Christopher Haydel is a financial advisor at Equanimity Financial Partners with 34 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Arete Wealth Management LLC and co-founded Haydel, Biel & Associates, where he serves as president and managing principal. He is also a manager of Zoic Management Investors, an investment-related business. Equanimity Financial Partners provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business clients. The firm constructs individualized portfolios using a range of securities and employs fundamental and cyclical analysis in its investment process.

Vick Khoboyan is a financial advisor at Harold Davidson & Associates, Inc. with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at several firms, including F/M Investment LLC, Gries Financial Partners, Oakhurst Capital Management, and First Western Capital Management. Harold Davidson & Associates provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $390.5 million across about 237 client relationships and offers individualized advisory services that include fundamental analysis, ongoing portfolio monitoring, and cash management.

Yinyi Chen is a financial advisor with Castle Group Investment Counsel, Inc. in Arcadia, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 33 years of industry experience. Chen has worked with Castle Group since 2002 and has also been affiliated with Fortune Securities, Inc. since 1995. Outside of advisory work, Chen serves as a real estate agent at Golden Orange Realty Inc. Castle Group Investment Counsel provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional entities. The firm employs investment strategies that incorporate fundamental and technical analysis, along with a cyclical approach, tailoring portfolios based on client interviews and risk assessments.

Joshua Colton is a CFP® professional with six years of experience, currently serving at Colton Wealth Management in Arcadia, CA. He has previously worked at Lucas, Horsfall, Murphy & Pindroh, LLP and has been involved with Colton Wealth Management since 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he teaches Financial Planning as an adjunct online instructor at Brigham Young University - Idaho and serves as secretary and founding board member of the Wealth Management Professional Association, a 501(c)(3) charity supporting students preparing for licensing exams. Colton Wealth Management provides personalized financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans and trusts. The firm follows a long-term buy-and-hold investment approach focused on asset allocation, using institutional-class mutual funds, ETFs, fixed-income securities, and certificates of deposit, and offers integrated tax services alongside comprehensive financial planning.

Leonid Medved is a financial advisor at Valley Financial Management, Inc. with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including Bank Leumi USA and Leumi Investment Services Inc. Medved serves on the investment committee of the Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, assisting with the management of the school’s endowment investments. Valley Financial Management operates as Valley Digital Investor, providing individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management via an online platform that automates implementation and rebalancing of ETF model portfolios. The firm requires clients to conduct their relationships electronically and maintain accounts at Valley National Bank.

Sean Richardson is a financial advisor with Allstreet Capital LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Allstreet Capital since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a FINRA arbitrator. Allstreet Capital provides discretionary investment management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, focusing on comprehensive wrap-fee portfolio management with an emphasis on asset allocation, fundamental and technical analysis, and various trading strategies tailored to client objectives.

Eric Hatfield is a financial advisor with Hatfield Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. in Burbank, CA, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license, with 23 years of industry experience. He has led his firm since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member of the Santa Monica/Palisades Masonic Lodge #307 and as board member and chair of the Grand Lodge of California Freemasons Investment Committee. Hatfield Insurance & Financial Services provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, trusts, and employer retirement plans. The firm primarily offers model allocation portfolios composed of mutual funds, conducts quarterly reviews, and may engage independent money managers, typically operating on a non-discretionary basis while also providing insurance products through its licensed representatives.

Out of college, I spent a handful of years teaching high school - in New Orleans for 3 years and Spain for 1. When I left the classroom, it was important to maintain the educator's mindset in my next chapter which landed me in the financial advising space. 8 years and 2 firms later, I found my home at Upbeat Wealth where I've been fortunate enough to partner with Mike Turi. We share a strong commitment to a client-centered and in-depth planning process. And we simply love the work we get to do! While the milestones may not be unique, how you approach them will be. You’re advancing through your career, facing a liquidity event, trying to make sense of where all the dollars are going, growing your family, and upsizing your home (along with trying to find the most enjoyment in your day-to-day). A trusted partner can ensure you’re balancing today’s realities with your dreams of tomorrow. Our process integrates money and life so we have better financial conversations. Real conversations. Because life isn’t all about dollars and cents. By uncovering your values and providing education, we can help you create a decision-making framework that ensures your resources are spent purposefully through life’s most beautiful and humbling transitions.

Donald Servan is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 63 license with over a decade of industry experience. He previously worked at Fiduciary Trust International of California for 12 years before joining Skylar Wealth Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Pasadena, CA. Skylar Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, pension plans, and business entities by offering asset management, wealth advisory, family office services, financial planning, and bookkeeping and bill-pay services. The firm employs an investment approach that integrates modern portfolio theory with fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis, utilizing a variety of instruments and third-party sub-advisers.

