Stephanie Provost is a financial advisor at Invicta Financial Group in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 65 designation. She has one year of industry experience, with prior roles at BDT & Associates, Inc., Trippe, Apex Construction, and several other companies dating back to 2012. Invicta Financial Group provides financial planning and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, emphasizing written financial action plans tailored to client goals. The firm refers clients to third-party money managers for portfolio management and focuses on non-discretionary advisory assets, a structure that is uncommon among multi-advisor firms.

Alana Hall is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with Creative Capital Management Investments LLC, bringing three years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Casa Gabriela, Abacus, Financial Haus - North Star Subsidiary, and Local360 & Et Voila. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC provides fee-only investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, professionals, business owners, retirement plans, and families. The firm follows a long-term, evidence-based investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, offering customized portfolios and specialized consulting in areas such as estate and tax planning.

Joseph Bauers is a financial advisor with Superior Planning Wealth Management & Family Office in San Diego, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Superior Planning Wealth Management & Family Office since 2024 and previously spent 14 years with Equitable Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, Bauers is a co-owner of A Perfect Pear, LLC, a corporation involved in real estate investment. Superior Planning Wealth Management & Family Office provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of proprietary strategic allocation models and customized portfolios, often working with third-party strategists and sub-advisors, and offers both discretionary portfolio management and standalone financial planning.

Dustin Holt is a financial advisor with Sage Capital Advisors, LLC in La Jolla, CA, holding a Series 65 license and having seven years of industry experience. His career includes roles at LPL Financial, Trilogy Capital, and National Planning Corporation prior to joining Sage in 2020. Outside of his advisory work, Mr. Holt acts as a sales agent for various insurance companies, operating individually and not through Sage. Sage Capital Advisors serves pension and profit-sharing plans, plan sponsors and participants, as well as individual and nonprofit clients. The firm offers discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant education, and financial planning using a custom, value-oriented process that incorporates fundamental and technical analysis, individual equities, ETFs, fixed income, tactical strategies, and third-party managers.

Brittany Anderson is a financial advisor at Wealth Analytics Partners, LLC in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Wealth Analytics Partners, she worked for six years at Poway Unified School District. Wealth Analytics Partners provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, executives, business owners, trusts, estates, and select organizations. The firm manages approximately $316 million across 180 client relationships, employing a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach aligned with clients’ risk tolerance and time horizon.

Eric Yeager is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving at Gradient Capital Advisors, LLC since 2015. He holds the Series 66 designation and is based in San Diego, CA. Gradient Capital Advisors is a team advisory firm managing institutional-scale assets for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and pension and corporate plan sponsors. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and technical investment strategies, including option strategies, short sales, and margin transactions, offering comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Lauren Gabele is a financial advisor at Cascade Financial Partners, LLC with three years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and previously worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors and JLL. Cascade Financial Partners, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals and high net worth clients, focusing on tailored strategies that include asset allocation, dollar-cost averaging, and both long- and short-term holdings. The firm emphasizes detailed client interviews and investment policy statements to guide its discretionary and non-discretionary managed accounts.

Renee Halsch is a financial advisor at JET Wealth Advisors with 31 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors, RBC Capital Markets, San Diego County Credit Union, and LPL Financial. JET Wealth Advisors provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, and small businesses. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive planning, using diversified portfolios tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Richard Effress is a financial advisor at CoastEdge Partners, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with CoastEdge Partners since 2006. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of Shores Ventures LLC, managing various real estate and other investments. CoastEdge Partners serves a select client base of high-net-worth families, private foundations, and investment funds, offering customized multi-asset portfolio management and financial planning. The firm manages approximately $1.75 billion, combining private fund advising with tailored investment solutions and specialized reporting.

Cody Evan Bostian is a financial advisor at Axos Invest, Inc with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked briefly at Cetera and Cetera Wealth Services, LLC, and has a background that includes positions outside the financial industry. Axos Invest serves retail individual clients by providing automated advisory services through online platforms, offering discretionary portfolio management with model portfolios primarily composed of mutual funds and ETFs, including digital-asset ETFs. The firm employs lifecycle-based asset allocation models supported by ongoing monitoring and rebalancing, with a focus on broad retail account management.

