Lewis Wallensky is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 57 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with LPL Financial since 2017. Prior to that, he worked at National Planning Corp for 17 years and has operated his own advisory businesses since 1970. He serves as a board member for the nonprofit organization Jewish Big Brothers. LPL Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, institutions, and high-net-worth households, offering a broad range of investment solutions supported by an in-house research team.

Grant Wallensky is a financial advisor with Lewis M. Wallensky Associates, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial LLC since 2017 and previously at National Planning Corporation from 2011 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with the California 51st Assembly District Central Committee. Lewis M. Wallensky Associates provides financial planning, consulting, and third-party money manager selection for individual clients. The firm emphasizes written financial plans and due diligence on independent advisers rather than managing portfolios internally.

Morgan Phillips is a financial advisor at Vincimus Capital, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Finch Investment Group, Hancock Whitney, and Black Diamond Performance Reporting, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Phillips is a member of GP Jax Surf LLC, involved in managing the development of a surf precinct and wave pool in Jacksonville, FL. Vincimus Capital provides financial planning, asset management, retirement plan consulting, and investment advice to individuals, high net worth clients, business owners, family offices, and certain institutional plans. The firm emphasizes tactical diversification and custom asset allocation, combining traditional and alternative investments selected through a proprietary due diligence model.

David Henney is a financial advisor at Henney Wealth Management in Los Angeles, CA, with 28 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Henney Wealth Management since 2011. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in non-variable insurance products including life, health, and fixed annuities. Henney Wealth Management offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning to a range of clients including individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and pension plans. The firm constructs portfolios primarily using ETFs and closed-end funds and provides retirement planning and Social Security claiming strategy guidance.

Larry Fernandez is a financial advisor at Victus Capital Wealth with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Victus Capital Wealth since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a general partner in a pooled investment vehicle focused on qualified opportunity zone real estate. Victus Capital Wealth serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and corporate entities by providing portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and referrals to third-party money managers. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis across a range of strategies, managing assets both directly and through oversight of sub-advisors, with a distinctive role as sponsors of a pooled investment vehicle investing in opportunity zone real estate.

John Defonso is a CFA® charterholder and Series 65 licensee with 10 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has been with Aqua Capital Advisors LLC since 2016 and also serves as president of Arxstone Partners LLC, an investment advisory firm currently in a dormant state. Aqua Capital Advisors LLC is a fee-only wealth management firm serving individuals and families, including high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes integrated financial planning and customized portfolio construction using diversified, low-cost ETFs and tax-aware strategies under a fiduciary standard.

Stephen Callahan is a financial advisor with Callahan & Callahan Asset Management, Inc. in Woodland Hills, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Callahan & Callahan Asset Management since 2002. Callahan & Callahan Asset Management provides non-discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, small business owners, and institutional clients. The firm uses a client profile process to tailor diversified portfolios and combines charting, fundamental and technical analysis with an asset-allocation focus.

Kyle Schauer is a financial advisor at Schauer Investment Management, Inc. with 5 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been involved with Schauer Investment Management since 2014. Outside of financial advising, he works as a freelance musician. Schauer Investment Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm focuses on fundamental analysis and long-term trading, managing client accounts directly rather than outsourcing to third-party managers.

Benjamin Cohen is a financial advisor at Marest Capital, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has a background in real estate, working as a realtor with Levine Realtors since 2022. Prior to joining Marest Capital in 2023, he also worked at SBH Real Estate and Coldwell Banker. Marest Capital, LLC advises individual and high-net-worth clients, providing discretionary portfolio management through a wrap comprehensive portfolio management program and referrals to third-party money managers. The firm combines asset-allocation strategies with fundamental, qualitative, cyclical, and sector analysis to tailor investment approaches based on client objectives and risk tolerance.

Drew Cohen is a financial advisor at Davidson Kahn Capital Management, LLC with 5 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Capital Group and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is a part owner of Speedwell Research LLC, a firm that produces in-depth research reports and financial models. Davidson Kahn Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and foundation clients. The firm combines fundamental and quantitative analysis with a long-term investment approach, managing assets in-house and preparing tailored Investment Policy Statements for each client.

Taylor Snider is a CFP® certificant with eight years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Kanan Advisors, where he has worked since 2025, and previously held roles at Integrity Financial Corporation, Centaurus Financial Inc., Tremblay Financial Services, PayJunction, and Mission Wealth. Kanan Advisors is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving employer plan sponsors, corporate clients, and business owners. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, employing a mix of fundamental, technical, and modern portfolio theory approaches while often acting as a discretionary ERISA investment manager.

