Sonja Breeding is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Rebalance LLC since 2021. Prior to joining Rebalance, she worked at Homewood Capital Management, Inc. from 2008 to 2021. She holds a California insurance license but is not actively engaged in insurance sales. Rebalance LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and decision-support through its Rebalance360 program to individuals, retirement plans, pooled vehicles, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $1.56 billion in discretionary assets across several hundred accounts, employing a strategic asset allocation framework focused on ETFs and long-term rebalancing.

Craig Pine is a financial advisor at Potentia Wealth with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at LPL Financial since 2007, as well as Mariner Independent Advisor Network from 2016 to 2024. Pine currently provides investment advisory services through Potentia RIA, LLC, an independent registered investment advisor. Potentia Wealth offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and selection-of-other-advisor services to individuals, pension/profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm customizes portfolios based on client objectives, horizon, and risk tolerance, employing fundamental, technical, and top-down analysis, with an emphasis on minimizing fees and tax impacts.

Milind Dalal is a financial advisor with Clarity Wealth Advisors in San Jose, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Clarity Wealth Advisors since 2013 and previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments for a decade. Outside of his advisory role, he is a member of Statera, LLC, a non-investment related office building entity. Clarity Wealth Advisors serves individual clients, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs customized investment strategies using proprietary and third-party model portfolios and manages approximately $601 million in discretionary assets with a small advisory team.

Matthew Casas is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Saratoga Research & Investment Management since 2011. Saratoga Research & Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and various institutional clients. The firm employs a long-only, large-cap equity investment approach using quantitative and qualitative analysis, managing approximately $2.5 billion across separately managed accounts, mutual fund sub-advisory, and model portfolios.

Alexis Marriott is a financial advisor at Wealth Architects, LLC in Mountain View, CA, holding a Series 65 credential with less than one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Wealth Architects, Alexis worked briefly at Integris Wealth Management and was involved with Boxing Strong Monterey. Wealth Architects serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations by providing comprehensive wealth management and planning services. The firm uses a structured investment process based on modern portfolio theory, offering tailored portfolio management and planning, including tax planning, often on a discretionary basis.

Bryan Wilson is a financial advisor with Catalyst Private Wealth, LLC in San Mateo, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 10 years of industry experience. He co-founded Catalyst Private Wealth and serves as a partner, working directly with clients and assisting with day-to-day firm management. He is also a registered representative of Emerson Equity LLC. Catalyst Private Wealth is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and institutions. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, ERISA plan advisory, and third-party manager selection, using both active and passive strategies to tailor diversified portfolios to client goals and risk tolerances.

Samuel Mitsui Reyes is a financial advisor at Wealth Architects, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Istituto Lorenzo De Medici, Brighton Jones, Northwestern Mutual, AlloyLabs, and Next Level Burger. Wealth Architects serves individuals, trusts and estates, retirement plans, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations by providing comprehensive wealth management, planning, and consulting services. The firm’s investment approach is based on modern portfolio theory, utilizing tailored portfolio management and planning services, with an emphasis on discretionary account management, sub-advisory arrangements, and detailed regulatory disclosures.

Peter Ling is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Morling Financial Advisors, LLC, where he has worked for 27 years. He is also the principal and president of Morling & Company, an accounting and financial services firm he founded in 1985. Additionally, Ling holds leadership roles in several other businesses, including Systems Integration Solutions and Commerce Solutions Inc., both in the IT sector. Morling Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting, using a client-specific strategic asset allocation that combines index-based public equity and fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

John Lee is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Vantage Wealth Management, LLC since 2015. He previously worked at LPL Financial, LLC, beginning in the same year. Outside of his advisory role, Lee is a board member of The Schultz Celebrity Golf Classic, an annual fundraising event supporting Sonoma County children's charities. Vantage Wealth Management is a multi-advisor SEC-registered firm managing over $1.1 billion in assets, providing financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and small businesses. The firm uses a customized asset-allocation approach with mutual funds and ETFs, employing both strategic and tactical allocation supported by multiple third-party platforms.

Andrew Early is a financial advisor at Saratoga Research & Investment Management with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Saratoga Research & Investment Management since 2017. Prior to his current role, he spent a year working at JDog Junk Removal. Saratoga Research & Investment Management is an SEC-registered multi-advisor firm managing approximately $2.5 billion for over 2,500 clients. The firm offers discretionary, long-only separately managed accounts focused on large-cap equity strategies and serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations.

