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Annelizabeth R

Series 66

San Diego, CA

Azimuth Wealth Advisors

Annelizabeth Rogers is a financial advisor at Azimuth Wealth Advisors with 16 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Azimuth since 2017, following two years at DW Advisors. Outside of her advisory role, she is a member of Glacierfish Ski Resort, LLC. Azimuth Wealth Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, and various business entities with comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs a discretionary, tailored investment approach, offering services that include M&A advisory and selective use of alternative instruments such as commodities and digital assets.

Debt management
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Nimai C

Series 63, Series 65

San Diego, CA

Chokshi & Queen Wealth Advisors

Nimai Chokshi is a financial advisor with Chokshi & Queen Wealth Advisors in San Diego, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 22 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at VOYA Financial Advisors and Cetera Advisor Networks LLC. Chokshi & Queen Wealth Advisors serves individual investors, trusts, employer retirement plans, and other institutions, offering asset management, comprehensive portfolio management, standalone financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages portfolios using a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and sector analysis, incorporating a range of investment vehicles including derivatives and sub-advisors.

Options & derivatives strategies Tax strategies for small businesses Wealth management Founder/Business Owner Retired
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Jagdish (Jay) S

CFA®

San Diego, CA

Pacific Point Advisors, LLC

Jagdish (Jay) Sitlani is a CFA® charterholder with one year of experience at Pacific Point Advisors, LLC. He previously worked at Relational Investors LLC for 19 years and at Pacific Point Capital, LLC for two years. He serves as Chief Financial Officer and General Partner of a real estate fund affiliated with Pacific Point Advisors. Pacific Point Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and sub-advisory services primarily to affluent families, entrepreneurs, executives, individual investors, and institutions. The firm employs diversified, risk-aware asset allocation and proprietary model portfolios, integrating third-party managers and artificial intelligence tools under human oversight.

ESG / Sustainable investing Private / alternative investments Concentrated stock management Active portfolio management Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Steven N

Series 65

Carlsbad, CA

Wealth Compass Financial, Inc.

Steven Nuckols is a financial advisor at Wealth Compass Financial, Inc. with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and previously worked at Blankinship and Foster. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent licensed insurance agent who occasionally offers insurance products to clients. Wealth Compass Financial serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, providing discretionary portfolio management, investment oversight, and integrated financial planning. The firm’s investment approach is based on modern portfolio theory and emphasizes long-term strategies tailored to each client's objectives.

Annuities College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.)
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Wesley M

Series 65

San Diego, CA

M Wealth Management, LLC

Wesley Melbrod is a financial advisor at M Wealth Management, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at M Wealth Management since 2015, following earlier experience at Melbrod Financial Services. He also provides tax preparation services for existing advisory clients through Melbrod Financial Services. M Wealth Management offers discretionary asset management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm employs an evidence-based, long-term investment approach that emphasizes diversification across asset classes and return streams, tax-aware implementation, and behavioral coaching, supported by its affiliation with an accounting and tax preparation practice.

Factor investing / smart beta Tax-loss harvesting Retirement income strategy Wealth management Executive
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Edward B

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

San Diego, CA

Ted Buchan & Company

Edward Buchan is a CFP® professional with 24 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Ted Buchan & Company since 2006. The firm provides investment advice and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing portfolios through tailored models that combine fundamental and technical analysis. Ted Buchan & Company oversees a substantial asset base with a focus on discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and standalone financial plans.

Wealth management
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Barry W

Series 63, Series 66

Carlsbad, CA

Waits Investments, LLC

Barry Waits is a financial advisor with Waits Investments, LLC in Carlsbad, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Fisher Investments and Northwestern Mutual Investment Management. Outside of advising, he manages a rental property through a third-party property manager. Waits Investments, LLC offers fee-only financial planning and investment management primarily for individual investors, as well as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment approach focuses on long-term horizons, broad diversification, and an asset-allocation strategy that uses low-cost index funds and ETFs supplemented by selective active managers.

