Ross Herman is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He serves as CEO of HIP Investor, Inc. and is the Managing Member of HIP Investor Ratings LLC, a firm that produces and licenses investment ratings and research. Herman’s career includes roles at Sonoma Private Wealth LLC and long-term involvement with HIP Investor entities. HIP Investor, Inc. provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, families, family offices, foundations, corporations, and registered investment advisers. The firm combines fundamental security analysis with a proprietary impact framework that integrates human, social, and environmental metrics alongside financial factors, offering discretionary management, custom consulting, and separately managed accounts.

Brandon Clark is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience currently at The Clark Group Asset Management. His prior experience includes roles at Bank of America, Merrill, William Morris Endeavor, and Paradigm. Outside of financial advising, he works part-time as a tennis instructor at the Beverly Hills Tennis Center. The Clark Group Asset Management provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities. The firm utilizes a blend of fundamental and technical research to create tailored portfolios that include a range of asset classes and permit the use of derivatives and option strategies.

Daniel Thomas is the principal of Thomas Investment Advisors LLC in Orange, CA, holding the Personal Financial Specialist (PFS™) designation with one year of experience at his current firm. He has managed a certified public accounting practice, Thomas & Thomas, since 1987 and serves as a trustee for the Group Insurance Trust of the California Society of CPAs. Thomas Investment Advisors LLC provides discretionary investment and wealth management services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, emphasizing long-term investment strategies using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and occasional individual securities. The firm operates alongside a tax and accounting practice under common control, with Thomas using his CPA and PFS credentials to coordinate investment advice with tax and planning considerations.

Juliette Cooke is a CFP® professional with nine years of experience in financial advising. She is a principal at Cooke Wealth Management, LLC, where she has worked since 2014. Cooke Wealth Management serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, and pension clients, managing approximately $136.9 million across about 114 accounts. The firm employs a long-term, allocation-driven investment strategy based on Modern Portfolio Theory and integrates financial planning with a Christian stewardship perspective.

Eric Figarsky is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at Clearview Wealth Management since 2018 and previously spent nine years at Commonwealth Financial Network. Figarsky also engages in fixed insurance sales under the name Clearview Financial Planning Group. Clearview Wealth Management serves individual clients, trustees, and retirement plan sponsors with financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies and vehicles, offers tax preparation services to existing clients, and uses both discretionary management and third-party managers as part of its approach.

Nancy Challenger is the principal of Challenger Wealth Management with 40 years of industry experience. She has worked at Challenger Wealth Management since 2002 and previously at Royal Alliance Associates for 27 years. Nancy holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and provides long-term care and term insurance sales upon request. Challenger Wealth Management advises individual clients, including high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth individuals, as well as pension, profit-sharing, and charitable accounts. The firm offers discretionary asset management, third-party sub-adviser programs, and comprehensive financial planning, utilizing customized asset allocations and a long-term investment approach across various securities.

Chia Liang Lian is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor at Crosslight Global Investment Partners, LLC with nine years of industry experience, including a prior role at Western Asset Management. After a two-year sabbatical, Lian joined Crosslight Global in 2026. Crosslight Global Investment Partners is a boutique advisory firm serving employer plan sponsors, RIAs, and individual clients with retirement plan consulting, private wealth management, sub‑advisory portfolio management, and project-based engagements such as litigation support. The firm uses a multi-asset, risk-managed investment approach that integrates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis alongside artificial intelligence and machine learning tools.

Iris Aillaud is a financial advisor at Sagent Wealth Management with five years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 and Series 66 designations and has worked at Sagent Capital, LLC since 2019. Prior to that, she was employed at HomeMaker and Whirlpool. Sagent Wealth Management provides wealth management and advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, businesses, non-profits, and family offices. The firm integrates investment management with financial planning, retirement, and estate-planning coordination, utilizing a blend of proprietary model portfolios, customized strategies, and third-party managers.

After spending 16 years working for global wealth management firms, I joined Mike Silane as a partner at 21 West Wealth Management in 2020. Our clients are all affluent individuals who have come into substantial wealth—sometimes suddenly, unexpectedly, or without a clear strategy for managing it. Many are business owners, inheritors, or those navigating major financial transitions, such as divorce. Our role is to help them protect, grow, and ultimately share their wealth in a way that aligns with their long-term goals and values. We approach our work with a deep sense of duty, care, and respect, treating our clients like family. Our culture is built on trust and long-term relationships, ensuring that we are there to support and guide you at every stage. Through advanced financial planning and disciplined investment strategies, we provide prudent, thoughtful guidance designed to create lasting financial security and peace of mind.

