Tamana Rajwani is a Series 65-licensed advisor at SteadyRise Financial LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to founding SteadyRise, she worked at Holistiplan LLC and held roles at Curriculum Associates, LLC, Amalie Financial Advisors LLC, Supreme Taxes LLC, and Bloomberg Industry Group. Rajwani also has experience in tax preparation and financial services. SteadyRise Financial LLC provides financial planning and tax preparation services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and small business owners. The firm focuses on long-term, passive asset-allocation strategies and integrates CPA-led tax preparation with financial planning, offering fixed-fee or hourly engagements without managing client assets or custody.

Andrew Omidvar is a financial advisor at Avesta Venture Advisors with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Triad Advisors since 1999. Outside of his advisory role, he has been affiliated with the University of DC since 1988. Avesta Venture Advisors provides technology-focused research and advisory services to qualified investors and institutional clients, including pension plans and endowments. The firm specializes in evaluating future technologies in computer and electronics using public information and employs a project-based billing approach.

Michael Wroblewski is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience, serving as the sole advisor at Financial Advisor For You, LLC since 2009. He is based in Washington, DC, and has a background in federal consumer policy and consumer-education projects. Financial Advisor For You, LLC provides fee-only comprehensive financial planning, hourly consultations, and educational seminars primarily for individual clients and also serves business clients such as sole proprietorships, LLCs, and corporations. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation using low-cost, passive investments with a focus on tax-efficient rebalancing and plan-specific constraints, offering investment recommendations as part of comprehensive planning without discretionary management or product sales.

Freeman Jelks is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in financial advising. He has led FNJ 3, LLC since 2008, operating as an independent advisor in Alexandria, VA. FNJ 3, LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes tailored portfolios with a buy-and-hold approach and offers specialized pension consulting, including 401(k) plan setup, serving a diverse client base with discretionary management and quarterly reviews.

David Middleton is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He founded Middleton Advisory in 2010 and serves as its sole advisor. His credentials include Series 65 and Series 66 licenses. Middleton Advisory is a fee-only registered investment adviser providing financial planning and discretionary portfolio management for individuals, families, qualified retirement plans, and institutional clients such as foundations and trusts. The firm uses diversified, low-cost funds and may incorporate individual securities, commodities, and options, with options for socially and environmentally conscious strategies.

Nicholas Herman is a financial advisor at Elite Financial Group in Gaithersburg, MD, holding a Series 65 designation with 18 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Capital Financial Partners from 2005 to 2018. Outside of his advisory role, Herman is the CEO of a general contracting company and is also active as a real estate agent and insurance agent. Elite Financial Group provides portfolio management services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, using a combination of charting, fundamental, and technical analysis within a long-term trading framework. The firm’s approach includes managing portfolios with mutual funds, equities, fixed income, ETFs, annuities, and TIPS.

Stephen Moroz is a financial advisor at Concord Atlantic, Inc. in Falls Church, VA, holding a Series 65 designation with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Concord Atlantic since 1993. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as an NFL-registered player financial advisor. Concord Atlantic provides discretionary investment advice and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, foundations, and corporate pension plans. The firm employs a thematic, fundamentally driven investment approach focused on cash-generative companies and manages diversified portfolios across equities, fixed income, and selected mutual funds.

Gobinath Balasubramanian is the sole advisor at GB Investments LLC, an independent firm based in Alexandria, VA. He holds the Series 65 designation and has 10 years of industry experience, having worked at GB Investments since its founding in 2016. Prior to his advisory role, his background included engineering and quality assurance before earning an MS in finance. GB Investments provides discretionary investment management through separately managed accounts tailored for individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm follows a fundamental, value-oriented philosophy emphasizing concentrated, long-term equity ownership and customizes portfolios based on documented client goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon.

Rebecca Schreiber is a financial advisor with Flexible Finances in Silver Spring, MD, holding a Series 65 credential and three years of industry experience. She has worked at Flexible Finances since 2020 and is a partial owner of Holy Chow LLC, a restaurant in Silver Spring, where she contributes in a bookkeeping capacity. Flexible Finances serves individual and small business clients, providing financial planning, counseling, benefits analysis, budgeting, debt management, and investment recommendations. The firm emphasizes client education and independence, using a fee-for-service model with hourly or project-based billing and focuses on low-cost, liquid investments without discretionary asset management or commission-based fees.

John Ellison is the sole advisor at Ellison Investment Advisors in Fairfax, VA, with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has led his independent firm since 1996. Ellison Investment Advisors provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, professionals, trusts, small corporations, and small business retirement plans. The firm employs a disciplined, long-term investment approach combining value and growth styles, individualized policy statements, and asset allocation models, and offers specialized retirement solutions including lump-sum distributions and qualified-plan exchange modeling.

