James Sanford is a financial advisor at Balanced Plan Financial Investment Advisors, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at World Equity Group, Inc. and CSP Financial Group LLC. Outside of advising, Sanford is a licensed general contractor involved in home owner consulting and maintains an active role as an independent insurance agent. Balanced Plan Financial Investment Advisors, Inc. is a state-registered firm managing approximately $48.8 million for around 149 clients, including individuals, small businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm offers tailored investment programs that incorporate a variety of methods and may delegate management to sub-advisors or third-party managers, with an emphasis on monitoring and disclosure of potential conflicts.

Holzberg Wealth Management is a family-owned and operated financial planning and investment management firm based in Marin County, CA. As your financial advisors, we serve you as a fiduciary and are fee-only, so we never receive commissions of any kind. We help individuals and families like you in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and virtually nationwide with the financial decision-making process to organize, grow, and protect your assets. Marcus is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ at Holzberg Wealth Management. Before joining the firm, Marcus worked for the private equity and consulting firm AlphaSights in downtown San Francisco. From there, he moved to Manhattan, working in the entertainment industry for Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo and Cinetic Media. During his time at the firms, he worked across both companies in various advisory capacities, including business and legal affairs, financing, corporate consulting, brand relations, and more.

Dmitriy Bolotnyy is a financial advisor at Naylor & Company with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has worked at Naylor & Company since 2017. Prior to his advisory role, he spent five years at Irth Communications. Outside of finance, Dmitriy composes music through a business called Shortcake Music and manages a fruit orchard in New York named Velvet Earth Farm. Naylor & Company provides investment advice, portfolio management, and financial planning to individuals, families, and institutions. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental and technical analysis with a focus on small- and mid-capitalization and cyclical companies, tailoring portfolios to client objectives using a variety of asset types.

Alison Van Dyke is a CFP® with First and Main Financial, where she has worked since 2016. She holds a Series 63 license and is based in Piedmont, CA. Prior to joining the firm, she was a homemaker for two years. First and Main Financial manages client assets on a discretionary basis, primarily serving individual investors and revocable trusts. The firm emphasizes long-term diversification through mutual funds, ETFs, and various fixed income options, offering comprehensive financial planning and participant-level pension plan services.

Alexander Knight is a financial advisor at Broadside Wealth with a Series 65 credential and no prior industry experience. His work history includes roles at Catena Collective Investment Holdings, Sea Capital, Bond Capital, Stanford GSB, New America Foundation, Blue Ridge Capital, and Tiger Management. Broadside Wealth Technologies serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, trusts, estates, and institutional clients using a membership-based wealth management model focused on fee reduction, tax optimization, and liquidity management. The firm employs systematic, technology-driven processes and offers flat membership fees rather than percentage-based charges.

David Ruxin is a financial advisor at Montcalm TCR LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in various roles including corporate finance projects for Vibrant Emotional Health. Montcalm TCR LLC provides customized investment management primarily for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages both individual accounts and a pooled private investment vehicle, using discretionary, asset-allocation strategies that may include private funds, alternative investments, derivatives, and hedging techniques.

Valerija Martinovic is a financial advisor at Global Key Advisors with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and two years of industry experience. She has worked at several firms, including Global Insight Advisors and ESG Planning, and has a background that includes roles in various educational institutions. Outside of advisory work, she holds life insurance, mortgage loan origination, and real estate salesperson licenses and is affiliated with Mortgage Magic in Santa Clara, CA. Global Key Advisors provides financial planning and investment management primarily through separately managed accounts branded InsideTrack®. The firm uses statistically driven, nonstandard analysis and proprietary tools to identify risks and opportunities, serving a range of clients from individuals to family offices.

Kristin Hull is a financial advisor at Nia Impact Capital with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 credential and has worked at Nia Impact Advisors, LLC since 2017 and Green Alpha Advisors, LLC from 2015 to 2018. Dr. Hull also serves on the Investment Committee of Green Alpha Advisors, LLC for the Nia Global Solutions strategy. Nia Impact Capital provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, nonprofit organizations, registered investment companies, and other financial advisers. The firm employs a gender-lens and thematic investment approach focused on long-term equity holdings and active shareholder engagement.