H. Steven Shrier is a financial advisor at Shrier Wealth Management, LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 44 years of industry experience. He worked at Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. for 27 years before joining his current firm in 2025. He serves in a fiduciary capacity for 401(k) profit-sharing plans through Shrier Wealth Management. Shrier Wealth Management advises individuals, trusts, nonprofit organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate clients, providing asset management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach and offers active management of donor-advised fund assets alongside services such as corporate structure analysis and real estate analysis.

Dante Sanchez is a financial advisor at EFC Wealth Management Firm LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining EFC Wealth Management, he worked at NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Sanchez is also a licensed insurance agent in multiple states, providing accident, health, life, and variable insurance as a supplemental service within his financial planning practice. EFC Wealth Management Firm, LLC offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals and plan sponsors, along with educational seminars and a subscription coaching program for investors not yet qualifying for full asset management. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis and uses sub-advisors to implement model strategies on a discretionary basis.

Mark Tennenbaum is a financial advisor at Leyland Cypress, LLC with a Series 65 credential and three years of industry experience. He serves as Chief Financial Officer for multiple businesses, including Life UnLocked Partners LLC, an investment advisory firm, as well as MailRoute, Inc., an email security company, and SCBI Online Store, LLC, a skincare business. He has held CFO roles since 2011 across these entities. Leyland Cypress provides investment monitoring and recommendation services primarily to individual clients and other entities, using a tailored onboarding questionnaire to guide asset allocation and investment choices. The firm employs a quantitative ETF arbitrage strategy with daily account monitoring and regular client reporting.

Brooke Boyd is a financial advisor with MDRN Wealth, LLC in Venice, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining MDRN Wealth, she worked at firms including Apollo Global Securities, Athene Securities, and The Vanguard Group. MDRN Wealth is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management, financial planning, and estate-planning services. The firm integrates fintech solutions to manage held-away retirement and education accounts and employs diversified investment strategies that include fundamental analysis, third-party models, and a mix of equity and derivative instruments.

Marilyn Cohen is a financial advisor at Envision Capital Management Inc in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 63 designation with 31 years of industry experience. She has been with Envision Capital Management since 1995. Envision Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management exclusively for high-net-worth individual clients, managing approximately $334 million across 226 accounts. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes fixed-income and other marketable securities, combining fundamental and technical analysis to develop individualized policies with a focus on longer-term holdings.

David Karin is a financial advisor at Innovation Partners LLC with 31 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Western International Securities, Inc. for 13 years. Karin holds a Series 63 designation and is also involved as an agent selling fixed and FIA annuities through CPS Insurance. Innovation Partners LLC provides investment advisory, actuarial and benefits consulting, insurance consulting, and related financial and management consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm offers customized investment strategies through discretionary managed accounts and third-party model portfolios, supported by a large network of representatives and a unique combination of broker-dealer registration and insurance agency services.

At Bridge The Gap we purposefully choose to work with a small number of clients per advisor, so each client’s situation can be served as a priority. This provides clients with a partnership that goes deeper into your financial planning needs. Our goals is to be the go to for all things financial, and to be your accountability partner in implementation. Many advisors draft clients a plan, but we work to together to live it. We have ongoing planning conversations with our clients around investments, risk management, liquidity analysis, estate planning, tax planning, tax efficiency, and goal fulfillment.

Joseph Malhas is a financial advisor at Private Financial Counseling in Los Angeles, CA, with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at firms including NinePointTwo Capital, Freeman Spogli & Co., Merrill, BOFA Securities, Ares Management, and UCLA. He is the founder and principal of NinePointTwo Capital, an SEC-registered investment adviser. Private Financial Counseling provides discretionary wealth and portfolio management primarily to individuals and high-net-worth families, offering customized investment strategies across various asset classes. The firm’s approach integrates quantitative models with fundamental and third-party research, managing portfolios with a medium- to long-term focus and incorporating a diverse set of investment tools tailored to client objectives.

Sara Blandford is a financial advisor at Brave New Wealth with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at Dimensional Fund Advisors and Wealth.com. Brave New Wealth provides investment management and financial planning services to individual clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a core/satellite investment approach with both fundamental and quantitative analysis, using a range of derivatives-based tools and structured strategies to address tax, liquidity, and concentration risks.