Jesse Picunko is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at RVW Wealth LLC since 2019 and previously held roles at Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. RVW Wealth LLC provides discretionary investment management to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a fundamental research approach, focusing on ETFs and mutual funds for equities and fixed income, and maintains active portfolio supervision through a team of investment professionals.

Janika Domingo is a financial advisor at Manchester Financial Inc with a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. She has worked at Manchester Financial since 2020 and previously held roles at Urban Wealth Management and California State University, Northridge. Manchester Financial provides portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses individualized client profiles and multiple asset-allocation models to manage investments across various asset classes, employing both long- and short-term strategies where appropriate.

Michelle Gruber is a financial advisor at Alteri Wealth with 23 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Merrill and Bank of America, N.A. Gruber is also involved in client acquisition, investment management, and relationship management roles at both Alteri Wealth and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Alteri Wealth provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning services to affluent individuals, families, and institutional clients, including business owners, athletes, physicians, entrepreneurs, and entertainment industry executives. The firm employs a fundamental, long-term investment approach and manages approximately $566 million in assets.

Ofer Ben Menahem is a financial advisor at L & S Advisors, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with 16 years of industry experience. His prior firms include RVW Wealth, LLC, First Foundation, and Mercer Advisors. L & S Advisors serves individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plan sponsors and participants, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and sub-advisory services. The firm employs a tactical and unconstrained investment approach utilizing various strategies and asset classes, including derivatives and margin in managed accounts, and manages about $1.16 billion across more than 1,000 client accounts.

Paul Matheson is a financial advisor at Cheviot Value Management, LLC with 52 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has previously worked at Wedbush Morgan Securities and UBS Financial Services. Matheson has been with Cheviot Value Management since 2022. Cheviot Value Management is a privately owned registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and certain institutional clients. The firm follows a value-oriented investment discipline based on fundamental analysis and employs a variety of strategies including tactical asset allocation and absolute-return techniques.

Charles Hastings is a financial advisor at Checchi Capital Advisers, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has held previous positions at multiple B. Riley entities as well as National Securities Corporation. Hastings serves as a board director for Applied Digital. Checchi Capital Advisers provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individuals and a variety of institutional clients. The firm employs a quantitatively driven investment process using proprietary models to construct globally diversified portfolios, offering strategies including core global index replication, risk parity, and opportunistic derivative use.

Jon Rehurek is a CFP® certificant with 14 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Alliance Advisory & Securities, LLC since 2015. Alliance Advisory & Securities, LLC provides investment management and financial planning primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and other pooled vehicles. The firm’s investment process uses diversified model allocations and modern portfolio theory, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio services across various model groups and individual-security strategies.

Andy Chong is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience. He has been with Highline Wealth Partners since 2020 and previously worked at BNY Mellon from 2016 to 2019. Highline Wealth Partners is a registered investment adviser that serves individuals, trusts, foundations, retirement plans, and various business entities. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, family office services, corporate retirement plan consulting, and real estate advisory, with portfolio decisions centralized through an Investment Committee.

Nathan Mescobi is a financial advisor at AIRE Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked in various roles including at FKGB Accounting and the Law Offices of Joseph Miskabi. AIRE Advisors manages approximately $1 billion in client assets and serves individual clients, family offices, employer retirement plans, and brokerage customers. The firm provides wealth management and investment consulting services, utilizing strategic asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory across diverse investment vehicles.

Gregory Heller is a CFP® with 35 years of industry experience, currently serving at HCR Wealth Advisors since 2019. He has held positions at Investment Security Corporation and Heller Capital Resources Financial Insurance Services, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in real estate development in Costa Rica through a managing membership in CR Project, LLC. HCR Wealth Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis with both long- and short-term strategies, managing nearly $2 billion in client assets across a team of ten advisors.

