Scott Kaplan is a financial advisor with Guardian Life in Rye Brook, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities since 2010 and has been affiliated with Westchester Advisory Group since 2001. Kaplan serves on the BlackRock Models Advisory Council and advises Lancaster Systematic Inc. and the Tristate Capital Private Bank Client Advisory Board. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management and a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a combination of advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies, along with tailored client relationships that include financial planning, consulting, and access to proprietary and third-party investment solutions.

Stephen Condon is a financial advisor with Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Benjamin F. Edwards since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee and co-treasurer of the North Castle Historical Society. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an integrated broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients through over 500 advisors. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, including wrap-fee programs, financial planning, and investment management with both proprietary and third-party strategies.

Anthony Louca is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in New Hyde Park, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 26 years of industry experience. Mr. Louca has been with HSBC Bank USA N.A. since 2013. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations through various program types, including client-directed and fully discretionary options. The firm utilizes multiple model risk profiles and combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with fund due diligence and ongoing monitoring, serving clients through both discretionary and non-discretionary managed portfolios.

Matthew Sawicki is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license. He has six years of experience at both Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life, and previously worked for ten years in the Floral Park-Bellerose School District. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management and a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, serves individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a blend of advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies, along with financial planning, consulting, and access to proprietary and third-party advisory solutions.

Karandeep Kainth is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at Citibank and Robert Half prior to joining Citigroup. Kainth is also involved as an assistant in his family’s rental property business in New York. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with internal oversight and manages complex arrangements including derivatives and futures services.

Patrick Oconnell is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding 36 years of industry experience. He has worked at Princor Financial Services Corporation since 2010 and at Advanced Marketing Corp since 1999. His other business activities include work in insurance products such as fixed life, fixed annuities, long-term care, disability insurance, and property and casualty insurance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Kevin Manning is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, where he has worked in various capacities since 2005. Outside of his advisory roles, he serves as a trustee for multiple family trusts and acts as an executor for an estate. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, offers brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and provides access to insurance products, alternative investments, and a range of financial planning and consulting services.

Kerry Williams is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, Kerry worked at Chase Bank and held positions at Panera Bread and Stony Brook University. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and offers a range of financial planning, consulting, and digital advisory solutions tailored to client needs.

Marc Horowitz is a financial advisor with Equity Services, Inc. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 10 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at National Life Group, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Pruco Securities, LLC, and Allstate Insurance Co. Outside of his advisory role, he is licensed to sell life, health, annuity, long-term care, and disability insurance through his business, Evolution Financial Group. Equity Services, Inc., doing business as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management services to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers multiple advisory platforms, utilizing third-party asset managers and model portfolios that primarily focus on long-term strategies alongside options for shorter-term trading.

Lawrence Cohen is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Stamford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer for 20 years and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing for two years. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a successor trustee on the Cohen/Stessman Trust, a role involving biannual management without compensation. 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 wide range of investment and consulting services across discretionary and non-discretionary accounts, maintaining custody of client assets and managing significant non-discretionary advisory assets.

Michael Pfeffer is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 2008. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a range of programs and advisory services across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, employing both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches.

Regis Dillon is a financial advisor at Corient with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and CFA® designations, as well as Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at La Ferla Group LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach that combines in-house strategies with third-party managers and employs risk management tools and stress testing to align portfolios with client objectives.

Todd Bellistri is a ChFC®-designated financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Kestra Advisory and its affiliated entities since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, Bellistri serves as President and CEO of August Benefits, Inc., a consulting and insurance services firm. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors, institutional, and individual clients. The firm offers fiduciary consulting, plan-level investment advice, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions, serving a broad client base that includes large institutional investors.

Zhiyong Yang is a financial advisor at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. with 8 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services, LLC, ICBC Standard Securities Inc., ICBC Standard Bank Plc., and GSME Wealth Management LLC. Yang is based in Flushing, NY. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations through various program types, including client-directed and fully discretionary options. The firm’s investment process combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with ongoing fund due diligence and monitoring, serving clients through a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios.

Kathryn Buck Cannella is a financial advisor with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and over 26 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Louis C. Ciliberti & Associates, Thrivent Advisor Network, Ameriprise Financial Services, and Equitable Advisors. She is also a notary public, providing notarization services on a volunteer basis. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth and investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services through customized, primarily long-term portfolios utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles.

Roger Goren is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services and holds 42 years of industry experience. He has been the sole owner of Goren & Goren, Ltd. since 2014, which focuses on life, health, and accident insurance. His background also includes affiliations with Princor Financial Services Corporation and Principal Life Insurance Company. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, and access to third-party money manager solutions under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Angel Quito is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and previously worked at Mirador and Northwestern Mutual. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, along with proprietary research and various investment strategies.

Anthony Croce is a CFP® professional at Hightower Advisors with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2023 and previously at Altium Wealth Management and Investmark Advisory Group. Croce also serves as an Infantry Officer and Platoon Leader in the Connecticut Army National Guard. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a model that emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions with access to both affiliated and third-party managers.

Marc Levin is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc since 2017 and previously at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley. 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 broad range of programs and services, including discretionary and non-discretionary advisory solutions across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios.

Philip Scott is a Series 63 licensed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, where he has worked since 2015 and 2024, respectively. His other business activities include soliciting the sale of insurance products not offered by Guardian. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and offers a range of financial planning and consulting services tailored to client needs.