Thomas Vaccaro Jr. is a CFP® and registered investment advisor with Briarcliff Manor Wealth Advisors, where he has worked since 2005. He has three years of industry experience and also operates BMWA Notary Services, providing notary services for residential mortgage transactions in New York. Briarcliff Manor Wealth Advisors manages discretionary investment accounts and offers personal financial planning for individuals, small businesses, and trusts, using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a focus on tax-aware investing.

Alan Lax is a financial advisor at Ryefield Capital, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated since 2011. Ryefield Capital, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser that provides portfolio management and retirement planning services to individuals, professionals, and small businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to pursue capital appreciation and utilizes tactical hedging when appropriate.

Wesley Golby is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Seven Canyons Advisors, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Acacia Research, Ark Global Asset Management, and Fleckenstein Capital Management. Outside of his financial career, he is the managing member and sole owner of Ramshackle Properties, LLC, a hotel operating business. Seven Canyons Advisors provides discretionary investment management primarily to pooled vehicles and institutional accounts, including registered mutual funds and retirement plans. The firm uses a bottom-up fundamental research process and proprietary screening to build concentrated strategies across its global equity approaches.

Alan Besterman is a financial advisor at FSP Advisors, Inc. with 42 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at FSP Advisors since 2017 and Leigh Baldwin & CO., LLC since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an NRA certified pistol instructor and holds positions in the East Chatham Fire Department, including assistant chief and treasurer. He is also the owner of The Balance Sheet, Inc., a tax return preparation business. FSP Advisors, Inc. provides advisory services to individuals, employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, and institutions, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting methods tailored to client objectives, and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary management along with educational seminars available to the public at no charge.

Meredith Briggs is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience and has been with Taconic Advisors since 2015. She holds a Series 66 license and works out of Saugerties, NY. Taconic Advisors provides personalized financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals and families, including both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes passive, diversified portfolios tailored to clients’ goals, tax situations, and risk tolerances, and operates on a fee-only, fixed retainer basis.

Kathleen Peer is a financial advisor at SAGE 360 Advisors LLC with 30 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Peer Law Firm since 2011 while also serving at Sage360 Advisors since 2007. Outside of financial advising, she is an investor in Coalbed Methane Solutions LLC, a company that develops and manufactures down-hole sensor equipment for oil and gas wells. SAGE 360 Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts and estates, managing approximately $21 million for about two dozen households. The firm provides portfolio management and financial planning services, primarily using fundamental analysis and a variety of investment strategies, and maintains a mostly non-discretionary management approach.

John Kelly is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Taconic Advisors since 2017. Before joining Taconic, he held positions at Wells Fargo Clearing, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Wells Fargo Advisors. Taconic Advisors provides personalized financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals and families, serving both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes passive, diversified portfolio strategies tailored to clients’ goals, tax situations, and risk tolerances, typically managing assets on a discretionary basis with oversight of independent sub-advisors.

Laura Swift is a financial advisor with Quad-Cities Investment Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 25 years of industry experience. She has been with Quad-Cities Investment Group since 2010. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a board member and Business Committee Chair for The Arc of the Quad Cities, an organization that promotes equal treatment and support for individuals with disabilities. Quad-Cities Investment Group provides investment advisory and retirement plan consulting services to individuals, trusts, employee benefit plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $375.6 million in assets and employs a blend of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct diversified portfolios, including the use of derivatives and margin borrowing within managed accounts, which is a distinctive aspect of their approach.

Matthew Klein is a financial advisor at Matauro, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Equitable Advisors, LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Klein is also involved as an insurance professional advising on fixed insurance products. Matauro, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities with wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a multifaceted investment process incorporating fundamental, macro, technical, and ESG analysis, utilizing a broad range of investment instruments and manager-of-managers solutions.

Mark Sladkus is the sole advisor at Red Lighthouse Investment Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with 19 years at the firm and 4 years of industry experience. Based in Hillsdale, NY, he has led the firm since its founding in 2007. Red Lighthouse Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, corporations, foundations, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, and trusts. The firm employs a passive, asset-allocation approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, using low-cost, tax-efficient index funds and Dimensional Fund Advisors products with disciplined rebalancing and a focus on global diversification and tax considerations.

