Liang Chun Wu is a financial advisor at Upright Financial Corp with one year of industry experience and a Series 65 credential. His background includes teaching positions at Berklee College of Music and various educational institutions in Taiwan, as well as a role at the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance. Upright Financial Corp is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving primarily individual clients, including high-net-worth households, along with a limited range of institutional clients. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management with a long-term, value-oriented approach using both fundamental and technical analysis.

Lauren Locker is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience. She has been with Locker Financial Services, LLC since 1992. Locker Financial Services is a fee-only advisory firm serving individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and professionals sponsoring retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management, focusing on diversified mutual funds and ETFs with accounts typically held at Charles Schwab.

John Williams is a financial advisor at Bautis Financial, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Bautis Financial since 2018, including its current iteration since 2020. Prior to his advisory career, he was involved with Woosh Athletic, LLC, an athletic-related business. Bautis Financial, LLC provides discretionary investment supervisory services and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately 275 client relationships with about $197 million in discretionary assets. The firm’s investment approach is guided by client-specific Investment Policy Statements and employs a range of analytical tools to implement diverse trading strategies, with additional focus on insurance and risk-management services.

Robert Korzik is a financial advisor with First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC in Little Falls, NJ, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2011 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he is the managing partner of RJE Marine Services LLC, a charter fishing boat business operated by his son. First Light Wealth Advisors provides advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and cyclical analysis with Modern Portfolio Theory to manage diversified portfolios, primarily on a discretionary basis, and offers both individual wealth management and ERISA fiduciary retirement plan consulting.

Vincent Schott is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Xpotential Inc. with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Xpotential since 1999. Outside of his advisory role, he consults part-time for Phoenix Merchant Services, monitoring the performance of an outsourced wholesale payment processor. Xpotential provides discretionary portfolio management to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, foundations, and institutions. The firm employs globally diversified portfolios using low-cost index funds and ETFs, with a combination of strategic asset allocation and tactical risk adjustments.

Matthew Stone is a financial advisor at Eagles Coast Wealth Management, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He has held positions at Sandlapper Wealth Management, LLC and Martin Capital LLC prior to joining Eagles Coast in 2018. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Eagles Coast Wealth Management serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth households, providing discretionary portfolio management along with financial planning and consulting. The firm uses a tailored approach based on client objectives and employs a mix of exchange-traded equities, mutual funds, and fixed-income securities, with accounts reviewed quarterly.

Martin Matousek is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with Cadia Private Client LLC, having joined in 2025, and previously worked at Private Advisor Group and Merrill Lynch. Matousek serves on the Board of Trustees for the Mendham Borough Library. Cadia Private Client LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm constructs customized, primarily long-term portfolios using a variety of investment vehicles and offers fiduciary ERISA/IRA advice for retirement accounts.

Peter Goodman is a financial advisor with SFI Advisors, LLC in Montclair, NJ, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license with 38 years of industry experience. He has been with SFI Advisors since 2001 and has prior experience at Manufacturers Life Insurance Company spanning three decades. Goodman serves on the executive committee of a retirement planners’ study group, Retirement Advisors & Designers of America (RADA). SFI Advisors serves individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and qualified retirement plans by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, corporate retirement plan consulting, and family office services. The firm employs tailored investment strategies, including modern portfolio theory and long-term purchase approaches, and offers access to a range of investment products such as equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and municipal securities.

Zachary Scadden is a financial advisor at Zulu Dreams Capital LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at UBS Financial Services Inc. and The Vanguard Group, Inc. In addition to his advisory role, he has been a part owner of a landscaping company, Carolina Premier Landscaping L.L.C. Zulu Dreams Capital LLC provides portfolio management and investment advisory services primarily to individual investors, using a blend of charting, cyclical, fundamental, and quantitative analysis. The firm manages accounts on a discretionary basis and serves a notable non-U.S. client base without targeting high-net-worth individuals.

Nikola Goles is a financial advisor with Fjaka Wealth Management LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley and several other financial firms. Fjaka Wealth Management LLC offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and family-office–style advisory services to individuals nationwide, primarily through virtual meetings. The firm combines fundamental analysis, strategic asset allocation, and active security selection, including the use of derivatives and options strategies in separately managed accounts.

Kent Sheng is a CFA® charterholder with 23 years of industry experience and has been with Tandem Capital Management, Inc. since 1991. He holds a Series 63 license and also serves as secretary for SYS Investors Corp., the parent holding company for Tandem Capital Management, where he reviews finances and records minutes. Tandem Capital Management provides wealth management and investment advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, families, entrepreneurs, executives, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm employs a combination of top-down macro and sector outlook with bottom-up fundamental analysis, managing concentrated, discretionary portfolios with a long-term orientation and relatively low turnover.