Greg Garabedian is the principal advisor at Garabedian Wealth Management Group in Pasadena, CA, with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at LPL Financial, LLC since 2002. His other business activities include selling fixed insurance products and life, health, disability, long-term care insurance, and fixed annuities. Garabedian Wealth Management Group serves individuals, trusts, pension plans, and business clients, providing comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and specialist consulting services. The firm manages client assets on a discretionary basis using quantitative models and offers a range of model portfolios primarily constructed with individual equities, including derivatives and options strategies, within separately managed accounts.

Robert Nii is a financial advisor with Borris Nii & Company in Beverly Hills, CA, holding the PFS™ designation and 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Greenbrier Diversified, Inc. since 2007 and has been with Borris Nii & Company since 1989. Borris Nii & Company provides business and family wealth management along with investment management services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses, including many clients in the entertainment industry. The firm offers a family office–style service that integrates investment oversight with bookkeeping, tax preparation, insurance claims processing, and audit defense, acting as an outsourced family office and coordinating with third-party providers while maintaining discretionary trading authority for managed accounts.

Ryan Humbert is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Prism Advisors, Inc. He previously worked at Personal Resources Investment and Strategic Management, Inc. from 2018 to the present and at TDAmeritrade, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Ryan holds the Series 66 and Series 65 licenses. Prism Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, trusts, employer retirement plans, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, using a mix of fundamental, qualitative, and sector analysis alongside multi-asset allocation strategies and various trading approaches.

Michael Anderson is an advisor at The L. Warner Companies, Inc. with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has previously worked with Four Points Capital Partners LLC, Niagara International Capital Limited, and Finestone Partners. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the boards of the Exceptional Children's Foundation and the Small Business Council of America and is a director of the internet radio network PodClips.IO. The L. Warner Companies, Inc. provides discretionary investment management and financial planning primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and pension plans, along with consulting and administration services for corporations and non-profits. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-driven investment process with diversified portfolios and integrates third-party platforms and fiduciary services.

Yun Chen is a financial advisor at Logic Wealth Management, LLC with six years of industry experience. Chen holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Logic Wealth Management since 2018, with additional experience at C.R. Laurence Co., Inc. and Mavlon Tech, Inc. Chen has also been affiliated with Pasadena City College for over two decades. Logic Wealth Management is a team-based registered investment adviser managing approximately $164.7 million for around 215 clients, including individuals, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to tailor portfolios and offers a range of services including discretionary portfolio management and financial planning.

Marc Rosenbach is a financial advisor with Seneca Private Wealth, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 37 years of industry experience. Before joining Seneca Private Wealth in 2025, he worked at Atlas Legacy Advisors LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing. Seneca Private Wealth, LLC offers investment and wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan services to individuals, families, trusts, institutions, and corporations. The firm provides customized, risk-adjusted, tax-aware asset allocations that combine active and passive strategies, and it also facilitates estate-planning and Section 1031 exchanges for a typically higher-minimum client base.

Braden Griffiths is a Series 65 licensed advisor at AWM Capital, LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining AWM Capital, he was involved with Paradigm TX-OK, LLC and has experience at Baker University. Outside of his advisory role, he is associated with Run DFW, LLC, a professional basketball team. AWM Capital is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families. The firm manages approximately $1.15 billion across 418 clients, offering financial planning, retirement advice, business consulting, and asset management through an open-architecture platform with a focus on liability-driven investing and asset allocation.

Jeffry Niedermeyer is a financial advisor at RVW Wealth LLC in Los Angeles, CA, with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Bridge Advisory, JPMorgan Securities LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, and City National Rochdale. RVW Wealth provides discretionary investment management to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm employs a fundamental research approach, focusing on ETFs and mutual funds for equities and corporate and municipal bonds for fixed income, and conducts ongoing portfolio supervision through a team-based model.

Zachary Schneider is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with three years of industry experience. He is affiliated with IDB Lido Wealth, LLC and Lido Advisors, LLC, having worked in related financial services roles since 2012, including a decade at 1st Fidelity Loan Servicing. IDB Lido Wealth, LLC is a SEC-registered adviser jointly owned by Lido Advisors and Israel Discount Bank of New York, providing investment management, financial planning, and family office services to a range of clients including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional entities. The firm employs a multi-asset, integrated wealth management approach and operates with a significant affiliate network and sub-advisory relationships.

Charles Coleman is a financial advisor at Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Dorsey, Wright and Associates, LLC and Holly Street Wealth Advisors. Pasadena Private Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, pension plans, and various business entities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and other services. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental analysis and long-term portfolio construction with flexibility for shorter-term trading and includes a range of asset classes such as ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, fixed income, digital assets, and alternative strategies.

Lee Weinstein is a financial advisor at Innovative Wealth Building LLC with one year of industry experience. He has previously worked at Marcum and has been associated with LMW Financial since 2013. Innovative Wealth Building LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a long-term investment approach guided by fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory and offers tailored investment programs with regular monitoring and reporting.