Ryan Byrne is a financial advisor at Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. He has been with Pinnacle Associates since 2014, serving in his current role since 2024. Pinnacle Associates provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, corporations, endowments, foundations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on fundamental, bottom-up equity strategies with a long-term orientation and also serves as a sub-adviser and model manager to other financial advisers and third-party platforms.

Robert Campbell is a financial advisor at Beck, Mack & Oliver LLC with four years of industry experience. He serves as Chairman of the Board, as well as Chair of the Audit and Investment Committees, at Enstar, a runoff insurance company. Beck, Mack & Oliver LLC provides asset management services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, tax-exempt institutions, corporations, and pooled vehicles, primarily through separately managed accounts. The firm employs a value-based, long-term equity investment approach and manages both registered investment companies and private pooled funds.

Jeremy Rhen is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC. He has been with SAX Wealth Advisors since 2016. SAX Wealth Advisors provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and wealth management services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm follows a long-term, evidence-based asset allocation approach using low-cost, passively managed funds and offers specialized advisory services including employee benefit plan consulting and real estate exchange advisory.

Salim Nazkani is a financial advisor at Flagstar Securities, Inc. in New York, NY, holding the Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 39 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Signature Securities Group Corp./Signature Bank for 22 years and has been with Flagstar-affiliated firms since 2023. Nazkani also serves as Group Director Investments and Senior Vice President at New York Community Bancorp. Flagstar Securities, Inc. provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and insurance companies. The firm manages accounts on a discretionary basis with a focus on diversified asset allocation and employs third-party managers, overseeing roughly $784 million in discretionary assets as of December 31, 2025.

Daniel Goldschmidt is a financial advisor with A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners in New York, NY. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 20 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill and Aegis Capital Corp. A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer operating a multi-team platform with approximately 131 advisors managing around $2.95 billion for over 7,000 clients. The firm offers a range of services, including portfolio management, financial planning with estate-planning access, retirement-plan advisory, sub-advisory, and brokerage and insurance product sales, using an open-architecture investment approach that incorporates both internally managed and sub-advised strategies.

Peter Topping is a CFP® and ChFC® with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Private Client Services, LLC since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in marketing securities-based and non-securities-based financial products through Crystal Wealth Management, Inc, and also engages in insurance sales. Private Client Services is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension plan sponsors, and businesses. The firm provides financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management, managing approximately $1.05 billion across more than 3,200 client accounts.

Michael Rasmussen is a financial advisor at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Hennion & Walsh since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at FinPro, Inc. and Ambassador Financial Group, Inc. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and to plan sponsors. The firm offers a variety of programs that combine fundamental and technical analysis with discretionary and non-discretionary management across multiple asset classes.

Gautam Chhada is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience prior to joining Summit Financial, LLC, where he has been an advisor since 2024. Before his current role, he worked at Brown Advisory from 2015 to 2024. Summit Financial, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm with over $26 billion in assets under management, serving approximately 17,800 clients. The firm offers investment advisory and portfolio management services through both discretionary and consultative platforms, along with financial planning and retirement plan advisory.

Jorge Suarez Velez is a financial advisor at Americana Partners, LLC with five years of industry experience. He previously worked at Allen Investment Management, LLC for nine years. Outside of his advisory role, he writes a weekly newspaper column on political and economic topics and speaks at conferences on similar subjects. Americana Partners provides financial planning, consulting, discretionary investment, and wealth management services to individuals, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth international clients, as well as corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm customizes portfolios through ongoing consultations and discretionary management, employing a range of investment vehicles and alternative strategies.

Sun Hyung Kim is a financial advisor at RMR Wealth Builders, Inc. with 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked at KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. for nine years. Kim holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. RMR Wealth Builders is a multi-team SEC-registered investment advisory firm managing approximately $2.2 billion in client assets, serving individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, annuity services, and digital-asset management, organizing client relationships around registered investment adviser representatives who implement model-based allocation strategies.

