Broderick Young is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Eagle Strategies (NY Life). His career includes roles at Crystal Clear Financial Group, Reveal Wealth, and New York Life. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the board of Studio for Wellness & Education, contributing to the organization’s guidance and strategic development. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional sponsors, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis through various program types linked to insurance and annuity products.

Bryan Lopez is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at HB Wealth, where he has worked since 2025. Prior to that, he spent 21 years at WMS Partners LLC and serves as the chief compliance officer for WMS Partners during the wind down of legacy private funds. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser that provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm’s investment approach combines quantitative and qualitative due diligence across public and private strategies, managing accounts typically on a discretionary basis while aligning portfolios with clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Michael Leasure is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience. He is currently with Truist Advisory Services and has worked at SunTrust Advisory Services and SunTrust Investment Services since 2009. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, implementing advice through discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by third-party platforms and manager arrangements.

Ashley Galvin is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 17 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Hightower Securities, LLC and Hightower Advisors since 2011. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting services.

Eric Blackman is a financial advisor with United Planners Financial Services of America, holding a Series 66 credential and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Equitable Advisors, LLC and Ernst and Young, as well as academic positions at the University of Maryland and Robert H. Smith School of Business. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management enterprise serving a diverse client base that includes individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and institutional clients. The firm employs independent Investment Adviser Representatives who use a combination of custodians, third-party money managers, and platform programs to implement client-directed investment strategies.

Eric Armentrout is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Columbia, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and seven years of industry experience. He previously worked at T Rowe Price and Equitable Advisors. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, utilizing an integrated model tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and clients’ savings rates in its financial planning approach.

Timothy Parker is a CFA® charterholder currently with Creative Planning, LLC. He has over 25 years of industry experience, including roles at T. Rowe Price and Brightworks Wealth. Outside of financial advisory, he has a concurrent association with Matador Resources. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing and long-term strategies, while also offering access to private market investments and ancillary legal and accounting services.

Elizabeth Snyder is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience. She has worked at Rockefeller Financial LLC since 2022 and previously was employed at Bank of America and Merrill from 2017 to 2022. Snyder is involved with Jewish Women International, a nonprofit organization focused on advocating against domestic violence, where she oversees financial education initiatives. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm combines portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services with broker-dealer capabilities and operates through a Private Advisor model supported by a consolidated investment platform.

Spencer Smith is a financial advisor at ASB Capital Management LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Chevy Chase Trust Company since 2010. ASB Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $32.9 billion through pooled investment vehicles and institutional separate accounts. The firm offers discretionary management across equities, fixed income, and real estate, serving primarily institutional investors and employing both active and passive strategies.

Wendy Moyers is a Certified Financial Planner® with 24 years of industry experience. She has worked at Chevy Chase Trust Company since 2021, following prior roles at Chain Bridge Bank, May Barnhard Investments, LLC, and Linden Oak Wealth Advisors LLC. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management along with personal trust, family wealth, and financial planning services. The firm employs a thematic investment approach, focusing on secular trends and sector themes, and combines fiduciary trust and custody functions with investment management.

Christine Wallace is a financial advisor at Chevy Chase Trust Company with 17 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Chevy Chase Trust Company since 2008. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients, providing investment management, personal trust services, family wealth planning, and trustee/administrative services. The firm employs a thematic investment approach focusing on macro views and secular trends, combining trust, custody, and fund-management roles within its enterprise structure.

Christopher Romano is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, based in Bethesda, MD, and has 14 years of industry experience. He also holds a senior vice president role at The Meltzer Group, a consulting firm where he has worked since 1999. Romano’s career includes consulting and corporate benefits activities with NFP, in addition to his advisory responsibilities at Kestra. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors and a diverse range of institutional and individual clients. The firm offers services including fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms, serving clients such as sovereign wealth funds and other large institutional investors.

Michael Duckett is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Lockton Financial Advisors, Lockton Investment Advisors, Lockton Companies, and Kestra Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, he consults on software for Benetic. 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 incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in assets through over 1,100 advisors.

Shippen Royer is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Oppenheimer since 2018. Prior to that, he was involved with Phyxius Arbitrage Fund LP and held roles at Bank of America and Merrill. Oppenheimer serves a broad client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and retirement plan fiduciaries. The firm offers advisory and brokerage services with a range of investment management programs, financial planning, and private-fund management, employing strategic and tactical asset allocation alongside manager selection and various investment strategies.

Lawrence Weber is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Voya since 2014. In addition to his advisory work, he operates as an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance products. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base, including individuals, institutional clients, and corporate retirement plans. The firm offers a range of financial planning and portfolio management services through multiple program structures, emphasizing non-discretionary recommendations.

Katherine Lee is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with TIAA and TIAA-CREF since 2013 and 2015, respectively. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily serving individuals connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans, as well as trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm provides both point-in-time planning services and ongoing discretionary management through model and customized portfolios, operating within a vertically integrated group that includes affiliated funds.

Christina Raya is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Washington, DC, holding a Series 66 license and 15 years of industry experience. She has worked at PNC Investments since 2018 and previously held positions at Bank of the West, BancWest Investment Services, and TD Bank. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through several model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital discretionary model account that uses algorithm-driven risk assessment and invests primarily in mutual funds and ETFs.

Leland Detmer is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, currently serving as a financial advisor at Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC. He has two years of industry experience and previously worked on the PGA Tour for five years. Detmer is also the co-founder and secretary of the BCCC Scholarship Foundation, which provides scholarships for underprivileged children to attend golf camps. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an enterprise-scale registered investment advisor managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse clientele, including individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services through proprietary and third-party solutions.

Judy Mccoy is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 25 years of industry experience. She has been with ASB Capital Management LLC since 2000. ASB Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $32.9 billion, primarily through pooled investment vehicles and institutional separate accounts. The firm offers discretionary investment management across equities, fixed income, and real estate strategies, serving institutional clients such as pension plans, endowments, and high-net-worth investors.

Joshua Olds is a CFA® charterholder and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses, with 19 years of industry experience. He is currently an investment advisor representative with NewEdge Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2024. Prior to that, he was a member of New Potomac Partners, LLC for ten years. Mr. Olds serves on the Wealth Management Sub-Committee of an educational programs group affiliated with the DC Society Board. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and nonprofits through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers diverse portfolio management and consulting services, combining in-house manager selection with third-party models and advisor discretion, and employs centralized due diligence and technology tools to support client needs.