Scott Hadley of Hadley Financial Group in South Burlington recently attended New York Life’s Chairman’s Council conference — the firm's highest council membership. Hadley, a resident of Shelburne, has been an agent with New York Life since 1998 and a financial adviser with Eagle Strategies since 2009, and is associated with NYL's Vermont General Office in Colchester. He has earned lifetime council membership, having qualified for 22 consecutive years.