Denise Farkas is a financial advisor at Sage Rhino Capital LLC with 19 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Sage Rhino since 2017, following five years at Merrill. Sage Rhino Capital LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $787 million in client assets and employs a range of strategies including fundamental and quantitative analysis, with the use of derivatives and options-related strategies in separately managed accounts.

Kimberly Helm is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with seven years of industry experience. She has worked at Quantum Financial Advisors, LLC since 2022 and previously was with Abacus Wealth Partners from 2018 to 2022. Outside of advisory work, she serves as a teaching assistant at the University of Pennsylvania, managing student assignments and providing academic support. Quantum Financial Advisors serves individuals, high net worth families, trusts and estates, employer retirement plans, and other business entities with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a rules-based, asset-class investment process favoring mutual funds, ETFs, and separately managed accounts, offering both Total Market and Sustainable strategies with access to institutional-class funds and complex instruments for sophisticated clients.

Carlo Panaccione is a financial advisor with Navigation Group LLC in Redwood City, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 40 years of industry experience. He has been with Navigation Group since 1999 and affiliated with LPL Financial, LLC since 1998. He has also engaged in paid speaking on practice management and tools in the past. Navigation Group provides wealth planning, investment management, consulting, and advisory referral services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, investment companies, and business entities. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach combining passive and actively managed funds, integrates investment management with coordinated wealth planning, and manages over $1 billion in client assets.

Brandon Kurz is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at DiversiFi Capital Inc in Los Altos, CA. He has worked at Mercer Advisors and Aldrich Wealth LP, among other firms. Kurz also receives compensation for assisting clients with life insurance enrollment during financial planning meetings and for real estate purchase support. DiversiFi Capital provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as managing pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a comprehensive investment process incorporating fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, and offers specialized products including private funds focused on frontier technology investments.

Maika Heck is a financial advisor at Vantage Wealth Management, LLC in San Mateo, CA, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Vantage Wealth Management, she was employed at David Alan Hospitality Group and was a student for nine years. Vantage Wealth Management is a multi-advisor team that provides financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and small businesses. The firm focuses on customized asset allocation using mutual funds and ETFs, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management alongside financial planning services.

Martin Miller is a financial advisor at MA Private Wealth, LLC with 34 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2005 to 2018. Outside of advising, he serves as CEO of Fly Big Blue, LLC, an aviation holding company. MA Private Wealth, LLC manages approximately $584 million for about 350 clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, and select entities. The firm employs a tailored, holistic investment approach focused on fundamental analysis and long-term strategies.

Evan Nelson is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience. He has been with Nelson Capital Management, LLC since 2014. Nelson Capital Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other investment advisers. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management, written financial planning, and retirement plan asset-management services using a fundamental analysis-based investment process that includes ETFs, mutual funds, individual stocks and bonds with both long- and short-term strategies.

Iris Nguyen is a financial advisor at Wealth Architects, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Wealth Architects since 2011. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations, providing comprehensive wealth management, planning, and consulting services. Wealth Architects employs a modern portfolio theory-based investment process and offers tailored portfolio management alongside planning services, including tax planning.

Steven Hoffman is a financial advisor with IP Financial Advisory Services LLC in Sunnyvale, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 11 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role since 2020, he has been a financial education instructor at Sunnyvale-Cupertino Adult School and a college planning consultant at Hife College Planning since 2013. Hoffman is also CEO of Backproject Corporation, a medical device manufacturer. IP Financial Advisory Services primarily serves individual retail clients, focusing on portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm constructs customized portfolios using various analytical approaches and also refers clients to third-party investment advisors while providing a range of consulting and insurance-related services.

Archana Turaga is a financial advisor at Summitry, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Aspiriant LLC, Yellow Brick Road Financial Advisors LLC, and Carlton Pace Wealth Management. Summitry serves individuals and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and investment companies. The firm uses a research-driven, bottom-up investment approach combining internally managed core strategies with independent managers and alternative approaches, while also advising a registered mutual fund.

