Earl Knecht is the principal and sole advisor at Knecht Capital Management, LLC, an independent investment advisory firm based in Napa, California. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 66 license with 26 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Napa Valley Wealth Management, Cetera Wealth Services, and Associated Planners Investment Advisory. Knecht also teaches business courses part-time at Pacific Union College. Knecht Capital Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and employer retirement plans with customized portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies including fundamental, technical, quantitative, and sector analyses, and offers distinct services such as retirement plan consulting and corporate-structure evaluations.

Randall Huyser is a financial advisor with Full Compass Investment Advisors in Novato, CA, holding a Series 63 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Full Compass Investment Advisors since 2012. Full Compass Investment Advisors provides personalized investment management and advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, typically through separately managed discretionary accounts. The firm uses a multi-disciplinary investment process combining fundamental research with quantitative and qualitative analysis to construct tailored portfolios across various strategies.

John Cort is a financial advisor with Compass Wealth Advisors in Petaluma, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Compass Wealth Advisors since 2012, where he serves as the firm's sole advisor. Compass Wealth Advisors is an independent, state-registered firm that offers comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management to individual and household clients. The firm employs an active management style tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and time horizon, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis across a range of investment vehicles.

Prabhu Palani is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Tresses Capital Management, LLC in Napa, CA, where he has worked since 2016. Palani’s prior experience includes roles at Red Span Asset Management and the City of San Jose. Tresses Capital Management offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, profit-sharing plans, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a range of investment strategies, including diversified, tax-efficient, and low-cost vehicles as well as individual equities and options, while serving a relatively small client base with approximately $56 million in assets under management.

Peter Dobson is a Series 66–licensed financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He is the sole principal of Riverwest Financial LLC in Petaluma, CA, where he has worked since 2025. His prior roles include positions at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and Cambridge Investment Research, as well as operating his own advisory practice. Riverwest Financial LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a fundamental-analysis framework with a long-term orientation, utilizing exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, individual securities, bonds, CDs, and options, and offers both asset-based wealth management and hourly financial planning.

Jennifer Ramaswamy is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with two years of industry experience. She is the principal of Sonoma Mountain Financial LLC, an independent firm based in Petaluma, CA, where she has worked since 2025. Prior to founding Sonoma Mountain Financial, she was with LPL Financial LLC for two years and has experience in other roles outside the financial industry, including as a homemaker and positions at Lyft and Within Unlimited. Sonoma Mountain Financial LLC provides wealth management, discretionary investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm uses a strategic asset allocation approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and offers customized portfolios with a variety of investments while maintaining a long-term orientation.

Eric Schuler is the principal advisor at Schuler Capital Management LLC in Sonoma, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with seven years of industry experience. He founded Schuler Capital Management in 2017 after working at Elevate Industries from 2015 to 2017. Schuler Capital Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family trusts. The firm focuses on U.S. equities alongside a range of other investments and employs a proprietary risk model to guide portfolio allocations, including the systematic use of long-dated derivatives and a published subscription periodical offering market commentary.

Eileen Loustau is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience. She is currently with Arcadian Associates, LLC and has prior experience at firms including Chevron Federal Credit Union and BancWest Investment Services. Loustau also operates under Julie Scates Dba Asti Financial Management. Arcadian Associates provides fee-only financial planning services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes hourly planning based on Modern Portfolio Theory, tailoring advice to clients’ time horizons and risk tolerances, and operates as a sole-practitioner adviser without custody of client assets.

Brian Miller is a financial advisor with 5 years of industry experience, currently operating through 245 Investments LLC. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Farnam Street Investments LLC and Blue Shield of California. Outside of his advisory work, Miller serves on the board of directors for Alta Mesa Cemetery Association, overseeing operations and finance. 245 Investments LLC provides discretionary asset management primarily through separately managed accounts and offers financial planning services exclusively to those clients. The firm serves individual investors as well as small businesses and institutional clients, employing a disciplined, bottom-up valuation process to manage concentrated, long-only portfolios with a focus on intrinsic value.

Thomas Tobias is a financial advisor at Money Compass Advisors in Sonoma, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Apogee Services Inc, Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc., World Financial Group, Inc., and Preferred Services before founding Money Compass Advisors in 2020. Money Compass Advisors serves primarily individual clients, as well as trusts, estates, and business entities, managing approximately $7.5 million across eleven client relationships. The firm uses a Sub-Advisor model combined with the Pontera platform to provide discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning, focusing on a mix of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical investment analysis.