John Dady is a financial advisor at Sovereign Financial Group, Inc. in Hudson, NY, with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing. Sovereign Financial Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on long-term investment strategies using low-cost diversified mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by individual securities and independent managers, and also offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and cash-management solutions.

Ernest Guerriero is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has 36 years of industry experience and has worked with several firms including Ameritas Investment Corp and Securities Mutual Life Insurance. He serves on the board of the Society of Financial Service Professionals and works as an independent contractor for The American College. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management and a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both proprietary and third-party investment advisory programs, with advisory relationships that can be discretionary or non-discretionary.

John Heitzman is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc. based in Hudson, NY, holding a Series 66 designation and 12 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of Greene County, Infinex Investments, Inc., and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member of the Fats in the Cats Bicycle Club, a nonprofit focused on cycling advocacy and community service in New York's Catskill and Hudson Valley regions. OSAIC Institutions serves individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, providing advisory and brokerage services through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers customized financial planning, ERISA plan services, access to alternative investments, and lending and cash-management solutions, with a notable emphasis on non-discretionary assets and integrated brokerage-advisory capabilities.

Timothy Bartholomew is an advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc., holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Infinex Investments, Inc. since 2016 and Bank of Greene County since 2000. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, ERISA retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized advisory services, financial planning, ERISA plan services, wrap programs, and access to alternative investments and lending solutions through a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer model.

John Bopp Jr. is a financial advisor with Key Investment Services LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 25 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at KeyBank, Wells Fargo Clearing Services, and Scottrade. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs, model portfolios, and managed accounts. The firm emphasizes client direction in model selection and performs due diligence on third-party advisory products while providing oversight and access to discretionary managers.

Philip Stire is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with 40 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Key Investment Services since 2008. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs, model portfolios, and managed accounts. The firm emphasizes client-directed investment choices with non-binding recommendations and ongoing monitoring, while providing access to third-party discretionary managers and conducting regular product due diligence and supervisory oversight.

Shyanna Curless is a financial advisor at OSAIC Institutions, INC. with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Bank of Greene County and Brickyard. OSAIC Institutions serves individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans by offering a variety of advisory and brokerage services, including financial planning, ERISA plan services, and access to alternative investments. The firm’s approach includes both advisory and brokerage solutions delivered through a network of investment adviser representatives.

Jeffrey Hannett is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. Prior to his current tenure at Key Investment Services, Hannett worked at KeyBank. He is also a financial education instructor at Kaplan North America, where he teaches and develops curriculum related to financial planning and investment industry designations. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs, including wrap-fee advisory programs, model portfolios, and separately managed accounts. The firm emphasizes client direction in selecting investment models and provides ongoing monitoring and due diligence of third-party advisory products.

Fernando Hurtado is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Primerica Advisors and Transamerica Investors Securities Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he owns The Soap Alchemist and works as a bilingual employee benefits educator for Total Benefit Communications. 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 certain retail brokerage clients, with an emphasis on long-term portfolio returns and integration with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Philip Loftus is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 designations. Prior to joining Edward Jones in 2021, he worked at Franklin Templeton Distributors Inc. and Franklin Templeton Financial Services Corp. from 2004 to 2020. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets and offers a range of advisory programs with a nationwide network of more than 23,700 financial advisors.

Robert Segall is a financial advisor at MassMutual Investors Services with 28 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at MassMutual since 1997, as well as at Lenox Advisors since 2007. In addition to his advisory role, Segall is a writer and speaker. MassMutual Investors Services is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers. The firm provides ongoing financial planning, asset management, and educational seminars, using firm-approved tools and collaborative annual planning relationships.

Michael Blasl is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Chatham, NY, holding a Series 66 designation. He has one year of industry experience, having joined Edward Jones in 2025 after eleven years with Marrello Restaurants and Catering. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs including discretionary and non-discretionary wrap fee strategies, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds, operating under a fiduciary standard.

Lauren Healey is a financial advisor at UBS Financial Services with nine years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at UBS and Merrill prior to her current role. UBS Financial Services Inc. serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients through a combination of brokerage and investment advisory services, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and distribution of mutual funds and alternative products. The firm integrates institutional trading capabilities with wealth management services, delivering advisory work supported by proprietary research and model-based asset allocations.