Henry Stern is the sole advisor at HDS Capital Management, Inc., an independent firm based in Potomac, MD. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. Stern has led HDS Capital Management since 1999. HDS Capital Management provides tailored portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs fundamental analysis and manager review across a broad range of securities, combining long-term and short-term strategies while continuously monitoring client accounts.

Stephanie Bigwood is a CFP® and ChFC® with 30 years of experience in financial advisory and related fields. She is the principal of Goldsborough Capital Management, LLC, a firm she has led since 2012. In addition to her advisory work, she manages Goldsborough Tax and Accounting Services, LLC, where she prepares tax returns. Bigwood is also involved with the TowsonTowne Rotary Foundation as a board member. Goldsborough Capital Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, retirement accounts, employee benefit plans, corporations, foundations, and charitable organizations. The firm designs portfolios tailored to clients' objectives and risk tolerance, employing a range of strategies including asset allocation, option strategies, and the use of sub-advisers.

Justin Bacon is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of experience in the financial industry. He is the principal of Own Your Monday Wealth Management, LLC, and previously worked at VWG Wealth Management, Avendra, and Fidelity. Own Your Monday Wealth Management, LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with wealth management services that combine discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm utilizes an investment approach based on asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, employing both passive and active vehicles tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Ravi Myneni is the sole advisor at BanyanTree Wealth Management in Oakton, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 14 years of industry experience. He previously worked at BanyanTree Capital Advisors LLC for 11 years. BanyanTree Wealth Management serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities, providing discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and broader financial consulting services. The firm focuses on tailored advice with a generally conservative, long-term approach and offers institutional-style services such as pension consulting and corporate financial consulting that are less common among solo independent advisors.

Kyle Packard is a CFP® and ChFC® with two years of experience in financial advising, currently operating as the sole advisor at Packard Wealth Strategies LLC in Alexandria, VA. He has served in the U.S. Army since 2000, concurrently with his advisory role. Packard Wealth Strategies provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and wealth management services primarily to veterans, service members, and their families, as well as charitable organizations, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm uses a priorities-driven Financial Policy Statement and an evidence-based investment approach incorporating Modern Portfolio Theory, with a notable range of services including ERISA co-fiduciary and investment manager roles for retirement plans and donor-advised fund management.

Edrees Feda is the sole advisor at Lucrum Capital Advisors, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with three years of industry experience. He has held leadership roles across multiple affiliated companies, including serving as President and CEO of several holding companies and real estate brokerages. Feda is also a principal broker licensed in multiple states and oversees private investment management and securities broker-dealer operations focused on alternative investments. Lucrum Capital Advisors is a state-registered investment advisor specializing in asset management and advisory services for alternative investments, particularly private real estate–related securities and funds. The firm serves institutional-style, family office, and high-net-worth clients with a focus on asset-level underwriting, acquisitions support, and portfolio monitoring.

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Denise Leish is the sole advisor at Money Plans, an independent firm based in Silver Spring, MD. She holds a Series 65 designation and has 27 years of industry experience. Denise has been with Money Plans since 1983. Money Plans offers fee-only investment and financial planning services to individuals and families, providing discretionary money management, one-time investment reviews, comprehensive financial planning, and hourly consultations. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes tax- and cost-efficiency using low-cost ETFs and institutional share classes, with portfolios managed for diversification, price-earnings discipline, capital preservation, and tactical use of inverse and leveraged ETFs when appropriate.

Zefan Huang is the principal of Zefan & Company, LLC, an independent firm based in Fairfax, VA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has industry experience beginning in 2024. His prior work includes roles at Navy Federal Credit Union, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Jiangsu International Trust Corporation Limited, and Duke University. Huang also has substantial outside employment in financial data work. Zefan & Company, operating under the trade name Occidental Wealth, provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities eligible for performance-based fee arrangements. The firm employs a top-down investment process that considers macroeconomic conditions, industry trends, and company fundamentals to tailor portfolios according to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Brandon Lloyd is a financial advisor at Mountain View Wealth Management LLC in Arlington, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Mountain View Wealth Management since 2017 and previously at Wells Fargo Clearing Services. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in several real estate investment ventures as an owner and president of multiple LLCs. Mountain View Wealth Management LLC is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm offers pension consulting and employs a comprehensive investment approach incorporating fundamental, quantitative, technical, and modern portfolio theory analyses, including the use of borrowing within separately managed accounts.