Jack Cohen Nieto is a financial advisor at Finec Asset Management with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and Seguros Monterrey New York Life. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as an Asset Management Analyst for Finec Asset Management SA de CV Asesores en Inversiones Independientes, a regulated firm based in Mexico City. Finec Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and corporations primarily in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. The firm combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with macroeconomic research to build customized portfolios that may include equities, fixed income, options, and alternative instruments tailored to client objectives and risk profiles.

Enrique Garcia Jr. is a financial advisor with Nelson Securities, Inc. in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Nelson Securities since 1997. Nelson Securities manages approximately $272 million for over 2,000 clients through a team of nine advisors, offering discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, families, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a range of investment strategies and maintains ongoing portfolio monitoring while clients retain trade approval authority.

James Puplava is a CFP® with 44 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the founder of Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. and has held prior roles at Puplava Securities, Inc. and Puplava Financial Services, Inc. Puplava is also involved in media through Financialsense.com, where he participates in podcasts and writes articles. Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $836 million for individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm employs a team of nine advisors and uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to provide discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting tailored to client-directed investment objectives.

David Chenet is a CFP®, CFA®, and Series 66-registered advisor with 20 years of industry experience. He currently works at Presidio Capital Management, LLC and has held prior roles at LPL Financial, Paradigm Wealth Advisory, First Allied Advisory Services, and First Allied Securities. Presidio Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis with a preference for long-term strategies using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, while maintaining flexibility to incorporate individual equities, bonds, alternatives, and structured products.

Thomas Brenner is a financial advisor with DLK Investment Management in Solana Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He worked at Nautilus Advisors LLC for nine years before joining DLK Investment Management in 2019. In addition to his advisory role, Brenner is an independent insurance agent specializing in disability, life/accident/health, and long-term care insurance. DLK Investment Management offers fee-only investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small institutional investors. The firm employs a fundamental relative-value approach to asset allocation and customizes accounts based on documented client profiles while providing proprietary performance reports and participant education as part of its retirement plan services.

Jacob Montes is a financial advisor at Dark Horse Advisors LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Dark Horse Advisors since 2023, following a role at DFPG Investments, LLC. Dark Horse Advisors LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, estates, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental, technical, quantitative, sentiment, and cyclical analysis with tax-aware strategies and third-party managers, and it operates as a subsidiary of an accounting firm, offering both asset-based and subscription-style fee arrangements.

Adrienne Cooper is a financial advisor at Hamilton-Bates Investment Research, Inc. with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Hamilton-Bates since 2015. Outside of her advisory role, she has experience working in guest services for professional baseball and supervising event operations at football games. Hamilton-Bates Investment Research, Inc. provides asset management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and asset-allocation methods, offering both discretionary separate-account management and model portfolio programs.

Aaron Kaplan is a CFP® with seven years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Telos Capital Management, Inc. and previously worked at Nylife Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Kaplan also has experience at Harkham-GAON Academy and UCLA Anderson. Telos Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individual investors, trusts, estates, retirement-plan participants, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an active, fundamentally driven investment approach that integrates bottom-up company analysis with macroeconomic assessments, emphasizing asset allocation, diversification, and periodic rebalancing across various asset classes.

Michael Hubbert is a financial advisor at Christopher Weil & Company, Inc. with 9 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 2016 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory work, he is a passive investor in a Manhattan restaurant and an internet commerce website. Christopher Weil & Company, Inc. provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, estate transition, and pension consulting to individuals, pension plans, charities, and corporate entities. The firm employs a range of portfolio strategies that include derivatives and cryptocurrency-related investments, guided by fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative analysis.

Zachary Jones is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving at Superior Planning Wealth Management & Family Office. He previously worked for nine years at Raymond James & Associates before joining Superior Planning in 2024. Superior Planning Wealth Management & Family Office provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm combines proprietary strategic allocation models with customized portfolios and coordinates with independent managers and outside tax or legal advisors.