Francis Noonan is a financial advisor with Personal Financial Specialists, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 41 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial LLC since 2025 and previously operated his own sole proprietorship under Personal Financial Specialists from 1999 to 2025. He also has extensive experience with Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., Bauman, Noonan and Associates, and American United Life Insurance Company. Personal Financial Specialists primarily serves retirement plans and plan participants, along with IRA and money-management clients, providing plan communication, administrative services, and investment advice tailored to participant needs. The firm’s investment approach is largely non-discretionary, focusing on mutual funds and ETFs selected from Charles Schwab’s no-transaction-fee lists and guided by a primary-market-trend framework, combining technical and fundamental analysis.

Anna Bronstein is a financial advisor at Springreef LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Springreef since 2011. Springreef serves high net worth families and large nonprofit organizations by providing independent consulting services focused on financial advisor evaluations, searches, and ongoing monitoring. The firm emphasizes a structured due-diligence process and does not manage client assets or offer financial planning, instead operating on hourly or fixed-fee arrangements.

Cheryl Werbeloff is a financial advisor at Kensington Financial Advisors LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and National Wealth Management, LLC. Kensington Financial Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm combines discretionary and non-discretionary investment management with financial planning and consulting services, using a range of strategies and instruments while providing plan-level services and participant education for retirement plans.

Dorota Pietryka is a financial advisor with Compass Private Wealth Group LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and bringing 21 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Merrill and J.P. Morgan Securities over a combined span of nine years. Dorota is also a licensed insurance agent, dedicating a portion of her time to insurance sales and implementation of insurance recommendations. Compass Private Wealth Group LLC manages approximately $113 million for around 80 clients, including individuals, families, trusts, and businesses. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

Joel Schreiber is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial planner at SFI Advisors, LLC since 2017. His prior experience includes over a decade with Kestra Investment Services, LLC and Kestra Advisory Services, Inc. He is also a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, teaching economics, data analytics, labor institutions, and finance courses. Additionally, Schreiber serves as a trustee for a family irrevocable life insurance trust. SFI Advisors serves individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and qualified retirement plans, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and family office services. The firm employs tailored investment approaches such as modern portfolio theory and long-term purchase strategies while providing a range of investment advice across equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and other securities.

Danna Jacobs is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Lavish Financial Planning since 2013. She holds the Series 66 designation and was previously involved with Legacy Care Tax, LLC for six years. Jacobs is also a 50% managing member of Legacy Care Holdings, LLC, a holding company that invests in a media startup. Lavish Financial Planning serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, as well as employer plan sponsors and businesses, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and employee benefit advisory services. The firm emphasizes goal-based asset allocation with a preference for passive, index-based portfolios and integrates employer plan advisory with retail wealth management.

Michael Schupak is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed advisor at Astra Wealth Partners with 11 years of industry experience. He has served as managing member, chief compliance officer, and investment adviser representative at both Astra Wealth Partners and Schupak Financial Advisors, LLC. He is based in Jersey City, NJ. Astra Wealth Partners serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as employer-sponsored retirement plans, corporations, and foundations. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic asset allocation with passive and active management techniques and is notable for managing a private pooled vehicle that utilizes ETFs, options, and equities.

Our clients and community value us for both our personal approach as well as our background experience. Our clients are amazing but do not always have the time and energy to go it on their own. We help bridge family and business conversations, and align our clients paths with their intended priorities. We have backgrounds in institutional investments, and consulting financial advisors, but we are perpetually students as well as surrounding ourselves with amazing professional alliances to help support our clients and community in every way we can. Growing up, my parents were owners of a small business that did paving and excavation services. I was able to work summers and through college and miss operating equipment. Same time I saw many of their challenges through each stage of ownership. I love helping business owners and consultants bridge their investments and behavior in alignment with their prioritized goals and intent. Working at an institutional asset manager and broker dealer allowed me to spend countless hours with amazing financial professionals (advisors, portfolio managers, economists and strategists). There is alot to learn in good times, and even more to learn in challenging times. We try to bring a long term vision and healthy perspective to meetings where clients are the ones driving to their goals with the full support of our firm and every resource we have.

Michael Dunne is a CFP® professional with eight years of experience, currently serving as an advisor at Cereus Financial Advisors, LLC since 2018. He is the treasurer of the Ramsey Democratic Club, where he manages the organization’s financial records and banking activities. Cereus Financial Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans, combining discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management with financial planning and retirement-plan advisory. The firm employs a blend of passive quantitative models, selected external managers, and active tax management, supported by AI-driven research and portfolio analysis tools.