advisors, LLC from 2016 to 2019 and other entities within the Beacon Pointe organization. She is also a licensed insurance agent involved in the sale of life and health insurance products through Beacon Pointe Insurance Services, LLC. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced CIO solutions to individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes a combination of asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers across active and passive strategies, with a focus on private and public asset classes.

Christopher Distaulo is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2012. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across a range of wealth segments, offering investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, custody services, and derivatives and futures services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and is notable for its combination of large institutional scale and specialized market roles.

Robert Lee is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Infinex Investments, Inc. and Popular Bank since 2018, and previously at CitiGroup from 2015 to 2018. Lee also serves as a private banker at Popular Bank. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, ERISA retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized advisory services and financial planning through a network of investment adviser representatives, operating a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer structure with access to alternative investments and lending solutions.

Francis Mulvey is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 25 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at J.P. Morgan Securities, StoneX Financial Inc., Exoduspoint Capital Management, Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc, and SG Americas Securities, LLC. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains unique market roles including in-house research, swap dealing, and futures commission services.

Christopher Redmond is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds a Series 66 designation. He has been in the industry for one year and has prior experience as a firefighter with the Fire Department City of New York. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue Securities LLC, offers brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, and organizations, combining advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and providing access to insurance products and alternative investments.

Patrick Mccahill is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently with Hightower Advisors and has been with HighTower Securities, LLC since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a research analyst for Gouldin & McCarthy, focusing on investment performance analysis and research, and has participated as a committee member for the Babbitt Ball event organized by the John Taylor Babbitt Foundation. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and incorporates proprietary research and portfolio construction strategies across various investment vehicles.

Jacob Pusateri is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Citigroup since 2012. Outside of finance, he is involved as a producer for a film titled "Coaled Blood," assisting with budgeting and production management. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a wide range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains large-scale institutional capabilities alongside specialized market roles.

Raelynn Harlach is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience, currently with Valic Financial Advisors. Her prior experience includes roles at Agia and Prudential-related firms. She also works as an agent offering non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary unified managed accounts through a large network of advisors.