Lindsay Bourkoff is a Certified Financial Planner® with 20 years of industry experience. She is currently with Shrier Wealth Management, LLC, having joined the firm in 2025 after 19 years at Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. Shrier Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, nonprofits, and corporate clients, providing asset management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach and offers active management of donor-advised fund assets alongside a broader range of advisory services beyond typical retail wealth management.

Myron Kaufman is a financial advisor at AlphaNext, LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with AlphaNext since 2019. AlphaNext serves individual and high net worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, providing asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and sector analysis with diverse asset allocation strategies and incorporates alternative investments, private equity, and complex instruments alongside traditional securities.

Christopher Casanega is a financial advisor at Sharper & Granite LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Sharper & Granite since 2003. Sharper & Granite provides comprehensive portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pensions, and profit-sharing plans, managing approximately $318 million on a discretionary basis. The firm uses a top-down asset allocation process focused on low-cost, tax-efficient index ETFs and no-load index mutual funds, applying statistical methods to optimize portfolio allocations.

Scott Tolton is a financial advisor at Tolton Asset Management, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked as an analytics consultant at Cornerstone Research since 2017. Prior to his current role, he spent seven years at Brigham Young University. Tolton Asset Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a non-discretionary advisory model, emphasizing diversified portfolios with an allocation toward smaller-company and value exposures, and also operates an affiliated CPA division providing tax and accounting services.

Stephanie Chow is a financial advisor at Harold Davidson & Associates, Inc. with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS and other firms. Outside of her advisory role, she is also a notary. Harold Davidson & Associates, Inc. manages approximately $358 million in discretionary assets for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing fundamental analysis and a combination of long- and short-term strategies across various investment vehicles.

Alberto Roditi is a financial advisor at New River Investments with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at New River Investments since 2011, as well as at Roditi & Roditi LLC from 2012 to 2019. New River Investments provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals and business entities, including high-net-worth clients, through separately managed accounts and a related private fund. The firm employs multiple methods of analysis and offers a range of investment strategies, distinguishing itself by advising a related pooled vehicle with separate commodity pool operator registration and independent fund administration.

Ba Rack Little is a financial advisor at EFC Wealth Management Firm LLC with Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining EFC Wealth Management, Ba Rack Little worked at Northwestern Mutual in various capacities from 2023 to 2025. Outside of financial advising, Ba Rack Little owns NGNS Global, a fitness and health consulting business working with coaches and personal trainers. EFC Wealth Management Firm, LLC provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals and plan sponsors. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, offers educational seminars and a subscription coaching program, and uses sub-advisors to implement model strategies.

George Bolton is a financial advisor at Westend Capital Management, LLC., holding a Series 63 designation with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Westend Capital Management since 2004. Outside of his advisory role, he is the CEO of George Bolton Horses, a company involved in thoroughbred horse racing, breeding, and sales. Westend Capital Management serves individual and trust clients through separately managed accounts and a private pooled vehicle for accredited investors. The firm employs fundamental and technical research along with active portfolio management across multiple mandates, including long/short and hedging strategies.

Alexandre Cohen is a financial advisor with Heights LLC in Los Angeles, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at Hollister Associates, LLC, CAVU Ventures, MSA Securities, and Main Street Advisors. Cohen serves on the boards of several Los Angeles-based companies, including a marketing agency, apparel, and media firms. Heights LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management to high-net-worth individuals and private funds, managing approximately $239 million in assets across 11 clients. The firm offers customized investment strategies combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and also sponsors private investment vehicles focused on growth companies and special purpose ventures.

Vivianna Zhao is a financial advisor at X and Y Advisors, Inc. in El Segundo, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with eight years of industry experience. She has worked at X and Y Advisors since 2017 and previously at Chapman, Bird & Tessler, Inc. from 2016 to 2020. X and Y Advisors, Inc. is a state-registered, fee-only firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, offering financial planning along with tax preparation, bookkeeping, payroll accounting, business consulting, and investment management. The firm employs a primarily passive, low-cost investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing index mutual funds and ETFs, and offers project-based or ongoing financial planning with coordination of implementation and referrals to outside professionals.

