Kelly Volk is a Series 66-registered advisor at Ocean Path Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Ocean Path Advisors, Volk worked at Fidelity Investments and held positions at Ernst & Young and KPMG LLP. Ocean Path Advisors provides ongoing portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities, using investment policies tailored to each client’s goals, tax situation, and risk tolerance. The firm emphasizes broadly diversified, low-cost indexed investments alongside long-term trading, and employs margin and options strategies in certain accounts.

Michael Oconitrillo is a financial advisor with Secure Investment Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera and Strategic Fortune Wealth Management. Secure Investment Management serves individuals, business entities, trusts, and estates, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and separately managed account solutions. The firm employs a quantitative, factor-based investment approach centered on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, third-party managers, and direct indexing tailored to client objectives.

Clete Albitz is a financial advisor with Cetera, holding the CFP® and CFA® designations and over 19 years of industry experience. He has been associated with various Cetera entities since 2005 and is also co-senior vice president of Albitz/Miloe & Associates Inc., an advisory business he has been involved with since 2006. Cetera Investment Advisers serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth, institutional, and retirement-plan clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and fiduciary solutions through a network of independent advisors. The firm combines advisor-managed accounts, firm-sponsored model portfolios, and third-party managed solutions with unique retirement and fiduciary services integrated into its broader institutional platform.

Melissa Andrizzi Sobel is a financial advisor at CLG LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and previously worked for seven years at Beach Cities Health District. CLG LLC serves a diverse group of individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, offering asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and related advisory services. The firm employs a variety of analytical methods and investment strategies, including the use of derivatives and third-party sub-advisors, and operates from multiple offices with a distinctive operational approach.

Tim Formica is a financial advisor with BCN Financial, Inc. in Cypress, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has held roles at firms including LPL Financial and Crown Capital Securities, and has operated his own lending business. Formica is also involved with Arbor Financial/The Turnkey Foundation, providing mortgage and real estate services. BCN Financial provides retirement plan advisory and financial planning services primarily to employer-sponsored plan participants and members of over 200 Police and Fire Department associations. The firm’s investment approach includes mutual funds and ETFs with a mix of fundamental, technical, and sentiment analysis combined with market-timing strategies, focusing largely on non-discretionary advice within plan investment options.

Robin Sun is a financial advisor at Ellis Investment Partners, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 credential and has been with Ellis Investment Partners since 2012. She serves as a board member of the United Chinese American Association. Ellis Investment Partners provides investment advisory and planning services to a range of individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a dynamic asset-allocation approach with multiple model portfolios and offers services such as portfolio management, personal financial planning, and retirement plan advisory.

David Tamashiro is a financial advisor at CRUX Wealth Advisors with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Waddell & Reed, Raymond James Financial Services, and Arete Wealth Management. CRUX Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a process-driven, advisor-customized approach using a variety of analytical methods and generally manages client accounts on a discretionary basis with regular monitoring.

Ryan Balderian is a financial advisor at Quantum Financial Advisors, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Abacus Wealth Partners for six years before joining Quantum Financial Advisors in 2022. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in tutoring students in math, science, and finance, and serves as a shareholder and video editor for Wormburners Media, Inc. Quantum Financial Advisors serves individuals, high net worth families, trusts, estates, employer retirement plans, and business entities with comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs an asset-class, rules-based investment process emphasizing mutual funds, ETFs, and separately managed accounts with systematic tilts toward small-cap, value, and high-profitability segments.

Brandon Tesar is a financial advisor at One Wealth Capital Management, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked in various roles at firms including Guardian Life Insurance Company and Park Avenue Securities. Outside of finance, Tesar is a freelance actor, writer, director, and producer in the entertainment industry. One Wealth Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $307 million for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as foundations, trusts, corporations, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a macro-environmental approach to tactical asset allocation, combining growth and fixed-income strategies across various investment vehicles.

Roberto Santos is a financial advisor at Arrowroot Family Office, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities from 2004 to 2011. Outside of his advisory role, Santos serves as Managing Partner of Vitreous Partners Holdings, LLC, providing business consulting on non-investment related M&A activities, and is a board member of GL Concepts. Arrowroot Family Office offers advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, families, and a variety of institutional clients. The firm focuses on asset allocation using analytical tools and manages portfolios primarily composed of ETFs and mutual funds, while also sponsoring private funds and providing multi-family office services including tax efficiency and M&A advisory.

