Jill Popovich is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 25 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA and TIAA-CREF since 2000. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals associated with TIAA-administered employer retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm offers model-based and customized portfolio management and serves as adviser to a donor-advised fund through Charityvest.

Teddy Ruchai is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. in Brooklyn, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Citizens Securities in 2026, he worked at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from 2024 to 2026, and has experience in healthcare and media sectors. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering both investment advisory programs and brokerage and insurance services. The firm provides digital advisory and managed account programs alongside commission-based brokerage, operating as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Thomas Lee is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at J.P. Morgan Securities, NYLIFE Securities, and New York Life Insurance Company. He is also involved in the sales of insurance and non-insurance products affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers to deliver advisory services through multiple platforms such as Transamerica ONE and the TFA365 Advisory Program.

Lisa Paczkowski is a CFP® professional with 28 years of industry experience. She is currently with Cerity Partners LLC and previously worked at UBS Financial Services for nine years and AYCO, a Goldman Sachs company, for 21 years. Her background includes providing tax and financial advice as part of her role at AYCO. Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management and related services to a broad national client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and institutional investors. The firm offers tailored asset allocation, manager selection, and periodic rebalancing through proprietary quantitative screens alongside third-party managers and individual securities.

Adrian Sancho is a financial advisor with Corient, holding five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Corient, he worked at Inverness Counsel, LLC for thirteen years. He also serves as an individual trustee for a client of Corient. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach, utilizing in-house strategies alongside third-party manager solutions and employs risk management tools to align portfolios with client objectives.

Dean Starr is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms including LPL Financial, M&T Securities, and HSBC Bank USA. Starr joined Citigroup Global Markets in 2026. 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 maintains in-house research, operating at a large institutional scale with specialized market roles and arrangements.

Georgia Lord is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with four years of industry experience. She is currently with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC and has previously worked at firms including Spire Wealth Management, Oppenheimer & Co, and Wealthsimple. Her background includes roles at both wealth management and credit rating firms. 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 investment vehicles, supported by a network of approximately 286 advisors serving over 13,000 clients.

Ronit Rogoszinski is a CFP® professional with 34 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is currently with Osaic Advisory Services, LLC, having previously worked at firms such as American Portfolios Advisors, SlateStone Wealth, and LPL Financial. Rogoszinski is also an author who contributed as a guest writer to the book *Money Talks*. She operates Women and Wealth Solutions, a business focused on providing wealth-related services tailored to women. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, using multiple program models and third-party platforms to build and monitor client portfolios.

Chen Chao Fang is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Springfield Bloom LLC, Cohnreznick LLC, National Healthcare Consulting, and IJR Consulting Corp. He is involved with Springfield Bloom LLC, an entrepreneurial venture outside traditional financial advising. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services, providing proprietary and third-party model portfolios with discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Nicholas Limongelli is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in Roslyn, NY, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities, LLC since 2017 and with Guardian Life Insurance Co of America since 2012. Limongelli serves on the board of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) New York Young Advisors Team. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, offering brokerage and advisory services along with financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and business consulting. The firm employs a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types, supporting discretionary and non-discretionary management with additional services such as securities-based lending and donor-advised fund options.

Bryan Erdheim is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. His prior work includes 18 years running his own firm, Bryan Erdheim, and 17 years with The Medical Link LLC. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors. The firm provides a broad platform including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and retirement consulting, serving hundreds of thousands of individual and institutional clients with a range of investment options.

Jonathan Herzog is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently with RBC Rochdale, LLC, where he has worked since 2018, and previously spent five years at P-Squared Capital Management. Herzog holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. RBC Rochdale serves a diverse client base including high net worth individuals, investment companies, corporations, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm employs an active, multi-strategy investment approach that integrates quantitative screening, fundamental analysis, and proprietary tools to construct tailored portfolios across various asset classes.

Sandra Salmon is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 30 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. and OSAIC. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and active-duty military personnel abroad. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party money managers under multiple advisory and promoter arrangements.

Christine Fong is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with seven years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at JPMorgan Securities, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Robert Half International, SDS Communications, TD Bank, and Baruch College. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs, execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains unique market roles including in-house research and trading activities, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary client solutions.

Americo Paez is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with CITI Private Bank since 2011. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios and supports a range of investment products including separately managed accounts, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative funds.

Chialin Cacanindin is a financial advisor at Equity Services, Inc. with 29 years of industry experience and holds a Series 63 designation. She has been with Equity Services since 2014 and also works as a sales agent with National Life Insurance Company since 2013. Equity Services, Inc., operating 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, often utilizing third-party asset managers and model portfolios, and serves both discretionary and non-discretionary client programs.

Nicholas Hall is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Maxim Group LLC and Maxim Financial Advisors for a combined 15 years. He is based in New York, NY. 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 range of programs including asset management, consulting, and retirement services, with advisory strategies that encompass equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios delivered on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Robert Mcloughlin is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding a Series 63 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee and executor for his mother’s estate. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both brokerage and advisory services, utilizing a range of proprietary and third-party investment strategies and platforms.

James Nolan Jr. is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience, currently with Citigroup Global Markets. He has worked at Citi Private Bank since 2017 and was previously with Citibank NA from 2015 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he officiates high school basketball in New York. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients through multiple business lines, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains large-scale institutional capabilities including in-house research, swap dealing, and futures commission merchant services.

Brian Batter is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked with firms including World Financial Group and Valle Incorporated. Outside of finance, he is a freelance bio writer conducting interviews and author reviews related to athletics and personal training. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a wide range of clients, including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services, featuring proprietary model portfolios alongside access to third-party managers, with discretionary and non-discretionary program options.