Yousef Khan is a CFP® professional with 11 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently affiliated with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners and has held roles at firms including LPL Financial and Northwestern Mutual. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a notary, providing notarization services to clients at no charge. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners offers customized financial planning and wealth management to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a variety of proprietary and third-party investment models, with most assets managed on a discretionary basis, and incorporates AI-assisted tools to document client interactions.

Arthur Langhaus is a financial advisor at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Boston Private Wealth LLC and KLS Professional Advisors Group, LLC. He also serves as a consultant to a select group of ultra-high net worth multi-generational families. Simon Quick Advisors provides wealth management, investment consulting, financial planning, tax planning, and administrative services to individuals, families, pension and non-profit entities, endowments, foundations, and corporate clients. The firm combines private fund sponsorship, sub-advisory relationships, and integrated tax and back-office offerings in its investment approach.

Michael Mondiello Jr. is a financial advisor at A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 32 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cantella & Co., Inc. and Joseph Gunnar & Co. LLC. He serves as a board member of the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center. A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners is a multi-team investment adviser and broker-dealer with approximately 131 advisors managing nearly $3 billion for over 7,000 clients. The firm employs an open-architecture investment approach combining internally managed strategies with co- and sub-advisory relationships and offers a broad range of financial planning, portfolio management, and advisory services.

Hugh Mcdonald is a financial advisor with Virtue Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Virtue Capital Management since 2016 and previously worked at B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. and Asset & Financial Planning, Ltd. Outside of his advisory role, Mcdonald is involved in several business ventures including serving as president of Atlantic College Planning, Inc., which provides college planning services. Virtue Capital Management, LLC is a federally registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, qualified retirement plans, and other advisers. The firm customizes portfolios according to client goals and risk tolerance using tactical, strategic, and dynamic investment approaches, supported by a multi-team model and an investment committee that conducts due diligence on third-party managers.

Steven Pisano is a financial advisor at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Simon Quick Advisors since 2016. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and non-profit entities, endowments, and foundations by providing wealth management, investment consulting, financial planning, tax planning and compliance, and administrative services. The firm utilizes a combination of proprietary quantitative analysis, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring to allocate assets among independent managers, mutual funds, ETFs, and private investment funds, and operates distinctive fund-of-funds structures and affiliated pooled vehicles.

Lee Balducci is a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Advisors Capital Management since 2013. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, offering discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and a self-directed brokerage solution. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection across equity, fixed income, and tactical approaches, managing over $8.1 billion in discretionary assets primarily as an outsourced sub-advisor.

Christopher Morphy is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor at Tocqueville Asset Management LP with 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Tocqueville in 2025, he worked for 18 years at Poplar Forest Capital LLC. Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. provides portfolio management and supervisory services to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, registered investment companies, private pooled vehicles, insurance companies, and public pension plans. The firm employs a bottom-up, value-oriented, and contrarian investment approach across multiple asset classes and is noted for its involvement with investment companies, private pooled vehicles, and its affiliated broker-dealer.

Donald Wang is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Tocqueville Asset Management LP with four years of industry experience. He has been with Tocqueville since 2009. Tocqueville Asset Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, registered investment companies, and public pension plans. The firm employs a bottom-up, value-oriented, and contrarian investment approach across multiple asset classes and manages both separate accounts and pooled vehicles.

Charles Bustin Jr. is a CFA® charterholder with 4 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Douglas C. Lane & Associates since 2010. He is based in New York, NY. Douglas C. Lane & Associates provides wealth management and discretionary portfolio management for a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, endowments, and institutions. The firm emphasizes proprietary fundamental research and offers customized portfolios focused on individual equity securities and fixed income, alongside financial planning and access to third-party cash, credit, and insurance solutions.

Romel Rodriguez is a financial advisor at Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 credential and has worked at Jefferies since 2023, having previously been with Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley from 2014 to 2023. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of H&2R Group LLC. Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC provides fee-based financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers a customized, collaborative planning process using third-party software and probability-based outcome simulations, while separating its fiduciary planning role from implementation services.