Candace Lathan is a financial advisor at Yarash Global Solutions Inc. with nine years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Principal Securities, Principal Life Insurance Company, and Thrivent Financial. Outside of her advisory role, she mentors undergraduate finance students through the Lancer Financial Collective and serves on the board of directors and as chaplain for Habitat for Humanity. Yarash Global Solutions Inc. provides investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and business consulting using a range of analytical methods across various asset classes, managing approximately $20 million for about 21 clients.

Michael Cheung is a financial advisor at Dishmi Capital, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Caerus Investment Advisors, LLC since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is the managing member of S3 Ventures, LLC, a holding company for angel investments. Dishmi Capital provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, business entities, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm offers a sponsored wrap-fee portfolio program, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money managers, using a range of strategies tailored to clients' objectives and risk tolerances.

Alberto Roditi is a financial advisor at New River Investments with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at New River Investments since 2011, as well as at Roditi & Roditi LLC from 2012 to 2019. New River Investments provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals and business entities, including high-net-worth clients, through separately managed accounts and a related private fund. The firm employs multiple methods of analysis and offers a range of investment strategies, distinguishing itself by advising a related pooled vehicle with separate commodity pool operator registration and independent fund administration.

Amandeep Singh is a financial advisor at Equanimity Financial Partners with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Pruco Securities LLC, the United States Census Bureau, and California State University Los Angeles. Outside of finance, he was involved with Punjab Indian Market and Cuisine from 2015 to 2021. Equanimity Financial Partners provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and businesses. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and specialized planning services, constructing individualized portfolios using a range of securities and employing both fundamental and cyclical analysis.

Peng Zhang is a financial advisor with Sagewater Wealth Management LLC in Los Angeles, holding a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Sagewater, he has been employed at Google Inc. since 2006. Sagewater Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management through separately managed accounts to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement accounts, trusts, and small businesses. The firm employs a concentrated, value-oriented investment approach focused on long-term ownership and margin-of-safety discipline, offering performance-based fee arrangements and the use of options and derivatives for income or risk management.

Han Cho is a financial advisor with Positive Delta Asset Management LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Positive Delta since 2011. Outside of advisory work, he holds a California real estate broker license and has been involved with real estate brokerage activities. Positive Delta Asset Management provides separately managed account services to individual and institutional clients, offering a Global Alpha multi-asset ETF strategy and customized portfolio management. The firm manages client assets using quantitative models and maintains transparency through client-held custody arrangements.

Bin Hong is a financial advisor with Corrigit Capital Group in Pasadena, CA, holding a Series 65 designation and eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining Corrigit in 2018, he worked at KPMG from 2014 to 2017 and FengXian Quant from 2011 to 2018. Corrigit Capital Group provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages portfolios using fundamental and technical analysis, cyclical monitoring, and a variety of investment instruments, serving a small client base through a team of three advisors.

Patricia Alexander is a financial advisor with Mission Street Wealth Planning in Pasadena, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. She has worked with Mission Street Wealth Planning since 2003 and also serves as a professional fiduciary advisor at Private Trust Management Group, where she acts as a private trustee and estate administrator. Mission Street Wealth Planning provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, families, small business owners, health care professionals, and various committees, emphasizing diversified, research-based investment strategies implemented on a non-discretionary basis.

Samantha Powell is a financial advisor at New River Investments in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with eight years of industry experience. She has been with New River Investments since 2014. New River Investments provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and certain business entities through separately managed accounts and by advising a related private fund. The firm utilizes a combination of charting, fundamental, technical, cyclical, and statistical analysis and employs a range of trading strategies, including the use of derivatives.

Charles Lee is a financial advisor at The Sterling Group in Pasadena, CA, holding a Series 66 designation with two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Odyssey Wealth Design and LPL Financial. The Sterling Group is a team-based advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and business entities with discretionary asset management and financial planning. The firm emphasizes customized asset allocation, diversification, and periodic rebalancing, and may engage third-party portfolio managers while maintaining oversight and direct client contact.

Christopher Morgan is a financial advisor at Ark Wealth Advisors, LLC, with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank from 2015 to 2020. Outside of advising, he serves on the finance committee of Friends Community Church in Brea and is involved with MDR Partners, LLC, which focuses on qualifying prospects for R&D credits. Ark Wealth Advisors is a two-advisor registered investment adviser managing approximately $77 million for about 185 clients, including individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and corporate entities. The firm combines asset allocation with multi-disciplinary analysis and uses a variety of implementation methods, including direct securities and third-party managed accounts, while integrating alternative and private real estate investments into its offerings.

