Tina Herrera is a financial advisor at Sharper & Granite LLC in El Segundo, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with six years of industry experience. She has been with Sharper & Granite since 2014. Sharper & Granite provides comprehensive portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pensions, and profit-sharing plans, managing approximately $318 million on a discretionary basis. The firm utilizes a top-down asset allocation approach focused on low-cost, tax-efficient index ETFs and no-load index mutual funds, employing statistical methods to estimate efficient frontier allocations.

Sean Miot is a financial advisor with Park Capital Group, Inc. in Torrance, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Park Capital Group in 2022, he worked at LPL Financial and Cowen Prime Services, and he serves as a board member for Liquid Lung Dx, participating in corporate strategy discussions. Park Capital Group, Inc. serves individual and pension/profit-sharing clients with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a variety of investment analysis methods and offers participant education seminars alongside discretionary management of held-away participant accounts through a third-party platform.

Mark Yates is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Wealth Strategies Group. His background includes 16 years with Securities America Advisors, Inc. and running a sole proprietorship focused on health, life, and fixed annuity insurance sales. He is based in Newport Beach, CA. Wealth Strategies Group provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm uses a range of investment vehicles and analytical approaches, managing accounts on a discretionary basis and offering performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.

Ajay Khatri is a financial advisor at Alternity Investment Advisors with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at multiple firms, including North Capital Mortgage and American Heritage Lending. In addition to his advisory role, Khatri is an independent mortgage broker and real estate salesperson, activities through which he receives commissions. Alternity Investment Advisors serves individuals, business owners, pensions, endowments, and non-profits, managing approximately $8.09 million across about 25 client relationships. The firm employs a primarily non-discretionary investment approach focused on long-term strategies and provides limited-scope retirement planning at no additional cost to existing clients.

Eric Imley is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Soaring Investment Management, LLC and previously worked at EWG Elevate dba Protection Point Advisors and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. He also operated Eric Imley Real Consulting for four years. Soaring Investment Management advises individual and high-net-worth clients, providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm employs multiple methods in portfolio construction, including fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, and manages approximately $112.5 million in discretionary assets across around 171 client relationships.

Tony T. Chan, CFP®, EA, is the founder of Crossroads Planning, LLC, a Fee-Only financial and tax planning firm in Orange County, California. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and Enrolled Agent, Tony helps clients coordinate investment, retirement, and tax decisions through an integrated, long-term planning process. With more than 20 years of financial planning and tax-services experience, Tony works with individuals and families seeking thoughtful guidance on retirement income, portfolio strategy, tax planning, cash-flow and debt decisions, risk management, and estate-planning coordination. His approach is grounded in the belief that financial planning should be both technically sound and personally meaningful—aligning money with the life clients want to build. Tony earned his degree in Finance from California State University, Fullerton. He is an active member of the Financial Planning Association of Orange County and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors. He has been recognized by InvestmentNews as a 2016 “40 Under 40” honoree and by CPA Practice Advisor as a 2018 “40 Under 40” honoree.

Donald Bizub is a financial advisor at HG Wealth Partners LLC with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Hamilton Grant LLC and Western International Securities, Inc. Bizub is also involved in life, health, and annuity insurance sales as a licensed insurance agent. HG Wealth Partners is a registered investment adviser serving a limited number of individual clients, families, trusts, and certain institutional or corporate accounts. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and standalone financial planning, with investment decisions based on fundamental analysis and periodic account reviews.

Kevin Bidenkap is a CFP® and ChFC® with 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Tortuga Wealth Management since 2010 and is also affiliated with LPL Financial. He serves as a for-profit board member of Quick Class, Inc. Tortuga Wealth Management advises individuals and high-net-worth clients, providing financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm manages approximately $223 million in discretionary assets and uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis across a range of investment strategies, delivering services primarily through LPL Financial–sponsored programs and its own wrap fee offering.

Ulli Niemann is a financial advisor at Southland Investments with 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Southland Investments since 1993. Niemann maintains an investment-related blog, The ETF Bully, which generates advertising revenue. Southland Investments provides personalized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a proprietary trend-tracking methodology using passively managed index funds and ETFs, managing roughly $22.6 million across about 95 discretionary accounts.

Ernesto Araiza is a financial advisor at FHWV Financial LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with FHWV Financial since 2017. He also serves as a CPA Manager at FHWV Partners, LLP. FHWV Financial, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients through a small, two-advisor team, focusing on financial planning and referrals to third-party registered investment advisers and managed-account platforms. The firm emphasizes tax-aware planning and financial analysis, reflecting its accounting orientation, and operates primarily as a solicitor rather than managing client portfolios directly.

