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Kevin Riggs Apolinar is a financial advisor at Behavior Shift with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Edward Jones and currently serves as a Personal Financial Counselor for Magellan Federal. Outside of his advisory work, he is a part-owner of Good Finds Company, a retail business that sells curated merchandise at local market events. Behavior Shift provides investment management and financial planning services to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, using a fee-only structure. The firm combines Modern Portfolio Theory with behavioral finance concepts and offers faith-based investment options, serving a client base that includes non-U.S. residents.

Dan Hassey is the sole advisor at Dan Hassey Investment Advisory in Banning, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with eight years of industry experience. He previously worked at McIntosh Capital Advisors, Inc. from 2015 to 2023 before founding his independent advisory firm. Dan Hassey Investment Advisory provides discretionary investment management services exclusively to individual clients, focusing on retirees and those nearing retirement. The firm emphasizes safety and income through portfolios primarily composed of dividend-paying stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds, and employs a combination of top-down economic analysis, bottom-up valuation, detailed dividend assessment, and option strategies to manage income and risk.

Mario Avila is the founder and sole advisor at Vertex Investments Group, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. He is also the founder and CEO of Efficient-Aire Mechanical Inc., an HVAC company he has led since 2017. Prior to his current roles, Avila worked at Energy Options Inc. for seven years. Vertex Investments Group provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis to build portfolios using both passive and active investment vehicles, operating on a non-discretionary basis with a long-term investment orientation.

Andrew Kotyuk is a financial advisor at Alpha Wealth Management, LLC in Hemet, CA, with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Alpha Wealth Management since 2011. Outside of his advisory work, Mr. Kotyuk is the owner of SoCal Propane, LLC, a propane retail company, and serves as CEO of several land development and consulting businesses. Alpha Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and pension/profit-sharing plans, providing asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to construct and monitor portfolios that include stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, and other securities, and it uses margin borrowing and options strategies in separately managed accounts.

Sean Lehmann is a financial advisor at The Sullivan Group with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Capital Investment Management, LLC, doing business as The Sullivan Group, and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he provides professional pilot services on an occasional basis. The Sullivan Group is a California-licensed investment advisory firm serving approximately 96 clients with about $100 million in discretionary assets under management. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, customized financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, constructing long-term portfolios tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerance using various analytical approaches across multiple asset classes.

Scott Buchanan is a financial advisor with Royal American Financial Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Royal American Financial Advisors since 2005 and also works with Royal American Insurance Services, LLC, where he sells insurance products alongside his advisory services. Royal American Financial Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, qualified accounts, high-net-worth investors, and business owners, managing approximately $99.4 million across 182 client relationships. The firm employs a model-portfolio approach using ETFs and no-load mutual funds, emphasizing asset allocation, diversification, and disciplined rebalancing, and offers investor education and coaching programs as well as access to insurance products through its affiliated agency.