Janet Gerlings is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience. She joined Mana Financial Life Design in 2023 after seven years at Foothills Financial Planning, Inc. Mana Financial Life Design serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as employer plan sponsors, providing financial life planning, discretionary investment management, employee benefit plan advisory, estate planning support, and project consulting. The firm employs a long-term investment approach focused on liquid, low-cost ETFs and mutual funds, combined with active tax management and selective use of more active strategies consistent with client objectives.

Somboon Wongvitavas is an advisor at Integrity Investment Portfolios LLC with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Integrity Brokerage Services, Inc. since 2016. Integrity Investment Portfolios serves individual clients, families, related trusts, and retirement accounts, generally applying a $250,000 account minimum. The firm provides ongoing portfolio management using a combination of analytical methods and pursues a long-term trading strategy across various equity-related securities on a non-discretionary basis.

Yeewa Chu is a financial advisor with Eagle Investors LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and no prior industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Discovery Behavioral Health and RnO Billing and Consulting. She is also involved in an S corporation, Turning Points Entities, which provides data analytics services. Eagle Investors serves individual clients through a fee-based subscription platform and one-time online advising sessions, offering both impersonal trade recommendations and personalized, non-discretionary financial advice. The firm focuses on active trading education and short-term strategies, delivering real-time trade alerts and technical analysis via a Discord platform that incorporates AI-generated analysis.

Zully Ruiz is a financial advisor with BlackLines Financial in Los Angeles, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining BlackLines Financial in 2025, she worked at Northwestern Mutual in various capacities from 2022 to 2025. Before entering the financial industry, she spent nine years in the hospitality sector. BlackLines Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as business entities, providing discretionary portfolio management, retirement and pension plan services, and financial planning through its WealthBuilder and Mastery programs. The firm employs client-specific investment policy statements and long-term trading strategies, and it offers advisory-based insurance products alongside other financial services.

Yuan Tang is a financial advisor at Corrigit Capital Group with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Charles Schwab Bank, Charles Schwab & Co., TD Ameritrade Investment Management, TD Ameritrade, Scottrade, and Morgan Stanley. Corrigit Capital Group provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $21.5 million in assets through a three-advisor team, utilizing fundamental and technical analysis across a range of investment instruments including equities, ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, options, and structured notes.

Robert Ades is a financial advisor with ADES Investment Counsel, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 23 years of industry experience. He founded Robert Ades Accountancy Corp., a CPA firm, and serves as a trustee for various family trusts as well as the profit sharing trust of his accountancy firm. ADES Investment Counsel primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement-plan participants, trusts, pension/profit-sharing plans, and business entities, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and investment consulting. The firm employs a long-term, passive-oriented investment strategy based on Modern Portfolio Theory, using diversified asset allocations implemented mainly with index funds and ETFs, including Dimensional Fund Advisors products.

Kavi Virk is a financial advisor at Veda Financial Investment Advisory with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has worked previously at Eagle Strategies, NYLife Securities LLC, New York Life Insurance Co, and Banc of America Investment Services. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Vice-President and board member of the Georgetown University Alumni Association in Los Angeles. Veda Financial provides discretionary, value-oriented portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, corporations, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental value-investing approach with active management tailored to clients’ time horizons and liquidity needs.

Kenneth Cagnolatti is a CFP® and Series 66 licensed advisor with four years of industry experience. He currently works at Anchor & Oak Wealth Advisors in Los Angeles, having previously worked for Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Wells Fargo Bank. From 2017 to 2019, he was associated with the Chicago Zoological Society. Anchor & Oak Wealth Advisors offers discretionary portfolio management, modular and comprehensive financial planning, and qualified retirement plan consulting. The firm serves a broad range of clients using firm-developed model portfolios and third-party money managers, applying techniques such as technical and fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory.

Christopher Haydel is a financial advisor at Equanimity Financial Partners with 34 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Arete Wealth Management LLC and co-founded Haydel, Biel & Associates, where he serves as president and managing principal. He is also a manager of Zoic Management Investors, an investment-related business. Equanimity Financial Partners provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business clients. The firm constructs individualized portfolios using a range of securities and employs fundamental and cyclical analysis in its investment process.