Katherine Kochounian is a financial advisor at Elevate Capital Management, L.L.C. with one year of experience in the industry. Prior to joining Elevate, she worked at Keller Williams, Gartner, and Aerotek. She is also a licensed Realtor in California and occasionally processes residential real estate transactions for clients. Elevate Capital Management provides portfolio management and investment planning for individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing a blend of analytical techniques and a generally long-term trading approach across various asset classes. The firm manages client assets primarily on a non-discretionary basis and incorporates client-imposed restrictions into tailored allocations.

Edward Huang is a financial advisor at Beacon Coast Partners, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services, Inc. for 13 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a managing partner of an information technology firm focused on website development. Beacon Coast Partners is a wealth management firm serving families, trusts, estates, and businesses with discretionary portfolio management and family-office style services. The firm builds customized portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, employing a primarily long-term investment approach supported by fundamental and technical analysis.

Brian Eisenbarth is a CFA® charterholder with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Lava Creek Capital Management, LLC since 2012. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, donor-advised funds, and certain business entities. Lava Creek Capital Management implements an active mid-cap value investment approach with a focus on concentrated portfolios and the selective use of options and derivatives within separately managed accounts.

Marte Werner is a financial advisor at NWK Group in San Francisco, CA, holding a Series 63 designation with 21 years of industry experience. She has been with NWK Group since 2002 and is a 50% owner of the firm. NWK Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension, profit-sharing plans, and non-profit organizations, providing investment supervisory services, institutional consulting, financial planning, and cash-management advice. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis in its portfolio management and emphasizes performance reporting and peer comparisons in client communications.

Eric Strong is a Certified Financial Planner® with 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Miller Avenue Advisors LLC since 2021 and previously spent 10 years at Brighton Jones, LLC. Miller Avenue Advisors provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, and plan sponsors. The firm also offers private placement investment services and limited-scope fiduciary services for workplace retirement plans, managing portfolios based on clients’ goals, time horizons, and risk tolerances.

Michael Madsen is a financial advisor with SO LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He has one year of industry experience, including a prior role at Equitable Advisors, LLC. SO LLC, operating as Silver Oak, provides estate and trust planning, trust-drafting, standalone financial planning consultations, and portfolio management for institutions, businesses, startups, families, and individuals. The firm uses a combination of technical, fundamental, and quantitative analysis, including AI-generated signals verified by mathematical models, to guide portfolio construction and management.

David Jasper is a financial advisor at Beacon Coast Partners, LLC with 31 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services for 23 years. Beacon Coast Partners is a wealth management firm serving families, trusts, estates, and businesses with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and family-office style services. The firm focuses on customized portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, employing both fundamental and technical analysis within a primarily long-term investment approach.

Haley Schaffer is a financial advisor at Waypoint West with seven years of industry experience. She previously worked at ICONIQ Capital and BlackRock, and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. She also provides part-time consulting for GLG, spending approximately one hour per week on this activity. Waypoint West offers portfolio management and financial planning services primarily to high-net-worth individuals and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a range of strategies including discretionary management based on cyclical, fundamental, modern-portfolio, and quantitative analysis, and acts as a private fund adviser and sponsor for pooled funds.

Scott Stratton is a financial advisor at EHG Wealth Management with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at firms including Fisher Investments and Camden Capital. Stratton also operated Scott Stratton Consulting prior to joining EHG Wealth Management. EHG Wealth Management provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses a tactical asset-allocation approach informed primarily by technical analysis, managing portfolios to align with client objectives and risk tolerances.

Frank Wignall is a financial advisor at Capstan LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Capstan since 1997. Capstan LLC provides discretionary, separately managed account portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals and businesses, offering tailored portfolios that can include global exposures across various asset classes. The firm’s investment process combines fundamental and macroeconomic analysis with oversight from its president, serving a small client base with a focus on individualized service and cross-border investment capabilities.

Robert Lee is a financial advisor at Blueprint Investing LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Blueprint Investing since 2009. Blueprint Investing LLC provides discretionary investment management and wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and individual retirement plan participants. The firm employs a long-term, asset-allocation approach emphasizing broad diversification, primarily using index and passively managed mutual funds and ETFs, and incorporates independent sub-advisers and private fund investments for qualified clients.

Joel Stilwell is a financial advisor at Rosenblum Silverman Sutton SF, Inc. in San Francisco, holding a Series 65 credential with two years of industry experience. He has been with Rosenblum Silverman Sutton since 2013. Rosenblum Silverman Sutton provides customized investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes individualized investment plans based on client risk tolerance, time horizon, liquidity, and tax considerations, using macroeconomic monitoring and fundamental equity analysis as part of its approach.