Eric Hughes is a financial advisor with Valley Wealth Strategies, LLC in Sunnyvale, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 23 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial LLC since 2017 and previously at National Planning Corporation from 2013 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he operates Rick E. Hughes Financial, focusing on fixed annuities and life insurance. Valley Wealth Strategies advises individuals, families, trusts, and organizations with customized investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, managing over $1.2 billion in assets, with a notable portion managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Marian Wellman is a financial advisor with International Asset Management in San Mateo, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. She has worked at Individual Asset Management, Inc. since 2006. Outside of advising, she operates a tax preparation business focused on U.S. tax services for clients in Mexico. International Asset Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, particularly U.S. expatriates and non-U.S. residents with U.S. investment accounts. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, wealth planning, and financial consulting with a global investment approach that includes attention to currency hedging and cross-border tax considerations.

Peter Trinh is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Wealth Architects, LLC. His prior work includes roles at Sand Hill Global Advisors and Michael Byrne. Wealth Architects provides comprehensive wealth management and planning services to individual investors, trusts, estates, retirement plans, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a strategic, modern portfolio theory-based investment process tailored to client needs, with discretionary portfolio management primarily using mutual funds, ETFs, and individual debt securities.

William Smithers III is a financial advisor at Heckman Financial & Insurance Services, Inc. in San Jose, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Heckman Financial since 2025. Prior to joining the firm, he worked in various roles at Coforge Limited, OptimEyes AI, Concentrix Corporation, Symbio Corporation, and Globant S.A. Heckman Financial & Insurance Services, Inc. provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm integrates insurance brokerage and tax-preparation services into its advisory business and offers educational seminars and workshops for the public.

Brian Nguyen is a CFP® with 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors, where he has been since 2022, and previously worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, LPL Financial, and Fremont Bank. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors operates as a multi-advisor team managing approximately $585 million for individuals, families, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation using ETFs and institutional mutual funds, with tactical overlays and ongoing rebalancing, delivered primarily through discretionary separately managed accounts and householded relationships.

Diana Louie is a financial advisor with Nectarine in Santa Clara, CA. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and joined Nectarine in 2026 after a 10-year career at Google. Nectarine serves individual and high-net-worth clients through consultative financial planning engagements and offers a proprietary financial-aggregation app. The firm focuses on long-term asset allocation using low-cost, index-based funds and provides advice on topics such as cash flow, retirement planning, insurance, debt reduction, and estate planning without managing client portfolios or custody.

Tyler Scott is a CFP® and CFA® with 16 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Wealth Architects, LLC since 2012. Wealth Architects serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, retirement plans, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides comprehensive wealth management and planning using a tailored strategic asset allocation approach grounded in modern portfolio theory.

Helena Sandoval is a financial advisor at Kera Capital Partners with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley for ten years and Edward Jones Investments for 22 years. Outside of her advisory role, she is a Notary Public for the state of California. Kera Capital Partners serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, managing assets on a multi-advisor platform with over $1.3 billion in assets under management. The firm combines fundamental and quantitative analysis to create tailored portfolios using a range of investment vehicles, including equities, fixed income, ETFs, options, and mutual funds.

Alan Werba is a CFP® with 48 years of industry experience and is a principal at Werba Rubin Papier Wealth Management, LLC. He has held leadership roles at Werba Reinhard, Inc. and Werba Advisory Services, Inc. for over two decades and has been affiliated with Loring Ward Securities, Inc. since 1999. Werba serves as president of Werba Advisory Services, Inc., which provides tax preparation and consultation services. Werba Rubin Papier Wealth Management offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, pension consulting, and retirement-plan advice primarily to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a long-term, risk-targeting investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and utilizes diversified portfolios including mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities.

Charles Davis is a financial advisor at Kane Investment Management, Inc. in Los Gatos, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with The Kane Group since 1998. Kane Investment Management, Inc. provides investment account management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, 401(k) plans, trusts, and estates, using a combination of charting, fundamental, and technical analysis to construct portfolios tailored to client objectives. The firm manages a range of securities and offers discretionary account management with performance reviews and financial planning available.