Ryan Buser is a financial advisor at Merrill with six years of industry experience. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley, BMO Capital Markets Corp., and KLS Advisors. Outside of finance, he owns ThreePaddy Games, LLC, a business focused on designing and producing board games for online retail. Merrill, along with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services to Bank of America fiduciary clients through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program. The firm offers model-based and discretionary investment strategies for individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations.

Halima Adam Dabre is a financial advisor at J.P. Morgan Securities with 13 years of industry experience. She holds Series 66 and Series 63 designations. Prior to her current role, she was involved with Red Carpet Homecare, LLC for five years. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC provides investment consulting and advisory services primarily to institutional clients and retirement plan sponsors, combining quantitative asset-allocation modeling with centralized due diligence and applying an ESG eligibility framework in its investment recommendations.

Richard Branchaud is a financial advisor at Your Choice Financial, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several manufacturing firms, including Connecticut Spring & Stamping, where he serves as a senior design engineer. Branchaud has been with Your Choice Financial since 2007. Your Choice Financial, LLC serves a small number of individual clients, primarily providing investment recommendations on a non-discretionary basis. The firm does not offer portfolio management, focusing instead on consultative advisory services.

Bruce Filingeri is a financial advisor at Glastonbury CPA's Financial Advisors, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been a tax partner at SRC, Certified Public Accountants, P.C. since 1989. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an investment advisor representative and partial owner of Glastonbury Financial Advisors, LLC. Glastonbury CPA's Financial Advisors, LLC provides portfolio management and related advisory services to individual investors and a limited number of institutional clients. The firm combines a formal CPA affiliation with portfolio management, offering services at a modest scale.

Wayne Connors is a financial advisor at Black Swan Wealth Management with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Black Swan Wealth Management since 2014. He is also a managing partner of Retirement Investor LLC, an online educational content business focused on investment topics. Black Swan Wealth Management provides advisory services primarily through the selection and referral of third-party investment advisers rather than direct portfolio management. The firm emphasizes modern portfolio theory and monitors outside managers using benchmarks, without discretionary authority over client accounts.

Brendan Donahue is a financial advisor at Sovereign Financial Services with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Ing Financial Partners, Inc. since 2011. Sovereign Financial Services provides investment advisory and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, offering portfolio management services with ongoing portfolio oversight and periodic account reviews. The firm also coordinates investment advice with tax and insurance considerations as part of its client services.

Ryan Groves is a financial advisor at Black Swan Wealth Management with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Black Swan Wealth Management since 2013, with a brief tenure at 3 D Asset Management in 2016. Outside of advisory services, he is a licensed real estate broker and insurance agent in Massachusetts and is a partner in an online educational content business for do-it-yourself investors. Black Swan Wealth Management provides advisory guidance primarily through selecting and referring third-party investment advisers rather than direct portfolio management. The firm focuses on vetting and monitoring outside managers using modern portfolio theory and does not have discretionary authority over client accounts.

Mark Mazzone is a financial advisor with Sovereign Financial Services, holding a Series 65 designation and possessing 22 years of industry experience. He is also a 50% owner and member of D'Agostino & Mazzone, LLC, a CPA firm providing tax planning, tax compliance, and financial planning services. He has been with D'Agostino & Mazzone since 2000. Sovereign Financial Services offers investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes ongoing portfolio oversight and coordination of investment advice with tax and insurance considerations.