Cornerstone Advisory

Patrick Ryan is a Certified Financial Planner® with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Cornerstone Advisory and previously worked at Equity Services, Inc. and Worthington Financial Partners. He is also a licensed independent insurance agent. Cornerstone Advisory serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a planning-first investment approach that incorporates probability-based wealth forecasting and manages most client relationships on a discretionary basis, with a focus on both traditional and alternative investments.

Michael Lavina is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Cornerstone Advisory since 2015. He also serves as Chief Operating Officer of Outcome Driven Strategies. Cornerstone Advisory serves individual clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and a private pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a planning-first investment process and manages a diverse investable universe that includes traditional and alternative assets, while overseeing third-party managers and acting as advisor and manager to private pooled funds.

Erik Johnson is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Cornerstone Advisory since 2010, previously spending 20 years at Private Fund Advisors, Inc. He is also involved as a principal in Private Fund Advisors. Cornerstone Advisory serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a planning-first investment process with a broad investable universe that includes traditional and alternative assets, and manages most client relationships on a discretionary basis.

Christopher Pesota is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory since 2024. He previously worked at T Rowe Price for eight years and Paychex, Inc. for four years. Cornerstone Advisory serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a planning-first investment approach with discretionary portfolio management and offers access to traditional and alternative investments, including structured products and private placements.

Gavin Johnson is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has prior experience at Fidelity Investments and Morgan Stanley. Cornerstone Advisory serves individual clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and a private pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a planning-first investment process with discretionary portfolio management and offers access to a broad investable universe including traditional and alternative assets.

Thomas Biddison is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Cornerstone Advisory since 2006, with prior experience at Alternative Markets Fund LLC and Axa Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as vice chair of the board at UMD St. Joseph Medical Center. Cornerstone Advisory serves individual clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and a private pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a planning-first investment process with discretionary portfolio management, incorporating a broad investable universe that includes traditional and alternative assets and manages the Outcome Driven Fund, L.P., a private pooled vehicle focused on structured notes and lower-correlation strategies.

Robert Gill is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Cornerstone Advisory since 2013. Cornerstone Advisory serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and a private pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a planning-first investment process with a broad investable universe that includes traditional and alternative assets, and it manages most client relationships on a discretionary basis.

Donald Huber Jr. is a financial advisor at Outcome Driven Strategies, LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Outcome Driven Strategies since 2021, Cornerstone Advisory LLP since 2006, and AXA Advisors, LLC since 1999. Outside of his advisory roles, he owns and manages an insurance brokerage business and is involved in several real estate partnerships. Outcome Driven Strategies provides discretionary sub-advisory investment management primarily to other registered investment advisers and third-party money managers. The firm focuses on alternative investments, chiefly structured notes, and manages approximately $235 million using a strategy that combines credit analysis with technical and cyclical methods.

James Foxen is a financial advisor with Cornerstone Advisory in Hunt Valley, MD. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 26 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Cornerstone Advisory in 2019, he worked at Kestra Financial, Brighthouse Securities, Metlife Investors Distribution Company, and Sunamerica. Cornerstone Advisory serves individual clients across wealth levels, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and a private pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a planning-first investment process with discretionary portfolio management and offers access to a range of traditional and alternative investment strategies, including structured products and private placements.