Zachary Smythe is a CFP® professional with six years of experience in financial advising, currently with Allworth Financial, L.P. He has previously worked at firms including Arthur Stein Financial, LLC, VCI Wealth Management LLC, and The Vanguard Group, Inc. Smythe is based in Bethesda, MD. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio strategies using model allocations and specialized approaches, and it is notable for its private ownership structure and focused Airline division.

Carlton Davis is a financial advisor at Chevy Chase Trust Company with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Chevy Chase Trust Company since 2018, following two years at Liberty Mutual Investments. Chevy Chase Trust Company serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients by providing investment management, trust, custody, and financial planning services. The firm employs a thematic investment approach that emphasizes macroeconomic trends and sector themes, combining fiduciary trust and custody functions with portfolio management.

Onari Tariah is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with six years of industry experience. He has worked at Cerity Partners LLC since 2022 and previously held roles at FJY Financial and Morgan Stanley. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporations, charitable institutions, and institutional investors. The firm offers a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and access to alternative and private-market investments, with a focus on customized, diversified portfolios and proprietary quantitative screening.

Eugene Daniller is an investment advisory representative with CWM, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at Cetera Wealth Services, Equity Planning Inc, and Carson Wealth Management Group since 2017, following prior roles at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a large network of advisors. The firm manages portfolios on a discretionary basis using model portfolios, combining fundamental and technical analysis, third-party sub-advisors, and customization tools, while offering a range of retirement plan services and institutional solutions.

Michael Rutler is a Series 66-licensed advisor with Truist Advisory Services, bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Truist Advisory Services and its predecessors since 2015. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Treasurer for the Marlan Forest Citizens' Association, managing financial duties and supporting community activities. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm combines discretionary manager relationships with non-discretionary consulting, leveraging third-party platforms and AI-enhanced equity research to support investment decisions.

Carol Zirkle is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC in Fairfax, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. She has worked with LPL Financial since 2018 and has managed her own CPA firm, Carol Zirkle CPA PLLC, since 1990. In addition to her advisory roles, she serves on the board of Pinnacle Consulting Services. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm offers customized investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing a long-term investment approach combined with multiple model and wrap options.

Arthur Stein III is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. Prior to joining Allworth Financial, he led Arthur Stein Financial, LLC for 14 years. Outside of his advisory role, he works as an independent contractor in photography and conducts adult education workshops on retirement planning and related financial topics. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered advisor serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio strategies, including core-satellite and options-based models, and utilizes third-party sub-advisers and technology solutions to manage a broad range of client assets.

Ekaterina Brovina is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Goldman Sachs Ayco Personal Financial Management. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm utilizes multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with internal oversight and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary solutions.

Valerie Powers is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with 17 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs since 2021, following a 13-year tenure at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to individual, high-net-worth, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm offers tailored services such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support, utilizing centralized investment resources and a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary managers within a large integrated financial group.

Raymond Mcclure Jr. is a financial advisor at Brown Advisory with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Beaty Haynes & Patterson since 2003. Brown Advisory provides investment management and advisory services to a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a bottom-up, fundamental research process to construct concentrated portfolios and offers a range of strategies including discretionary and non-discretionary management, OCIO solutions, and sub-advisory services.

Jordan Hawks is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 license and has worked at various Rockefeller entities since 2018, as well as Eton Advisors LLC and Wake Forest University. 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 provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, operating uniquely as a registered broker-dealer offering securities transactions, variable insurance products, and placement and investment banking services.

Erin Caines is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Bethesda, MD. She holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with four years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Northspire Wealth and New York Life, as well as a decade at the Food and Drug Administration. Outside of advising, she is an investor in a rum production business. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, and institutional sponsors. The firm offers a range of advisory services with an emphasis on tailoring recommendations and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis within the integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Cody James is a CFP® and CFA® with four years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC, having previously worked at MAI Capital Management, Halpern Financial, and Freddie Mac. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC offers wealth advisory, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) services to individual, corporate, pension, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers, employs active and passive strategies across public and private assets, and provides comprehensive reporting and participant education for retirement plans.

Owen Marshall is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. He previously worked at Financial Growth Partners and has been involved in coaching and managing a baseball facility, Diamond Heroes Baseball, where he conducts private lessons and coaches a travel team. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue Securities LLC, provides brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory relationships using proprietary and third-party model portfolios.

Sophia Haney is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with seven years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc since 2017. Prior to that, she worked at NES Creative for one year. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and institutional clients, including high net worth individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of programs covering equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

Ellen Tillman is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Bethesda, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with 30 years of industry experience. She has been associated with New York Life Insurance Company and its affiliates since 1995 and has operated her own firm, Ellen Tillman & Company, since 2007. Tillman is also involved in insurance brokering for non-registered products and serves on the finance committee of her local homeowners association. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of advisors. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives, with the majority of its assets managed on a non-discretionary basis and notable expertise in advisory services linked to insurance and annuity products.

Maura Schauss is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 26 years of industry experience. She has worked with Washington Wealth Advisors, LLC for 12 years before joining Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, where she has been since 2023. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, retirement-plan consulting, and referrals to separate managed account investment managers for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in regulatory assets under management and employs a diversified investment approach that combines passive and active managers, quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis.

David Karp is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Pagnato Karp Partners, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Karp serves as a Trust Protector and trustee for certain clients without compensation and is a board member of the Limited Partner Advisory Counsel at Blue Delta Capital Partners. Cresset Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $71.9 billion in assets for a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on diversified, asset-allocation-driven portfolio construction using active and passive strategies and conducts a structured due-diligence process to select and monitor third-party managers across multiple asset classes.

Katrina Freedman is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked with Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. and LPL Financial. Freedman’s professional activities have been concentrated in advisory roles within multiple firms over her career. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model and offers managed account solutions through proprietary and third-party platforms.

Omar Metwaly is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC in Vienna, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and having two years of industry experience. His prior firms include TD Bank N.A., Bank of America, Merrill, Fidelity Investments, and Northwestern Mutual. TD Private Client Wealth LLC offers discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional clients, high-net-worth private clients, and retail investors, utilizing a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation across affiliated and third-party investment managers.