Jordan Bromley is a CFP® with three years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Prosperity Wealth Planning LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Cetera, True Wealth Advisory Group, and Merrill Lynch. Prosperity Wealth Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as corporations and business entities, providing comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, family legacy planning, and specialized divorce-planning services. The firm employs a long-term trading approach using fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, and offers educational seminars, workshops, and a Next Generation Preparation program.

Samantha Dalby is a financial advisor at Spearhead Advisors, LLC with a Series 65 credential and four years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Spearhead Investments, Essential Trust Financial, Coto Insurance, and DaVinci Financial. Spearhead Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and limited financial planning integrated with investment management. The firm constructs individualized portfolios based on fundamental analysis of public securities and offers clients flexibility to impose investment restrictions.

Daniel Mcclory is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience, affiliated with Sutter Capital Partners, LLC in Irvine, CA. He has held roles at multiple firms, including Boustead Capital Markets, LLP and Sutter Securities Clearing, LLC. Outside of advisory work, Mcclory serves as President and Secretary of Cadogen & Cie Limited, a business consulting firm, and is involved in various other business ventures internationally. Sutter Capital Partners offers investment management and advisory services and operates a sales-and-marketing practice representing third-party investment managers. The firm focuses on manager selection and due diligence, generally providing non-discretionary advisory services, and supports consultant and intermediary relationships without maintaining investor accounts for those managers.

Scott Anderson Jr. is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at GW Financial since 2014. He also operates Scott Anderson Financial, Inc. and has been an instructor in accounting at Chapman University since 2010. In addition to his advisory roles, he provides personal tax services as a CPA and enrolled agent. GW Financial serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses with personalized financial planning, tax strategy, and investment management. The firm employs an evidence-based, factor-informed investment approach using broadly diversified portfolios primarily with exchange-traded funds and no-load mutual funds, offering advisory relationships through ongoing wealth management engagements.

Michele Newland is a Series 65-licensed advisor at RPM Capital Management, LLC, with nine years of industry experience. She has been with RPM Capital Management since 2012. RPM Capital Management specializes in discretionary portfolio management focused on high-yield tax-exempt municipal bonds and select dividend-paying equities. The firm serves primarily individual clients, their affiliated trusts, foundations, and family offices, emphasizing origination and due diligence within a niche municipal bond strategy.

Ryan Thomas is a financial advisor at Thomas Investment Advisors LLC in Orange, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in the financial and accounting industries since 2018, including roles at Baker Tilly US, LLP, and Chapman University. He co-founded Thomas Investment Advisors LLC in 2025 and also has experience with Thomas & Thomas. Thomas Investment Advisors LLC provides discretionary investment management and wealth management services to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on long-term, fundamentally based portfolio construction using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and occasionally individual securities, while also offering separate tax and accounting services through an affiliated practice.

Charles Fish is the principal of Charles Fish Investments, Inc. in Irvine, California, with 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Charles Fish Investments since its founding in 1996. Charles Fish Investments, Inc. provides discretionary investment management primarily focused on fixed income, especially municipal bonds, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement accounts, and select institutions. The firm also offers sub-advisory and consulting services, employing an active investment approach supported by internal research and industry relationships.

Jerome Slusiewicz is a financial advisor at Pacific Financial Planners, LLC with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Western International Securities, Inc. for 13 years prior to his current role. He also conducts financial education workshops and seminars. Pacific Financial Planners provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension plans, estates, trusts, charitable organizations, corporate, and institutional clients. The firm employs a documented, purpose-based investing process focused on publicly traded securities and serves a diverse client base including banking institutions, insurance companies, and government entities.

John O'Neill III is a financial advisor at O'Neill Financial Management, Inc. in Lake Forest, CA, with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with his current firm since 2016. O'Neill Financial Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, employer retirement plans, and business clients. The firm employs a buy-and-hold investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing broadly diversified, mainly passive mutual funds and ETFs, and offers additional tax preparation and accounting services through a CPA principal.

Robert Price is a CFP® professional with three years of experience, currently with Prosperity Wealth Planning LLC. His prior roles include positions at Apella Wealth and Inspired Financial. Outside of his advisory work, he coaches high school basketball. Prosperity Wealth Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations and business entities, offering portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and specialty services such as family legacy and divorce planning. The firm employs a disciplined investment approach based on multiple analytical methods and provides educational seminars and next-generation financial education programs.

Raymond Clark is a CFP® professional at The Clark Group Asset Management with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 2005, serving as its president. The Clark Group Asset Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a documented financial analysis process to tailor portfolios across various asset classes, utilizing both fundamental and technical research, and incorporates strategies such as shorting and option use.