Ridgewood, NJ Office

Michael Surbrug is a financial advisor with Advisors Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Lord Abbett Distributor LLC since 2003. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs, providing discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and self-directed brokerage solutions. The firm integrates top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection across equity, fixed income, and tactical approaches, managing over $8.1 billion in discretionary assets and supporting approximately 17,842 clients.

Jeremy Lieberman is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He has been with Advisors Capital Management, LLC since 2015. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs, providing discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and a self-directed brokerage solution for qualified retirement plans. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection across equity, fixed income, and tactical approaches, managing over $8 billion in assets and serving a large number of clients through an intermediary model.

Zachary Smith is a Series 65–licensed financial advisor with Advisors Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked for a total of eight years including his current tenure since 2025. Based in Ridgewood, NJ, he has five years of industry experience following his time as a full-time student. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, employee benefit plans, and other financial intermediaries, providing discretionary portfolio management through customized accounts, model strategies, and a self-directed brokerage solution for qualified retirement plans. The firm integrates macroeconomic analysis with security selection across a range of asset classes and manages over $8 billion in assets.

Jeffrey Deiss is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC since 2016. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, employee benefit plans, and the clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and self-directed brokerage solutions, using a blend of top-down macro and bottom-up security analysis across multiple asset classes.

Joanne Feeney is a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Advisors Capital Management since 2015. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and registered investment advisers. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management with a blend of top-down and bottom-up analysis across various proprietary strategies and manages over $8 billion in assets, acting as an outsourced sub-advisor to intermediaries.

Corie Gabriel is a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at firms including The Roosevelt Investment Group and Unified Financial Securities. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and a self-directed brokerage solution, combining macroeconomic and security-level analysis across various asset classes.

David Lieberman is a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 designations and has been with Advisors Capital Management since 2012. Advisors Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and proprietary model strategies to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm offers customized private accounts and model strategies, combining top-down macro analysis with bottom-up fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative research.

Michael Lieberman is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with 22 years of experience at Advisors Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2004. He is based in Ridgewood, NJ. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, providing discretionary portfolio management through customized accounts and model strategies. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection using fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative methods across various asset classes, managing over $8 billion in discretionary assets.

Lee Balducci is a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Advisors Capital Management since 2013. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, offering discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and a self-directed brokerage solution. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection across equity, fixed income, and tactical approaches, managing over $8.1 billion in discretionary assets primarily as an outsourced sub-advisor.

Konner Gershkoff is a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has worked at Advisors Capital Management since 2019 and previously held roles at JWC Research and Tuition Management Systems. Advisors Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and proprietary model strategies to individual and institutional clients. The firm serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, insurance companies, and government entities, offering custom private accounts and model strategies that combine top-down macro analysis with bottom-up fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative research.

Nicholas Caradonna is a financial advisor with Advisors Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wunderlich Securities, Inc. and LPL Enterprise LLC, with a seven-year period as a stay-at-home. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, providing discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and a self-directed brokerage solution for qualified retirement plans. The firm combines macroeconomic insights with detailed security analysis across multiple asset classes and manages over $8 billion in discretionary assets, acting as an outsourced sub-advisor and offering additional services such as affiliated mutual fund strategies and insurance agency ownership.

Kevin Strauss is a CFA® charterholder with 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at Advisors Capital Management, LLC since 2019 and previously spent 17 years at Abner, Herrman and Brock. Advisors Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and proprietary model strategies to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm employs a combination of top-down macro analysis and bottom-up fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative research, offering customized private accounts and model strategies across various asset classes.

Susan Kimmel is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has worked at Advisors Capital Management, LLC since 2019 and previously operated her own CPA practice and financial advisory business from 1995 to 2019. Advisors Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and proprietary model strategies to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm combines top-down macroeconomic analysis with bottom-up fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative research, offering customized private accounts and model separate-account and ETF strategies.

Christopher Badaracco is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving at Advisors Capital Management, LLC. He previously worked at Rose Wealth Advisors, LLC, and Mariner Wealth Advisors over the course of his career. Outside of advisory roles, he owns a tax preparation business. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs, providing discretionary portfolio management with customized private accounts, model strategies, and self-directed brokerage solutions. The firm combines macro and bottom-up analysis across various asset classes and manages over $8 billion in discretionary assets, acting as an outsourced sub-advisor for multiple intermediaries.

Cindy Pitonzo is a ChFC® with three years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC. She previously worked at Tradition Capital Management, LLC and was involved with St Bartholomew the Apostle Church for five years. Advisors Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and proprietary model strategies to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative research, offering customized private accounts and specialized solutions such as municipal fixed-income portfolios and a managed mutual fund program.