Samuel Ford is a financial advisor with Advanced Portfolio Strategies in Torrance, CA, holding three years of industry experience. He also owns and operates a solo law practice and has prior experience at multiple law offices dating back to 2013. Advanced Portfolio Strategies serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a diversified, multi-strategy investment approach that integrates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, and provides clients access to a broad range of investment vehicles along with insurance and lending products.

Lindsey Diranian is a financial advisor with Regatta Capital Group, LLC in El Segundo, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 11 years of industry experience. She has worked at Regatta Capital Group since 2019 and previously held roles at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors. Regatta Capital Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, institutions, and charitable organizations, using a long-term, fundamental-analysis approach to construct diversified portfolios and offering a range of wealth management and financial planning services.

Glen Michel is a financial advisor at Advanced Portfolio Strategies with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at APS Management Group, Inc. since 2016, following five years at MML Investors Services and over 16 years with Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company. In addition to his advisory role, he sells life, health, disability, and long-term care insurance products. Advanced Portfolio Strategies is a small team managing approximately $158.7 million for about 208 clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm’s investment approach integrates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis with modern portfolio theory, providing customized strategies and quarterly portfolio reviews.

James Monti is a financial advisor at The William Allan Corporation with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at The William Allan Corporation since 2018 and is also employed as a longshoreman by the Pacific Maritime Association. The William Allan Corporation provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, non-profits, and corporate accounts, utilizing fundamental analysis and a variety of investment strategies. The firm manages over $200 million in discretionary assets with a small team and incorporates AI tools for operational efficiency while tailoring portfolios to clients’ objectives.

Taylor Heininger is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Cloud Capital Management, LLC since 2022 and previously spent nine years at Bessemer Trust. He holds a Series 63 license. Cloud Capital serves individuals, families, and business owners by providing discretionary investment management and financial consulting. The firm employs both quantitative and qualitative analysis in its investment process and uses a range of securities and strategies, including third-party managers and sub-advisors, with regular account reviews.

Riley Van Velthuyzen is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving as an associate financial planner at Ocean Path Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Ocean Path Advisors, he worked at Mariner Independent and EP Wealth Advisors, and has experience at KPMG, LLP. Ocean Path Advisors is a small team providing portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes modern portfolio theory with broadly diversified, low-cost indexed investments, supplemented by margin and options strategies in select accounts.

John Bullitt is a CFP®-certified financial advisor at Validus Capital LLC with six years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Morgan Stanley and StartEngine Crowdfunding, and has held positions ranging from financial advisory roles to business experience in various companies. Validus Capital LLC provides wealth management, financial planning, legacy planning, and family office services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, attorneys, and foundations. The firm manages approximately $2.54 billion in assets, constructing customized, primarily long-term portfolios using a combination of mutual funds, separately managed accounts, ETFs, individual equities, alternative investments, and fixed income.

Craig Bailey Jr. is a financial advisor at Granite Investment Partners, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at firms including NWQ Investment Management Company, Mandeville Advisors LLC, and Kotak Mahindra Inc. He also serves as an advisor to Equala Therapeutics Inc., assisting the CEO with strategic planning for a pharmaceutical manufacturing startup. Granite Investment Partners provides discretionary investment management to institutional clients, government entities, private pooled vehicles, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a bottom-up research process combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, and manages private funds as well as mutual funds and wrap program arrangements.

Jeremy Dicker is a financial advisor at One Wealth Capital Management, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including MassMutual Life and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory roles, he operates Jeremy Dicker Consulting, providing business consulting services focused on payables, receivables, inventory control, organization, and succession planning. One Wealth Capital Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, foundations, trusts, estates, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, retirement-plan advisory, and consulting services, employing a top-down approach with tactical asset allocation and sector rotation using a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, alternatives, individual equities, and fixed income.

Larry Gurewitz is a financial advisor with The William Allan Corporation, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with The William Allan Corporation since 2014 and operates a separate tax preparation and accounting service under his own business. The William Allan Corporation provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high net worth clients, non-profits, trusts, and corporate accounts. The firm offers discretionary asset management and financial planning with an emphasis on individualized account supervision and fundamental analysis.

