Paul Touchstone is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of industry experience. He is a partner at Fort Point Capital Partners LLC in San Francisco, where he has worked since 2012. His prior experience includes roles at Stratifi, LLC and Gordian Investments, LLC. Fort Point Capital Partners serves family offices and high net worth individuals, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and supervisory services for individually managed accounts. The firm employs a risk-focused investment approach emphasizing global diversification, active risk management, and tax-efficient strategies, including systematic tax-loss harvesting with ETFs.

Ekaterina Atanassov is a CFP® and CFA® with eight years at Neumann Capital Management and four years at Atan Consulting. She has three years of industry experience. Neumann Capital Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, and charitable organizations through comprehensive and essential wealth management programs. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach with disciplined rebalancing, an in-house research process, and uses Monte Carlo simulation in financial planning.

Henry Luong is a financial advisor at CSP Financial Group LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at CSP Financial Group since 2021, alongside operating as a sole proprietor. Luong has also been a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 2010. CSP Financial Group provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm emphasizes portfolio construction and monitoring based on Modern Portfolio Theory and employs third-party managers such as Matson Money to implement model allocations.

Michael King is a financial advisor at Morling Financial Advisors, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at SitusAMC and Alan King and Company. Morling Financial Advisors is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, businesses, retirement plans, and nonprofit organizations. The firm provides discretionary investment management and financial planning, typically using index-based strategies, mutual funds, ETFs, listed equities, fixed income, and alternative investments, while maintaining client relationships and portfolio monitoring.

Paula Rose is a financial advisor with American Investors Company in San Ramon, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 29 years of industry experience. She has been with American Investors Company since 2002 and has operated her own advisory business since 1997. Additionally, she is licensed as a life insurance agent. American Investors Company provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan services, and seminars, operating both as a registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered adviser.

Sean Maloon is a financial advisor at California Financial Advisors with a Series 65 designation. He has been with the firm since 2022, with prior experience at Indus Growth Fund and involvement in activities outside finance, including work with Friday Night Lights and California Polytechnic University. California Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses with investment supervisory services, financial planning, and consulting. The firm focuses on asset allocation, mutual fund and ETF analysis, and third-party manager due diligence, managing approximately $2 billion in assets with a team of 11 advisors.

Andrew Haupt is a financial advisor with American Investors Company in Dublin, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with American Investors Company since 2013 and is also involved with Allied Tax Planners, where he prepares federal and state income tax returns and provides tax consultation services. American Investors Company delivers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations, combining advisory and broker-dealer functions with a range of asset management and consulting offerings.

Richard Cohn is a financial advisor at American Investors Company with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked for Crestmont Advisors, LLC for 12 years. American Investors Company provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm combines broker-dealer and SEC-registered advisory services, offering both commission-based and advisory products along with asset management, financial planning, and retirement consulting.

Stephen Philpott is a CFP® and financial advisor with Nelson Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2005. He has 13 years of industry experience and is based in Menlo Park, CA. Nelson Capital Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other investment advisers by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan asset-management services. The firm’s investment process uses fundamental analysis and a mix of ETFs, mutual funds, individual stocks, and bonds, with regular portfolio reviews and both long- and short-term strategies.

Scott Hampton is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Moment Partners, LLC since 2024 and previously spent eight years at Wells Fargo Clearing Services and three years at Wells Fargo Advisors. Hampton serves as co-trustee for a family trust. Moment Partners, LLC provides investment and wealth management, financial planning, and fiduciary services to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, estates, foundations, and institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of active and passive strategies, risk-adjusted and tax-aware asset allocation, and incorporates independent managers and options strategies where appropriate.

Judy Lee is a financial advisor at Forthright Capital with five years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at several firms including Prudential Insurance Company of America and New York Life Insurance Company. Lee is also involved with Forthright Capital Partners, LLC as an insurance agent soliciting individual life insurance and fixed annuity products. Forthright Capital Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $107.7 million in discretionary assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations using primarily passive investment management and model-based portfolios tailored to individual client investment policies.

