Leon Shirman is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Emerald Hills Capital, LLC, an independent investment advisory firm based in Redwood City, CA. He has 14 years of industry experience and has led Emerald Hills Capital since 2011. Emerald Hills Capital provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm manages approximately $16 million in assets and specializes in fundamental, long-term equity investments focused on small- to mid-cap companies, while also managing a private pooled investment vehicle.

James Schwarz is a CFP® and Series 66 credentialed financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Charles Schwab Bank and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. from 2011 to 2017 before founding Clear Retirement Advice LLC in 2017. He is a limited partner in a family limited partnership, Quarry Hill, with no decision-making authority or compensation. Clear Retirement Advice LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and goal-based financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to create tailored asset allocations and uses a fixed-fee billing structure without third-party subadvisers.

Rodney Prezeau is a financial advisor at Belgrave Square Advisors in San Mateo, CA, with seven years of industry experience. He has held roles at Aviva plc and took a year as a stay-at-home parent before founding his current firm. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Belgrave Square Advisors provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, small businesses, and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a diversified investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and fundamental analysis, offering tailored plans and ongoing discretionary management.

Aaron Baker is a financial advisor with Baker & Associates Registered Investment Advisors, LLC in San Leandro, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 18 years of industry experience, including roles at DeVry Education Group and his own advisory firm. His professional activities include insurance sales and business consulting alongside financial advising. Baker & Associates Registered Investment Advisors, LLC provides portfolio management and investment advisory services primarily on a non-discretionary basis to a small number of individual clients. The firm combines traditional portfolio management with private placements, insurance brokerage, other financial product sales, and educational seminars.

Jeffrey Yoakum is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Yoakum Wealth Management in South San Francisco, CA. His prior experience includes roles at Pacific Wealth Advisors, LLC and LPL Financial, LLC. Yoakum Wealth Management provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and small businesses. The firm employs a Core + Satellite investment approach combining indexed core holdings with actively managed satellite positions and offers additional services such as business and divorce consultation and educational workshops.

Ziming Huang is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at MJ Capital Management LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at American Express and Acquco, and held roles in academia at Columbia University and UCLA. MJ Capital Management LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser providing discretionary investment management and individualized planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a multi-disciplinary investment process combining fundamental and technical analysis with Modern Portfolio Theory, integrating both passive and active strategies alongside a proprietary quantitative algorithmic trading approach focused on liquid U.S. equities and options.

Allyson Saldana is the principal of AMS Capital Management LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in San Mateo, CA. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 26 years of industry experience. Since 2007, she has also worked as a licensed insurance agent offering life, health, and disability fixed insurance products. AMS Capital Management LLC serves approximately 55 clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement plan sponsors and participants. The firm provides investment supervisory services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and distributes a monthly newsletter, employing fundamental analysis and primarily non-discretionary portfolio oversight.

Lavina Nagar is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience. She has been with Maya Advisors, Inc., an independent firm based in Menlo Park, CA, since 2008. Maya Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as charitable organizations, offering investment and portfolio management, financial planning, and advisory services for donor-advised funds through Schwab Charitable. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes long-term fundamental analysis, utilizing low-cost diversified mutual funds and ETFs, and provides a notable client-managed program for self-directed investors.

Simranjot Bachal is a CFP® and CFA® with one year of experience as an investment advisor. He is the principal of Circuit Wealth LLC, which he founded in 2025, and previously worked at KPMG and Woodson Wealth Management. In addition to his advisory work, he provides tax accounting services through his separate business, 5AB Inc DBA TaxSquad. Circuit Wealth LLC offers wealth management and comprehensive financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management. The firm’s investment approach incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and combines passive and active strategies tailored to clients’ goals, risk tolerance, and tax considerations.

Carol Acker is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 22 years of industry experience. She has been with Nancy K Weeks Associates, LLC since 2002. Nancy K Weeks Associates, LLC is an independent advisory firm serving individuals, families, and charitable organizations, primarily higher-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on comprehensive financial planning and the oversight of third-party investment managers, emphasizing planning-level guidance and specialized areas such as LGBTIQ+ planning, ESG, and special-needs planning.

Nicholas Rugh is the sole advisor at Rugh Financial, an independent firm based in Menlo Park, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Rugh Financial since 2008. Rugh Financial is a fee-only advisory practice serving individuals, couples, families, and business owners with goal-oriented financial planning and portfolio management. The firm typically operates on a non-discretionary basis, providing customized advice through hourly, fixed-fee, and AUM arrangements, and emphasizes long-term investment strategies using mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, and bonds.

