Juan Wilson is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding a Series 66 license and has two years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Citi Private Bank and Aflac, as well as academic positions at the University of Southern California and several high schools. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across a range of wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs, combining large institutional scale with unique market roles such as swap dealing and futures commission merchant activities.

Peter Lin is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 65 and Series 66 licenses. He has nine years of industry experience, including prior roles at Oakwood Capital Management LLC, Investcloud, and Snowden Capital Advisors. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, retirement-plan consulting, and access to managed account investment managers for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets, employing a diversified investment approach that combines passive and active strategies overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

Kenneth Ruan is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with Series 66 credentials and has been in the industry since 2025. Prior to joining GWN Securities, he had limited professional experience, including a role at One Bite Dumpling in 2021. He is also involved with Pension101, providing pension education and lead generation. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients through discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios. The firm operates a large network of advisors and offers a range of investment programs, including traditional asset allocation and legacy market-timing strategies.

Joshua Perlmutter is a financial advisor at IEQ Capital, LLC with a Series 65 credential and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining IEQ Capital in 2022, he worked at Raymond James and has held roles at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, University of California Santa Barbara, and other organizations. IEQ Capital provides portfolio management and advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and private funds, focusing on separately managed accounts and family-office services. The firm’s investment approach combines centralized macro and manager research with allocations to liquid and private alternative investments, managing approximately $35.4 billion in assets.

John Mcinerney is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Lido. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney from 2009 to 2023. Outside of advisory work, he is the sole proprietor of Samurai Race LLC, a recreation business. Lido provides investment management, financial planning, and family office services to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach and is active as a sub-adviser to various funds, combining traditional advisory services with extensive affiliated capabilities.

Peter Lauer III is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Creative Planning since 2014. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in client assets and employs a financial planning–led investment process that incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and supplemental approaches such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Paris Rodriguez is a financial advisor at Lido with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at Lido Advisors, LLC since 2016, following five years at Fidelity. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Rodriguez’s career includes a decade at Lido, a firm known for its integrated wealth-management model and a broad client base. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts and estates, charitable organizations, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, family office services, and related referrals, managing approximately $42.5 billion in assets and employing tactical option strategies alongside diverse asset allocation.

Amit Josef is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 designation with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Lido Advisors, LLC, having joined in 2025 after seven years at Avitas Wealth Management and four years at UBS Financial Services. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. Lido serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, and institutional investors. The firm offers integrated wealth management with a broad investment approach that includes tactical and defined-risk option strategies and maintains a notable role as sub-adviser to investment funds such as the VanEck U.S. Equity Buffer ETF.

Robert Pessell is a CFP® with 40 years of industry experience, currently serving as an Investment Advisor Representative at Kestra Advisory, where he has worked since 2016. His prior experience includes long-term roles with Kestra Investment Services, Pacific Mutual, and Financial Management Services, Inc. He is also the sole owner and president of Pessell Financial & Insurance Services, Inc., and serves on the management committee of FMS Financial Partners, Inc. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base, including institutional and individual investors. The firm offers fiduciary services, plan design and compliance, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions, managing approximately $79.8 billion in assets.

Fabian Sierra is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at Citigroup Global Markets since 2019. Prior to this, he was employed at E*Trade Securities and had brief roles outside the financial industry. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, providing investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including in-house research and futures commission services.

Grace Lee is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and three years of industry experience. She previously worked for Franklin Templeton for 17 years and maintains an investment role as a passive investor in private companies through AGO Special Situations LP. Eagle Strategies serves a broad range of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client and Plan Sponsor objectives, managing a majority of assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Karin Frieden is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 22 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with TIAA-CREF and its predecessor since 2009. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm’s advisory model separates one-time planning services from ongoing discretionary management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund within a vertically integrated structure.

Daniel Kim is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors in Los Angeles, CA. His prior experience includes roles at Kovitz Investment Group Partners, Connectus Wealth, Lido Advisors, Ritholtz Wealth Management, and Signature Estate & Investment Advisors. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a multi-manager approach that includes affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and customized portfolio solutions.

Reginne Arevalo is a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Goldman Sachs Ayco, Fidelity Investments, Bank of America, and Merrill Lynch. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice, financial planning, and wealth management consultations primarily for clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and select Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients. The firm’s advice is based on proprietary asset-allocation models and internal research tools, offering tailored recommendations without exercising discretionary trading authority.

Allison Arvold is a financial advisor at Lido with Series 65 credentials and two years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Portside Investment Advisors, Lincoln Financial Group, Bank of America, and community involvement with the Neighborhood House Community Center. Lido serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, and institutional investors. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach featuring tactical and defined-risk option strategies and offers a broad range of services supported by affiliated entities in trust, tax, insurance, and brokerage.

Simon Woo is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Transamerica, he worked at Tickpick and eBay and has experience selling sports cards on eBay as a personal venture. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment options and supports plan clients with affiliated retirement and recordkeeping entities.

Charles Claver is a financial advisor at OSAIC Institutions, Inc. with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Infinex Investments, Inc., First Brokerage America LLC, First Bank, and TIAA-CREF. Outside of his advisory work, he is an owner and investor in Aunt Eleanor's, a delicatessen restaurant expected to open in June 2025. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers customized advisory services and operates a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer structure with access to alternative investments and lending solutions.

Jamshid Seleh is a financial advisor with Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc., holding a Series 65 credential and three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. and WFGIA. Outside of advising, he works as a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty and provides caregiving services for his mother. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals through discretionary portfolio management and retirement consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to create tailored asset allocations aligned with client goals and risk tolerances.

Johnny Chuchen is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has previously worked at firms including UBS Financial Services, Laurel Wealth Advisors, and Lehman Brothers Inc. He is also a managing partner at Ivernia Capital, LLC, where he advises clients on long-term wealth planning. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm utilizes customized portfolios with mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed income, combining an enterprise operating scale with various model and wrap options.

Marisela Gonzalez is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. She has been with Citigroup since 2009. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles such as swap dealing and futures commission merchant activities.