Kevin O'Brien Jr. is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Wise Planning, Inc. since 2020. Prior to this, he worked for seven years at Ernst and Young LLP. Wise Planning, Inc. provides financial advice to individuals, families, and corporate clients, emphasizing comprehensive personal financial planning and tailored portfolio management. The firm operates primarily on a non-discretionary basis and uses a fee schedule based on assets and complexity, with an emphasis on low-cost index funds and client education through seminars and workshops.

Theresa Kenyon is a financial advisor at Hohimer Wealth Management, LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Hohimer Wealth Management since 2021. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as the full-time Managing Director at Lendinco, LLC, a mortgage banking firm. Hohimer Wealth Management advises individuals, institutions, and business entities, offering investment and wealth management, financial planning, and consulting services through a team-based model. The firm utilizes a combination of active and passive strategies across various asset classes and incorporates alternative investments, including private funds, while serving as an investment manager for certain pooled investment vehicles.

Samantha Kirby is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with nine years of industry experience. She has worked at Creative Money LLC since 2015, where she is part of a five-advisor team based in Seattle, WA. Creative Money LLC provides comprehensive financial planning services to individuals and households, focusing on retirement planning, cash flow and debt management, college savings, and tax-aware strategies. The firm employs fundamental research for investment analysis and typically recommends passive, low-cost asset allocation through index mutual funds and ETFs.

Felicia Fly is a financial advisor with Mainsail Financial Group in Bellevue, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and eight years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at FLS Financial Group, Cetera Investment Advisors, Cascade Guided Wealth, and Wells Fargo. Outside of her advisory work, she is a commissioned notary public and is involved with a family ranch in Saint Maries, Idaho. Mainsail Financial Group provides portfolio management, individualized financial planning, and retirement plan consulting for individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other businesses. The firm uses model portfolios and a variety of analytical strategies, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services while maintaining approximately $404 million in assets under advisement.

Brian Leach is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 24 years of experience in the industry. He has been with Evans Capital Management Associates since 1993 and previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments for nine years. Outside of his advisory role, Leach serves as a notary and acts as co-trustee for a revocable living trust. Evans Capital Management Associates provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers customized portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services, employing both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches with ongoing monitoring based on clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Martha Mc Neely is a financial advisor with Creative Money LLC in Renton, WA, holding a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. She is also the owner of Buoy Financial Services, LLC, which provides bookkeeping services for therapists and helping professionals, and Martha McNeely Psychotherapy, PLLC, offering individual therapy to adults in Washington state. Additionally, she manages investment real estate acquisition through McLayne Holdings LLC and McLayne Property 1 LLC in North Carolina. Creative Money LLC provides comprehensive financial planning to individuals and households, focusing on retirement, cash flow, debt management, and tax-aware strategies. The firm emphasizes fundamental research and passive, low-cost asset allocation, delivering written financial plans without direct asset management or custody.

Brander Richmond is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently with First Washington Corporation, where he has worked since 2025. His prior roles include positions at Fulcrum Capital, Coldstream Wealth Management, and Rainier Group Investment Advisory. First Washington Corporation provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm follows a fundamentally oriented growth-at-a-reasonable-price (GARP) investment approach across an all-cap universe and manages approximately $501 million for a small client base.

Ryan Finnigan is a financial advisor with Fortitude Advisory Group L.L.C. in Gig Harbor, WA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 13 years of industry experience, including roles at Argentus Advisors, LLC (Dba: Sound Wealth Partners), Private Advisory, and Strategic Capital Group LLC. Fortitude Advisory Group L.L.C. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm delivers services through a team of advisors who manage accounts on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis and supports held-away account reporting and negotiated performance-based fee arrangements for select clients.

Karen O'Brien is a CFP® with 24 years of experience in financial advisory services. She has been with trueNorth Wealth Advisors since 2001. trueNorth Wealth Advisors serves individuals, trusts, corporations, and estates by providing integrated financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm utilizes both passive and active strategies with a focus on strategic asset allocation and offers access to third-party managers and automated institutional investment platforms.

David Hill is a financial advisor at Sonata Capital Group Inc in Seattle, WA, with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Sonata Capital Group since 2002. Sonata Capital Group provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable institutions, foundations, and endowments, managing approximately $332.6 million in client assets. The firm’s investment process focuses on asset allocation across stocks, bonds, and cash tailored to client time horizons and risk tolerance, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis, and employs derivatives within separately managed accounts.

