Rand Spero is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Street Smart Financial, LLC in Lexington, MA. He has been with Street Smart Financial since 2008. Street Smart Financial provides fee-only financial planning and investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $52 million for about 62 clients using a risk/reward approach focused on diversification, low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, and tactical asset allocation informed by macroeconomic analysis.

Steven Qian is the president and chief compliance officer of Tribeca Investment Inc. with nine years of industry experience. He has prior experience at Ninth Eternity Asset Management LLC, Ninth Eternity Securities LLC, Ninth Eternity Venture Capital, and Beijing Botai Kangrui Investment Management. Outside of his advisory work, Qian is a shareholder and director of Pulsethera Corporation, a Massachusetts-based small business focused on eliminating drug-resistant pathogens through light inactivation. Tribeca Investment Inc. provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $19 million across about 50 accounts, using tailored portfolios primarily allocated among equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs with a long-term investment approach incorporating proprietary technical analysis and regular account reviews.

John Harrison is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience and has served as President of Aspire Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2012. He is also a licensed insurance broker specializing in life, health, and fixed or indexed annuities. Aspire Financial Advisors provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes tactical asset allocation using both fundamental and technical analysis and offers a largely non-discretionary management model with multiple compensation options.

Michael Najarian is a financial advisor at Najarian Financial LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Cambridge Investment Research and Closing Time. In addition to his advisory work, he is a licensed independent life insurance agent and provides accounting and tax preparation services. Najarian Financial LLC offers portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate entities. The firm employs a primarily non-discretionary investment approach that integrates multiple analytical methods and includes a range of investment options from mutual funds to private placements.

Bruce Kaufman is a financial advisor with BDKMarketGroup Investment Management LLC in Wellesley, MA. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 14 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, Kaufman serves in strategic planning and leadership positions for several web-based marketing organizations, including Teenfreeway Inc., RewardsGold.com, and LettCharityRing.org. BDKMarketGroup provides fee-based discretionary investment management primarily for high-net-worth individual investors, offering customized portfolios across various securities. The firm employs a market-timing approach that integrates technical, cyclical, and fundamental analysis, and is noted for its use of performance-based fees and regular client communications such as newsletters and real-time market model outputs.

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Peter Berenson is the sole advisor at CPAsset Management, Inc., an independent firm based in Newton, MA. He holds the PFS™ and Series 65 designations and has 29 years of industry experience, having worked at CPAsset Management since 1997. In addition to his advisory role, he provides bookkeeping and general business consulting through his CPA practice, including coordinating family meetings and working with independent accountants. CPAsset Management serves high net worth individuals, trusts, and estates, managing separately managed accounts with tailored investment strategies that combine fundamental and technical analysis. The firm emphasizes individualized client objectives and maintains a distinctive operational profile through its affiliation with accounting services and limited client authority practices.

Thomas Fisher is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience and has been the principal advisor at Fisher Financial Strategies since 2005. He operates an independent firm based in Cambridge, MA. Outside of his advisory work, he manages a residential rental property in Cambridge. Fisher Financial Strategies provides fee-only financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, families, and ERISA pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes fundamental, long-term financial planning using low-cost mutual funds and index-based ETFs, delivering advice primarily through discrete written plans with optional implementation assistance.

Michael Widlake II is an investment manager at Commonwealth Guardians with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Gradient Advisors LLC and Simplicity Wealth. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent licensed insurance agent involved in fixed insurance sales. Commonwealth Guardians provides discretionary asset management services primarily to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm utilizes the Orion Portfolio Solutions platform, applying fundamental and cyclical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory, and oversees third-party strategists to implement investment models.

John Drohan Jr. is a financial advisor with Main Effort Financial, Inc. in Holliston, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Inc. and Sagepoint Financial, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in several community organizations, including serving as president of the Holliston Community Action Fund and as a board member for the Department of Youth and Family Services and Holliston Cable Access TV. He is also co-host of the educational radio show Money & The Law. Main Effort Financial serves individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans by providing wealth management, discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach focused on exchange-traded funds and individual equities, incorporating both fundamental and technical analysis.

