Daniel Clements is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Principal Securities and Principal Life Insurance Company for eight years. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies supplemented by tax-loss harvesting, direct indexing, and selective private market exposure.

Kristin Chisam is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at Citigroup and Citibank NA since 2013, with a brief period of unemployment in 2025. Based in Washington, DC, her career has been focused within the Citi organization. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles and arrangements.

Steven Dominguez Paredes is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with eight years of industry experience and a Series 66 credential. His prior roles include positions at Commonwealth Financial Network, Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Merrill, and U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory work, he owns an LLC that leases office space to a nail salon business. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm’s advisory model distinguishes one-time planning services from ongoing discretionary management and operates within a vertically integrated structure that includes affiliated funds.

Michael Hohenstein is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving at First Command Advisory Services since 2015. He has worked within various entities of First Command since 2011. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser focusing on individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with an emphasis on active-duty service members and their families. The firm provides financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs managed through a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers.

Lavonna Mason is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with 17 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing for six years before joining Truist in 2022. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary manager relationships. The firm integrates AI-enabled research tools and operates with multiple inter-affiliate service arrangements to support its investment and manager selection processes.

Kyle Brady Lusk is a CFP® professional with eight years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc., where he has worked since 2024. His prior experience includes roles at Pruco Securities, LLC and Fidelity Investments. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice, financial planning, and wealth management consultations to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory (SWA) program and certain Charles Schwab & Co. referred clients. The firm’s approach is based on standard asset-allocation models and internal research tools, offering tailored recommendations with client authorization required for trades.

Richard Banziger is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing over 40 years of industry experience. He is the founder and owner of Retirement Planners & Administrators, Inc., where he provides strategic oversight. His career includes roles at Kestra Investment Services, Capstone Retirement Group, and Paybridge, LLC. Kestra Advisory Services offers investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors and a wide range of institutional and individual clients, providing services such as plan design, fiduciary consulting, employee education, and advisor-managed accounts. The firm serves large institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, and delivers solutions through multiple management platforms and third-party partnerships.

Julian Collier is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in McLean, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and having 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Suntrust Advisory Services, Inc. and Suntrust Investment Services, Inc. since 2015. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm combines discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by an integrated platform and AI tools for research and oversight.

Kristen Andrejev is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning since 2021. She previously worked for over two decades at Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & Blayney, LLC. Based in McLean, VA, she holds the Series 63 designation in addition to her CFP® credential. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in assets and employs a financial planning-led investment process that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by additional portfolio management techniques and integrated retirement plan services.

Luke Johnson is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Vienna, VA. He holds the ChFC® designation and the Series 63 license, with 25 years of industry experience. Johnson has worked with NYLIFE Securities LLC since 2001 and New York Life Insurance Company since 2000. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Arash Zarrabian is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC and has previously worked at Corbett Road Capital Management and Spire Wealth Management, LLC. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on customized, primarily long-term portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, and other instruments, supported by extensive platform integrations and affiliated sub-advisory arrangements.

Scott Ward is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He currently works at &Partners and previously spent nine years at Wells Fargo Clearing. &Partners serves a diverse client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, foundations, universities, trusts, private businesses, and corporations. The firm offers investment management and financial planning services through a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, utilizing both in-house and third-party strategies.

Swathi Reddy is a financial advisor at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. with four years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at HSBC Bank Australia for seven years. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a range of program types from client-directed to fully discretionary accounts, using model risk profiles and a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation developed with HSBC Global Asset Management.

Andrew Lalley is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC. He has been with the Steward Partners enterprise since 2016 and previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, Lalley is involved in coaching crew teams, serving as head coach for the Walter Johnson High School Crew and assistant coach for Washington, DC’s Jackson Reed Crew. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered, enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of investment advisory, financial planning, and managed account services.

Robert De Young is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC in Vienna, VA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has two years of industry experience. Prior to joining TD Private Client Wealth, he has held roles at TD Bank N.A., Bankers Life, Truist, and Northwestern Mutual, and served in the Armed Forces for 13 years. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap‑fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional and high-net-worth private clients. The firm uses a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation across affiliated and third-party managers, offering portfolio management, financial planning support, and custody services.

Ryan Kellinger is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with seven years of industry experience, currently with Commonwealth Financial Network. He has been associated with Commonwealth in various capacities since 2016 and also has experience at Potomac Financial Private Client Group, LLC. In addition to advisory services, he spends a portion of his time involved in fixed insurance sales. 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 $210 billion in client assets. The firm offers a comprehensive platform of managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custody services, supporting a variety of portfolio implementation options.

Vinay Kaul is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at Truist and its predecessor firms since 2007. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations, utilizing a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by third-party platforms.

Kevin Henry is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. since 2016 and previously worked at PNC Wealth Management from 2012 to 2014. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a broad range of programs and advisory services, including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, with an emphasis on strategic asset allocation and customized investment solutions.

Peter Darke is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 29 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. The firm serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and execution services. Citigroup Global Markets is notable for its large institutional scale, multi-asset, multi-manager strategies, and its roles as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Marta Steane is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 31 years of industry experience. She has been with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2014 and previously worked at Voya Financial Partners, LLC. Outside of her advisory role, she participates as a member of the Humane Society of Warren County, assisting with animal care activities. VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. is an enterprise-scale advisory and broker-dealer affiliate of Voya Financial that provides financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension plans, nonprofits, and corporate clients. The firm uses a combination of in-house and external strategists, technology-enabled tools, and model portfolios to manage mostly non-discretionary client accounts.