Shannon Clark is a Certified Financial Planner® with 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at The Alchemists, LLC since 2026 and previously held roles at Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Nicollet Investment Management, Inc., and Wilkerson Resource Advisors, LLC. The Alchemists provides advisory services to individuals and businesses, including retirement plan sponsors, focusing on long-term, passive asset-allocation strategies combined with fundamental and technical analysis. The firm serves approximately 90 clients with a small, two-advisor team and offers educational workshops and seminars at no charge.

Margaret Koosa is a financial advisor at The Alchemists, LLC in Stamford, Vermont, with 14 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with firms including Belpointe Asset Management, Brookwood Investment Group, and Waddell & Reed. Outside of advisory services, she is an independent insurance agent. The Alchemists provides advisory services to individuals and businesses, including retirement plan sponsors and participants, focusing on long-term, passive asset allocation strategies supplemented with fundamental and technical analysis. The firm manages approximately $25 million for around 90 clients and offers educational workshops and seminars at no charge.

Gertrude Saville is a financial advisor at Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. in Brattleboro, VT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 30 years of industry experience. She has been with Prentiss Smith & Company since 1989. Prentiss Smith & Company provides investment management services primarily for individual clients and endowment funds, also serving trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a long-term growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investment approach, emphasizing capital preservation and detailed client communication through regular reports and statements.

Penelope Kaufman is a financial advisor at Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. in Brattleboro, VT, with 18 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Prentiss Smith & Company since 1999. Prentiss Smith & Company provides investment management services primarily for individuals and endowment funds, also serving trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a long-term growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investment approach with an emphasis on capital preservation and offers detailed client communications through regular reports and statements.

Prentiss Smith is a financial advisor at Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. in Brattleboro, VT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. since 1982. Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. provides investment management services primarily for individual clients and endowment funds, also serving trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a long-term growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investment approach, combining quantitative screening with fundamental analysis, and emphasizes capital preservation.

Frederick Brubaker Jr. is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience, currently serving at Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc., where he has worked since 2007. The firm provides discretionary investment management primarily for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and endowment funds. Prentiss Smith & Company utilizes a long-term growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investment style that combines quantitative screening with fundamental analysis and offers both total-return and relative-return approaches tailored to client needs.

Prentiss Smith is a financial advisor with Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. in Brattleboro, Vermont. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Prentiss Smith & Company since 2002. Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. provides investment management services primarily for individual clients and endowment funds, also serving trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a long-term growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investment approach, combining quantitative screening with fundamental analysis, and emphasizes capital preservation alongside appreciation.

Carlos Lluch is a CFP® with 35 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked with LPL Financial since 1996 and has been with Perennial Financial Services since 2017. In addition to his advisory role, he operates an insurance agency, Insurance Options, which he has been involved with since 1989. Perennial Investment Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individual, trust, pension, and corporate clients. The firm utilizes a range of investment strategies tailored to client goals and integrates advanced technology, including AI tools and multi-custodian platforms, managing approximately $2.5 billion in discretionary assets.

Patricia Small is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a PFS™ designation and Series 65 license. She has 15 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Marcum Wealth, LLC and Filomeno & Company, P.C. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as a trustee of multiple trusts. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment process combining passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee and quantitative and fundamental research.

Scott Salway is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Wilmington, VT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and five years of industry experience. He has worked at Eagle Strategies since 2024 and operates Salway Financial Strategies, which offers New York Life products and brokers non-registered insurance products. Outside of his advisory work, Salway coaches a competitive high school snowboard team and facilitates after-school nature walk and chess programs. 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 advisors. The firm delivers tailored advice across multiple program types and manages most assets on a non-discretionary basis, working closely with institutional sponsors within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Ellen Bauers is a financial advisor at Mass Mutual Investors Services with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Mass Mutual Investors Services and MassMutual Life Insurance Co since 2015. In addition to her advisory role, she is also an insurance agent involved in the sales and servicing of individual life, equity fixed life, fixed annuities, long-term care, and disability insurance. Mass Mutual Investors Services is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that provides financial planning and asset management services to individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers. The firm employs a collaborative planning approach using firm-approved software to analyze client goals and offers various investment and event-driven planning programs.

Sara Kermenski is a financial advisor with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. She has been with Cambridge and its affiliate firms since 2011 and previously worked at The Richards Group. Outside of advising, she serves as treasurer of the Marlboro Nordic Ski Club and is a board member of the Vermont Women’s Fund. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors is a large SEC-registered firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan advisory through a network of independent professionals, employing a range of strategies from proprietary models to third-party managers.