Kelly Kolstad is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience and currently works at Paul R. Ried Financial Group, LLC in Bellevue, WA. She has held positions at Cetera and D.A. Davidson & Co. during her career. Paul R. Ried Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses, managing approximately $1.27 billion in client assets. The firm employs a dynamic asset allocation process focused on fundamental valuation and diversified manager selection, supplemented by third-party research and ongoing client education.

Sprague Kolp is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience and is currently an advisor at Opal Advisors. He was previously with Renaissance Wealth Counsel for 12 years. Opal Advisors is an SEC-registered, fee-based investment adviser managing approximately $121.5 million for individuals, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm combines individualized financial planning, active portfolio management, and the use of third-party managers, with a focus on both liquid and illiquid equity positions through a private pooled vehicle.

Briana Gutierrez Canales is a financial advisor at Bear Mountain Capital Inc. based in Seattle, WA. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Bear Mountain Capital since 2025. Her prior experience includes roles at Valet Living, Plannetics LLC, and the University of Washington. Bear Mountain Capital provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, and select institutional accounts. The firm follows a long-term investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on diversified, tax-efficient portfolios with a buy-and-hold orientation.

William Romig is a CFA® charterholder with 28 years of industry experience. He is currently with Strait & Sound Wealth Management LLC and previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC and Scottrade. Outside of his advisory role, he is a one-third owner of Katz View, LLC, a private entity unrelated to investment advising. Strait & Sound provides discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and investment consulting to individual and high-net-worth clients as well as business entities. The firm employs a mosaic investment approach combining valuation metrics, behavioral and technical analysis, and portfolio construction focused on diversification and capital preservation.

Bao Ly is a financial advisor with Opal Advisors in Bellevue, WA, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. He has worked with Opal Advisors since 2017 and is also COO and owner of Bellevue Funding, a company that makes opportunistic real estate loans. He holds a real estate broker’s license and is a licensed insurance agent, although he allocates limited time to these activities. Opal Advisors provides portfolio management and integrated financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm manages separately managed accounts and a private pooled investment vehicle, employing strategies that include public equities, ETFs, options, and illiquid private investments.

Don Petricic is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving at Asset One Wealth Management, LLC in Bellevue, WA. His prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, LPL Financial, and Woodbury Financial Services. Asset One Wealth Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm that provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, business entities, and charitable organizations. The firm offers customized strategic asset allocation with a long-term buy-and-hold investment approach and family-office style coordination for clients with at least $2 million in assets.

Timothy Cummins is a financial advisor at Sonata Capital Group Inc with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Sonata Capital Group since 2000. Sonata Capital Group provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable institutions, foundations, and endowments, managing approximately $332.6 million in client assets. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes asset allocation tailored to clients’ time horizons and risk tolerances, using both fundamental and technical analysis and a broad range of instruments, including options and derivatives.

Ryan Alderfer is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Boone Wealth Advisors, LLC in Bellevue, WA. He has been with Boone Wealth Advisors and LPL Financial since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he hosts The Middlemen Podcast, a social media project started in 2023. Boone Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered firm managing approximately $507 million in assets for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning through a four-advisor team, utilizing a range of investment strategies including discretionary management, wrap-fee programs, and algorithm-based portfolios.

Brandon Kelley is a financial advisor at Bear Mountain Capital Inc. in Seattle, WA. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has one year of experience with Bear Mountain Capital, along with prior roles in credit unions, real estate, and banking. Bear Mountain Capital provides wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, and select institutional accounts, primarily through discretionary portfolio management and hourly financial planning. The firm’s investment approach is rooted in Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing diversified, tax-efficient portfolios with a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy.

Patrick Severson is a financial advisor at TrueWealth Financial Partners with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at LPL Financial, LLC for eight years. Severson also maintains a separate business entity for tax and investment purposes. TrueWealth Financial Partners provides fee-only financial planning and investment advisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on retirement planning. The firm offers portfolio management, tailored retirement and risk-management planning, and standalone or hourly financial planning, using multiple analysis methods to customize portfolios according to client goals and risk tolerances.