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Stephen Hanley is the sole advisor at Hanley Capital Management, LLC in Madison, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 16 years of industry experience. He has led Hanley Capital Management since 2009. Hanley Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management primarily for high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, including banks, pension plans, and charitable institutions. The firm specializes in fixed income investments, focusing on municipal and Treasury bonds, and employs a combination of fundamental analysis and technical tools alongside proprietary software to manage portfolios.

Stephanie Burke is the owner of Stargazer Financial Planning and holds a Series 65 designation. She has seven years of experience at Brigade Capital Management and currently works in an operations role at HIGHLAND Financial Advisors, LLC while pursuing CFP certification. Stargazer Financial Planning is a fee-only, advice-only practice providing hourly financial planning services to individuals, families, and small business owners. The firm follows a passive, indexing-oriented investment approach and emphasizes client education, behavioral finance, and on-demand planning without taking custody of client assets.

Samuel McPherson is a CFP® professional and the sole advisor at McPherson Financial Advisors, Inc. in Jersey City, NJ, with 17 years at his independent firm and a total of 4 years of industry experience. McPherson Financial Advisors provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and retirement plan clients. The firm operates as a fee-only fiduciary, using a strategic asset allocation framework with a core-and-satellite approach focused on low-cost index funds and ETFs, and offers pension consulting services and ancillary business management to select clients.

Abraham Itani is the principal advisor at Itani Wealth Management with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including LPL Enterprise and HD Vest Investment Services. In addition to his advisory role, he operates Itani Accounting and Tax LLC, a tax preparation and accounting business he founded in 2001. Itani Wealth Management provides portfolio management services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing accounts mostly on a non-discretionary basis. The firm constructs portfolios mainly from ETFs and mutual funds using Modern Portfolio Theory and utilizes sub-advisors on its custodian platform.

David Steiner is the principal and sole advisor at Purple Dog Investments LLC in Springfield, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 30 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Cetera Advisors LLC and Cetera Investment Advisers LLC and is also the owner of Zebulon Tax Advisory LLC, where he provides tax preparation services. In addition, Steiner serves as an adjunct professor at Union County College and holds licenses as a fixed insurance agent, offering life, health, disability, annuities, and long-term care insurance. Purple Dog Investments provides investment advisory and consulting services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing model portfolios on the Charles Schwab platform with a focus on mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The firm employs discretionary management through predefined model allocations tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances and integrates financial and tax planning alongside investment management.

Sunil Joshi is a financial advisor at Quadram Capital LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Quadram Capital since 2016, following a brief period as a self-employed advisor. Quadram Capital LLC is an independent advisory firm serving individuals, charitable organizations, business entities, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, advisory consultations, and retirement plan services, employing both fundamental and technical analysis across passive and active investment strategies that include the use of margin and derivatives for qualified clients.