Renee Cohen is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at BlackLines Financial. She previously worked at Northwestern Mutual in various roles from 2015 to 2024. Outside of her advisory work, Renee is also licensed as an insurance agent and sells life insurance, disability, long-term care, and annuity products. 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. The firm employs client-specific investment policies with long-term strategies and incorporates insurance products and third-party arrangements within its advisory services.

I Jung Hsiao is a financial advisor at Halcyon Investment Advisor with a Series 65 credential and four years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at Alpha Helix Asset Management Company Limited and Nanshan Life Insurance Company. Halcyon Investment Advisor offers fee-only investment advisory and financial planning services to a range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, and pension plans, with specialized family office services for high-net-worth families. The firm employs a globally oriented investment approach combining fundamental, cyclical, and quantitative analysis with diversified asset allocation and multi-dimensional risk management.

Maria Babilonia is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at JDM Financial Group LLC since 2016. In addition to her advisory role, she is an insurance agent involved with various insurance agencies, dedicating approximately 10% of her time to this activity. JDM Financial Group primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and other financial institutions, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs an asset-allocation framework favoring mutual funds and ETFs, integrates fundamental and behavioral finance analysis, and provides both wrap-fee and non-wrap advisory services.

Rachael Johnson is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 25 years of industry experience. She has been with Bernard & Johnson Family Wealth Management since 2016. Outside of her advisory role, she works as a fitness trainer at CrossFit Monrovia and serves as secretary on the Huntington Oaks HOA Board. Bernard & Johnson Family Wealth Management serves individuals, families, trusts, small businesses, and retirement plans, including high-net-worth clients. The firm provides financial planning and discretionary investment management, focusing on customized, long-term strategies implemented through institutional money managers and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Jean Luc Nouzille is a CFA® charterholder with 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Bristlecone Value Partners, LLC since 2004 and previously worked at Oppenheimer and CIBC World Markets Corp. The firm provides discretionary investment advisory and asset management services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable organizations, and other institutions, focusing on value-oriented equity strategies and managing a private pooled microcap fund.

Njideka Obijiaku is a financial advisor with Shifting the Culture Wealth Partners LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 14 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Centric Capital Advisors, AFlac, Akokwa American Development Association, Primerica Advisors, and Pfs Investments Inc. Although currently a licensed insurance agent, she does not sell insurance products. Shifting the Culture Wealth Partners LLC is a fee-only advisory firm serving individual clients with financial planning and portfolio management services. The firm emphasizes passive investment management using index mutual funds and ETFs, while also incorporating fundamental and technical analysis, and offers a range of engagement options including hourly consultations and ongoing planning.

Paul Cohen is a financial advisor at Marest Capital, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms, including ChangePath, LLC and Partnervest Advisory Services, LLC. Outside of his financial advisory work, Cohen is president of TWC Sports Management, a company representing professional athletes. Marest Capital, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary portfolio management and referrals to third-party money managers. The firm combines asset allocation with fundamental and sector analysis and manages approximately $240 million for 67 clients.

Randall Rubin is a financial advisor at Decca Private Wealth Management, Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Barnes & Company Investment Counsel, LLC and Umergence LLC. He has been involved in multiple business ventures, including leadership roles in Umergence LLC and Raising Capital. Decca Private Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management as well as retirement plan services. The firm employs tailored investment programs based on Modern Portfolio Theory and asset allocation, occasionally using options and margin strategies, and conducts regular account reviews.

Joshua Rudoy is a financial advisor at Argyle Capital Partners, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Argyle Capital Partners since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as President-Elect and Board Member of the Wilshire Rotary Club in Los Angeles. Argyle Capital Partners provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs an active, total-return approach with tailored portfolios and is notable for using complex portfolio tools including leverage and derivatives in separately managed accounts.

Lelamarie Kelly is a financial advisor at Life UnLocked Partners LLC with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. She has a background in legal services, owning LSK Legal, a professional law corporation, and serves as principal and general counsel for Tennenbaum & Kelly, Inc., which manages privately held investments. Outside her advisory role, she holds CFO and general counsel positions at both MailRoute, Inc., an email security company, and SCBI Online Store, LLC, a skincare business. Life UnLocked Partners provides financial planning, investment monitoring, and recommendation services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, and other business entities. The firm’s investment approach centers on a value/dividend strategy designed for income replacement around career changes, transitioning to longer-term appreciation vehicles, and also includes sub-advisory arrangements.

Howard Borris is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 39 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Greenbrier Diversified, Inc. since 1986. Borris is based in Beverly Hills, CA, and operates through Borris Nii & Company. Borris Nii & Company provides business and family wealth management and investment management services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses, including many clients in the entertainment industry. The firm offers a family office–style service that includes portfolio oversight, bookkeeping, tax preparation, and audit defense, acting as an outsourced family office and intermediary coordinating third-party providers while implementing asset-allocation strategies primarily through mutual funds, ETFs, and sub-managers.

Scott Hofman is a financial advisor at Ratio Capital with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Ratio Financial Holdings since 2019, following four years at Unionbanc Investment Services. Ratio Capital provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as charitable organizations. The firm integrates general financial planning topics into client engagements and typically allocates active management to third-party Sub-Advisers, using a rebalancing approach supported by a turnkey asset management platform.

Lewis Wallensky is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 57 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with LPL Financial since 2017. Prior to that, he worked at National Planning Corp for 17 years and has operated his own advisory businesses since 1970. He serves as a board member for the nonprofit organization Jewish Big Brothers. LPL Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, institutions, and high-net-worth households, offering a broad range of investment solutions supported by an in-house research team.

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.

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.

Anthony Nahra is a CFP® with over 31 years of industry experience. He has been with The Sterling Group since 2006 and Sterling Group Wealth Management, LLC since 2012. Nahra also serves as a co-trustee and attorney-in-fact for his father’s living trust. The Sterling Group is a team-based advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management and financial planning, emphasizing customized asset allocation, diversification, and periodic rebalancing tailored to each client’s goals and risk tolerance.

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.

Stephen Callahan is a financial advisor with Callahan & Callahan Asset Management, Inc. in Woodland Hills, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Callahan & Callahan Asset Management since 2002. Callahan & Callahan Asset Management provides non-discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, small business owners, and institutional clients. The firm uses a client profile process to tailor diversified portfolios and combines charting, fundamental and technical analysis with an asset-allocation focus.