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Current Registrations
| Authority | Category | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | RA | APPROVED_RES | 2025-07-30 |
| CT | RA | APPROVED | 2023-06-29 |
Branch Locations
495 Gold Star Highway Suite 211, Groton, CT 06357 • United States
1 disclosure category reported Yes on this SEC record. Read each Yes below, then review the firm’s Form ADV Item 11 guide for how disclosure questions work.
| Organization | City | State | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Life Ins | Madison | CT | 04/2016 | 06/2019 |
| Park Avenue Securities | Madison | CT | 04/2016 | 06/2019 |
| Guardian Life Insurance Company | Groton | CT | 06/2019 | 01/2023 |
| Park Avenue Securities | Groton | CT | 06/2019 | 01/2023 |
| Guardian Life Insurance Company | New Haven | CT | 11/2019 | 11/2019 |
| Park Avenue Securities | New Haven | CT | 11/2019 | 11/2019 |
| Cetera Wealth Services, Llc | El Segundo | CA | 01/2023 | Present |
| Degraff Financial | Groton | CT | 01/2021 | Present |
| Serenity Wealth Planning, Llc | Groton | CT | 06/2019 | 05/2023 |
| Gateway Community College | New Haven | CT | 12/2017 | Present |
| Cetera Investment Advisers Llc | Schaumburg | IL | 06/2023 | Present |
1. NAME OF OTHER BUSINESS: FIXED INSURANCE WITH VARIOUS COMPANIES INVESTMENT RELATED: YES ADDRESS: SAME AS REGISTERED LOCATION NATURE OF BUSINESS: FIXED INSURANCE START DATE: 7/2003 APX NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 5 APX NUMBER OF HOURS DURING TRADING HOURS: 5 POSITION/TITLE/RELATIONSHIP: INSURANCE AGENT BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: SELLS LIFE, HEALTH, DISABILITY, ANNUITIES, AND LONG-TERM CARE: 2. NAME OF OTHER BUSINESS: WOMEN AND FAMILY LIFE CENTER INVESTMENT RELATED: NO ADDRESS: 96 FAIR ST., GUILFORD, CT 06437 NATURE OF BUSINESS: TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO WOMAN AND FAMILIES, IN THE FORM OF COUNSELLING ON FINANCIAL, LEGAL AND ABUSE MATTERS. START DATE: 8/2017 POSITION/TITLE/RELATIONSHIP: COUNSELLING APX NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 1 APX NUMBER OF HOURS DURING TRADING HOURS: 1 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: I PROVIDE FINANCIAL CONSULTS PRO-BONO TO THOSE IN NEED THROUGH THE CENTER. THESE CONSIST OF SIMPLE BUDGETARY DISCUSSION AND DO NOT INCLUDE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON TAXES, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES; 3. NAME OF OTHER BUSINESS: GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE INVESTMENT RELATED: NO ADDRESS: 20 CHURCH ST, NEW HAVEN, CT 06510 NATURE OF BUSINESS: TEACHING, COMMUNITY COLLEGE START DATE: 12/2017 POSITION/TITLE/RELATIONSHIP: PART-TIME TEACHER APX NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 0 APX NUMBER OF HOURS DURING TRADING HOURS: 1 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: PART-TIME TEACHER; 4. NAME OF OTHER BUSINESS: AEGIS BENEFITS PARTNERS INVESTMENT RELATED: YES ADDRESS: SAME AS REGISTERED LOCATION NATURE OF BUSINESS: TO OFFER HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS START DATE: 5/2016 POSITION/TITLE/RELATIONSHIP: ADVISOR APX NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 1 APX NUMBER OF HOURS DURING TRADING HOURS: 0 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: ADVISOR; 5. NAME OF OTHER BUSINESS: DEGRAFF FINANCIAL INVESTMENT RELATED: YES ADDRESS: SAME AS REGISTERED LOCATION NATURE OF BUSINESS: DBA FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES PRACTICE START DATE: 1/2021 POSITION/TITLE/RELATIONSHIP: OWNER APX NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 40 APX NUMBER OF HOURS DURING TRADING HOURS: 40 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: PROVIDE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE SERVICES UNDER THIS DBA AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR FOR CETERA; 6. NAME OF OTHER BUSINESS: N/A; INVESTMENT RELATED: NO; ADDRESS: SAME AS REGISTERED LOCATION; NATURE OF BUSINESS: RENTAL PROPERTY; START DATE: 8/2024; POSITION/TITLE/RELATIONSHIP: LANDLORD; APX NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 1; APX NUMBER OF HOURS DURING TRADING HOURS: 0; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: RENT OFFICE SPACE TO TENANT;
| Code | Exam | Date |
|---|---|---|
| S65 | Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination | 2003-06-09 |
| S63 | Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination | 2003-05-14 |
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