Paul Heising is a CFP® certificant with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor with CLG LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. His prior roles include over a decade at Cetera Advisor Networks LLC. He is also president of Pegasus Wealth Management Inc., a non-investment-related business. CLG LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, offering asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and insurance solutions. The firm employs a mix of analytical approaches and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, utilizing derivatives, third-party sub-advisors, and digital assets in its strategies.

Daniel Bennett is a financial advisor with Advanced Portfolio Strategies in Torrance, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at MML Investors Services Inc. and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Treasurer for the Santa Monica Palisades Lodge #307, a nonprofit fraternal organization. Advanced Portfolio Strategies is a small team managing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios, financial planning, and pension consulting for individuals, pension plans, and business entities. The firm uses a client-specific investment approach that incorporates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory, offering ongoing portfolio management with quarterly reviews and access to third-party managers or private funds.

Kenneth Naehu is a financial advisor with Banyan Tree Asset Management, LLC in Torrance, CA. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has 35 years of industry experience. He has been with Banyan Tree since 2013, serving as a managing director with overall management and supervisory responsibilities. Banyan Tree Asset Management provides discretionary fixed income investment management to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs active, fixed-income-focused strategies and manages over $1 billion in assets with a compact advisory team.

Tyler Logan is a financial advisor at The Investment House LLC with a Series 65 credential and four years of industry experience. He has worked at The Investment House since 2020 and previously held roles at PayJunction and UCSB. Outside of finance, he spent two years involved with the Sinjin Volleyball Camp. The Investment House LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, charitable organizations, and other institutions. The firm employs multiple investment strategies including growth-oriented security selection, low-volatility ETF allocations, and opportunistic special-situations trading, and also manages private pooled investment vehicles and an open-end mutual fund.

Christian Luke Fermin is a financial advisor at CLG, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has held roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Cetera, and CETERA Advisor Networks. Fermin has also been involved with Gods Vision Inc and Cornerstone Church for ten years. CLG, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities with asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes a mix of analytical methods and offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, incorporating derivatives, third-party sub-advisors, and held-away account management tools.

Vance Albitz is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisory representative and vice president at Albitz/Miloe and Associates, Inc. He has worked at Cetera-affiliated firms since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is the founder and president of the nonprofit organization Sports 4 Mankind. Albitz/Miloe and Associates is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $821 million in assets for individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, charities, and corporate plans. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary services utilizing a range of investment vehicles and maintains regular client contact with an advisory team that includes credentialed planners and analysts.

Pamela Eckenrode is a financial advisor with CLG LLC in Long Beach, CA, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 30 years of industry experience. She has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Cetera, and Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, and has been with CLG, LLC since 2016. In addition to her advisory role, she is a partner and part owner of a family holding company, CLG Holding Company LLC. CLG, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, offering asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and related advisory services. The firm employs various analytical methods and provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, with access to insurance solutions and a range of investment tools including derivatives and digital assets.

Kurt Ehmann is a financial advisor with CLG LLC in Long Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Cetera, and CLG Wealth Management, and is involved in business development through John D Cartwright and Associates. CLG, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, providing asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a variety of analytical methods and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, utilizing third-party sub-advisors and advanced investment strategies including derivatives and digital assets.

Nicholas Ozer is a CFP® and Series 66 licensed advisor with Regatta Capital Group, LLC, where he has worked for 11 years. He has 13 years of industry experience in financial advising. Regatta Capital Group is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, institutional investors, and various entities. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental-analysis approach to portfolio management, offering wealth management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and digital-asset account facilitation, alongside managing private pooled investment vehicles.

Dianne Shumway is a financial advisor at Secure Investment Management, LLC with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and Mass Mutual Investors Services. Outside of advising, Shumway manages a divorce financial consulting business assisting clients with asset division during divorce. Secure Investment Management serves individuals, business entities, trusts, and estates, offering financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm’s investment approach is quantitative and factor-based, emphasizing long-term, diversified allocations through low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and direct indexing.