Peng Zhang is a financial advisor with Sagewater Wealth Management LLC in Los Angeles, holding a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Sagewater, he has been employed at Google Inc. since 2006. Sagewater Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management through separately managed accounts to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement accounts, trusts, and small businesses. The firm employs a concentrated, value-oriented investment approach focused on long-term ownership and margin-of-safety discipline, offering performance-based fee arrangements and the use of options and derivatives for income or risk management.

Han Cho is a financial advisor with Positive Delta Asset Management LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Positive Delta since 2011. Outside of advisory work, he holds a California real estate broker license and has been involved with real estate brokerage activities. Positive Delta Asset Management provides separately managed account services to individual and institutional clients, offering a Global Alpha multi-asset ETF strategy and customized portfolio management. The firm manages client assets using quantitative models and maintains transparency through client-held custody arrangements.

Nathan Flynn is a financial advisor with Hermosa Wealth Management in Hermosa Beach, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 25 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at firms such as Fifth Third Securities, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., Keystone Group, and Crowe LLP. Hermosa Wealth Management provides discretionary asset management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers tailored investment programs based on client goals, risk tolerance, and time horizons, and conducts educational seminars and workshops for the public.

Michael Woods is a financial advisor at Beach Cities Wealth Management, LLC with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Beach Cities Wealth Management since 2011. In addition to his advisory role, he is also involved with Blue Cross Health Insurance in an insurance advisory capacity. Beach Cities Wealth Management serves individuals and high-net-worth clients by providing personalized asset management through tailored portfolios that include stocks, bonds, ETFs, options, mutual funds, and private securities. The firm uses fundamental and cyclical analysis with a combination of long-term, short-term, and trading strategies, maintaining nearly all assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Eric Johanson is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Scope Wealth Management in Santa Monica, CA since 2015. Scope Wealth Management provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to private clients, including individuals, businesses, families, trusts, and estates. The firm uses a core-satellite portfolio construction approach that integrates low-cost passive holdings with fundamentally selected individual positions and employs option and derivative strategies within separately managed accounts.

Katerina Minevich, CFP® and Series 65 licensed, is a financial advisor with Quantitative Financial Strategies in Los Angeles, CA. She has approximately one year of industry experience combining roles at her current firm and other financial services companies, with prior professional experience at NuORDER, Inc. from 2013 to 2022. Quantitative Financial Strategies provides fee-only investment and wealth management services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs asset allocation and modern portfolio theory, utilizing both passive and active investments alongside model portfolios and technology tools, including AI, to support discretionary portfolio management.

Samantha Powell is a financial advisor at New River Investments in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with eight years of industry experience. She has been with New River Investments since 2014. New River Investments provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and certain business entities through separately managed accounts and by advising a related private fund. The firm utilizes a combination of charting, fundamental, technical, cyclical, and statistical analysis and employs a range of trading strategies, including the use of derivatives.

Harold Davidson is the principal of Harold Davidson & Associates, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, with 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Harold Davidson & Associates since 1973. Harold Davidson & Associates, Inc. manages approximately $358 million in discretionary assets for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting using fundamental analysis and a combination of long- and short-term strategies across various asset classes, including public securities and private real estate investments.

John O'Brien is a financial advisor at O'Brien Investment Management, LLC with 8 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been with O'Brien Investment Management since 2016. O'Brien Investment Management provides discretionary investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charities, businesses, and individual retirement plan participants. The firm manages approximately $225–$275 million in regulatory assets across around 165 client relationships and specializes in managing held-away accounts such as 401(k), 403(b), and 529 plans through a third-party platform.

Todd Dagostino is a financial advisor with Your Private Client Group, Inc. in Huntington Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Your Private Client Group since 2018 and has been associated with AssetMark Financial, Inc. and AssetMark Brokerage, LLC since 2014. Your Private Client Group, Inc. provides investment advisory services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on portfolio management and third-party manager selection. The firm emphasizes a long-term trading approach using modern portfolio theory and various analytical methods, directing client accounts to the AssetMark platform for management and trade execution.