Bryan Plank

Grant Knox has been a Financial Advisor since 1994 and holds the following registrations and licenses: General Securities, California Life and Health Insurance, and California Real Estate and Mortgage Lending. A Southern California native, Grant excels at strategies for financial health and wealth that are attainable and effective. He is passionate about helping others achieve financial success and exceed their goals. He is a certified Kingdom Advisor, able to offer counsel on the integration of a Biblical worldview into financial practices. He holds the Certified Plan Fiduciary Designation (CPFA), designating expertise in company retirement plans. He holds a Bachelors degree from Evangel University and a D.Min. from Summit Bible College. Grant lives in La Mesa with his wife, Nicole and their son Noah. He loves to travel, active in his church, is a voracious reader and an avid soccer fan, having played on and managed recreational soccer teams for over 30 years.

Scott Smith is a financial advisor with Conscious Investment Services, LLC in San Diego, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 27 years of industry experience, including seven years at LPL Financial. Smith is also a licensed insurance agent. Conscious Investment Services, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and other advisers. The firm uses fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis to build portfolios aligned with client objectives and risk tolerance, offering a range of services including non-discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and participant account management.

Steven Friedman is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 63 license with 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Kalo Capital Management, LLC since 2011, where he also serves as Portfolio Manager for affiliated hedge funds. Additionally, he has a minority ownership interest in ABF Enterprises, Inc., and serves as Portfolio Manager for Potomac Partners, LP, a family fund of funds hedge fund. Kalo Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, hedge funds, and institutional clients. The firm focuses on an emerging-growth equity strategy centered on North American companies and employs fundamental and technical analysis, including derivatives and leverage when appropriate.

Frederick Pearson is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience. He operates as a self-employed advisor through his independent firm, Pearson, Frederick, Norman Jr., based in Poway, CA. His firm provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual investors, focusing on IRA accounts. The investment strategy centers on income through dividend-paying stocks and ETFs, with a smaller allocation to growth equities managed under a strict money-management framework.

Gabriel Kadmiri is an independent financial advisor at Green Harvest Capital Management with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has operated a screen printing business and a dog walking service alongside his advisory work. Green Harvest provides portfolio management and fee-based financial planning primarily to individual investors, with occasional services for small businesses and non-profits. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis, utilizing both passive fixed-income and index strategies as well as active investment approaches tailored to client objectives.

Lee Tobey is a financial advisor at Hedgewise with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Hedgewise since 2014. The firm serves individual and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management and developing pooled investment products through a managed-account structure. Hedgewise employs a systematic, research-driven investment process that combines quantitative and fundamental techniques, using ETFs, ETNs, options, and futures with automated rebalancing and tax optimization.