Joseph Aldridge is the sole advisor at JLA Investment Management in Oakland, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 26 years of industry experience. He has led JLA Investment Management since 2014. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in retail by selling antiques and collectibles, including vintage Hawaiian shirts. JLA Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting to a limited client base consisting of individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes customized portfolio allocations using stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, and non-speculative options, avoiding margin, cryptocurrencies, and penny stocks.

Dana Soltani is a Series 65-credentialed financial advisor based in Orinda, CA, with seven years of industry experience. She is the principal of Outflyers LLC, an independent firm she founded in 2019. In addition to her advisory work, Dana holds a Senior Director of Product position at Ellie Mae Inc., a technology company. Outflyers LLC provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm combines portfolio management with hourly financial planning and publishes educational materials for the public, tailoring investment strategies to client goals using fundamental and cyclical analysis.

Torr Steinhilber is a financial advisor at Munro Asset Management L.L.C. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Alterity Financial Group, LLC, Naples Asset Management Company, LLC, and LPL Financial. Munro Asset Management provides investment advisory and consulting services to both individual investors and institutional clients, offering portfolio management, retirement plan services, and consulting across active and passive investment strategies. The firm’s approach includes tailored asset allocation based on clients’ risk tolerance and objectives, supporting a wide range of clients including corporate pension plans, endowments, and foundations.

Robert Jersin is the principal of Jersin Financial Services in Danville, CA, with 23 years at the firm and 16 years of industry experience. He holds the CFA® designation and Series 63 license. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as president of the firm's affiliated tax preparation business, dedicating half his time to income tax preparation. Jersin Financial Services provides investment management and financial planning to individual clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plan clients. The firm integrates investment decisions with personal income tax planning and offers in-house tax preparation, aiming to address multi-year tax effects and reduce tax drag.

Jon Gross is a financial advisor at Orderly Finance with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch from 2012 to 2020. Orderly Finance is an independent firm that offers portfolio management, financial planning, and family-office concierge services primarily for individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm combines modern portfolio theory with fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to build tailored portfolios that may include a range of public and private securities, and employs performance-based fees and derivative strategies in client accounts.

Donald Hansen Jr. is a financial advisor at A & L Personal Business Management, LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Merrill and Bank of America, N.A. for over a decade. He is also licensed as an insurance agent, though he spends minimal time on insurance sales. A & L Personal Business Management provides asset management and comprehensive portfolio services to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities, with a focus on primarily non-discretionary management. The firm uses a range of analytical methods and investment strategies while emphasizing client-directed decisions.

Sulaiman Parwiz is a financial advisor at Golden Lion Wealth Management, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Edward Jones, Keller Williams, and operated Parwiz Consulting. Golden Lion Wealth Management is an independent advisory firm serving individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a combination of fundamental, qualitative, and quantitative analysis across various investment vehicles.

Samuel Olesky is the principal advisor at Olesky Capital Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Mill Valley, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 27 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he has been a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley since 2003. Olesky Capital Management provides discretionary investment management focused on global strategic asset allocation for high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and investment partnerships. The firm employs a long-term, low-volatility approach using primarily ETFs and maintains a small client base with customized portfolio management and regular performance reviews.

Minyi Chen is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Qubed Capital, LLC, an independent investment advisory firm based in Oakland, CA. Chen has 11 years of industry experience, including 12 years at Qubed Capital. He also serves as a portfolio strategist and consultant for AdvisorShares Investments, LLC, contributing to the AdvisorShares Insiders Advantage ETF (Ticker: SURE). Qubed Capital primarily serves individual clients by managing discretionary portfolios, preparing Investment Policy Statements, and providing ongoing monitoring. The firm employs a multifaceted investment approach that combines fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, including a proprietary algorithmic model, across equities, ETFs, futures, and commodities.

Marc Lieberman is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of industry experience. He has been the principal advisor at Shorepine Wealth Management, LLC since 2017 and previously worked at Ashfield Capital Partners, LLC for 10 years. Shorepine Wealth Management serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, foundations, endowments, and corporate clients by providing individualized investment portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs an actively managed core portfolio strategy focused on mid-to-large cap U.S. equities supplemented by mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, and cash, using fundamental and technical analysis, and offers unique services including a private-placement real estate fund sponsorship and an educational seminar series titled "Wealth Creation Today."

Sarah Green is a financial advisor at Farm Girl Capital LLC in Albany, CA, holding the CFP® designation with 17 years of industry experience. She previously worked at North Berkeley Investment Partners and Transformative Wealth Management LLC. Green serves as a board member at Healing Tide, a nonprofit focused on eco-wellness and sustainable travel. Farm Girl Capital provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis and offers specialized retirement-plan services, including ERISA fiduciary oversight and participant education.

