Cheryl R. Holland, CFP ® is President and Founder of Abacus Planning Group, Inc., a financial advisory and investment counsel firm. Ms. Holland is a member of the Bryn Mawr College Board of Trustees, the American Bible Society Board of Trustees and the Clemson University Foundation.

Abacus Planning Group is a holistic wealth management firm managing over $950 million on behalf of its 190 clients. Abacus consists of a team of multi-disciplinary experts, including Certified Financial Planners, attorneys, CPAs, and Chartered Financial Analysts, who work collaboratively to serve its clients in making smart financial decisions. Abacus is the recipient of the Charles Schwab Pacesetter IMPACT Award® for Innovation and Accelerated Growth.

Paul Pagnato is Managing Director, Partner, and Founder of Pagnato-Karp, a family wealth financial services firm. Mr. Pagnato was honored as a 2015 Top Financial Advisor by the Financial Times, was named by ThinkAdvisor Magazine as a 2013 Advisor Hall of Fame recipient, and is a frequent speaker on Bloomberg Television, Fox Business News, CNBC and BNN. Paul was named to the Board of Directors for the Logistics Training Foundation, and spent 19 years with Merrill Lynch where he founded the Washington, D.C. Private Banking & Investment office.

The Pagnato-Karp Group is a family wealth financial services firm that focuses on meeting the unique needs of the nation’s high-net-worth individuals and their families. Pagnato-Karp oversees $2.5 billion in client assets and is located in Reston, VA. Having provided pure and transparent investment advice for over 20 years, The Pagnato-Karp Group emphasizes a True FiduciaryTM who can help clients control their costs, taxes and market entry points. The firm also offers proprietary solutions including custom stock portfolios and indexes as well as direct private investment opportunities.

Donald Mosby Rembert, CFP®, AIF®, is a 1961 Honors Economics graduate of Western Maryland College. He started his practice in 1974 and transformed the firm to “fee-only.” Their guide to practicing high fiduciary standards is The Uniform Prudent Investor’s Act. Don is an outspoken advocate who has written articles that reflect critical fiduciary issues.

Rembert, Pendleton, Jackson offers a wide range of financial planning and investment advisory services to individual and institutional investors. Their business is built on fostering a meaningful, long-term relationship with clients. Based in Virginia, the firm serves clients in over 35 states. The firm’s founding principal has been serving individual clients since 1974 and non-profit organizations since 1994.

Rob Shapiro is the Chief Executive Officer of Ropes Wealth Advisors, a registered investment adviser affiliate of the global law firm Ropes & Gray LLP. Previously, Rob was a partner in the Private Client Group of Ropes & Gray for over 30 years, focusing his law practice on estate planning, personal and charitable trusts, and philanthropic planning. He brings to the CEO position his extensive experience as a trustee and fiduciary advisor for individuals and families.

Ropes Wealth Advisors seeks to enhance the wealth and legacy of individuals, families and the institutions it serves, offering investment management and financial planning services that are customized and unbiased and seamlessly integrated with a client’s overall wealth management goals and strategies.

Michael Zeuner serves as one of three managing partners of WE Family Offices and is a co-founder and board member of the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard. Prior to WE Michael was a senior executive at both GenSpring Family Offices and JPMorgan Private Bank. Michael earned a B.A. from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

WE Family Offices is an independent, family-focused wealth management firm. The firm addresses the challenges that deeply impact wealth so that families are able to make the critical decisions necessary to manage, preserve and grow their wealth. WE is an independent advisory firm and has no hidden sales agendas or conflicts of interest. As a result, the firm’s advisors offer their clients independent advice and serve as their advocate for the long-term.