Sunil Harpalani is the principal of Holistic View Financial, LLC, an independent advisory firm, with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and also owns Sunil Harpalani, LLC, providing financial planning and accounting consulting primarily to biotech businesses. Holistic View Financial, LLC is a fee-only advisory firm serving individuals, families, and small businesses with a focus on passive investment strategies using low-cost index funds and ETFs. The firm integrates investment management with tax compliance and audit support, offering comprehensive financial planning and tailored portfolio management in a single-advisor setting.

Timothy Mortellite is the sole advisor at Timothy Charles Financial, LLC, with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Brokers International Financial Services LLC from 2009 to 2017. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent involved in the sale of fixed insurance products. Timothy Charles Financial, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental investment approach using low-cost, diversified ETFs and mutual funds, managing approximately $98.5 million in client assets across about 177 client relationships.

Kathy O'Connor is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at KJ Capital Management LLC, where she has worked since 2008. She has 14 years of industry experience. KJ Capital Management provides fee-only investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, municipalities, corporations, banks, and employee benefit plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, pension plan consulting, participant education, and licenses model portfolios exclusively to other investment advisers.

Edward Tribble is a financial advisor at Monument Asset Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked previously at Manulife Asset Management and John Hancock. Since 2019, he has been with Monument Asset Management, a firm that provides financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and third-party investment adviser recommendations to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, charities, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm customizes portfolios using asset allocation combined with fundamental and technical analysis and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, including ERISA fiduciary services and hourly billing options.

Jennifer Reid is a financial advisor at Base with Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and one year of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company, as well as self-employment focused on financial services. She has been involved in insurance sales and coaching activities, including techniques such as NLP and EFT. Base is an independent firm that provides investment management and ongoing financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a mix of passive and active strategies based on modern portfolio theory and offers personalized asset allocation with discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements. It also conducts educational seminars and incorporates behavioral financial coaching alongside its investment services.

Adam Nowell is a financial advisor at R3I LLC in Cambridge, MA, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. Prior to founding R3I LLC, he worked at Dentsu and Spark Foundry/Publicis, and has been self-employed since 2023. He maintains ongoing professional activities outside of his advisory role. R3I LLC is a state-registered independent advisory firm that provides comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on written financial plans and investment analysis without discretionary management, employing a variety of analytical methods alongside Modern Portfolio Theory.

Christopher Kristian is a financial advisor with Legacy Investment Advisors Inc. in Braintree, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 37 years of industry experience. He has been with Legacy Investment Advisors since 2000 and previously worked at Triad Advisors, LLC, and Osaic Wealth, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an executive vice president at TWG Insurance Agency LLC and is involved in charitable activities through a personal LLC related to pleasure sailing. Legacy Investment Advisors serves individuals, trusts, closely held business owners, and certain pension and corporate clients, providing investment advice and portfolio management primarily through third-party program managers. The firm manages approximately $5.4 million in client assets on a non-discretionary basis, using model portfolios and manager-of-managers platforms with automated rebalancing, and incorporates various analysis methods while accommodating client-imposed investment restrictions.

Bryan Barth is the principal advisor at Barth Capital LLC in Boston, MA, holding a Series 66 designation with 14 years of industry experience. He has led Barth Capital since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is also involved in photography services as the principal photographer for Barth Real Estate Photo. Barth Capital provides discretionary investment management to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and various institutional clients. The firm employs a multi-strategy, market-timing absolute-return approach utilizing equities, fixed income, closed-end funds, ETFs, and derivatives, with an emphasis on both long and short positions and active trading.

Matthew Breuer is a financial advisor at Bowditch Advisory Services, LP in Boston, MA, holding a Series 65 credential with three years of industry experience. He has worked at Bowditch Advisory Services since 2021 and is also a software developer for Close Reach Investment Systems, a financial software company he has been involved with since 2013. Bowditch Advisory Services provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to a small set of high-net-worth clients, including individuals, families, trusts, and small businesses. The firm employs a client-centric separately managed account approach that integrates quantitative equity models with systematic futures trading and offers options overlays and actively managed futures strategies.

David Choi is a financial advisor at Ingeniq Capital in Bedford, MA, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. Prior to founding Ingeniq Capital in 2023, he worked at Corza Medical and GCP Applied Technologies. Ingeniq Capital provides financial planning, discretionary investment management, and advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, business owners, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes a fiduciary approach using a Modern Portfolio Theory framework with passive, low-cost index funds and ETFs, while also offering tax-preparation assistance, financial consulting, and educational programs.