Julia Perez is a financial advisor at CRUX Wealth Advisors with 17 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Arete Wealth Management, Raymond James Financial Services, and Favia Group. Outside of finance, she occasionally performs as a paid musician for private events. CRUX Wealth Advisors manages approximately $547.7 million for about 656 clients, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, charities, pension plans, and privately held businesses. The firm employs a process-driven, team-based approach while allowing advisors to use various analytic methods and maintains a directed-custodian model with a range of investment products including complex structured offerings.

Daniel Hart is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Advanced Portfolio Strategies in Torrance, CA, where he has worked for six years. His prior experience includes roles at APS Management Group, Inc. from 2018 to the present, with a period as a student from 2016 to 2018. Advanced Portfolio Strategies serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities with portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a diversified, multi-strategy investment approach that includes fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, as well as both long- and short-term trading techniques.

Scott Swanson is a Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Quantum Financial Advisors, LLC since 2022 and previously worked at Abacus Wealth Partners, LLC for seven years. Quantum Financial Advisors serves individuals, high net worth families, trusts and estates, employer retirement plans, and other business entities with comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs an asset-class, rules-based investment process that emphasizes mutual funds, ETFs, and separately managed accounts, offering both a Total Market and a Sustainable strategy using institutional-class funds and active transparent ETFs.

John Mccormick is a CFP®-designated financial advisor at Regatta Capital Group, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at EP Wealth Advisors, National Planning Corporation, and operating Mccormick Capital Management. Regatta Capital Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm uses a long-term, fundamental-analysis approach to portfolio construction, managing diversified portfolios that include low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks, and bonds, and also acts as a private fund sponsor with performance-based compensation structures.

Melani List is a financial advisor with Asset Planning, Inc. in Los Alamitos, CA, holding a Series 65 credential and eight years of industry experience. She has been with Asset Planning since 2016. Asset Planning Inc. provides personal financial planning and investment management services to individuals, families, and related entities such as trusts and family businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach combining passive index/ETF exposure with selected active funds, dividend-paying equities, and individual bonds, tailoring portfolios on a client-by-client basis.

Carol Somoano is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in financial advising. She has been with Asset Planning, Inc. since 2005. Asset Planning, Inc. provides personal financial planning and investment management services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and family businesses. The firm uses a strategic asset allocation framework combining passive index/ETF exposure with selectively chosen active funds, dividend-paying equities, and individual bonds, tailoring portfolios to each client’s needs.

Geoffrey Edelstein is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Granite Investment Partners, LLC since 2009. Granite Investment Partners serves institutional and affluent clients, including employee benefit plans, foundations, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, government entities, private funds, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a bottom-up investment process combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, managing discretionary portfolios across equity, balanced, and fixed-income strategies tailored to clients’ objectives.

Wendy Turk is a financial advisor at The WealthGarden F.S. LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at LPL Financial and Gerber Kawasaki, Inc. In addition to her advisory role, she serves on the board of Airport Marina Counseling Services, a mental health organization. The WealthGarden F.S. LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers customized portfolios using diversified allocations, employs fundamental and cyclical analysis, and integrates estate-planning coordination alongside tax and accounting services.

Philip Albitz is a CFP® with 43 years of experience in financial advising. He is president of Albitz/Miloe and Associates, Inc., where he has worked since 1988. Prior to and concurrent with this role, he has been associated with various Cetera entities since 1989. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the board of Sports 4 Mankind, a charitable organization that distributes sports equipment globally. Albitz/Miloe and Associates serves individuals, businesses, and qualified retirement plans, managing approximately $703.5 million across about 618 client relationships. The firm offers discretionary managed accounts, non-discretionary variable-annuity allocation services, and ongoing advisory reviews, combining mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, fixed income, and variable annuity sub-accounts in its investment approach.

Michael Winn is a financial advisor with Validus Capital LLC in El Segundo, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. His career includes prior roles at UBS Financial Services, Oppenheimer, First Republic Securities Company, and several family wealth advisory firms. Validus Capital LLC provides wealth management, financial planning, legacy planning, and family office services primarily to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. The firm constructs customized, long-term portfolios using a range of investment vehicles and offers comprehensive portfolio supervision integrated with family office support.