Mary Shahian is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with 25 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Cerity Partners in 2022, she worked at Daintree Advisors LLC for 11 years. Shahian serves as a trustee and member of the finance committee at Gordon College and is also on the board and finance committee of Adolescent Consultation Services, a social services organization for at-risk youth. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, corporations, charitable institutions, and other investors. The firm offers a range of services including investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and retirement plan services, emphasizing diversified asset allocation and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Thomas Portentoso is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has worked with Integrated Wealth Concepts and LPL Financial since 2016. His professional background includes activities related to disability, long-term care, and traditional life insurance. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing customized portfolios and a mix of internal and third-party management strategies.

Ben Djelassi is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Creative Planning since 2017 and previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank from 2015 to 2017. 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 client assets and employs a financial planning–led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold allocations, supplemented by strategies such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Richard Fingerman is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe in 2026, he worked for Financial Planning Solutions, LLC for 12 years. Outside of his advisory role, he has maintained a small rental real estate business since 1982. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes manager selection through a proprietary due-diligence process and offers a range of services from discretionary wealth management to outsourced CIO solutions.

Nicolas Souffrant Jr. is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Fidelity Investments, JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Citizens Bank. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. provides investment advisory, brokerage, financial planning, and retirement plan services to a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of advisory programs that combine model portfolios and manager-driven strategies, with a significant portion of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Francis Mc Manus is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Norwood, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 12 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in youth basketball tournament admissions through Zero Gravity Basketball and serves as a board member and ambassador for the Walpole Chamber of Commerce. Centaurus Financial, Inc. offers advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, businesses, and institutions. The firm employs a range of investment strategies and provides financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized advisory services through its CLASSIC Plus platform.

Debra Mc Donald is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2022. Her prior experience includes roles at Tfc Financial from 2018 to 2022 and Wingate Financial Group, Inc from 2005 to 2018. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and services, including discretionary model portfolios and customizable investment solutions, while providing operational, trading, compliance, and practice-management support.

Francis Donlan is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Hingham, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, Donlan serves as a volunteer monitoring investment trusts for a local condominium investment trust. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and various advisory programs.

Justin Amico is a Series 65-licensed advisor with CIBC Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Boston, MA, with four years of industry experience. He has worked at CIBC Private Wealth Management since 2007. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors offers a range of investment advisory and wealth management services to individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies. The firm employs a combination of internal teams and external managers to deliver customized portfolio management and coordinated Family Office services, managing approximately $67.8 billion in assets across 175 advisors.

Nicolay Siclunov is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer in Cambridge, MA, holding a Series 66 designation with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 2017, following prior roles at PowerScore, Inc. from 2009 to 2017. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a broad range of advisory and brokerage services, utilizing strategic and tactical asset allocation along with various investment vehicles, and acts as a qualified custodian for client assets.

Elisabeth Zimmerman is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. She previously spent 36 years at O'Brien Wealth Partners LLC, where she was part of the firm through its transition and acquisition by Mercer. O'Brien Wealth Partners provides fee-only investment advice and financial planning to individuals, families, businesses, nonprofits, pension plans, and endowments, managing approximately $1.1 billion in discretionary assets. The firm emphasizes capital preservation and attractive returns through diversified asset allocation, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and selective use of interval and ESG-focused funds.

Mark Poitras is a financial advisor at Primerica Advisors with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license. His prior work includes roles at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, offering brokerage and advisory services alongside financial planning and business consulting. The firm utilizes a range of proprietary and third-party investment strategies and supports various account-level services including lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Mark Fantasia is a financial advisor with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. in Boston, MA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Voya, he worked at Merrill for two years. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves individual clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and charitable and corporate clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and brokerage and insurance products. The firm provides advice through Investment Adviser Representatives utilizing model portfolios, affiliated strategies, and third-party managers, with a significant portion of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Barry Zimmerman is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and over 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Guardian Life since 1995 and with Park Avenue Securities since 2022. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in reselling partial season tickets for the Boston Red Sox. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage services, financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios and a hybrid digital advisory solution.

Casey Jordan is a financial advisor at Farther with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network for 16 years. Farther serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through a technology-driven advisory platform and direct meetings. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach using bespoke allocations and proprietary algorithmic model portfolios, focusing primarily on ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, and fixed income.

Douglas Mavilia is a Certified Financial Planner® with 23 years of industry experience. He is currently with Kestra Advisory and Kestra Investment Services, having previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and Lightship Wealth Strategies. He is a partner at Grandview Financial Group LLC. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a mix of institutional and individual clients, offering services including fiduciary consulting, plan design, and advisor-managed accounts. The firm serves large institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, and utilizes multiple management platforms and third-party solutions within its supervisory framework.

Daniel Maher is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Waltham, MA, holding the Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2012 and has been affiliated with New York Life and Nylife Securities since 2006. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in insurance brokering through The Marcus Agency. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers a range of program types and works within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure, emphasizing tailored recommendations and primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Samuel Matias is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 designations and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Voya, he worked at Fidelity Investments for two years and has additional experience in education and retail. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves individual investors, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and charitable and corporate clients. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, third-party money manager access, and brokerage and insurance products, delivering advice through a combination of model portfolios, affiliated strategies, and third-party investment solutions.

Olurotimi Sulaiman is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. based in Boston, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Voya, he worked at Fidelity Investments from 2023 to 2025 and has held various roles outside the financial sector, including positions at Walgreens Pharmacy and involvement with Grace Harbor Church. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves individuals across a range of wealth levels, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and charitable and corporate clients. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management through wrap and unified managed account programs, and access to third-party money managers, combining advisory services with broker-dealer capabilities and the use of affiliated products and strategies.

Laura Gustafson is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P., with eight years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has worked at Shorepoint Capital Partners LLC, SK Wealth Management, LLC, and Forbes Financial Planning. Gustafson also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Rhode Island College, lecturing at the graduate level. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management using a range of model strategies and employs technology to manage held-away employer retirement accounts without client login credentials.