Paul Pignone is a financial advisor with Beck Bode LLC in Dedham, MA, holding the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 63 designations and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has worked with Beck Bode Wealth Management since 2018 and Boston Retirement Advisors since 1996. Beck Bode provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, families, and retirement plans. The firm uses fundamental analysis and proprietary Growth and Income Growth strategies, including dividend-paying equities in the utilities sector, to tailor investment decisions according to client goals and risk tolerance.

Steven St. Pierre is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Shepherd Financial Partners, LLC since 2017. He has also been affiliated with LPL Financial LLC since 2007. Outside of his advisory roles, he is the managing member of St. Pierre Financial Services, PLLC, a pass-through tax entity. Shepherd Financial Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, employing a diverse investment approach that includes traditional asset classes, private funds, and derivatives strategies.

Roberta Tondo is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at firms including Vanguard and Ameriprise Financial before joining White Lighthouse Investment Management, Inc. Her recent roles include positions at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and related entities. White Lighthouse Investment Management serves individuals, families, small business owners, trusts, and retirement plans, including multinational families with cross-border U.S. issues. The firm offers investment management and comprehensive wealth-planning services, focusing on customized, diversified portfolios that emphasize tax efficiency and international planning.

Vilis Pasts is a financial advisor at BTS Asset Management, Inc. with 56 years of industry experience. He has held roles at BTS Securities Corporation from 1999 to 2018 and has been with BTS Asset Management since 1998. Pasts holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. BTS Asset Management serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management across various model portfolios and providing model recommendations to third-party platforms. The firm combines quantitative and fundamental analysis with proprietary technical indicators to guide investment decisions and manages multiple affiliated registered mutual funds.

Sara Gawick is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with eight years of industry experience. She has worked at Illumination Wealth Management since 2022, following prior roles at Ameriprise Financial Services and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network. Illumination Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans with comprehensive financial planning and investment management. The firm uses client-specific investment policy statements and strategic asset allocation models, emphasizing long-term allocation and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Gregory Racki is a financial advisor at Monument Group Wealth Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Monument Group since 2021. In addition to his advisory role, he owns and operates an estate planning firm, RackiLaw, providing estate planning advice, trustee services, and probate services. Monument Group Wealth Advisors offers investment management, financial planning, and family office services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and long-term strategic asset allocation, utilizing a diversified range of mutual funds, ETFs, and selected securities, with ongoing account monitoring and formal quarterly reviews.

Nicole Piton is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Total Clarity Wealth Management, Inc. since 2020. She also owns and operates Healthy Pet Care Market Co., a business she has managed since 2004. Total Clarity Wealth Management is a multi-advisor firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial and retirement planning, and specialized advisory services, employing a range of investment strategies from conservative wrap programs to an actively traded PreActive strategy for sophisticated investors.

Julie Fortin is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience. She has been with Northstar Financial Planning since 2016, initially at Northstar Financial Planning, Inc., and continuing at Northstar Financial Planning, LLC since 2020. Northstar Financial Planning serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and provides advisory and consulting services to employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm uses a strategic asset-allocation approach combining passive ETFs with selected active managers, and integrates third-party technology such as Betterment Advisor Solutions to support automated rebalancing, tax-loss harvesting, and consolidated reporting.

Pamela Bakos is a financial advisor with Bay Colony Advisors in Concord, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. She has been with Bay Colony since 2013. Outside of her advisory role, she offers public relations consulting and event planning services to companies and nonprofit organizations through her own business. Bay Colony Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth families, and institutional retirement plans with portfolio management, financial planning, and fiduciary services. The firm employs a primarily long-term, fundamentally driven investment approach and offers a range of family-office and concierge services alongside a mix of centralized infrastructure and advisor discretion.

Marc Berman is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Colman Knight Advisory Group, LLC since 1999. The firm is a fee-only, SEC-registered advisory serving individual and high-net-worth clients with financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management services. Colman Knight employs a fundamentally oriented, global buy-and-hold investment approach and offers a range of fee structures including fixed project and retainer fees rather than asset-based billing.

