Melissa Larson is a financial advisor at Larson, Orlan Blaine with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work experience at Martin & Company, Vance, Thrift & Biller CPAs LLP, Benadon, Shapiro & Villalobos CPAs, and Frome & Associates. Larson, Orlan Blaine serves individuals, small businesses, and trusts, providing personalized portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm integrates tax planning, tax return preparation, insurance review, and estate planning into its advisory offering and uses tailored asset-allocation models across various investment vehicles, managing client accounts primarily on a discretionary basis.

Neeka Miremadi is a financial advisor at Attainable Wealth with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Attainable Wealth, she worked at Urban Wealth Management and contributed to the CSUN VITA Clinic. Attainable Wealth offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and some businesses. The firm employs a core passive investment approach utilizing index mutual funds and ETFs with factor tilts and partners with third-party money managers to implement client portfolios.

Miles Rader is a financial advisor at Willner & Heller LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 66 designations and previously worked at MAP Strategic Wealth Advisors and UBS Financial Services. Outside of finance, he has experience working in the restaurant industry at Wood Ranch BBQ and Grill and Marugame Udon. Willner & Heller LLC provides discretionary investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers tailored portfolios overseen with regular reviews, incorporating a range of securities and allowing strategies such as margin borrowing and pledging of securities.

Jeffrey Richter is a financial advisor at Ares Financial Consulting LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at Ares since 2016, with prior experience at Pacific Coast Fiduciary, LLC. He is also licensed as an insurance broker, providing life, disability, long-term care, and health insurance to clients. Ares Financial Consulting serves individuals, families, small businesses, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management using a long-term, diversified investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory.

Hilal Yilmaz is a CFA® charterholder with one year of industry experience. She is currently an advisor at Quantitative Financial Strategies and also affiliated with XYPN Sapphire. Her prior experience includes roles at Forward Wealth Management, Inspicio, LLC, and Insight Investment Counsel. Quantitative Financial Strategies serves individual and high-net-worth clients with fee-only investment and wealth management services, emphasizing asset allocation and modern portfolio theory through a blend of passive and active strategies. The firm integrates technology, including AI tools, to support discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning.

Michael Lambrakis is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience. He is currently with Ares Financial Consulting LLC and previously worked at Mariner Platform Solutions and AdvicePeriod, LLC. Ares Financial Consulting serves individuals, families, small businesses, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, providing comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using mutual funds, ETFs, and customized investment policy statements, and offers educational seminars, workshops, and integrated business-focused services.

Christopher Hoshyarsar is a financial advisor at Kennedy Wealth Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and also serves as an insurance agent through Kennedy Financial & Insurance Services, Inc., where he dedicates approximately half of his time. His prior work includes roles at Weslend Wholesale, Mega Capital Funding, and Chime Charter School. Kennedy Wealth Management provides personalized financial planning and consulting primarily to individual clients, acting as a referral intermediary to registered third-party money managers. The firm offers services such as cash-flow and tax planning, insurance and estate reviews, and educational seminars, while typically not charging direct asset-based fees or managing client portfolios in-house.

John Leach is a ChFC® with 33 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Calabasas Advisory Group, LLC dba JL Wealth Management since 2017 and previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2005 to 2017. Calabasas Advisory Group, LLC dba JL Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, managing approximately $249.5 million in discretionary assets. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning, utilizing a variety of investment products and a mix of fundamental, technical, and asset-allocation strategies.

Alan Goodstein is a CFP® with 32 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been a principal at Goodstein Wealth Management LLC since 2016 and serves as a director at large on the board of the nonprofit New Horizons, Inc. Goodstein Wealth Management is a fee-only advisory firm managing approximately $114 million in discretionary assets, serving individuals and businesses with customized portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm emphasizes client-specific investment policies and fundamental analysis, offering both limited-scope and fully discretionary fiduciary services for ERISA retirement plans.

