Bruce Colin is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in financial advising. He has been the sole advisor at Bruce Colin and Company since 1997 and previously worked for over three decades with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. Bruce Colin and Company provides fee-only financial planning and investment management services to individuals, families, business owners, and retirees. The firm emphasizes broad diversification, passive global asset exposure, low costs, and tax efficiency, managing a substantial asset base primarily on a non-discretionary basis with client approval required for trades.

Marc McClure is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with ConvexBeta Investments, LLC, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to that, he was with Xebec Investment Advisors and PFM Asset Management LLC. ConvexBeta Investments provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management for individual investors, trusts, IRAs, and small businesses. The firm employs an active, tax-aware investment process that combines strategic allocation with quantitative screening, tax-loss harvesting, and cost management through low-cost ETFs and individual securities.

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.

Esteban Di Masi is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with one year of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Atorie Advisors, LLC. Prior to this role, he worked at William Morris Endeavor for three years. He also manages a business-management and multifamily office firm specializing in services for entertainers, executives, and high-net-worth individuals. Atorie Advisors provides ongoing portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, tailoring investment programs to documented goals, time horizons, and risk tolerance. The firm employs a range of analysis methods and investment instruments while managing held-away retirement and education accounts through a third-party platform and supports client-imposed investment restrictions.

Matthew Drehs is a financial advisor with Legacy Financial Group in Torrance, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and over 24 years of industry experience. He has held roles at firms including Sagepoint Financial and H.D. Vest Advisory Services. Drehs serves as Chairman of the Finance Board and President of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Torrance, a nonprofit religious organization. Legacy Financial Group provides financial planning, asset allocation, and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, and estates, using model-based allocation and third-party platform solutions grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm manages approximately $20 million across three advisors and acts as a wrap fee program sponsor and portfolio manager across multiple wrap programs.

Srdjan Nastasic is a financial advisor at Augustus Wealth, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Ameriprise Financial and Telenor. Augustus Wealth provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and small businesses. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and sector analysis to create tailored asset-allocation strategies and employs both long- and short-term trading approaches, including borrowing and option strategies within separately managed accounts.

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.

Ann Cooper is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with over 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has worked with Legacy Financial Group since 2015 and has prior experience at SagePoint Financial. Cooper also serves as a co-trustee on a family trust, reviewing and managing the account. Legacy Financial Group provides financial planning, asset allocation, and portfolio management for individuals—including high-net-worth clients—as well as trusts and estates. The firm uses model-based allocations grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and partners with third-party platforms like SEI and Vision2020 to construct and manage portfolios, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management across various wrap fee programs.

Scott Ozer is a financial advisor with Southern California Wealth Management Associates and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 44 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Emerson Equity LLC, Sandlapper Securities, Sandlapper Wealth Management, Financial West Group, and Citigroup Global Markets. Southern California Wealth Management Associates serves individual and high-net-worth clients with ongoing portfolio management and client-specific Investment Policy Statements. The firm uses various analytical methods and a mix of long-term and short-term strategies across mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, real estate funds, private placements, and insurance products.

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 holds a Series 65 license with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Aqua Capital Advisors since 2016 and previously worked at Arxstone Partners LLC. John also serves as president of Arxstone Partners, an investment advisory business currently in a dormant state. Aqua Capital Advisors provides fee-only wealth management and financial planning primarily to individual and family clients, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW households. The firm emphasizes customized portfolios using diversified, low-cost ETFs and tax-aware strategies, with selective use of private funds and limited options strategies for certain high-net-worth clients.

Jennifer Hartman is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 20 years of experience. She has been with Greenleaf Financial Group since 2006. Greenleaf Financial Group provides fee-only investment management and financial planning primarily for individuals and families, as well as trusts, small businesses, and not-for-profit institutions. The firm emphasizes asset allocation, long-term investment strategies, and regular portfolio monitoring, serving clients mostly on a discretionary basis with ongoing financial-planning support.

Russell Kartub is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, with 12 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Insight Investment Counsel since 2014. Insight Investment Counsel is a SEC-registered advisory firm that provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and other investment advisers. The firm employs a mix of asset allocation, fundamental analysis, and mutual fund/ETF evaluation, using both long- and short-term strategies with regular account reviews and rebalancing.

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.

Christopher Malburg is a financial advisor at Envision Capital Management Inc with Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has 39 years of experience as a small business consultant and CPA, alongside his advisory role since 2020. In addition to his work in financial services, he has been involved with Writers Resource Group, Inc. since 1999. Envision Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management for primarily high-net-worth individual clients, managing approximately $334 million across 226 accounts. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental and technical analysis focused on fixed-income and marketable securities, with a small advisory team handling client portfolios.

Dante Sanchez is a financial advisor with EFC Wealth Management Firm LLC in Los Angeles, CA. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has two years of industry experience, including prior roles at NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Sanchez is also a licensed insurance agent in multiple states, supplementing his financial planning services with insurance products when appropriate. EFC Wealth Management Firm, LLC provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals and plan sponsors. The firm offers educational seminars and a subscription coaching program for investors not yet qualifying for full asset management and uses a blend of fundamental, technical, and charting analyses supported by sub-advisors to implement strategies.

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.

Donald Kim is a financial advisor at Positive Delta Asset Management LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Gemstone, a consulting service company for small businesses, where he serves as principal. Positive Delta Asset Management LLC provides separately managed account services to individual and institutional clients, offering a Global Alpha multi-asset ETF portfolio and customized portfolio management. The firm manages approximately $28.8 million on a discretionary basis and uses quantitative models and value-at-risk monitoring to manage exposure across various asset classes.

Ryan Peabody is a financial advisor at Sharper & Granite LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Sharper & Granite since 2016. Sharper & Granite LLC provides portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs a top-down, asset-allocation strategy focusing on low-cost, tax-efficient index ETFs and mutual funds, and permits the use of margin in managed accounts.

Brooke Boyd is a financial advisor with MDRN Wealth, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining MDRN Wealth, she worked with firms including Apollo Global Securities, Athene Securities, and The Vanguard Group. MDRN Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management, financial planning, and estate-planning services through a partnership with Encore Estate Plans. The firm uses a fiduciary approach combining fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management across a broad range of investment types.