Shabina Rafiq is a financial advisor at Mariner with 25 years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Her prior experience includes roles at Commonwealth Financial Network and Msec, LLC. Additionally, she is a notary public. Mariner serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm employs customized discretionary portfolios supported by in-house research and third-party managers, with a notable integration of tax and accounting services uncommon among large enterprises.

Dieuthy Guiley is a CFP® and Series 65 designated financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Freestone Capital Management, Peninsula Wealth, Silicon Valley Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, foundations, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets as of the end of 2025. The firm offers customized wealth management services and combines proprietary quantitative screening, manager selection, and asset allocation with access to alternative and private market solutions for qualified clients.

Baodong Hu is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Cetera Investment Services LLC, East West Bank, and Morgan Stanley Private Bank. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains in-house research and security-pricing capabilities, operating at a scale that includes roles as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Stephanus Hermanto is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at IBM and ongoing involvement with firms such as inheritguard, LLC, where he provides education and support on estate planning issues. Additionally, he assists clients with insurance needs through the Covered California Health Insurance Marketplace. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and businesses, delivering services through a large advisor network and multiple program platforms. The firm’s investment approach primarily utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers, combining proprietary and external strategies with an integrated retirement plan ecosystem.

Bryce Heringer is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and securities licenses Series 63 and Series 66. His prior work includes roles at Strategic Wealth Advisors Group, LLC and LPL Financial, LLC. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to various managed account solutions. The firm operates a fiduciary-based advisory model, leveraging technology platforms and third-party managers to tailor investment strategies to client goals and risk tolerances.

Wan Chieh Lin is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2015, as well as World Financial Group since 2010. Lin is involved in the sales of insurance and non-insurance products affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, employer-sponsored retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm utilizes a model portfolio approach implemented through third-party managers and platform sub-advisors, supported by a large advisor network and multiple program platforms.

Grant Carver is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Palo Alto, CA, holding a Series 65 license with two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at The Colony Group, LLC, GW & Wade, LLC, and CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans, providing investment management, financial planning, tax and compliance support, family office and business management, and employee benefit retirement plan services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach with attention to tax and fee sensitivity, using a combination of active and passive strategies and an enhanced open architecture tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and financial circumstances.

Barnaby Levin is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Hightower Securities, LLC and HighTower Advisors LLC since 2010. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers alongside proprietary research and a variety of investment vehicles.

Sasha Zhu is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and possessing 15 years of industry experience. She has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2014. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in business administration for a restaurant called Little by Little. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains large institutional capabilities including in-house research and market roles such as swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Catherine Pitts is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Corient. Her prior roles include positions at Portola Partners and Brownson Rehmus & Foxworth. Outside of finance, she owns and oversees operations at Dasha Boutique, a jewelry business. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party managers and incorporates risk management tools and alternative investments as appropriate.

Philip Topacio is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Morgan Stanley. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, operating as a registered broker-dealer with services including securities transactions, variable insurance products, placement, and investment banking.

Thomas Bodin is a CFP® and CFA® with 13 years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC and Bodin Wealth Management LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans, providing investment management, financial planning, tax and compliance support, family office and business management, and employee benefit retirement plan services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach with tax and fee sensitivity, using a combination of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, private funds, and tactical overlays to customize portfolios according to clients’ risk tolerance and other circumstances.

Geetika Mehrotra is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. She is currently with Citigroup Global Markets and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing, Chase Investment Services Corp., Wescom Financial Services, Merrill, and Wells Fargo Investments. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment advisory programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm operates with a combination of large institutional scale and specialized market roles, including in-house research and derivatives services.

Paul Delzio is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Wedbush Securities Inc. for eight years and Edward Jones for five years. Delzio serves as a board member of the Redwood Shores Owners Association, participating in neighborhood governance and community affairs. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and institutional accounts. The firm uses both firm- and third-party models to develop tailored investment strategies combining passive and active management across multiple risk profiles.

Jennifer Ellison is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience. She has been with Cerity Partners LLC since 2021 and previously worked for Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough, LLC for 20 years. Ellison serves as a representative on the PIMCO RIA Advisory Board, participating in discussions on investment solutions and services. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base including individuals, families, institutions, and business entities, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets. The firm employs a client-specific investment approach that integrates quantitative screening, manager selection, and access to alternative and private market solutions.

Joseph Santomieri is a financial advisor at Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has previously worked at LPL Financial, Royal Alliance Associates, Signator Investors, Milpitas Unified School District, and Morgan Stanley Dw Inc. Stratos Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser with approximately 379 advisors and $18.6 billion in assets under management. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, nonprofits, and institutional clients, offering a range of financial planning and portfolio management solutions through an open-architecture model that incorporates multiple third-party platforms and managers.

John Lee is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Independent Financial Group, LLC since 2005 and previously at National Planning Corporation from 2000 to 2005. Lee is also involved as an officer and director of LEE NG & ASSOCIATES, a DBA used for marketing purposes. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporate and pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management using both firm- and third-party models, combining strategic asset allocation with active and passive exposures across standard risk profiles.

Richard Rodriguez is a CFP® with 14 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd and previously worked at LPL Financial, Royal Alliance Associates, Mass Mutual Investors Services, MassMutual Life Insurance, and MetLife Securities. Outside of his advisory roles, he was involved with Diamond Skills Camp for over a decade. Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm with approximately 379 advisors and $18.6 billion in assets under management. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, nonprofits, and institutional clients, offering customized portfolio management and a range of financial planning and outsourced CIO solutions.

Ana Galutera is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC since 2023. She previously worked at Galileo Planning Group for 17 years and at Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth, Inc. for four years. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, business entities, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets as of December 2025. The firm offers customized wealth management services focused on client-specific investment profiles, combining quantitative screening and manager selection with access to alternative and private market solutions.

Jonathan Palacpac is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from 2018 to 2022. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, offering integrated services connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing through a point-in-time financial planning service and optional managed account solutions.