Samer Habl is the sole advisor at Fingage Advisors LLC in San Francisco, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with nine years of industry experience. He is also President of Fingage Holdings Inc., the parent company that develops and owns the technology and investment models used by his advisory firm, splitting his time between overseeing technological development and client advisory services. Fingage Advisors serves individual retail investors, retirement plan participants, and trusts through an online platform focused on retirement objectives, using proprietary investment technology that combines modern portfolio theory with Monte Carlo simulations and a GARCH risk model to deliver personalized, goal-based glidepaths and portfolio recommendations.

Rosario Chacon is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience and is the sole advisor at Wealth-Source Financial in Oakland, CA. Before joining Wealth-Source Financial in 2018, she worked at Morgan Stanley, Personal Financial Consultants, and the Mission Economic Development Agency. Outside of financial advising, she works part-time as a tax preparer during tax season. Wealth-Source Financial is an independent California-registered advisory firm that offers tailored investment management and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm primarily uses passive, asset-class-based portfolios and integrates planning with portfolio supervision while providing educational content and specialized services such as tax preparation and student loan planning.

Louis Barberini is a financial advisor at Tre Api Wealth Management, LLC in San Francisco, holding the PFS™ designation and Series 63 license with 10 years of industry experience. Before entering financial services, he worked for over two decades with the San Francisco Police Department. He also writes an independent Substack column covering crime, corruption, tax, economy, and investor psychology. Tre Api Wealth Management offers customized portfolio management primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, employing a combination of fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis with a long-term trading approach. The firm manages approximately $52 million in client assets across around 40 relationships, typically using discretionary trading authority.

Steven Sherman is the sole advisor at Steven William Sherman, an independent firm based in San Rafael, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 13 years of industry experience. Sherman has operated his own advisory practice since 2005. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management for individual and IRA accounts, managing a focused book of approximately 25 clients with $5–6 million in assets. Its investment approach combines fundamental and technical analysis, emphasizing ultra-diversified portfolios primarily using exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds, along with active trade-timing decisions uncommon among independent advisers.

Monroe Wealth Management is a financial planning firm that specializes with tech employees and business owners. Services include: IPO Event Planning (Pre and Post IPO) Public and Private Equity Compensation ISO, NSO, RSU, RSA, ESPP, etc. Concentrated Stock Strategies Cash Flow Optimization Real Estate Investing Tax Mitigation Strategies Retirement Planning College and Education Planning Family Planning Philanthropy Behavioral Finance and Financial Wellness Coaching Investment Management

Christian Batchelder is a CFP® professional with 33 years of experience in financial advising. He has operated his independent firm, Christian Curry Batchelder, CFP, since 1987 in Oakland, CA. The firm serves individuals, families, personal trusts, and estates with comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management. It employs a proprietary, high-touch service model focusing on discovery, manager selection, and ongoing monitoring, typically utilizing diversified mutual funds chosen through qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Eugene Chow is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Paragon Asset Management Inc. He has been with Paragon since 1989. Outside of his advisory role, he operates a computer consulting business focused on investment portfolio accounting and performance calculations. Paragon Asset Management provides discretionary asset management services to individuals, businesses, and charitable organizations, managing approximately $110.7 million across 72 client relationships. The firm customizes investment programs based on clients’ objectives and risk tolerance, employing both fundamental and technical analysis and a broad range of investment instruments.

Alison Davies is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. She has been the sole advisor at Fruition Advisors LLC since 2013. Fruition Advisors serves individual clients through financial planning and by selecting and monitoring third-party investment advisors rather than providing direct portfolio management. The firm works primarily with clients who meet a portfolio minimum and emphasizes client-specific planning and asset allocation based on Modern Portfolio Theory.

I'm a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and founder of Collabria Capital, Inc., a San Ramon-based fee-only fiduciary financial planning firm serving the Bay Area and virtual clients nationwide. I started Collabria Capital because I believe financial planning should be collaborative, transparent, and centered around what truly matters — people’s lives, not just their portfolios. Over the years, I’ve met too many hardworking professionals who’ve done all the “right” things financially but still feel unsure about their future. My goal is to bring clarity and confidence to that picture. Originally from Montreal, I moved to the Bay Area in 1997 and quickly came to appreciate the unique blend of innovation, opportunity, and complexity that defines life here. Having raised three kids, I understand firsthand how financial priorities evolve — from career growth and family needs to preparing for a more flexible, fulfilling next chapter. I work primarily with mid- to late-career professionals who want straightforward, fiduciary advice on everything from stock options and deferred compensation to retirement and tax planning. My approach is simple: listen carefully, bring clarity to complexity, and help clients make decisions that align their finances with their values. For me, financial planning has always been about more than numbers ; it’s about creating the freedom to focus on what truly matters.