Dion Collins is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience. He has operated Collins Advisory since 1999 and is affiliated with James Curtis Financial And Insurance Services in Fullerton, CA. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in independent insurance sales. James Curtis Financial And Insurance Services provides customized financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and other investment advisers on a non-discretionary basis. The firm employs a tailored Investment Policy Statement and combines fundamental and quantitative analysis with modern portfolio theory to construct long-term portfolios, offering a range of investment options including mutual funds, equities, fixed income, ETFs, real estate funds, and insurance products.

Tara Manista is a CFP® and ChFC® with seven years of industry experience. She is currently an advisor at Sachi Financial Planning in Newport Beach, CA, where she has worked since 2023. Her prior experience includes roles at Securian Financial Services Inc., Tax and Financial Services Inc., Minnesota Life, Beacon Hill Staffing, and Chapman University. Sachi Financial Planning serves individual, high-net-worth, and business clients with comprehensive financial planning and investment management, combining passive and active strategies and offering estate plan preparation and educational seminars. The firm operates as a fee-only adviser and utilizes AI-assisted tools for estate planning alongside its management on the Altruist platform.

Jiyao Xu is a financial advisor at X and Y Advisors, Inc. with eight years of industry experience. Xu holds the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65 credentials and has worked at Blend Financial, Inc. dba Origin Financial, Confidence Wealth Management, LLC, and as a self-employed advisor. X and Y Advisors, Inc. is a fee-only advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, offering financial planning alongside tax preparation, bookkeeping, payroll accounting, business consulting, and investment management. The firm primarily uses passive, low-cost portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory and provides financial planning on both project-based and ongoing terms.

Elisabeth Eropkin is a financial advisor at Prosperent Capital, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work experience with Reach Agency, Inc. and her own consulting firm, Eropkin Enterprises Inc., where she serves as president. Outside of investment advising, she is the managing director of client services at Prosperent Co, a CPA firm. Prosperent Capital, LLC offers discretionary investment management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes long-term, diversified portfolios using low-cost, passive mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by individual securities and algorithmic tools, and integrates affiliated accounting and insurance services.

Wade Slome is a CFP® and CFA® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving at Sidoxia Capital Management, LLC since 2007. He is based in Newport Beach, CA, and holds a Series 63 license. Sidoxia Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and investment consulting primarily to individuals—including high-net-worth and accredited investors—as well as institutional clients. The firm employs a customized “Fusion” investment approach that integrates fundamental research, quantitative screening, and an internal cash-flow ranking system across multiple asset classes, managing both separate accounts and private pooled vehicles.

Deiyadin Pernas is a financial advisor at SilverOak Investments, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Hightower Advisors and Hightower Securities, LLC from 2015 to 2022. Pernas writes market-related research under Pernas Research, dedicating about 10 hours per week to this work without compensation. SilverOak Investments, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high net worth clients, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, bottom-up, valuation-driven investment approach combining fundamental and technical analysis to build client-specific portfolios and sponsors a wrap fee program unusual for firms of its category.

Curtis Hollowell is a financial advisor at Redmount Capital Partners LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Cobalt Commercial Credit, LLC and Redmount Mergers and Acquisitions, LLC. Outside of advising, he serves as president of SellWise Inc., a business data and analytics company. Redmount Capital Partners provides asset management, financial planning, consulting, and ERISA retirement plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $36.9 million across discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements and offers private-equity advisory services with an investment approach combining fundamental analysis, Modern Portfolio Theory, and a variety of trading strategies.

I am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional and have been with Havaplan Financial since 2023. I am also a graduate of UCLA’s Personal Financial Planning Program. Prior to entering the financial planning profession, I worked as a professional engineer after earning my bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from California State University Long Beach. I later transitioned careers to financial planning to pursue my passion for personal finance and helping others. I am also a member of the Financial Planning Association in Orange County and am a proud volunteer on the Pro Bono Committee. I love giving back to the community and helping improve everyones financial literacy. I also love playing ultimate frisbee and golf, cheering on the Dodgers and Steelers, and spending time outdoors whenever I can.

Brock Butlett is a financial advisor at Wealth Financial Group West, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Wealth Financial Group West, Inc. since 2017, as well as briefly at Gradient Advisors in 2022. Outside of advisory work, he is also a licensed insurance agent involved with Simpson & Simpson Life Insurance Services, Inc. Wealth Financial Group West, Inc. provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and third-party manager recommendations primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm’s investment approach incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, with ongoing portfolio oversight and periodic account reviews.

Nhan Vuong is a financial advisor at FHWV Financial LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has held principal roles at several affiliated entities, including FHWV Capital LLC and various business ventures spanning digital, hospitality, and surgical sectors. Vuong has been associated with FHWV Financial, LLC since 2008 and related firms since 2005. FHWV Financial, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients through a small, two-advisor team, providing financial planning and referring clients to third-party registered investment advisers and managed-account platforms for implementation. The firm emphasizes tax-aware planning and financial analysis, shaped by its CPA credentials, and operates primarily as a solicitor rather than managing portfolios directly.