Cheryl Gruetzmacher is a financial advisor at Balboa Wealth Partners, Inc. with 20 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Balboa Wealth Partners since 2016. Balboa Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $1.07 billion in assets and employs a team structure that utilizes both discretionary and non-discretionary mandates, focusing on a long-term, diversified investment approach using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and other securities.

Kevin Sevier is a financial advisor with Dark Horse Advisors LLC in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, holding the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 22 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at DFPG Investments, Inc., Advanced Wealth Planning, First Allied Securities, Inc., and Osaic FA, Inc. Additionally, he is involved in a life insurance business. Dark Horse Advisors, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and employer plans. The firm uses a multi-method investment approach combining fundamental, technical, quantitative, and macroeconomic analysis, employing both active and passive strategies and offering clients access to affiliated CPA services.

Justin Read is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor at PracticeCFO Investments in San Diego, CA, with six years of industry experience. He worked at RSM US LLP for eleven years before joining PracticeCFO Investments in 2019. PracticeCFO Investments offers investment management, strategic personal and business financial planning, retirement plan advisory, insurance placement, and tax and accounting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $401.6 million for about 211 clients and employs a hybrid investment approach combining low-cost passive ETFs with tactical asset allocation guided by formal Investment Policy Statements.

Brian Peterson is a financial advisor at Intelligence Driven Advisers, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. His prior experience includes roles at Mutual of America and Tri Ad. Intelligence Driven Advisers, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered firm managing approximately $882 million for individual and institutional clients, including retirement plans, trusts, estates, and Native American sovereign entities. The firm uses a model-based investment approach focused on low-cost institutional funds and ETFs, with risk management and fundamental analysis central to portfolio construction.

Stephanie Provost is a financial advisor at Invicta Financial Group in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 65 designation. She has one year of industry experience, with prior roles at BDT & Associates, Inc., Trippe, Apex Construction, and several other companies dating back to 2012. Invicta Financial Group provides financial planning and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, emphasizing written financial action plans tailored to client goals. The firm refers clients to third-party money managers for portfolio management and focuses on non-discretionary advisory assets, a structure that is uncommon among multi-advisor firms.

Robert Paterson is a financial advisor at Intelligence Driven Advisers, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Labrum Wealth Management, LLC and Beta Wealth Group, Inc. Outside of advising, he is also involved as an insurance agent with LWM Insurance Solutions. Intelligence Driven Advisers, LLC is an SEC-registered multi-team firm managing approximately $882 million for individual and institutional clients. The firm offers financial planning and discretionary investment management through model portfolios and custom accounts, emphasizing risk management and fundamental analysis.

Brittany Anderson is a financial advisor at Wealth Analytics Partners, LLC in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Wealth Analytics Partners, she worked for six years at Poway Unified School District. Wealth Analytics Partners provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, executives, business owners, trusts, estates, and select organizations. The firm manages approximately $316 million across 180 client relationships, employing a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach aligned with clients’ risk tolerance and time horizon.

Barbara Williams is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 44 years of industry experience. She is a partner at Financial Focus LLC and has held roles at OSAIC, Securities America, Inc., and National Planning Corp. Williams serves as a board member on the Coastline Legacy Committee, which oversees outreach projects for a local church. Financial Focus LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm manages accounts on a discretionary basis using model portfolios and sponsors a wrap fee program that combines management and transaction coverage into a single advisory arrangement.

Ben Mccollum is a financial advisor at Pacific Point Wealth Management with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Independent Financial Group, LLC, X Advisors, LLC, and Xton Financial, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he conducts consulting on valuation and M&A deals, as well as business optimization, through independent contractor positions. Pacific Point Wealth Management is a five-advisor team offering discretionary asset management and comprehensive portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, and business clients. The firm manages tailored portfolios using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, employing long-term, short-term, and trading strategies, and discloses use of derivatives and margin in its managed accounts.

Larry Rogers II is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, with four years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has previously worked at Pinnacle Private Ventures, Intelligence Driven Advisers, LLC, Silicon Hills Wealth Management, Aspireon Wealth Advisors, LLC, and United Services Automobile Association (USAA). He is currently with Naviter Wealth, LLC. Naviter Wealth, LLC is a multi-advisor team serving individual and high-net-worth clients with financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm manages approximately $1.87 billion across about 332 client relationships and offers distinctive features such as borrowing within separately managed accounts and performance-based fee arrangements for certain clients.

