Hariharan Iyer is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at WealthPaver and has worked at Wefea Capital LLC since 2018. Additionally, he serves as Chief Compliance Officer at Wefea Capital and works as an SCM Architect at Nvidia. WealthPaver focuses on helping students and their families accelerate repayment of student loan debt through discretionary portfolio management delivered via a proprietary web-based platform. The firm uses client-selected risk profiles and term lengths to guide investment decisions, emphasizing maintaining the chosen term to meet repayment goals.

Nicholas Fullerton is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience, operating Fullerton Advisors, LLC since 2008. The firm is an independent advisory practice based in Alamo, CA. Fullerton Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate entities. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, modular financial planning, and pension consulting, using diversified asset-allocation portfolios built primarily with ETFs and mutual funds guided by fundamental and cyclical analysis.

Kerri Kimball is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is the managing partner and co-owner of Apogee Wealth Advisors, an independent firm she established in 2026. Prior to founding Apogee Wealth Advisors, she worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors. Kimball is also a co-author of the book *Redefining Success for Female Entrepreneurs*. Apogee Wealth Advisors provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis and uses both long- and short-term investment strategies, with portfolio management services delivered through third-party platforms and bundled programs.

Jitesh Shah is a financial advisor at Avaari Financial with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked as an engineer at IDT since 1999. Outside of advising, he maintains his engineering role, which is unrelated to his investment activities. Avaari Financial is an independent, fee-only advisory firm that serves medium- to high-net-worth individuals and some institutional clients through comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management. The firm employs a long-term, disciplined investment approach emphasizing diversified asset allocation, fundamental analysis, and tax minimization.

Jiayi Xu is a Certified Financial Planner® and holds Series 66 and Series 65 licenses, with five years of industry experience. She has been with Global Wealth Harbor since 2021 and previously worked at BizCatcher International, Inc., Carnegie Mellon University, and The Stanich Group LLC. Global Wealth Harbor is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual and business clients, including high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, employing a range of investment strategies that include non-U.S. securities and private placements, and manages approximately $5.17 million across 19 client relationships.

Michael Wilson is a financial advisor at Blueprint Retirement Advisors LLC in Moraga, CA, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license with six years of industry experience. He previously worked at State Farm Insurance for 13 years before founding Blueprint Retirement Advisors in 2019. Wilson produces educational content through a YouTube channel and conducts workshops. Blueprint Retirement Advisors serves individual investors and business clients, including retirement plan sponsors and small pension plans, by providing advisor selection, monitoring services, and financial planning. The firm does not manage client accounts directly but identifies and monitors third-party money managers who implement asset-allocation strategies using mutual funds and ETFs.

Kevin Hummel is the sole advisor at Run Free Capital LLC, a state-registered investment adviser based in San Ramon, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been involved in financial services since 2025. His background includes work as an options trader and financial engineer, an MBA, and a brief period in clinical nursing. Outside of advising, he operates a sole proprietorship managing real estate rental properties. Run Free Capital LLC provides financial planning and discretionary investment management services to individual clients. The firm employs a long-term, research-based investment approach combined with fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and offers portfolio management across various asset classes including mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, and REITs.

Sarah Huang is a CFP® professional with 31 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is the owner and sole advisor at New Spring Financial Planning, LLC, an independent firm she has operated since 2012. Prior to founding New Spring, she worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments for 11 years. New Spring Financial Planning provides financial planning, investment management, and consulting services to individual investors, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm emphasizes customized, non-discretionary portfolio management with a disciplined, conservative, long-term approach based on client objectives and risk tolerance.

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.

Wenjia Liu is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Teapot Investments LLC since 2025. Prior to this, Liu worked at Nuveen for eight years and Ned Davis Research, Inc. for seven years. Teapot Investments provides advisory services to registered investment advisers, family offices, endowments, foundations, corporations, and individual clients. The firm employs a blend of fundamental analysis, proprietary quantitative models, tax-aware analysis, and probabilistic scenario testing to develop strategic asset allocations with tactical adjustments and offers flexible fee arrangements including hourly and fixed project fees.

Tanay Shah is the sole advisor at BayLeaf Financial Services and holds a Series 65 credential. He has been with BayLeaf Financial Services since 2026 and has 14 years of experience at Apple Inc. BayLeaf Financial Services provides portfolio management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on discretionary account management guided by customized Investment Policy Statements. The firm employs a range of analytical methods and strategies, including long- and short-term approaches, and may use advanced techniques such as options trading and short sales.

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.