Jonathan Masse is a CFA® charterholder and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has 21 years of industry experience and is currently with Penserra Wealth Management in Hayward, CA. His prior roles include positions at Perigon Wealth Management, Bank of America, Merrill, and several other firms. Outside of his advisory work, Masse teaches CFA exam review courses and serves as an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley Extension and Santa Clara University. Penserra Wealth Management, LLC is an SEC-registered adviser providing discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and financial planning. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and economic analysis and implements strategies including asset allocation, ETFs, mutual funds, options, and certain alternative investments.

Jonathan Maier is a financial advisor at Fort Point Capital Partners LLC in San Francisco, holding a Series 66 designation with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Fort Point in 2024, he worked at Equitable Advisors, LLC from 2021 to 2023. Outside of finance, he has been involved with the Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation. Fort Point Capital Partners serves family offices and high net worth individuals, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and supervisory services for individually managed accounts. The firm employs a risk-focused investment approach emphasizing global diversification, active risk management, and systematic tax-loss harvesting using ETFs.

Wa Huong is a CFP® and ChFC® professional with 24 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. She has been with Morling Financial Advisors, LLC since 2007. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in managing several real estate investment entities. Morling Financial Advisors is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, businesses, retirement plans, and non-profit organizations. The firm offers discretionary investment management and financial planning, typically employing index-based strategies along with a range of alternative investments, and provides fiduciary services for participant-directed retirement plans.

Mitone Griffiths is a financial advisor at Vantage Wealth Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Vantage Wealth Management since 2007, also affiliated with LPL Financial LLC since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is a notary public in San Mateo, CA. Vantage Wealth Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, retirement plans, charities, corporations, and broker-dealers, providing personalized financial planning and asset management. The firm manages approximately $897 million in assets and builds customized portfolios using mutual funds and ETFs, applying strategic rebalancing and tactical adjustments across multiple platforms.

Gabriella Stamps is a financial advisor at California Financial Advisors with a Series 65 credential. She has been with the firm since 2024 and has prior work experience in various roles outside the financial industry, including education and veterinary clinic positions. California Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages over $2 billion in assets and employs an investment approach focused on asset allocation, mutual fund and ETF analysis, and due diligence of third-party money managers, tailoring strategies to clients’ objectives and tax considerations.

Wahidah Aziz is a financial advisor at Frec with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms including Brio Financial Group and Litman Gregory Wealth Management. Aziz also has teaching experience at New York University and Indiana Tech. Frec Advisers provides automated, software-based investment advisory services through its web and mobile platform, offering portfolio management focused on direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and systematic tax-aware trading. The firm serves retail and entity clients who open brokerage accounts with its affiliate and employs a largely automated investment process without in-person or phone advice.

Ian Fraley is a financial advisor with Mission Creek Capital Partners, Inc. in San Francisco, holding a Series 65 designation and 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Mission Creek since 2014. Mission Creek Capital Partners serves institutional and private clients, including pension plans, endowments, foundations, executives, entrepreneurs, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach combining bottom-up company analysis with a top-down economic overlay, and offers discretionary portfolio management, wealth planning, concentrated stock management, sub-advisory services, and specialized private equity distribution and post-venture management.

Mark Pitre is a CFP® with 37 years of industry experience, currently serving at California Financial Advisors. He has worked with Foothill Securities and has been with Maloon, Powers, Pitre & Higgins, LLC dba CFA since 1998. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in insurance sales and servicing existing contracts on a limited basis. California Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered firm that provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages over $2 billion in assets and utilizes a tailored investment approach focused on asset allocation, fund analysis, and due diligence of third-party managers.

Kevin Redila is an advisor at Morling Financial Advisors, LLC with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Fremont Bank and Chabot College. Outside of his advisory role, he operates an e-commerce business selling collectible trading cards through live streaming. Morling Financial Advisors is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, businesses, retirement plans, and nonprofit organizations. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting, utilizing tailored asset allocations implemented through diversified portfolios and alternative investment vehicles, with ESG integration available upon client request.