Gorge Salcedo is a financial advisor at Tamar Securities, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked for seven years at Candu Plumbing & Rooter. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates a private fitness gym. Tamar Securities provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to a diverse client base, managing approximately $1.52 billion in assets through a multi-advisor team of 17.

Valentino Fehlmann is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving at Hamilton Wealth, LLC in Los Angeles, CA. His prior experience includes roles at Wells Fargo Clearing, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC, and Citigroup Global Markets. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in investment software development through QIA Partners LLC and serves as a trustee for a family trust. Hamilton Wealth manages approximately $698 million for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, employer retirement plans, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a blend of fundamental analysis and proprietary asset-allocation models to tailor portfolios to client risk tolerances and time horizons.

Haiyang Zhang is a financial advisor with Checchi Capital Advisers, LLC in Beverly Hills, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 16 years of industry experience. He has worked in various roles at Checchi Capital Advisers since 2012 and was previously with Arbor Court Capital LLC from 2013 to 2020. Checchi Capital Advisers provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, employing a quantitatively driven investment process that uses proprietary models to construct globally diversified equity and fixed-income portfolios. The firm is notable for its role as a private fund adviser to insurance-dedicated vehicles, sub-advisory services to other advisers, and its transparent disclosure practices.

Annie Kim is a financial advisor at AR Asset Management, Inc. with 14 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2000. AR Asset Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm’s investment approach focuses on fundamentally driven, long-term strategies using large-cap domestic and international stocks, tax-aware portfolio construction, and fixed income laddering, with additional recommendations for qualified clients including private placements and pooled investment vehicles.

Robert Wussler is a financial advisor at Manhattan West Asset Management, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has prior work experience at Twentieth Television and Finalis Securities LLC. Manhattan West Asset Management serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and endowments. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and a Digital Asset Advisory Program, managing over $1 billion in discretionary assets using a fiduciary, client-tailored approach that integrates various investment strategies and asset classes.

Richard Rappaport is a Series 63 licensed financial advisor with WestPark Capital, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with WestPark Capital since 1999 and serves as president of WestPark Holdings LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is a director of Skechers USA, Inc. and involved in public acquisitions through a leadership position in AOTS-WRASP-SKRP. WestPark Capital, Inc. provides financial planning, investment management, and consulting services for individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, corporations, and other business entities. The firm often incorporates third-party money managers in its advisory programs and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and custom financial plans.

Razmig Der Tavitian is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor at Evolve Private Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Sanctuary Advisors, Sanctuary Securities, Wells Fargo Clearing, and MUfG Union Bank. He serves on the investment committee of the Western Diocese Endowment Fund and is a board member of the Hovsepian School, an educational organization. Evolve Private Wealth, LLC provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, financial institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm manages approximately $2.15 billion in assets across 679 clients, employing a fundamental and long-term investment approach that includes diversified portfolios of low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities and bonds, independent managers, alternative investments, and use of derivatives supported by artificial intelligence tools.

Lorenzo Esparza is a financial advisor at Manhattan West Asset Management, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Manhattan West since 2016. Manhattan West Asset Management serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, retirement plans, endowments, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and a Digital Asset Advisory Program, managing over $1 billion in discretionary assets through a fiduciary, client-tailored approach that combines multiple investment strategies across various asset classes.

Stephen Seo is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He currently works at L & S Advisors, Inc., where he has been since 2023, and previously spent eight years at RVW Wealth, LLC. L & S Advisors serves individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plan sponsors and participants, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and sub-advisory services. The firm employs a tactical and unconstrained investment approach across a range of strategies and asset types, including derivatives and private investment vehicles.

Nick Garris is a financial advisor at TriaGen Wealth Management LLC with 44 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at UBS Financial Services Inc. from 2008 to 2020 before joining TriaGen in 2020. TriaGen Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a tailored, suitability-based investment process and utilizes a range of strategies and instruments, including third-party money managers, model portfolios, and options trading, while integrating operational AI tools for client service and back-office functions.