Lev Aviv Shuber is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and nine years of industry experience. He has been with CitiBank since 2012, accumulating a total of 14 years in the firm. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including research, security pricing, and derivatives services.

Kate Elisha is a financial advisor at William Blair with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with William Blair since 2019, following two years working at Trifecta Grill and four years in full-time education. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm emphasizes active, research-driven management across multiple asset classes and provides proprietary models, third-party sub-advisers, and access to private funds through its MB Investments Program.

Michael Tuber is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Strategic Wealth Partners, and Kovitz Investment Group Partners. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework that combines active and passive strategies, separate account managers, private funds, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Ariella Masters is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at RITA Corporation for six years. Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management and related services to a broad national client base, including individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and institutional investors. The firm employs tailored asset allocation, manager selection, and periodic rebalancing using proprietary quantitative screens alongside third-party managers and individual securities.

Stevany Williamson is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and three years of industry experience. Her prior work includes positions at JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, and various mortgage-related roles. Before her financial services career, she managed a salon and spa for three years. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm’s integrated approach leverages proprietary and third-party methodologies focused on long-term portfolio returns and savings rates, with services closely tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Walter Parenti is a ChFC® with 39 years of industry experience, currently serving at Equity Services, Inc. since 1986. He has worked with National Life of Vermont since 1987. Outside of his advisory role, he is a part-owner of commercial and mixed-use real estate with his family. Equity Services, Inc., operating as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers multiple advisory platforms and combines primarily long-term investment strategies with options for shorter-term trading and specialized instruments.

Dean Turner Jr. is a CFP® with 13 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Rockefeller Financial LLC and Rockefeller Capital Management since 2025. Prior to this, he worked for Bank of America, N.A. and Merrill for ten years. 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 offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and operates as a registered broker-dealer providing securities transactions, variable insurance products, and investment banking services.

Ryan Keenan is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at JP Morgan Securities, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Stevee Mengyan, and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains significant in-house research and market roles, distinguishing it within the industry.

Patrick Vasicovschi is a financial advisor with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 17 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Hightower Securities, GWFS Equities, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, HUB International Investment Services, Capital Group, and UBS Financial Services. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers services such as financial planning, portfolio management, wrap programs, third-party money manager access, and plan-sponsor consulting, with a focus on recommendation-based, non-discretionary asset management.

Gregory Neer Jr. is a financial advisor at NorthCoast Asset Management LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Relative Value Partners Group, LLC and Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC. Gregory joined Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in 2026. NorthCoast Asset Management provides investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a quantitative and systematic investment approach with proprietary models and manages most client relationships on a discretionary basis.

Thomas Enright is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Creative Planning, LLC since 2023 and previously spent 12 years at Mesirow Financial, Inc. in Northbrook, IL. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in client assets and employs a financial planning–led investment process emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by various specialized portfolio management techniques.

Terrence Crowley is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 42 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Advisors and LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a caregiver for his disabled son. NewEdge Advisors is a large registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a diverse range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing centralized due diligence and technology tools to support advisor and client needs.

Mathew Klody is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC and has previously worked at Whitnell & Company and Keebeck Wealth Management LLC. Klody also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame, where he teaches an Applied Private Equity course. 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 offers a range of investment management and financial planning services, combining discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management with broker-dealer capabilities and a consolidated investment platform.

Andrew Bloom is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 24 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at B. Riley Wealth Advisors and B. Riley Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Treasurer for the Highland Park Community Nursery School, which provides daycare services to local residents and employees. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering advisory and brokerage services such as investment management, consulting, retirement services, and financial planning. The firm employs strategic and tactical asset allocation and manager selection to construct client solutions, with a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary programs.

Matthew Sullivan is a financial advisor at William Blair with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with William Blair since 2016, with a brief interruption in 2018. Based in Chicago, IL, he is part of a team of 322 advisors at the firm. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm follows an active, research-driven investment approach across equities, fixed income, and alternative strategies and offers proprietary models and access to private funds and co-investment opportunities.

Tyrone Stephens is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 and Series 63 designations. His prior experience includes roles at Cresset Asset Management, LLC, and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank and Securities. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles, providing a broad range of advisory and execution services.

Christopher Mcdonald is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) since 2016 and holds securities registrations through Nylife Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Co. His other business activities include insurance brokering for non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice across multiple program types and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Kate Jonynas is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience. She is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at Kovitz Investment Group Partners, Kovitz Securities, and Foreside Financial Services. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a combination of active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Magdalena Woroniecki is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with The Huntington Investment Company. Her prior roles include positions at Ameriprise Financial Services, Sikich Capital Management, and Farmers Financial Solutions. She serves as a board member of the DuPage County Estate Planning Council, a professional organization focused on estate planning education and networking. The Huntington Investment Company provides advisory and brokerage services to individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs an open-architecture investment model that combines third-party and proprietary strategies, offering various wrap-fee programs through the Envestnet MAS platform.

Barry Finkelstein is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Deerfield, IL, holding CFP® and ChFC® designations and over 44 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies, New York Life Insurance Company, and Nylife Securities LLC since 2010. Finkelstein serves on a professional advisory committee for the Jewish United Fund, a Chicago-based organization of attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutional investors, and plan sponsors. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailored recommendations, with the majority of its assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.