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Jared Gruccio is the principal of Advice to Thrive and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 14 years of industry experience. He previously worked at GWN Securities Inc. for 14 years before founding Gruccio Financial, LLC. He serves as a board member of the Greater Vineland Chamber of Commerce and is a partner in a tax planning and consulting firm. Advice to Thrive provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial services, including financial, tax, estate, and insurance planning, primarily for business owners, high-net-worth individuals, and multigenerational families. The firm uses fundamental analysis and strategic asset allocation to build primarily long-term portfolios and offers consulting and coordination with other professional advisors.

Phyllis Storms is a financial advisor at Arrington Financial Advisors, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65 designations and has worked at Touchstone Financial Advisors since 2011. Arrington Financial Advisors provides financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a top-down investment approach combining active and passive strategies, serving a diverse client base including retail, institutional, and charitable entities.

Stephen De Cesare is the sole advisor at De Cesare Retirement Specialists in Philadelphia, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with De Cesare Retirement Specialists since 2008 and previously worked at Triad Advisors, LLC from 2007 to 2019. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent insurance broker licensed since 2000, selling insurance products on a commission basis. De Cesare Retirement Specialists is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities with approximately $34 million under management across about 95 client relationships. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and consulting, employing a range of analytical methods and investment instruments, including equities, mutual funds, ETFs, and certain hedging and cryptocurrency-related strategies.

Edward Goldstein is a Certified Financial Planner® with over 22 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been the principal advisor at Financial Life Planning, LLC since 2008. Financial Life Planning, LLC provides comprehensive financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management services to individuals, families, small business owners, trusts, estates, and retirement plan participants. The firm uses customized, diversified portfolios primarily consisting of ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, supported by continuous supervision and advanced planning tools such as Monte Carlo analysis.

Francis Manella is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with CoAdjutant Financial Planning Services and has previously worked at OSAIC Wealth, Emoney Planning Services, American Portfolios, and MassMutual Greater Philadelphia. CoAdjutant Financial Planning Services provides outsourced, white-label financial planning and support primarily to other investment adviser representatives and business owners. The firm specializes in creating compliance-tested, comprehensive financial plans using deterministic and probabilistic projections, focusing on practice support and compliance rather than direct client asset management.

Alan Gottlob is a financial advisor at Ethos Financial Group, LLC with 40 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Ethos Financial Group since 2024. Prior to this, he was with TFS Securities, Inc. and has maintained a longstanding role at Shingle Oak Advisors, LLC since 2001. He also serves as a board member of West Bay Holdings Ltd, where he provides strategic, capital, and actuarial governance oversight. Ethos Financial Group is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.14 billion and serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm offers diversified, model-based portfolio management and financial planning services, utilizing a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income, supplemented by third-party research and AI tools for support.