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Carmel York is a financial advisor at Clym LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has previously worked in mortgage companies and banking. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as Vice President of Sales at OptiFunder LLC, a subscription software company that automates mortgage operations. Clym LLC provides integrated financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, business entities, and select institutional clients. The firm operates as a fee-only fiduciary and focuses on portfolio management aligned with clients’ goals, utilizing institutional-class mutual funds, ETFs, and private investments, while also offering educational workshops and coordinating with clients’ other professionals.

Catherine Hawley is a financial advisor at Hawley Personal Finance in Monterey, CA, with 14 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been practicing as a CFP® since 2012. Hawley Personal Finance offers financial planning and investment consultation to individuals, families, and small businesses, focusing on cash flow, retirement, tax strategies, education funding, and estate planning. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and asset allocation with long-term, buy-and-hold strategies, providing recommendations without managing or executing trades on client assets.

Jordan Lampos is a financial advisor at Midway Partners Capital Management, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Duff & Phelps Securities LLC from 2016 to 2021. Lampos holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Midway Partners Capital Management is a single-advisor registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and other entities through separately managed accounts and a private pooled vehicle. The firm employs an intrinsic-value, bottom-up fundamental investment approach focusing on discounted cash-flow analysis and conservative forecasts, managing concentrated, longer-term holdings with routine portfolio reviews.

Kenneth Cranstone is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Three Sheep Wealth Management, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Integris Wealth Management, Royal Alliance Associates, and Genovese Burford & Brothers Wealth and Retirement Plan Management. Cranstone is a board member of the California Arts and Sciences Institute and serves as treasurer for the Carmel Public Library Foundation. Three Sheep Wealth Management provides integrated wealth management services to individual and high-net-worth clients as well as small businesses, combining financial planning with ongoing portfolio management. The firm employs a Core + Satellite investment strategy using ETFs and mutual funds, and offers periodic complimentary educational workshops on personal finance and investing.

Luis Contreras is a financial advisor at Contreras Financial, Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. Contreras is active in his community as a committee member and scholarship chair for the Cannery Row Rotary Club in Monterey, CA. Contreras Financial, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm offers a wrap fee program, educational seminars, and pension consulting, employing an investment approach that combines fundamental and quantitative analysis with modern portfolio theory.

Alex Baier is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with RLS Private Wealth Consulting, Inc. and previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Foresters Financial Services. RLS Private Wealth Consulting provides family office services, wealth concierge, and comprehensive financial planning for families, business owners, and individual clients. The firm focuses on advisory, coordination, and implementation support, using third-party custodians and managers for investment execution, and emphasizes family office operations and education programming without offering discretionary investment management.