Glenn Davis is a CFA® charterholder with 30 years of industry experience, currently serving at Bailard, Inc. since 1991. He previously worked at Bailard Fund Services, Inc. from 1991 to 2018. Bailard, Inc. provides wealth and asset management services to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, endowments, foundations, and pension plans. The firm employs an active multi-asset approach combining quantitative models, fundamental research, and qualitative judgment, with offerings in sustainable and impact investing, and serves as both a sub-adviser and a manager of affiliated pooled vehicles.

Judy Han is a financial advisor at SVB Wealth with 18 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has worked at several firms, including First Citizens Investor Services and multiple SVB affiliates. Currently, she serves as Managing Director - Client Service at SVB Wealth LLC. SVB Wealth LLC provides wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm delivers investment advice through its advisors, employing a due diligence process to select and monitor third-party managers, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of First Citizens Bank.

Michael Faust is a CFA® charterholder with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Bailard, Inc. since 2008, including five years in his current role. His career spans positions within Bailard Fund Services, Inc. outside of their asset management platform. Bailard provides wealth and asset management services to both individual and institutional clients, employing an active, multi-asset approach that integrates quantitative models, fundamental research, and qualitative judgment. The firm serves a diverse client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, endowments, foundations, and pension plans, and offers sustainable and impact investing options upon request.

James Vandevoorde is a financial advisor at Summitry, LLC with 30 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and previously worked at Vantage Wealth for 33 years before joining Summitry in 2026. Summitry serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, as well as investment companies and other investment advisers. The firm emphasizes a research-driven, bottom-up investment approach and offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, model equity strategies, third-party manager selection, and advisory services to a registered mutual fund.

Richard Larsen is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Team Hewins, LLC in Foster City, CA, bringing two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Team Hewins, he worked at Insight Global in various roles from 2019 to 2024. Team Hewins advises individuals, families, trusts, business entities, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services. The firm’s investment approach is grounded in asset-allocation principles based on Modern Portfolio Theory and includes both discretionary and non-discretionary management, with a notable focus on serving state and municipal employee benefit plans.

Mary Bersot is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience. She spent 20 years at BERSOT Capital Management, LLC before joining Bailard, Inc. in 2025. Bailard provides wealth management and asset management services to individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning and discretionary portfolio management across multi-asset and single-asset strategies. The firm employs an active, multi-asset approach combining quantitative models, fundamental research, and qualitative judgment, and offers sustainable and impact investing options upon client request.

Mikhael Balachov is a financial advisor at Team Hewins, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Team Hewins since 2018, previously working at Hewins Financial Advisors, LLC from 2005 to 2018. Balachov serves as a board member of The Russian Center of San Francisco, where he participates in board meetings and annual festival planning. Team Hewins, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employee benefit plans. The firm’s investment process is guided by an Investment Committee using Modern Portfolio Theory and offers specialized retirement plan services, managing approximately $3.43 billion in regulatory assets under management.

Jeff Weber is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with The Wealth Consulting Group and has held prior roles at Titus Wealth Management and LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory work, Weber is also licensed to sell fixed insurance products. The Wealth Consulting Group provides fee-based wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporate sponsors, charities, and trusts. The firm employs a tailored investment process utilizing multiple strategies and custodial platforms, and integrates legal-service pathways alongside its advisory offerings.

Miriam Santiago is a CFP® professional at Sand Hill Global Advisors, LLC with five years of industry experience. She previously worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors for six years. Sand Hill Global Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, nonprofits, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities. The firm employs an open-architecture, globally oriented investment approach that emphasizes asset allocation and combines macro analysis with bottom-up research across active and passive vehicles.

David Pryor is a financial advisor at First Heartland Consultants, Inc. with 26 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at First Heartland Capital Inc. since 2001, Marquis Financial Services Inc. since 1999, and Crisali, Sciahica & Woodward since 1980. Outside of investment advisory, he is involved in CPA, bookkeeping, and tax services through Crisafi, Pryor, Farquhar, and owns an equipment leasing business. First Heartland Consultants serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plan participants, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers financial planning, model-based management for self-directed 401(k) accounts, asset management, and third-party asset management solutions delivered through a network of independent investment adviser representatives.