Domenica Stokes is a financial advisor at JPC Wealth Management, Inc. with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Curran & Lewis Investment Management, Inc. for five years and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP for five years. JPC Wealth Management primarily serves individual clients and manages approximately $312.7 million in discretionary assets. The firm offers goals-based financial planning and discretionary portfolio management, using a broadly diversified, multi-asset-class approach with an emphasis on passive asset allocation.

Christopher Dobson is a CFP® with 30 years of experience in financial advising, currently serving as the principal at Dobson Asset Management since 1994. He holds a Series 63 license and manages family investments through Dobson Land Management, LLC, where he acts as managing member. Dobson Asset Management is a fee-only investment management firm that serves individuals nearing or in retirement as well as small business pension trusts. The firm employs diversified portfolios with an emphasis on third-party money managers, mutual funds, ETFs, and separate account managers, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management along with financial consulting.

Julie Annett is a financial advisor at Asti Financial Management with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Asti Financial Management since 2005. In addition to her advisory role, she is a licensed Health and Life Agent in California. Asti Financial Management is a small, state-registered advisory firm serving individuals, families, and small businesses, including high-net-worth clients. The firm offers comprehensive and hourly financial planning, developing investment strategies that include both active and passive vehicles, while clients implement recommendations through brokers or third-party managers.

Jackie Lou D'avolio Raquidan is a financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving at 5T Wealth, LLC. She holds Series 65, Series 66, and Series 63 licenses. Her background includes roles at firms such as Capital Group Private Client Services, UnionBanc Investment Services, and LPL Financial. Outside of her advisory work, she serves on the boards of two early-stage technology ventures focused on landscaping AI and educational Virtual Reality. 5T Wealth provides discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, family office services, and advice on variable annuities to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, endowments, and private foundations. The firm combines fundamental research with quantitative and technical analysis, emphasizing tactical re-weighting and absolute-return objectives across traditional and alternative asset classes.

Michele Holton is a financial advisor with WealthFolio Advisors LLC in Sonoma, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with 17 years of industry experience. She has worked at WealthFolio Advisors since 2019 and has spent over a decade affiliated with BlackRock Investments. Outside of her advisory role, Michele is an independent licensed insurance agent and occasionally offers insurance products to clients. WealthFolio Advisors provides advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, specializing in portfolio management, financial planning, and Delaware Statutory Trust consulting for 1031 exchanges. The firm uses a model portfolio approach based on modern portfolio theory and maintains a client base of approximately 100 households.

Eric Ziegler is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as a principal at Hutchinson & Ziegler Financial Advisors, Inc. He has been with the firm and its predecessor since 2007. Hutchinson & Ziegler Financial Advisors is an independent firm managing approximately $235 million in client assets for individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable institutions. The firm emphasizes discretionary management of broadly diversified, tax-efficient portfolios primarily composed of low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, with ongoing supervision and periodic rebalancing.

James McBride is a CFP® with 29 years of industry experience and is a principal at The McBride Group, where he has worked since 2009. He previously served at Community First Credit Union from 2015 to 2017. The McBride Group provides investment management, financial planning, third-party adviser selection, and institutional consulting services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and financial institutions. The firm is notable for its emphasis on non-discretionary portfolio management and its institutional consulting practice, serving approximately 105 client relationships with $76 million in assets under management.

Samuel Dobson is a financial advisor at Dobson Asset Management in Petaluma, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with seven years of industry experience. He has been with Dobson Asset Management since 2015. Dobson Asset Management is a fee-only investment management firm that primarily serves individuals near or in retirement and small business pension trusts. The firm offers retirement planning, portfolio design, and ongoing management with an emphasis on diversified portfolios using third-party managers and a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities, managing approximately $218 million for 158 clients.

Brian Monske is a financial advisor with AllPoint Financial Group in Petaluma, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. He has worked at AllPoint Financial Group since 2021, previously spending six years with SLR Asset Management and over a decade with LPL Financial. Monske serves as treasurer on the board of the Napa Rifle and Pistol Club. AllPoint Financial Group is a four-advisor team managing approximately $84 million for individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, trusts, and estates. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and advanced family office services, employing a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to tailor portfolios that include various public and private securities.

Christopher Roth is a CFA® charterholder with 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at 5T Wealth, LLC since 2018 and previously spent six years at Delegate Advisors, LLC. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Napa, California. 5T Wealth provides discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, family office services, and variable annuity advice to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, endowments, and private foundations. The firm serves a client base that includes many current or former business owners and employs an investment approach combining fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, with emphasis on tactical reweighting and true diversification across traditional and alternative assets.