Orm Limpisvasti is the sole advisor at Alpha Rush, LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in San Mateo, CA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 17 years of industry experience, including 10 years at C.M. Bidwell & Associates prior to founding Alpha Rush in 2010. Alpha Rush, LLC provides portfolio management services to individuals and corporations, with a proprietary investment process that integrates macroeconomic, fundamental, and technical analysis. The firm primarily serves corporate accounts, including plan-type relationships, and operates on a fee-only basis without participating in wrap fee programs.

Charles Malsbury is a CFP® professional with 13 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with ThinkPlanSave, LLC since 2016, where he is the sole advisor. ThinkPlanSave provides investment management and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on passive, index-based portfolio construction and typically acts as a co-advisor with GeoWealth Management, emphasizing tailored model allocations based on client objectives and risk tolerance.

Glen Davenport is the principal advisor at Davenport Wealth Advisors in Castro Valley, CA, with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has led his independent firm since 2015. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent. Davenport Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm uses diversified, risk-based allocations with institutional mutual funds and passive ETFs, emphasizing small- and value-tilts, and typically manages client assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Emmanuel Obel is the principal of Obel Financial Advisors in San Mateo, CA, with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has led Obel Financial Group since 2010. Outside of his advisory work, Obel serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations focused on health and environmental issues and participates in fundraising and management advisory roles. Obel Financial Advisors provides portfolio management, written financial planning, and third-party investment adviser selection and monitoring for individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, pension plans, and businesses. The firm primarily operates on a non-discretionary basis using a proprietary analysis system and individualized asset allocation, with clients receiving quarterly statements from independent custodians.

Len Do is a financial advisor based in San Bruno, CA, with 20 years of industry experience. He has worked at UBS Financial Services and Edward Jones before founding his own practice in 2019. Outside of his advisory work, Len provides homecare services through the San Mateo County Public Authority’s In-Home Supportive Services program. His firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and employee benefits planning to individuals, business owners, and businesses. The firm emphasizes asset allocation, diversification, and quantitative analysis across various investment styles, providing portfolio oversight on a non-discretionary basis along with educational seminars and referrals to third-party advisers.

Stacy Turner is a financial advisor with The Wealth Mastery, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. She has operated as a sole proprietor and with The Wealth Mastery in various capacities since 2013. Turner also engages in licensed insurance sales, dedicating approximately 10% of her professional time to this activity. The Wealth Mastery, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm customizes investment programs based on client goals, time horizons, and risk tolerance, using a combination of macro, fundamental, technical, and charting analysis.

I am the Founder of CareGen Wealth Management and a Wealth Advisor providing fee-only financial planning and wealth management services with customized solutions for my clients, with a primary focus on women. My clients may be divorced, retireed, widowed, or recent inheritors. They're looking for someone to literally and/or figuratively sit right next to them, hip to hip, as they make financial decisions that impact their lives and the lives of those who are important to them. My ultimate goal is to empower my clients to believe in themselves, make the most of their resources, make smart decisions, and forge better financial outcomes. I am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® professional, and hold the Accredited Behavioral Finance Professional(℠) credential. Prior to starting my own firm, I was a Vice President with Goldman Sachs, Personal Financial Management and have worked in the financial services industry since 2006 following an earlier career working in the aerospace and information systems industries. I studied Financial Planning at UC Berkeley, have an MBA from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Economics from UC Santa Barbara. I live in the San Francisco, California area with my husband and when I'm not working with clients, I love to spend time in Brooklyn, Phoenix, and Los Angeles with my three grown children. (If you're curious, ask me about how this relates to my "Family Mission Statement".) I also enjoy spending time in Park City, Utah downhill skiing, hiking, or seeing films at the annual Sundance Film Festival.

Peter Yiu is a financial advisor at Tranquil Asset Management LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Charles Schwab from 2011 to 2022 before joining Tranquil Asset Management. Yiu holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses. Tranquil Asset Management LLC provides portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, creating individualized Investment Policy Statements and offering ongoing monitoring across a broad range of asset classes. The firm employs multiple methods of analysis and both long- and short-term trading strategies while maintaining discretionary authority over client accounts.

William Steinberger is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with nine years of experience in financial advising. He is the sole advisor at Think Different Financial Planning, an independent firm he has led since 2021. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Opes Wealth Management, Opes Advisors, Buckingham Asset Management, and Raub Brock Capital Management. Think Different Financial Planning provides wealth management and financial planning services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a largely passive, index-oriented investment approach using ETFs and low-cost funds, offers discretionary portfolio management, and coordinates with third-party money managers as needed.