Anthony Sam is a financial advisor with Alpha Solutions Investment Advisors and holds a Series 65 designation. He has 15 years of industry experience and concurrently serves as Executive Vice President of Operations at Xtronx, Inc., a digital video billboard company, where he has worked since 2000. He also sits on the boards of Valstock Management Inc and WSJ Management LLC, both real estate-related businesses. Alpha Solutions serves individual clients—including high-net-worth and non-HNW—as well as institutional and organizational clients such as pensions and foundations. The firm provides discretionary wealth management and portfolio construction across major asset classes, combining fundamental and technical analysis with both long- and short-term trading strategies.

James Sanford is a financial advisor at Balanced Plan Financial Investment Advisors, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at World Equity Group, Inc. and CSP Financial Group LLC. Outside of advising, Sanford is a licensed general contractor involved in home owner consulting and maintains an active role as an independent insurance agent. Balanced Plan Financial Investment Advisors, Inc. is a state-registered firm managing approximately $48.8 million for around 149 clients, including individuals, small businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm offers tailored investment programs that incorporate a variety of methods and may delegate management to sub-advisors or third-party managers, with an emphasis on monitoring and disclosure of potential conflicts.

Dustin Blodgett is a financial advisor with Insight Capital Management in Concord, CA, holding a CFP® designation and Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has 12 years of industry experience and has held previous roles at firms including Independent Financial Group, Arkadios Capital, and AccuVest Global Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he is also a licensed agent providing term life insurance to clients. Insight Capital Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, foundations, and other entities. The firm manages approximately $330 million across around 374 client relationships, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and educational workshops, with investment strategies tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

Cynthia Miller is a CFP® and holds a Series 63 license with three years of industry experience. She is currently with Greykasell Wealth Strategies, Inc. and previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and related entities from 2019 to 2024. Outside of her advisory roles, she has been involved with local swim teams. Greykasell Wealth Strategies serves high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and businesses, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management alongside financial and retirement plan consulting. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation through globally diversified portfolios and favors long-term, disciplined investing with regular performance reviews.

John Miller is a financial advisor at Park, Miller, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Park, Miller since 2008. Park, Miller, LLC is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and fiduciary clients such as pension plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and, upon request, offers financial planning and consulting services, using a range of investment strategies and conducting due diligence on private investments for qualified investors.

Dmitriy Bolotnyy is a financial advisor at Naylor & Company with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has worked at Naylor & Company since 2017. Prior to his advisory role, he spent five years at Irth Communications. Outside of finance, Dmitriy composes music through a business called Shortcake Music and manages a fruit orchard in New York named Velvet Earth Farm. Naylor & Company provides investment advice, portfolio management, and financial planning to individuals, families, and institutions. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental and technical analysis with a focus on small- and mid-capitalization and cyclical companies, tailoring portfolios to client objectives using a variety of asset types.

Alec Smidt is a financial advisor at Bass Rocks Asset Management with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Bass Rocks, he worked in marketing and other roles including at Full Throttle Marketing and XYZ LLC. Bass Rocks Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management and subadvisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on equities, ETFs, and options-related strategies. The firm manages accounts on a discretionary basis and prepares individualized investment policy statements.

Alison Van Dyke is a CFP® with First and Main Financial, where she has worked since 2016. She holds a Series 63 license and is based in Piedmont, CA. Prior to joining the firm, she was a homemaker for two years. First and Main Financial manages client assets on a discretionary basis, primarily serving individual investors and revocable trusts. The firm emphasizes long-term diversification through mutual funds, ETFs, and various fixed income options, offering comprehensive financial planning and participant-level pension plan services.

Alexander Knight is a financial advisor at Broadside Wealth with a Series 65 credential and no prior industry experience. His work history includes roles at Catena Collective Investment Holdings, Sea Capital, Bond Capital, Stanford GSB, New America Foundation, Blue Ridge Capital, and Tiger Management. Broadside Wealth Technologies serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, trusts, estates, and institutional clients using a membership-based wealth management model focused on fee reduction, tax optimization, and liquidity management. The firm employs systematic, technology-driven processes and offers flat membership fees rather than percentage-based charges.

David Ruxin is a financial advisor at Montcalm TCR LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in various roles including corporate finance projects for Vibrant Emotional Health. Montcalm TCR LLC provides customized investment management primarily for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages both individual accounts and a pooled private investment vehicle, using discretionary, asset-allocation strategies that may include private funds, alternative investments, derivatives, and hedging techniques.