Income planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.)
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Stephen N

CFP®, CFA®

Carlsbad, CA

Birchwood Capital

Flat-fee wealth management for families with $10M - 50M. One transparent fee. No AUM. No hidden incentives. Not all “flat fee advisors” are interchangeable. It’s the difference between seeing a general physician and going to a specialist who deals with your exact situation every day. When the decisions are meaningful, the expertise behind them matters more. At your level, a single good decision, or avoided mistake, can be worth hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions. We are a flat-fee advisory firm designed for high net worth families who want: -A fee structure that doesn’t compound against them -Deep tax strategy -Institutional-quality advice -A family that flourishes across multiple generations Stephen Nelson, CFA, CFP® I am a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) Charterholder and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional who has spent my career in investment management and financial planning. I received a Master of Science in Finance and a B.B.A. in Finance from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. I serve families throughout San Diego and across the country.

General tax planning Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting
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Richard T

Series 66

San Diego, CA

Pacific Capital Associates

Richard Toscano is a financial advisor at Pacific Capital Associates with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Girard Securities, Inc. and Cetera Advisor Networks before joining Pacific Capital Associates in 2011. Pacific Capital Associates serves individual clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, managing approximately $221 million in assets. The firm employs a valuation-driven, value investing approach with global diversification and emphasizes low-cost index ETFs alongside selective active management.

Active portfolio management Passive / index investing Options & derivatives strategies
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Charles R

ChFC®, Series 66

San Diego, CA

Azimuth Wealth Advisors

Charles Rogers is a financial advisor at Azimuth Wealth Advisors with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 66 designations and has worked at Azimuth Wealth Advisors since 2017, following two years at DW Advisors. Outside of financial advising, he is a member of Glacierfish Ski Resort, LLC, a holding company for real property. Azimuth Wealth Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and various business entities. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning with a discretionary investment approach tailored to client objectives, employing a range of strategies including ETFs, individual securities, and selective use of alternative instruments.

Debt management
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Kyle S

Series 65

San Diego, CA

Pacific Point Advisors, LLC

Kyle Spiewak is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Pacific Point Advisors, LLC and has previously worked at Del Mar Wealth Advisors, Avantax Advisory Services, 1st Global Advisors Inc, Torrey Pines Advisors & Accountants LLP, and Aldrich Group LLP. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner at Torrey Pines Advisors & Accountants LLP, where he provides tax and accounting services. Pacific Point Advisors serves affluent families, entrepreneurs, executives, individual investors, and institutions by offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, sub-advisory services, and strategy-signal services to other registered investment advisers. The firm focuses on diversified, risk-aware asset allocation through proprietary model portfolios and utilizes third-party managers and artificial intelligence tools for research and portfolio monitoring.

ESG / Sustainable investing Private / alternative investments Concentrated stock management Active portfolio management Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Phylip S

Series 66

San Diego, CA

ATS Wealth Management

Phylip Simmons is a financial advisor at ATS Wealth Management in San Diego, CA, with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and Avantax Advisory Services. Simmons is also involved with ATS Financial, a related financial and insurance business. ATS Wealth Management provides financial planning and discretionary asset management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, trusts, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $383.6 million in assets across nearly 500 client relationships and uses model portfolios that range from aggressive growth to conservative allocation.

Annuities Equity compensation tax strategy Options & derivatives strategies Executive
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Parker J

Series 63, Series 65

Encinitas, CA

Cooper Capital Group

Parker Johnson is a financial advisor with Cooper Capital Group in Encinitas, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC. Cooper Capital Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as employer plan sponsors, offering a range of services including asset management, comprehensive portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and referrals to third-party money managers. The firm employs multiple analytical methods and a variety of investment strategies, with portfolios frequently monitored and tailored to client needs.

