Michael Byrne Jr. is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience. He has worked at Empower Advisory Group since 2023 and previously held roles at Personal Capital Advisors Corporation, Rockwood Wealth Management, and Pitcairn Trust Company. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm delivers services through an integrated model tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, emphasizing long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing in its financial planning approach.

Brooke Blumberg is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with a Series 66 license and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Citigroup, Brooke worked at Vanderbilt University for four years and spent nine years in education at Half Hollow Hills High School East and West Hollow Middle School. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a wide range of investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains sizable institutional capabilities, including in-house research and derivatives services.

Gerard Tavella is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 19 years of industry experience. He has worked extensively with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance since 2006. Outside of his advisory role, he manages an ownership interest in Strategies for Wealth through Three Elles, LLC. Park Avenue Securities serves a diverse retail client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, and charitable organizations, offering both brokerage and advisory services. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary model portfolios and third-party managers, supporting discretionary and non-discretionary accounts with various financial planning and consulting services.

Steven Crabbe is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in White Plains, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2015 and previously worked with NYLife Securities and New York Life Insurance. Crabbe is also involved as a shareholder in NYLARC Holding Company, which reinsures life insurance policies he writes with New York Life. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisers. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing the vast majority of assets on a non-discretionary basis while serving diverse institutional sponsors within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Dean Rothman is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in Garden City, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities since 2003 and at Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 2002. Rothman also engages in health insurance activities through a fellow Guardian financial representative. 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. The firm employs a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies and provides various financial planning, retirement, and business consulting services.

Marlon Martinez is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and four years of industry experience. He has worked at Citibank since 2017 and has prior experience in the hospitality sector, including roles at Hudson Valley Steakhouse and Hollow Brook Golf Course. Outside of finance, he is involved in event photography and provides delivery services for DoorDash and Instacart. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across wealth management segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and operates with a combination of large institutional scale and unique market roles, including in-house research and derivatives trading.

Daniel Capurso is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Melville, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2020 and operates Premier Asset Solutions Inc., which sells New York Life products and brokers non-registered insurance products. Capurso also serves as a notary public, providing free notary services to the public. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients by offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis, working extensively with defined contribution and benefit plans as well as charitable and corporate clients.

Ian Heller is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Savant Wealth Management. His prior roles include positions at Heller Wealth Management, Klingman & Associates, Cresset, Altair Advisers, and The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Savant Wealth Management provides comprehensive wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs an investment approach that combines evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation with actively managed strategies and offers integrated services through affiliated accounting, legal, and trust entities.

Michael O'Sullivan is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 26 years of industry experience, including roles at Park Avenue Securities since 2012 and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2008. Outside of his advisory work, he is a notary public in Suffolk County, New York. Park Avenue Securities serves a wide retail client base, offering both brokerage and advisory services along with financial planning and retirement consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party portfolios, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary management across various asset types.

Brian Katzman is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Creative Planning since 2019 and previously spent 14 years at Heller Wealth Management. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in assets and employs a financial planning–led investment process that includes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and access to private market investments, supported by a broad range of affiliated legal, trust, and retirement plan service businesses.

Nicholas Babson is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Pontera Solutions Inc and held various roles at Kenyon College. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients, employing an advisory model focused on manager selection and multi-manager solutions that include proprietary research and a variety of investment vehicles.

Andrew Estreich is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has held prior roles at Prudential Insurance Company of America, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, and Ameriprise Financial. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as retail brokerage clients. The firm uses an integrated model linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

John Melkun is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2018. Prior to entering finance, he was employed at Audi for two years. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs that include both proprietary and third-party models.

Ian Weinberg is a CFP® with 38 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Wealthspire Advisors, where he has worked since 2025, following a 29-year tenure at LPL Financial. Wealthspire Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and nonprofit organizations, providing wealth management, financial planning, and trustee services. The firm uses a relationship-driven, customized investment approach emphasizing diversified, institutional-style asset allocation and employs various investment vehicles such as mutual funds, ETFs, and private funds.

Nicholas Jembelis is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously spent 26 years at David Lerner Associates Inc. before joining Janney in 2025. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering a range of brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and advisory services.

Brandon Harvey is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Morgan Stanley. Outside of advisory work, he owns and operates a landscaping business and serves as an election day poll checker and alternate member of a local conservation commission in Easton, Connecticut. Oppenheimer serves individuals, corporations, pooled vehicles, and retirement plans, offering a range of advisory programs and services including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and retirement services. The firm employs varied investment approaches across its programs, managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets as of December 2025.

Josh Becker is a financial advisor with Guardian Life, holding a Series 63 credential and over 40 years of industry experience. He has been with Guardian Life and its affiliates since 1997. Outside of his advisory role, Becker is involved in several business ventures, including a notable ownership stake in a Guardian General Agency through Brooklyn Financial Group Holdings, LLC. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue® Wealth Management, serves individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, retirement consulting, and a range of investment advisory programs that include both proprietary and third-party strategies.

John Sargent is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Capital Management with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Morgan Stanley in various capacities from 2009 to 2020 before joining Rockefeller Financial LLC and Rock & Co LLC in 2020. Rockefeller Capital Management is an enterprise firm with 157 advisors, providing wealth and investment management services.

Steven Solonch is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in White Plains, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to his current role starting in 2017, he worked with New York Life Insurance Company and its related entities from 2008 to 2017. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individual investors and institutional sponsors, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm focuses on tailored solutions delivered primarily on a non-discretionary basis and operates within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Joshua Marriott is a CFP® with 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Hightower Advisors and previously spent 11 years at Lincoln Financial Advisors. Marriott is also licensed as an insurance agent, offering accident and health insurance, disability insurance, fixed annuities, traditional life insurance, and long-term care insurance. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a manager selection approach that includes affiliated and third-party managers, as well as access to mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and customized portfolios.