Diego Parra Cortez is a financial advisor at Madrid Retirement Advisors with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Madrid Financial Services since 2017, alongside a prior role at LPL Financial starting in 2016. Madrid Retirement Advisors provides portfolio management and ongoing investment advice primarily to high net worth individuals through a wrap-fee asset management program. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analyses, along with long- and short-term strategies and options trading, to tailor investments to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Bryan Hernandez is a financial advisor with CLG LLC in Long Beach, CA, holding a Series 66 license and eight years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling, Cetera, and Halbert Hargrove. He is also licensed as a fixed insurance agent, conducting sales of traditional insurance products. CLG LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm offers comprehensive asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting using a variety of analytical approaches and investment strategies, including the use of derivatives and third-party sub-advisors.

Richard Beale is a financial advisor with Ocean Park Capital Management, LLC, holding 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Ocean Park Capital Management since 1997 and Mapleton Capital Management since 1999. Ocean Park Capital Management provides investment management exclusively to pooled investment vehicles, including its Ocean Park Fund and a third-party pooled fund. The firm employs a fundamental research-driven approach focused on early inflection points and uses an aggressive trading style with short-term trading, short sales, options, and leverage within broad fund mandates.

Melissa Going is a financial advisor at The William Allan Corporation with 13 years of industry experience. She has been with the firm since 2012. The William Allan Corporation provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high net worth individuals, non-profits, trusts, and corporate accounts. The firm employs a mix of long-term investing and short-term strategies, including option writing and margin transactions, with continuous, individualized account supervision and fundamental analysis.

Leanne Drayton is a financial advisor at Wealthspring with 27 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. prior to her current role. Wealthspring serves individual investors, pension plans, charitable organizations, and other entities by providing investment advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and portfolio management services. The firm employs a primarily discretionary asset-management process combining various analytical methods and offers access to a broad range of securities and alternative investments.

Matthew Evans is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with one year of industry experience. He is currently with Ocean Path Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2024, and previously was associated with Mariner Wealth Advisors and Mariner Independent. Ocean Path Advisors is a small team providing portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm follows a modern portfolio theory approach, emphasizing diversified, low-cost indexed investments and uses margin and options strategies in certain accounts.

John Cartwright is a financial advisor at CLG, LLC with 60 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 designation and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Cetera. Cartwright is also the owner and president of John D. Cartwright & Associates, Inc., an insurance agency. 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 employs a range of analytical methods and offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, utilizing sub-advisors, derivative strategies, and tax-aware implementation.

Julie Young Sedillo is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience and is currently with CRUX Wealth Advisors. She has held roles at Arete Wealth Management and Crown Capital Securities, among others. She serves as treasurer and board member for the Peninsula Drama Boosters Club. CRUX Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a process-driven, advisor-customized approach using multiple analytical methods and generally manages client accounts on a discretionary basis with regular monitoring.

Michael Bornstein is a financial advisor with Signature Resources Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 14 years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at MassMutual, Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and MML Investors Services. He is also an agent with Signature Resources Insurance and Financial Services, engaging in insurance sales and service. Signature Resources Capital Management advises individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts and estates, and retirement plan sponsors, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a Global Target Risk strategy focused on broad diversification and customized model portfolios and serves as a sub-advisor to Envestnet’s TAMP while publicly disclosing performance results.

Elizabeth Carr is a financial advisor at CLG LLC in Long Beach, CA, with 38 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and has been with CLG LLC since 2016. Her prior experience includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Cetera, and she is also a partner at John D. Cartwright & Associates, Inc. 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 range of analytical methods and offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, using third-party sub-advisors and various strategies including options, derivatives, and digital asset exposure.

Kimberley Neff is a financial advisor with CLG LLC in Long Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 27 years of industry experience. She has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Cetera, in addition to her ongoing role at CLG LLC since 2017. CLG LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, offering asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes a range of analytical methods and investment tools, including derivatives and digital assets, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Andrew Moretine is a financial advisor at The William Allan Corporation with five years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 2017 and previously worked at St. Barnabas School and Loyola Marymount University. The William Allan Corporation provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, non-profits, and corporate accounts, offering discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a mix of long-term, short-term, and trading strategies, including options and margin borrowing, and uses AI tools for operational efficiencies while tailoring portfolios to client objectives.

John Kotsimbos is a financial advisor at Peak American Investment Advisors, Inc., with over 22 years of industry experience, including five years at Peak American and 17 years as an independent advisor. He is part of an 11-advisor team based in Redondo Beach, CA. Peak American Investment Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary wealth management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm combines technical and fundamental analysis in portfolio construction and integrates tax strategy and insurance coordination into retirement and income planning.

Timothy Wahl is a financial advisor at The Investment House LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with The Investment House since 2012. The Investment House LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs client-specific investment policies across multiple strategies using a combination of fundamental analysis and top-down sector selection, and manages registered investment companies, an ETF, and private funds.

Ellen Himmel is a financial advisor at Regatta Capital Group, LLC with 10 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. She has been with Regatta Capital Group since 2016 and has operated a tax preparation service as a sole proprietorship since 2007. Regatta Capital Group is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, pension plans, trusts, estates, and institutional investors. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental-analysis approach and offers a variety of wealth management, portfolio management, and financial planning services, including digital-asset account facilitation and private fund management.

James Turo is a financial advisor with GT Investment Management, LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 27 years of industry experience. He currently serves as Managing Director of GT Securities, Inc., and CEO of Growthink, Inc., a strategic business planning advisory firm. He is also involved with Guiding Metrics, a business analytics provider. GT Investment Management provides investment management and financial planning primarily to high-net-worth individual clients, managing approximately $5.5 million for about 35 clients as of the end of 2025. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to create tailored portfolios and offers a range of services including discretionary portfolio management and access to alternative investments.

Michael Jeppson is a financial advisor at Jeppson Wealth Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and founded Health Inspecta LLC, a health app that evaluates food and cosmetics for unhealthy ingredients. Jeppson Wealth Management is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, pension plans, trusts, and various organizations. The firm provides wealth management, financial planning, and portfolio management services, typically managing client portfolios on a discretionary basis using fundamental and technical analysis and incorporating independent managers’ strategies.

Jason Vanclef is a financial advisor with Chicago Capital Management Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 66 credential and over 20 years of industry experience. He has held positions at several firms, including American Trust Investment Services, Inc., Delta Investment Management, LLC, and VFG Advisors, Inc. Outside of advisory work, he is the author of the book *My Wealth Code* and is involved in a software development venture related to gaming applications. Chicago Capital Management Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services for individuals, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs a fundamentals-driven investment approach with a range of model strategies tailored to client risk profiles and incorporates derivatives and outside managers as part of its solutions.

Christy Charles is a CFP® with 2 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Validus Capital LLC. Prior to joining Validus Capital in 2022, she worked at Camden Capital, LLC from 2014 to 2022. Validus Capital provides wealth management, investment management, financial planning, legacy planning, and family office services primarily to high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, attorneys, and foundations. The firm constructs customized portfolios using a mix of fundamental and quantitative analysis with a primarily long-term orientation, and it also acts as investment supervisor to exempt private funds and pooled vehicles.

Scott Womack is a financial advisor at Womack Wealth Management, Inc. in Manhattan Beach, CA, with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Raymond James Financial Services and UAS Wealth Advisors. He also owns Womack Business Management, Inc., which provides business management and non-investment family office services. Womack Wealth Management offers investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, foundations, and corporate clients, focusing on households with at least $1 million in liquid assets. The firm’s investment approach incorporates Modern Portfolio Theory and uses a range of asset types with a long-term orientation, including mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and select alternatives.