James Armstrong is a financial advisor with LPL Financial, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 27 years of industry experience. He has been with LPL Financial since 2008. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, corporations, and charitable organizations through a national network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of financial planning and advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary management, model portfolios, and retirement plan consulting.

Scott Levine is a financial advisor with Equitable Advisors, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Equitable Advisors since 2016, including time with its predecessor, AXA Advisors, LLC. Equitable Advisors serves a wide range of clients, including individual, high-net-worth, retirement plan, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm offers financial planning, broker-dealer services, insurance distribution, and access to third-party asset management programs, operating as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer.

Michael Magliocca is a financial advisor with Equitable Advisors, holding a Series 66 credential and one year of industry experience. He has worked at Equitable Advisors in two separate periods and has a background in real estate sales with Century 21 New West Properties. Outside of advising, he is involved in real estate sales in Catskill, NY. Equitable Advisors serves a diverse clientele including individual, high-net-worth, retirement plan, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, brokerage, insurance, and access to third-party asset management programs. The firm is dual-registered as an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer and emphasizes delivering solutions through program sponsors and third-party managers.

Mark Levy is a financial advisor with Raymond James & Associates, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 44 years of industry experience. He has worked at Raymond James & Associates since 2018 and previously held positions at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Raymond James & Associates is a large broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $501 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, pension plans, and municipal entities, offering a range of financial planning and advisory services with a focus on tailored, non-discretionary investment consulting.

Edward Zaik is a financial advisor with Equitable Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 34 years of industry experience. He has been with Equitable Advisors since 1999, following his tenure at AXA Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Zaik operates a tax preparation service and serves with the Treasure Valatie Fire Department. Equitable Advisors provides financial planning, retirement plan support, and asset management services to individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a hybrid referral and implementation model, utilizing third-party asset managers and programs to tailor investment solutions to client goals and risk tolerance.

Shebna Olsen Shillibeer is a financial advisor at Equitable Advisors with 33 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC for 12 years. Outside of her advisory role, she serves on the advisory board for the UConn School of Business Student Managed Investment Fund and is involved in local nonprofit and community organizations. Equitable Advisors serves individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, corporations, and charitable organizations by providing financial planning, retirement-plan support, and access to asset management through a variety of third-party programs and advisory channels. The firm uses a hybrid referral and implementation model tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Allison Guzman is a financial advisor with Raymond James & Associates, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and having 26 years of industry experience. She has worked at Raymond James since 2018, with prior experience at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors. Raymond James & Associates is a large dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $501 billion in assets. The firm serves a wide range of clients including individuals, institutions, and municipal entities, offering financial planning, non-discretionary investment consulting, and specialized municipal advisory services.

Jodi Hills is a financial advisor with LPL Financial, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 28 years of industry experience. She has been with LPL Financial since 2008. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in construction management through Hills Construction Management, Inc., and serves as a Notary Public in New York State. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations through a national network of representatives. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement consulting, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by research and model portfolios.

Katie Johnston is a financial advisor at Raymond James Financial with 16 years of industry experience. She previously worked for Commonwealth Financial Network and JSA Financial. Johnston holds a Series 63 designation. Outside of her advisory role, she owns and manages residential rental properties in Saugerties, NY. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. provides financial planning, investment consulting, and advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers tailored, non-discretionary planning and uses analytical tools to model potential outcomes, supporting clients through its advisory programs and other providers.

Alexandra Madsen is a financial advisor at LPL Financial with seven years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at LPL Financial since 2018. Prior to her current role, she was involved with Columbia County Habitat for Humanity and had experience in design and retail. Alexandra is also a commissioned notary public in Hudson, NY. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, credit unions, corporations, and charitable organizations through a national network of investment adviser representatives. The firm provides financial planning, advisory programs, retirement plan consulting, and brokerage services, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by model portfolios and research.

Jean Reinoso is a financial advisor at Castleton Partners, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential with two years of industry experience. He has been with Castleton Partners since 2013. Castleton Partners is a fee-only investment adviser specializing in fixed-income asset management for high-net-worth individuals, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs an Investment Grade Fixed Income Strategy focused on municipal securities and corporate debt, alongside more actively managed special strategies, and offers portfolio consulting and concierge review services.