Christian Graddon Sakamoto

Troy Sapp is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial planning and wealth management. He has been with Commencement Financial Planning LLC since 2010 and is based in Lakewood, WA. Commencement Financial Planning LLC provides fee-only comprehensive financial planning and wealth management services primarily to individuals and families. The firm emphasizes a collaborative, consultative process and manages client accounts on a non-discretionary basis, focusing on low-cost passive mutual funds and ETFs, periodic rebalancing, and tax-loss harvesting.

Jacy Hixon is the president and chief compliance officer of Crossroads Advisor Network LLC and has 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He is also president and co-owner of Advisor Systems Inc., a technology company serving financial advisers. Prior to his current roles, he has been self-employed as a business consultant since 2015. Crossroads Advisor Network LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services for pooled vehicles, institutional retirement accounts, businesses, trusts, and individual clients. The firm’s investment approach incorporates technical, cyclical, and fundamental analysis and may include options strategies, margin, and derivatives in separately managed accounts.

Laurence Elvins is the sole advisor at Tacoma Investment Group in Tacoma, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 31 years of industry experience. He has led Tacoma Investment Group since its founding in 1995. Tacoma Investment Group provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, retirement accounts, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes fundamental and qualitative analysis, asset allocation, and long-term investment strategies tailored to client-specific considerations, and it uniquely serves both individual and institutional clients as an independent solo advisor.

Roman Brent is an investment advisor at Anacapa, LLC with Series 65 and Series 66 credentials and one year of industry experience. He provides investment-related consultation and research to private foundations and family trusts, and serves on investment committees or boards. Anacapa, LLC serves high-net-worth private clients, private foundations, and family trusts with institutional-sized relationships, offering investment advisory, portfolio management, research, and due-diligence support. The firm employs a research-first approach combining fundamental and quantitative analysis to tailor portfolios across a broad range of instruments according to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Alexander Morrow is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently the sole advisor at Faire Capital Group. His prior roles include work at KPMG, CPWM, and involvement with APAM, LLC. He is also an owner and manager of private investment funds through Faire Capital Partners, LLC. Faire Capital Group is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual clients with portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm also sponsors and manages private partnerships, offering pooled investment vehicles not commonly available through independent advisers.

Katie Rosenthal is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Northern Monarch Capital LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Northern Monarch, she held roles at IPG MediaBrands and Amazon. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as Media Director for Campfire Collective, managing offline media. Northern Monarch Capital LLC provides asset management and consulting services to retirement plans, institutional clients, and others, utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, and equities. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary account management, financial planning, and limited-scope ERISA 3(21) fiduciary services.