Arvind Chopra is a financial advisor at Sagepointe Advisors LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and concurrently works as a Senior Principal Engineer at Cadence Design Systems. Sagepointe Advisors serves individual, high-net-worth, and business clients, providing discretionary portfolio management tailored to client objectives and risk profiles. The firm employs a variety of analytical methods and trading strategies, including the use of sophisticated instruments such as futures and structured notes, and it is notable for its work with corporate clients in addition to individual investors.

Jerry Nightingale is the sole advisor at Nightingale Financial Advisory in Fremont, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Nightingale Financial Advisory since 2000. The firm provides discretionary investment management to individual clients and nonprofit organizations, managing approximately $36.8 million in assets. Its investment approach focuses on capital preservation and disciplined risk management, employing qualitative and quantitative filters with a contrarian tilt that allows for concentrated industry positions while maintaining diversification and fixed-income allocations.

James Koch is the principal advisor at Koch Capital Management LLC, an independent firm based in Alamo, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 17 years of industry experience. Koch also operates the Informed Household financial-education platform. Koch Capital Management LLC provides investment management and retirement-planning services to individuals, families, and trusts. The firm uses a structured retirement planning approach, offering discretionary portfolios and a fixed-fee retirement program, with a focus on active risk management techniques and integrated client collaboration tools.

Robert Regan is the principal of Regan Financial Group, LLC in Danville, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 32 years of industry experience. He has led Regan Financial Group since 2016. Outside of his advisory work, Regan serves on the St. Mary's College Alumni Board and acts as an insurance agent specializing in life, disability income, long-term care, and property and casualty insurance. Regan Financial Group provides investment management and financial planning services primarily to individual clients, as well as trust, estate, and retirement-plan clients. The firm employs an academic, factor-based investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and the Fama-French model, constructing broadly diversified portfolios and generally managing assets on a non-discretionary basis.

I’m Gitanjali Kumar, CFP®, founder of Worthique, a fee only financial planning firm serving women and their families in the San Francisco Bay Area and virtually across the United States. I bring more than 20 years of experience in financial services. I began my career on financial planning teams at Merrill Lynch and Lincoln Financial, where I helped develop financial plans, support the hiring and development of planners, and evaluate financial planning technology. I later spent more than a decade leading the development of financial planning and digital wealth platforms at Fiserv, U.S. Bank, and fintech firms. I founded Worthique to provide a thoughtful, judgment free space where women can talk openly about money and take greater ownership of their financial lives. I work with women who already lead their household’s financial decisions, as well as those stepping into that role for the first time. My clients often include professionals building and managing wealth, women navigating equity compensation, and those preparing for or living in retirement. As an immigrant, I also understand the experience of building financial confidence within a new and unfamiliar financial system. My approach combines empathy, technical expertise, and a modern planning experience designed to make financial planning feel clear, practical, and even a little less overwhelming. Together, we connect the dots across investments, taxes, equity compensation, retirement income, Social Security, healthcare, insurance, cash flow, and estate planning. The goal is not simply to organize the numbers. It is to turn them into a plan that helps you move forward with greater confidence.

Qian Wang is a financial advisor with JW Golden Gate Investment, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and over 29 years of industry experience. He has been with JW Golden Gate Investment since 2020 and has prior experience at LPL Financial, LLC since 2007. Outside of advisory work, Wang is also engaged as a software programmer and has experience as a personal assistant and health assistant. JW Golden Gate Investment, LLC provides portfolio management services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on client-specific investment policy statements, asset allocation, and regular portfolio monitoring. The firm employs a long-term trading approach based on charting, cyclical, fundamental, and technical analysis, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services.

Valerie Gospodarek is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of experience in financial advising. She is the principal of VG Financial Consulting, LLC, an independent firm she has led since 2017. Her prior roles include positions at Schmerling Financial Group, Garrison Murphy Wealth Management, and VR Advisors. VG Financial Consulting serves individuals, families, and financial professionals, particularly executives with stock-based compensation who may not meet traditional wealth management asset thresholds. The firm focuses on financial organizing, comprehensive planning, and implementation coaching without managing client assets, offering specialized services such as stock option modeling and cost-basis research.

Dana Nelson is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with 20 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Truetide Wealth, LLC, an independent firm he founded in 2018, and has been associated with Bell Investment Advisors, Inc. since 2003. In addition to his advisory role, Nelson provides consulting services to investment adviser representatives at Bell Investment Advisors. Truetide Wealth offers discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individual clients and entities, focusing on customized investment policies that combine fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis. The firm operates as a solo practice with a small client base and employs both passive and active strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.