Enrique Garcia Jr. is a financial advisor with Nelson Securities, Inc. in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Nelson Securities since 1997. Nelson Securities manages approximately $272 million for over 2,000 clients through a team of nine advisors, offering discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, families, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a range of investment strategies and maintains ongoing portfolio monitoring while clients retain trade approval authority.

James Puplava is a CFP® with 44 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the founder of Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. and has held prior roles at Puplava Securities, Inc. and Puplava Financial Services, Inc. Puplava is also involved in media through Financialsense.com, where he participates in podcasts and writes articles. Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $836 million for individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm employs a team of nine advisors and uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to provide discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting tailored to client-directed investment objectives.

David Chenet is a CFP®, CFA®, and Series 66-registered advisor with 20 years of industry experience. He currently works at Presidio Capital Management, LLC and has held prior roles at LPL Financial, Paradigm Wealth Advisory, First Allied Advisory Services, and First Allied Securities. Presidio Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis with a preference for long-term strategies using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, while maintaining flexibility to incorporate individual equities, bonds, alternatives, and structured products.

Thomas Brenner is a financial advisor with DLK Investment Management in Solana Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He worked at Nautilus Advisors LLC for nine years before joining DLK Investment Management in 2019. In addition to his advisory role, Brenner is an independent insurance agent specializing in disability, life/accident/health, and long-term care insurance. DLK Investment Management offers fee-only investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small institutional investors. The firm employs a fundamental relative-value approach to asset allocation and customizes accounts based on documented client profiles while providing proprietary performance reports and participant education as part of its retirement plan services.

Jacob Montes is a financial advisor at Dark Horse Advisors LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Dark Horse Advisors since 2023, following a role at DFPG Investments, LLC. Dark Horse Advisors LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, estates, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental, technical, quantitative, sentiment, and cyclical analysis with tax-aware strategies and third-party managers, and it operates as a subsidiary of an accounting firm, offering both asset-based and subscription-style fee arrangements.

Adrienne Cooper is a financial advisor at Hamilton-Bates Investment Research, Inc. with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Hamilton-Bates since 2015. Outside of her advisory role, she has experience working in guest services for professional baseball and supervising event operations at football games. Hamilton-Bates Investment Research, Inc. provides asset management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and asset-allocation methods, offering both discretionary separate-account management and model portfolio programs.

Aaron Kaplan is a CFP® with seven years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Telos Capital Management, Inc. and previously worked at Nylife Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Kaplan also has experience at Harkham-GAON Academy and UCLA Anderson. Telos Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individual investors, trusts, estates, retirement-plan participants, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an active, fundamentally driven investment approach that integrates bottom-up company analysis with macroeconomic assessments, emphasizing asset allocation, diversification, and periodic rebalancing across various asset classes.

Peter Campbell is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving at Bull Oak Capital, LLC since 2022. He previously worked at Wealth Analytics Partners and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors. Outside of financial advising, he has experience with Aviara Golf Academy. Bull Oak Capital provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes broad diversification using exchange-traded funds and tailors portfolios to clients’ risk tolerance and time horizon, while also incorporating equities, fixed income, and cryptocurrencies when appropriate.

Rene De Charon is a CFP® and Series 63 credentialed advisor with 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at American Money Management, LLC since 2021 and previously spent seven years at Wealth Quest Partners, Inc. He is also the principal of RJ Financial Partners, LLC, a financial services business. American Money Management, LLC serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, as well as institutional clients such as pension plans and trusts. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, 401(k) advisory services, and financial planning, with an investment committee overseeing customizable, asset-allocation oriented strategies.

Mark Halby is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving at DLK Investment Management since 2019. Prior to that, he worked at Nautilus Advisors LLC for six years. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in an insurance agency operated by his family. DLK Investment Management provides personalized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small institutional investors, and employer retirement plans. The firm employs a tailored, allocation-driven approach based on a fundamental relative-value framework, managing approximately $435 million in client assets.