Beth Ann Graf is a financial advisor with Merrill in Newfane, Vermont, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 41 years of industry experience. She has been with Merrill since 1981. She serves as a board member of the Trustees Board for Lake Ronkonkoma United Methodist Church. Merrill, along with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations with model-based and discretionary investment strategies.

Christopher Wilson is a financial advisor at Mass Mutual Investors Services with Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and four years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at MassMutual and Enterprise Holdings, as well as a brief period managing an eBay account buying and selling sports memorabilia. Mass Mutual Investors Services, LLC is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that provides financial planning and asset management services to individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of programs, including educational seminars and event-driven planning such as divorce and estate settlement.

Elizabeth Paige Fernot is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing, holding a Series 63 designation and eight years of experience. She has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing since 2018 and previously held roles at The Gathering Place and Catamount Carpet Cleaning. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients with investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $671 billion in assets and offers both brokerage and advisory solutions.

Scott Gordon Macey is a financial advisor with Mass Mutual Investors Services in Marlboro, Vermont, holding the CFP® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 20 years of industry experience and has worked with MML Investors Services, LLC since 2017 and Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company since 2016. Outside of his financial advisory work, he owns Restless Kind Management, LLC, a music and songwriting business. Mass Mutual Investors Services is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that provides financial planning and asset management services to individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers. The firm offers collaborative, annual financial planning engagements supported by proprietary software and educational seminars.

Lawrence Raff is a financial advisor with Cetera, holding a Series 63 license and over 43 years of industry experience. His career includes prior roles at Raff Financial Services, Inc. and Penn Equities Inc., along with more than a decade at Cetera Wealth Services, LLC. Raff is also a licensed notary public. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC is a nationwide SEC-registered firm serving individual, retirement, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm offers a multi-manager platform with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to various third-party money managers.

Bridget Bokum is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Clearing with 10 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016, following 12 years at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Wells Fargo Clearing provides retirement plan consulting services to qualified ERISA plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services. The firm’s advisory process is IPS-driven and based on modern portfolio theory, with a notable inclusion of insurance-related vehicles and bank deposit sweep options among its investment offerings.

Robert Adams is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Edward Jones since 2016. Outside of advising, he owns and maintains rental properties in North Adams, MA. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving more than four million individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets, offering a range of advisory programs, managed strategies, and affiliated investment products supported by a large nationwide network of advisors and branch offices.

Katrina Lastih is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. She has been with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney since 2009 and previously worked at Citigroup Global Markets starting in 2007. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving both individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and financial planning services, managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets.

Matthew Gordon Macey is a financial advisor with Mass Mutual Investors Services and holds a Series 66 designation. He has been with MassMutual and its affiliated firms since 2025. Prior to entering the financial services industry, he held various roles in education and human resources, including positions at Elon University and multiple schools in Vermont. Mass Mutual Investors Services, LLC is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and educational seminars, utilizing firm-approved software and a collaborative approach to deliver written recommendations tailored to client goals.

Athan Vorilas is a financial advisor with OSAIC who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 38 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Signator Investors Inc for 10 years before joining OSAIC in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president and CEO of Lighthouse Financial Network and is active in his community as a parish council board member of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. OSAIC serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, corporations, and charitable organizations through a large network of affiliated advisers and multiple advisory platforms. The firm provides integrated brokerage and investment advisory services, utilizing a variety of portfolio construction tools, third-party money managers, and model account solutions.

Jason Partyka is a financial advisor with Ameriprise in Wilmington, VT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Ameriprise and its affiliate since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Director of Operations for Platinum Service Solutions Inc., overseeing management activities at their Bethesda office. Ameriprise offers retirement-income planning services aimed at individuals approaching or in retirement with significant investable assets, providing detailed recommendation reports that address income sources, Social Security options, and tax-efficient withdrawal strategies. The firm combines research, modeling, and advisory expertise to deliver tailored retirement planning through a centralized consulting team.

Steven Fenyves is a CFP® professional affiliated with OSAIC with 32 years of industry experience. He has worked at OSAIC since 2024 and previously spent 19 years with Securities America Advisors Inc. and Securities America, Inc. He is also president of Valued Wealth Management Inc., where he has served for over two decades. Outside of his advisory roles, Fenyves volunteers with the Florida Chapter of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Professional Action Committee. OSAIC serves a broad mix of retail and institutional clients through a large network of affiliated advisers, offering integrated brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm employs asset-allocation tools, risk-tolerance questionnaires, and automated rebalancing across diverse investment options, with portfolios managed on discretionary or non-discretionary bases.