Drew Stratton is a CFP® with over 31 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network in Waltham, MA. He has worked at Commonwealth since 2014 and is also a co-owner of Stratton & Son Wealth Management, LLC, a private entity involved in securities, advisory, and insurance business. Prior to and alongside his advisory roles, he has been employed by IBM Corp since 1989. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, offering a range of advisory programs and services including custom portfolio solutions, third-party asset manager access, and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides operational, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support while allowing advisors discretion in constructing client portfolios.

Peter Mc Guire is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Franklin, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 10 years of industry experience. He also operates McGuire and Wright Financial Group LLC, which sells New York Life products and services, and serves as an insurance broker for non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice through multiple program types and mainly manages assets on a non-discretionary basis, working with both individual and institutional clients.

Patrick Nee is a financial advisor with CWM, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 24 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Boston Retirement Group, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and MSI Financial Services. He serves as a council member for Saint Margaret Mary. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, sub-advisory services, and retirement plan solutions utilizing model portfolios overseen by an internal Investment Committee and integration of third-party resources.

Christopher Ricci is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 65 and 66 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, Briggs Advisory Group, Inc., and 1st Global Advisors, Inc. Focus Partners serves individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients with comprehensive wealth management services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach combining active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Kyle Swaim is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Worcester, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and four years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Bartholomew & Company Wealth Management and Granite Financial Partners. Outside of his advisory role, he owns New England Trapper, LLC, an online clothing business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing over $200 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform with discretionary and nondiscretionary managed-account programs, third-party asset management access, and custodial services.

David Santoro is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience in financial advising. He has been affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network since 2012 and leads Santoro Financial Planning Group, a private entity facilitating securities, advisory, and insurance business. Prior to forming his own group, he worked at MCB Financial Services from 2012 to 2020. Commonwealth Financial Network supports a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors by providing advisory programs, technology, investment management, and compliance services. Advisors on the platform have discretion to create client portfolios from a broad range of securities and insurance products, supported by Commonwealth’s investment research and model portfolios.

Matthew Palmgren is a financial advisor with Capital Analysts, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Lincoln Investment Planning, Raymond James and Associates, and Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company. Palmgren serves on the board of Rutland Youth Soccer, a local youth sports organization. Capital Analysts serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, trusts, and corporate clients. The firm utilizes an in-house investment management team and proprietary screening processes to manage discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios, offering a range of advisory services through affiliated custodians and a network of advisors.

Nolin Frias is a CFP® with 12 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Briggs Advisory Group, and John Hancock Investment Management among others. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, and institutional clients with a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using both active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Michael Difiore is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities since 2018. His background includes both insurance and securities roles. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue® Wealth Management, provides brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management solutions.

Andrew Wilmarth is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at GWFS Equities Inc since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he was involved with the Charles River YMCA from 2012 to 2023. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, offering services integrated with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm’s financial planning emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing, serving a large participant base relative to its advisor headcount.

John Galego is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at LPL Financial, Osaic FA, Inc., and Veravest Investment Advisors, Inc. Galego is involved in providing advisory services primarily through Private Advisor Group. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers managed account solutions including proprietary and third-party platforms and employs a fiduciary-based advisory model utilizing a range of investment strategies and third-party managers.

Garfield Davidson is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in managing family rental properties. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

Melissa Couch is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. She has worked at Principal Financial Services since 2020 and has prior experience with Principal Life Insurance Company, Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., and Jhfn Sii. Principal Securities offers brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm’s advisory services include direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions, with investment implementation typically managed on a discretionary basis by third-party managers.

Matthew Fletcher is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Flipside Crypto, Inc., and Morgan Stanley. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and a variety of institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and concierge offerings. The firm uses a Partner-led Team model supported by a centralized Investment Department, emphasizing diversified, multi-asset allocations and ongoing monitoring.

Brian Hertzberg is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and Ames Financial Services in multiple periods since 2010, and previously held roles at Pruco Securities, LLC and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Hertzberg is also involved in fixed insurance sales as an agent under the name Ames Financial Services. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and support services, including discretionary model portfolios and personalized investment options, while providing operational, compliance, and practice-management resources to affiliated advisors.

Joseph Tallman is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Sowa Financial Group, Dave's Marketplace, Bryant University, and Community College of Rhode Island. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Ryan Shepard is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 credentials and has worked at Gwfs Equities, Inc. since 2015. 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 integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Delcarme Francois Le Fort is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at TIAA, Charles Schwab, and Citizens Bank. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s integrated services emphasize long-term portfolio returns and savings rates, delivered through platforms tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative systems.

Adam Zandonella is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life), holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Bain Capital LP and has roles with McGuire & Wright Financial Group LLC focused on brokering non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individual investors and institutional retirement plans, providing financial planning, investment management, and advisory services that emphasize tailored recommendations and primarily non-discretionary asset management.

Christopher Peterson is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including Edward Jones, Bank of America, and Merrill. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in fixed insurance sales based in Natick, MA. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm provides a broad range of managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custody services, supporting discretionary and nondiscretionary portfolio management.