Kyle La Sella is a Series 65-registered advisor with Rise North Capital Investment Advisors and has one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Foundations Investment Advisors LLC and has experience as an insurance and annuities agent reviewing and proposing client solutions. He has also worked in the hospitality industry and was a full-time student for eight years. Rise North Capital Investment Advisors provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, with a unique co-advisor operating model and a focus on ongoing portfolio reviews and educational workshops.

Peter Frailey is a financial advisor with Wingate Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Lexington, MA, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Winslow, Evans & Crocker since 2006. Outside of his advisory role, Frailey is involved in financial planning and investment advisory services through Wingate Planning Corp and Wingate Financial Corp. Wingate Wealth Advisors provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, charitable organizations, and retirement plan participants. The firm uses a fee-only model and employs a strategic investment process that blends active and passive strategies through model portfolios tailored to various risk objectives.

Francis Finn is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 36 years of industry experience. He is currently with Alta Wealth Advisors LLC and has previously worked at LPL Financial, LLC for over two decades. Finn provides investment advisory services through Alta Wealth Advisors, an independent registered investment advisor. Alta Wealth Advisors LLC manages approximately $665 million for individual and high-net-worth clients as well as business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting, employing a variety of investment strategies tailored to each client’s goals and risk tolerance.

David Manteau is a CFP® and CFA® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Colman Knight Advisory Group, LLC. His prior work experience includes roles at Prudential Insurance Company of America, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and MetLife Securities Inc. He also serves as a Subject Matter Expert and adjunct professor at Boston University Center for Professional Education, teaching CFP courses. Colman Knight Advisory Group provides financial planning, investment management, and consulting services to individuals, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a fundamental, global buy-and-hold investment approach combined with technical and cyclical analysis, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with in-house tax preparation and other consulting services.

Samuel Shepherd is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license, with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial, LLC since 2017 and has been with Shepherd Financial Partners, LLC since 2016. Shepherd Financial Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm combines traditional asset classes with access to private investment funds and derivatives-based strategies, managing over $1.1 billion across eight advisors and five offices.

Lee Mcgowan is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience and has been with Monument Group Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2013. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and works from Concord, MA as part of a three-advisor team. Monument Group Wealth Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and family office services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and long-term strategic asset allocation, utilizing diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and selected individual securities, with ongoing account monitoring and formal quarterly reviews.

Bryan Parks is a financial advisor at Alta Wealth Advisors LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with Alta Wealth Advisors since 2018. Prior to that, he was with Pinnacle Private Wealth, LLC and LPL Financial. Alta Wealth Advisors LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as business entities, managing approximately $665 million across several hundred accounts. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension/401(k) consulting, utilizing a combination of fundamental, quantitative, technical, and modern portfolio theory analyses tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Cara Whipkey is a financial advisor with Wingate Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Lexington, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 11 years of industry experience. She worked at Morgan Stanley from 2015 to 2021 before joining Wingate Wealth Advisors, where she has been since 2021. Wingate Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and retirement-plan participants, managing accounts on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases. The firm employs a strategic investment review process that combines active and passive fund selections and third-party money managers when appropriate, overseeing a multi-advisor practice with over a billion dollars in client assets.

Lee Eudy is a CFP® and Series 66-registered advisor with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Boston Standard Wealth Management, LLC since 2011. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plans, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and project consulting. Boston Standard Wealth Management manages approximately $647.6 million in discretionary assets and employs a tailored investment approach using ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and periodic rebalancing, with a focus on a smaller advisor team offering advanced retirement and tax expertise.

Alexa Darbe is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving at Northstar Financial Planning, LLC since 2020. Prior to this, she worked at Northstar Financial Planning, Inc. for 13 years. Northstar Financial Planning advises individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and provides advisory and consulting services to employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation approach that combines passive ETFs with selected active managers and integrates technology solutions such as Betterment Advisor Solutions to support automated rebalancing and tax-loss harvesting.