Aaron Stoner is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. He previously worked at Merrill and Bank of America and is the founder of Millstone Ministries, a nonprofit focused on providing rental assistance to young adults aging out of foster care. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting through multiple program structures that emphasize recommendation-based advice.

Dillon Gonzalez is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Beverly, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2015. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, and provides operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Charles Cady is a financial advisor at First Command Advisory Services with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has prior work experience at firms including Booz Allen Hamilton and Sea Machines Robotics Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as the 1st Vice Commander on the E-Board of AMVETS Post 208 in Hudson, Massachusetts, overseeing membership activities. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and various wrap-fee asset management programs managed by a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers.

Melissa Gallagher is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Waltham, MA, holding Series 66 and Series 63 credentials and 12 years of industry experience. She has been with Commonwealth Financial Network since 2016. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement and plan consulting, and custody/clearing services.

Dylan Grocer is a CFP® and ChFC® professional with five years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Guardian Life in Needham, MA. He has worked at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities since 2020 and has previous experience with The Bulfinch Group and several other businesses. Outside of financial advising, he is involved in life coaching and personal development services focused on personal growth, career advancement, and leadership skills. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management and a subsidiary of Guardian Life, provides brokerage, financial planning, and investment advisory services to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory solutions, including model portfolios and a hybrid digital advisory platform.

James Bricker is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 21 years of industry experience. He has worked with Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, and the Bulfinch Group since the early 2000s. In addition to his advisory work, he assists business owners with career and business management issues. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, offering brokerage and advisory services along with financial planning and business consulting. The firm implements investment strategies through proprietary and third-party portfolios and provides various account-level services including lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Paul Doherty is a CFP® professional with over 31 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and co-owns Wells Financial Partners, LLC, where he has worked since 2005. His other business activities include ownership of an entity created for securities business and involvement in selling fixed insurance products. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of nearly 3,000 advisors and their clients, providing a range of advisory programs, investment management, and practice-support services. The firm offers advisors discretion in portfolio construction and manages model portfolios through a due-diligence process, while also maintaining substantial clearing and custody relationships.

Tracey Neret is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 18 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Oppenheimer since 2009, previously working at Merrill for one year. Outside of her advisory role, she works as an independent contractor in voice acting. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a wide range of programs and advisory services, including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and retirement services.

Daniel Agbor is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Fidelity Investments, Horizon Global Partners, and Vector Marketing. Outside of his advisory role, he is a sole proprietor of a gaming content and podcast-related social media business. Voya Financial Advisors serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, wrap programs, and plan-sponsor consulting. The firm delivers advice through multiple program structures, including non-discretionary recommendations, and operates with both SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer registrations.

Thomas Tate is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 2005 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the investment monitoring committee for Rosie’s Place, a nonprofit women’s shelter in Boston. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm provides a range of investment and consulting services with a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary management, maintaining custody of client assets while operating both broker-dealer and advisory businesses.

Jonathan Marcus is a CFP® with 18 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2021 and previously spent over a decade with Raymond James Financial Services. He also has experience managing rental properties. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a multi-manager approach that includes affiliated and third-party managers, discretionary portfolio management, and customized investment solutions.

Gregory Harris is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Creative Planning since 2016. 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 while offering a range of institutional and retirement plan services.

Quinn Doherty is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Merrill for two years. His background includes several years in education roles at the University of New Hampshire, Keller North America, Tufts University, and Xaverian Brothers High School. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse range of clients, including retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and plan-sponsor consulting through various program structures, primarily providing non-discretionary advice and maintaining a dual role as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer.

Richard Anderson is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 51 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2000 and concurrently operates at Huff Insurance Agency, where he has been involved in fixed insurance sales since 1989. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and services alongside operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support.

John Balzer is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Topsfield, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Guardian Life Insurance Company and Park Avenue Securities since 2013. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering both brokerage and advisory services with a range of proprietary and third-party investment programs.

Andrew Holmes is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with seven years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC and previously worked at Financial Planning Solutions, LLC. Outside of financial advising, he had two years of experience with State Line Propane LLC. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, consulting, retirement-plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of asset allocation modeling and third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across multiple asset classes.

Michael Ricci is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. in Boston, MA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Stifel Nicolaus and a variety of positions outside finance, such as at Sally’s Apizza and Panda Express. VOYA Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors, offering services such as financial planning, portfolio management, and plan-sponsor consulting. The firm provides advice primarily through non-discretionary, recommendation-based relationships and operates both as an SEC-registered investment adviser and a broker-dealer.

Philippe Berthoud is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 18 years of industry experience. He has been associated with United Planners since 2007 and also partners with The Retirement Financial Center. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved as a manager in a non-investment-related trucking business. United Planners serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and brokerage solutions through a network of 477 independent advisors. The firm operates an open-architecture platform with multiple custodians and third-party money managers and is notable for its largely non-discretionary asset management approach.

Matthew Ristuccia is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in Waltham, MA, and has 14 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Argent Wealth Management, LLC for six years before joining Hightower Advisors in 2020. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base that includes individuals, institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering both affiliated and third-party managers, with a focus on discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Keon Songui Samuel is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with Series 66 and Series 63 credentials and five years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Empower Retirement and several companies outside the financial sector such as Instacart, Shipt, and Wag Labs. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, offering integrated services tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and savings rates in its planning approach and serves a large participant base relative to its advisor headcount.