Matthew Grishman is a financial advisor at Gebhardt Group, Inc with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at 401K Masters, LLC from 2014 to 2019. Gebhardt Group serves individual clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans by providing discretionary investment management alongside financial planning and consultation. The firm emphasizes risk management through an actively managed, trend-following strategy that combines fundamental and proprietary quantitative analysis, with portfolio authority primarily discretionary and accounts reviewed at least quarterly.

Valerija Martinovic is a financial advisor at Global Key Advisors with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and two years of industry experience. She has worked at several firms, including Global Insight Advisors and ESG Planning, and has a background that includes roles in various educational institutions. Outside of advisory work, she holds life insurance, mortgage loan origination, and real estate salesperson licenses and is affiliated with Mortgage Magic in Santa Clara, CA. Global Key Advisors provides financial planning and investment management primarily through separately managed accounts branded InsideTrack®. The firm uses statistically driven, nonstandard analysis and proprietary tools to identify risks and opportunities, serving a range of clients from individuals to family offices.

Kristin Hull is a financial advisor at Nia Impact Capital with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 credential and has worked at Nia Impact Advisors, LLC since 2017 and Green Alpha Advisors, LLC from 2015 to 2018. Dr. Hull also serves on the Investment Committee of Green Alpha Advisors, LLC for the Nia Global Solutions strategy. Nia Impact Capital provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, nonprofit organizations, registered investment companies, and other financial advisers. The firm employs a gender-lens and thematic investment approach focused on long-term equity holdings and active shareholder engagement.

Katherine Kochounian is a financial advisor at Elevate Capital Management, L.L.C. with one year of experience in the industry. Prior to joining Elevate, she worked at Keller Williams, Gartner, and Aerotek. She is also a licensed Realtor in California and occasionally processes residential real estate transactions for clients. Elevate Capital Management provides portfolio management and investment planning for individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing a blend of analytical techniques and a generally long-term trading approach across various asset classes. The firm manages client assets primarily on a non-discretionary basis and incorporates client-imposed restrictions into tailored allocations.

Edward Huang is a financial advisor at Beacon Coast Partners, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services, Inc. for 13 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a managing partner of an information technology firm focused on website development. Beacon Coast Partners is a wealth management firm serving families, trusts, estates, and businesses with discretionary portfolio management and family-office style services. The firm builds customized portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, employing a primarily long-term investment approach supported by fundamental and technical analysis.

Brian Eisenbarth is a CFA® charterholder with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Lava Creek Capital Management, LLC since 2012. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, donor-advised funds, and certain business entities. Lava Creek Capital Management implements an active mid-cap value investment approach with a focus on concentrated portfolios and the selective use of options and derivatives within separately managed accounts.

Shantnu Chandel is a financial advisor at InverseWealth LLC with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at Block Inc., Facebook/Meta, Google Inc., and PepsiCo. Outside of advising, he is involved in fintech enterprise risk management at Block Inc. InverseWealth LLC provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, using proprietary quantitative investment models and primarily ETF allocations governed by trend-following rules. The firm emphasizes active management with a focus on model-driven strategies and periodic performance reporting.

Thomas Kopas is a financial advisor at Pring Turner Capital Group with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Pring Turner since 2002. Pring Turner Capital Group provides fee-only investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, corporations, foundations, and other entities. The firm uses an active asset-allocation process based on a proprietary business-cycle framework called the “Six Stages” and manages portfolios with an emphasis on quality, value, income, and capital preservation.

Marte Werner is a financial advisor at NWK Group in San Francisco, CA, holding a Series 63 designation with 21 years of industry experience. She has been with NWK Group since 2002 and is a 50% owner of the firm. NWK Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension, profit-sharing plans, and non-profit organizations, providing investment supervisory services, institutional consulting, financial planning, and cash-management advice. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis in its portfolio management and emphasizes performance reporting and peer comparisons in client communications.

Michael Madsen is a financial advisor with SO LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He has one year of industry experience, including a prior role at Equitable Advisors, LLC. SO LLC, operating as Silver Oak, provides estate and trust planning, trust-drafting, standalone financial planning consultations, and portfolio management for institutions, businesses, startups, families, and individuals. The firm uses a combination of technical, fundamental, and quantitative analysis, including AI-generated signals verified by mathematical models, to guide portfolio construction and management.