Ryan Clem is a financial advisor with Hofer & Associates Wealth Management in Thousand Oaks, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2018. Prior to his current role, his work experience includes positions outside the financial industry in fitness and hospitality. Hofer & Associates Wealth Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high net worth clients, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $216 million in client assets and uses various investment strategies, including fundamental and technical analysis, modern portfolio theory, and firm-developed model portfolios tailored to different risk tolerances.

Bradley Chapman is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience and has been with Opus Private Wealth Group, LLC since 2014. He holds a Series 66 license and is based in Westlake Village, CA. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in an insurance business related to his investment activities. Opus Private Wealth Group serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities with investment advisory and financial planning services. The firm manages approximately $102 million in discretionary assets and offers a firm-sponsored wrap fee program that emphasizes individualized portfolio construction using a mix of fundamental and technical analysis.

Matthew Davis is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Sherwood Financial Partners, LLC since 2019 and previously at Cedarstone Advisors, Inc. from 2015 to 2019. Sherwood Financial Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as charitable organizations, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, multi-generation family office services, and basic federal and state tax preparation. The firm employs a value-based indexing approach combined with active fixed-income management and offers tiered service options that include client participation in account maintenance.

Kenneth Willner is a financial advisor with Willner & Heller LLC in Encino, CA, holding a Series 65 credential and 9 years of industry experience. He has been a partner at Willner & Ornedo LLP, a non-investment related tax preparation business, since 1977, dedicating approximately 20 hours per week to that role. Willner has worked at Willner & Heller LLC since 2004. Willner & Heller provides discretionary asset management and retirement plan consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $164 million across about 150 client relationships, emphasizing individualized portfolio construction, continuous supervision, and a range of investment strategies including the use of margin loans on a case-by-case basis.

Jessica Ash is a financial advisor at Fischer Investment Strategies, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Fischer Investment Strategies since 2023. In addition to her advisory role, she has worked at Logan Health since 2015. Fischer Investment Strategies provides discretionary asset management, retirement plan consulting, and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and pension plans. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing passively managed mutual funds, ETFs, and customized bond portfolios.

Lisa Harwood is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience. She has worked at Montecito Bank and Trust and Citizens Business Bank prior to her current role at Ventura Advisors, where she has served for 14 years. Ventura Advisors provides personalized, fee-only financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm serves both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, focusing on strategic asset allocation with a core of passively managed index funds and ETFs, emphasizing diversification, tax efficiency, and cost containment.

Brian Canning is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Brave New Wealth, where he has worked since 2025, following a 14-year tenure at Abacus Wealth Partners, LLC. Brave New Wealth provides investment management and financial planning services to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, business entities, and pension plans. The firm employs a core/satellite investment approach using both fundamental and quantitative analysis, and offers a range of derivatives-based strategies for managing concentrated positions and tax or liquidity objectives.

Vernon Dransfeldt is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Equity Management Group since 2016. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and operates out of Santa Rosa Valley, CA. Equity Management Group provides fee-only financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals—including high-net-worth and other clients—as well as non-profits, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, options, and master limited partnerships, supported by individualized investment plans and regular portfolio reviews by its three-advisor team.

Matthew Heller is a financial advisor at Willner & Heller LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 2003 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory role, he leads a professional networking group, Highrise Networks, for which he receives compensation based on membership activity. Willner & Heller LLC provides discretionary asset management and retirement plan consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $164 million across about 150 client relationships, emphasizing individualized portfolio construction, continuous supervision, and a range of investment strategies including the use of margin loans under specific circumstances.

Matthew D’Agostino is a financial advisor at Your Private Client Group, Inc. with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked for AssetMark Brokerage, LLC and related AssetMark entities from 2016 to 2024. Your Private Client Group, Inc. provides investment advisory services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on portfolio management and third-party manager selection. The firm employs a long-term trading approach using modern portfolio theory, quantitative, fundamental, and cyclical analysis.

Irene Hecht is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Snow Financial Management, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She has been with Snow Financial Management since 2016. Snow Financial Management provides discretionary investment management and financial advice to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm constructs portfolios tailored to client objectives and uses a range of securities and strategies, including derivatives and options, with a focus on personalized account oversight.