Jesse Thurman is a CFP® professional at Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. with eight years of industry experience. His background includes roles at The Vanguard Group, Inc., Commonwealth Financial Network, and Freedom Trail Financial before joining Schwab Wealth Advisory in 2025. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients. The firm’s investment approach is based on standardized asset-allocation models and internal research tools, emphasizing client authorization for trades and tailored recommendations aligned with each client’s goals and risk tolerance.

Brendan Harty is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Andover, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2018 and operates Harty Financial, a firm involved in selling New York Life products and brokering non-registered insurance products. Outside of advising, he is a notary public and owns a Special Needs Calculator Tool used by attorneys and financial advisors. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice delivered primarily through non-discretionary management, working closely with plan sponsors and individual investors within the New York Life affiliate network.

Michael Baum is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network. He has worked at Commonwealth in multiple periods since 2008 and was also associated with Weiss, Hale & Zahansky Strategic Wealth Advisors. He is involved in fixed insurance sales as a secondary business activity. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and support services, including discretionary model portfolios, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting, operating primarily as a platform and back-office provider.

Charlotte Spiegel is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors, holding a Series 65 designation and six years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Argent Wealth Management, Consolidated Funeral Services, Framingham State Alumni Department, and Lovepop, Inc. Hightower Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, offering investment advisory and planning services through a network of Advisor Practices. The firm’s approach includes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and provides access to various investment vehicles and portfolio management programs.

Fernando Perez is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC in Waltham, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Integrated Wealth Concepts and affiliated LPL Financial since 2016. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office and retirement plan advisory services, and employs customized portfolios emphasizing a long-term investment approach with selective shorter-term trades.

Michael Broderick is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Waltham, MA, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Atlantic Planning Group, LLC, Nylife Securities Inc., and New York Life Insurance Company since the mid-1990s. Broderick serves as an associate board member of Catholic Memorial High School and is a board member and director of The Julie Fund, which supports education, financial assistance, and research for women’s cancers. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional clients, and plan sponsors. The firm offers various advisory programs tailored to client objectives, with most of its assets managed on a non-discretionary basis and integrated within the New York Life affiliate structure.

Kent Forkner is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at Veriti Management LLC and Daintree Advisors LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a volunteer member of the investment committee for Christian Camps & Conferences, Inc., assisting in asset allocation and manager selection. Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, and institutional investors. The firm employs a client-specific investment framework combining quantitative screening, manager selection, and access to alternative and private market solutions.

David Youngwirth is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2011 and also has experience with LPL Financial LLC beginning in 2026. 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 hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement and plan consulting, and custody/clearing services.

Richard Burke is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at John Hancock Financial and LPL Financial LLC. 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 about $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody and clearing services.

Anthony Maenhout is a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and previously worked at HighTower Advisors and Willis Towers Watson, with an academic background at Bentley University. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning and asset management through diversified, risk-class based allocations blending passive and active managers, supported by an internal Investment Committee and a range of implementation tools and services.

Lindsay Mae Hartman is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Waltham, MA, holding Series 63 and 66 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA since 2005. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals associated with TIAA-administered employer retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans. The firm combines point-in-time planning services with ongoing discretionary management, utilizing both model-based and customized portfolio options.

Nancy Zhai is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at TIAA-CREF since 2021. Prior to her financial advisory role, she held positions at Brandeis University International Business School and Brandeis University. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and corporate entities, often serving clients with existing relationships through employer retirement plans administered by TIAA. The firm offers a range of advisory services including customized portfolio management and acts as adviser to the TIAA Donor Advised Fund.

Flynn Mcdonnell is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors since 2018, previously spending two years at FTI Consulting. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions to individuals, corporations, pension plans, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers and employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Kimberly Mckown is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Waltham, MA, holding a ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. She has 39 years of industry experience, including roles at New York Life Insurance Company and Nylife Securities Inc. Mckown also owns McKown Insurance and Financial Services and serves on the board of the European Mission Society, which supports church planting and expansion in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and Europe. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients with financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types and focuses on tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Paul Redfearn is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Reading, Massachusetts. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 43 years of industry experience. He has worked with NYLife Securities LLC since 1983 and owns Redfearn Financial & Insurance Services LLC, which he has operated since 2008. In addition to his advisory work, he volunteers as an auditor for First Baptist Church, reviewing their financial records. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, defined contribution and defined benefit plans, as well as charitable and corporate clients. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a broad network of representatives, emphasizing tailored recommendations and primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Chad Di Lisio is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He has six years of industry experience, including roles at LPL Financial and Merrill. Outside of advisory work, he provides administrative support to Integrated Wealth Concepts, an independent investment advisor firm. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors under various firm d/b/a names. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, consulting, and family office services, utilizing customized portfolios with a long-term investment approach and oversight of third-party asset managers.

Patricia Rusu is a financial advisor at First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. in Boston, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 12 years of industry experience. Her career includes a decade at Morgan Stanley and roles at RBC Capital Markets and McSoley McCoy prior to joining her current firm in 2025. First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses a client-centered process involving fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to manage portfolios across various asset classes, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary account options.

Thomas Valeo is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer based in Boston, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 56 years of industry experience. Since 2003, he has been associated with Fahnestock & Co. Inc., a division within Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, and IRAs. The firm offers a variety of investment programs and advisory services, including discretionary and non-discretionary management, with a focus on equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios.

Sawyer Rothmann is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license, with six years of industry experience. He is currently with Cerity Partners LLC in Boston, MA, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to this, he was with Bainco International Investors LLC and The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Cerity Partners advises a wide range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. The firm offers customized wealth management services and employs a client-specific investment approach that integrates quantitative screening, manager selection, and access to alternative and private market solutions.

Josh Dreseris is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with RBC Rochdale, LLC, having previously worked at firms including BNY Mellon Advisors, Pershing LLC, Lockwood Advisors, and Janney Montgomery Scott. RBC Rochdale serves a diverse client base including high net worth individuals, investment companies, and institutional entities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, sub-advisory services, and model delivery. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment process that integrates quantitative screening and fundamental analysis, utilizing proprietary tools to construct tailored portfolios across multiple asset classes.