Options & derivatives strategies Private / alternative investments Concentrated stock management Wealth management Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Kelly D

Series 65

Carlsbad, CA

Wealthrise Financial Planning, LLC

Kelly Doyle is a financial advisor at Wealthrise Financial Planning, LLC with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Wealthrise, she worked for nearly two decades at Rick Engineering Company and spent a year as a homemaker. She holds a Series 65 designation. Wealthrise Financial Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs an evidence-based, tax-aware investment approach that emphasizes low-cost, broadly diversified passive funds and disciplined asset allocation, integrating behavioral considerations into portfolio construction.

General retirement planning Social Security optimization College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) General tax planning Wealth management Women Professionals
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Henry W

CFA®, Series 63

San Diego, CA

Pacific Point Advisors, LLC

Henry Winship IV is a CFA charterholder and Series 63 licensee with six years of industry experience. He is a managing member of Pacific Point Capital, LLC, which serves as general partner to multiple Pacific Point Funds, and holds a California real estate broker license. Since 2018, Mr. Winship has served on the Board of Bunge Limited, where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee. Pacific Point Advisors, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to affluent families, entrepreneurs, executives, individual investors, and institutions. The firm employs diversified, risk-aware asset allocation and proprietary Stable Earnings model portfolios, utilizing third-party managers and AI tools for research and risk monitoring.

ESG / Sustainable investing Private / alternative investments Concentrated stock management Active portfolio management Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Daniel C

Series 63, Series 65

La Jolla, CA

Nautilus Advisors LLC

Daniel Callan is a financial advisor with Nautilus Advisors LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Nautilus Advisors since 2018 and previously spent four years at JPMorgan Securities LLC. Nautilus Advisors, operating as NTLS Wealth Management, serves individuals—including high net worth clients—pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with a variety of investment strategies and customized planning solutions.

Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies Wealth management
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Richard N

Series 63, Series 66

La Jolla, CA

Nerad + Deppe Wealth Management

Richard Nerad is a financial advisor at Nerad + Deppe Wealth Management in La Jolla, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at NDWM, LLC since 2009, with a one-year period at AlphaCore Capital LLC. Nerad + Deppe Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm employs a multi-faceted investment approach incorporating fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and is notable for its documented use of derivatives and inverse-ETF strategies alongside third-party manager oversight.

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management
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Stephen D

Series 65

San Diego, CA

Evolution Global Advisors, LLC

Stephen Derkash is a financial advisor at Evolution Global Advisors, LLC with a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Millennium Management LLC from 2016 to 2019 and founded Bluerunner Global Advisors, LLC, where he provides consulting and research. Evolution Global Advisors offers discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses model portfolios with an emphasis on foreign equities, including emerging-market equities and ADRs, and applies fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis with a focus on capital appreciation.

Active portfolio management
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Juliana G

Series 65

San Diego, CA

Dean Roland Russell, LLC

Juliana Guerra is a financial advisor at Dean Roland Russell, LLC with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. She previously worked at AlphaCore Wealth Advisory for one year and was a full-time student for eight years prior to entering the financial industry. Dean Roland Russell, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth families, including related entities such as trusts and estates, providing fee-only wealth management and financial planning services. The firm creates customized portfolios using a variety of asset classes and incorporates tax, cash-flow, and estate planning considerations alongside security-level analysis.

General retirement planning General tax planning Wealth management College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Founder/Business Owner Mid-Career Professionals
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Blake P

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Carlsbad, CA

Anchor Bay Capital, Inc.

Blake Pinyan is a CFP® professional with six years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Anchor Bay Capital, Inc., where he has worked since 2020. Prior to this, he held roles at Fidelity Investments, One Degree Advisors, and Weatherly Asset Management. Pinyan serves as president of the National Financial Planning Association NexGen chapter. Anchor Bay Capital, Inc. provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services to individuals, business entities, and pension plans. The firm constructs diversified portfolios based on fundamental analysis and independent due diligence, tailoring strategies to each client’s risk profile and financial situation.

Wealth management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Founder/Business Owner
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