John Mcnertney is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Green Ocean Global Advisors LLC since 2022. He previously worked at Freestone Capital Management and Polaris Greystone Financial Group, LLC. Green Ocean Global Advisors LLC offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and referrals to third-party investment managers for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm integrates fundamental, quantitative, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis to construct portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and non-U.S. securities, managing approximately $52.9 million across a three-advisor team.

Karen Franco is a financial advisor with Navigation Group LLC in Redwood Shores, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. She has worked with LPL Financial LLC since 2006 and has been involved with Navigation Group, Inc. since 2003. Outside of her advisory roles, she is involved in operating Whispering Hills Horse Ranch. Navigation Group provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive wealth planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth households, as well as pension plans, business entities, and investment companies. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes strategic asset allocation with a combination of passive index funds and actively managed mutual funds or ETFs, coordinated with tax and estate planning considerations.

Zaineb Sohail is a financial advisor at Kaizen Financial Strategies, LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Kaizen Financial Strategies since 2020. Outside of her advisory role, she is also involved with Ivy Admissions. Kaizen Financial Strategies serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, entrepreneurs, small business owners, and nonprofit organizations, offering financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and portfolio management primarily through its wrap-fee program. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, sector, and qualitative analysis alongside various investment strategies, including the use of derivatives and borrowing within managed accounts.

Jamshid Kekobad is a financial advisor with Grant Private Wealth Management in Pleasanton, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 11 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Point Digital Finance and Strategic Advisers, Inc., as well as experience with Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. Grant Private Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is tailored to each client’s goals and risk tolerance, integrating various analytical methods, and it offers public educational seminars and workshops focused on general investment topics.

Erica Arroyo is a financial advisor at MA Private Wealth, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at MA Private Wealth since 2018, following four years at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. MA Private Wealth, LLC manages approximately $584 million for about 350 clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm serves individuals, families, trusts, and select entities, using a tailored, long-term investment approach based on fundamental analysis and detailed client profiling.

Caroline Novak is a financial advisor at Sage Rhino Capital LLC with 25 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill, and Morgan Stanley. Novak has been with Sage Rhino Capital since 2017, contributing to the firm’s team of nine advisors based in Menlo Park, CA. Sage Rhino Capital LLC provides asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $883.7 million in discretionary assets and employs a diverse investment process that includes option strategies and other derivatives within separately managed accounts and sub-advised strategies.

William Gordon is a Series 65-credentialed advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Cypress Wealth Services, LLC and previously worked at Perigon Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Vice President of Business Development at The Business Advantage Group Ltd. Cypress Wealth Services manages approximately $1.34 billion on a discretionary basis for over 800 clients. The firm offers customized investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting primarily to high net worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, and businesses.

Michael Maloon is a CFP® and ChFC® with 39 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with California Financial Advisors and has held roles at Foothill Securities and his own firm Maloon, Powers, Pitre & Higgins, LLC dba CFA. He also maintains insurance agent roles with Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Jackson National Life Insurance Company, providing service for existing insurance and annuity business. 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 that includes asset allocation, mutual fund and ETF analysis, and third-party manager due diligence tailored to client objectives and tax considerations.

Jacob Mahoney is a financial advisor at Fort Point Capital Partners LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Parcion Private Wealth, Coldstream Capital Management, and Wells Fargo Advisors. Fort Point Capital Partners provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and family offices. The firm emphasizes global diversification, active risk management, and cost control, while also managing a multi-series private investment program across alternative yield, growth equity, real estate, and credit strategies.

Henri Moudi is a CFP® and CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Mission Creek Capital Partners, Inc. in San Francisco, where he has been with the firm since 2012. Mission Creek Capital Partners serves a diverse client base including family offices, trusts, executives, pension plans, and institutional investors, providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and specialized services such as private equity distribution management and portfolio transition strategies. The firm integrates fundamental analysis with tax-aware implementation and risk management, utilizing both active and passive instruments alongside quantitative tools and options overlays.

Robert Valentine is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He has been with RPG Investment Advisory, LLC since 2014. The firm provides portfolio management and financial planning services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, managing approximately $1.04 billion in client assets. RPG uses firm-developed model portfolios and employs both fundamental and technical analysis to tailor investment strategies based on client objectives and risk tolerance.

Ross Revenaugh is a financial advisor at Avalon Capital Management with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, Echelon Asset Management, and as an independent consultant. He has been with Avalon Capital Management since 2020. Avalon Capital Management serves high net worth individuals and families, offering discretionary investment management, cash management, and fixed-income services. The firm uses a proprietary, quantitative investment process combined with external research to implement active, dynamic global asset allocation across multiple asset classes.

Tom O'Brien is a CFP® and ChFC® with 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at Vantage Wealth Management, LLC since 2020 and previously held positions at Securian Financial Services, Sgc, and Minnesota Life Insurance Co. from 2008 to 2020. Vantage Wealth Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, retirement plans, charities, corporations, and broker-dealers. The firm offers personalized financial planning and asset management, focusing on diversified portfolios with strategic and tactical adjustments across multiple investment platforms.

Jared Harper is a financial advisor with Malakoff Wealth in Danville, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2020 and has also been involved with Metis Technology Solutions since 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he provides administrative support to Malakoff Wealth. Malakoff Wealth offers financial planning and consulting services to individuals, trusts, nonprofit organizations, banks, business entities, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm focuses on fundamental analysis and manager evaluation, providing advice through hourly, fixed-fee, or retainer arrangements while referring clients to LPL Financial for investment implementation and portfolio supervision.

Christopher Connolly is a financial advisor at Mirador Capital Partners with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior experience at Stonecastle Land and Home Financial and Service Champions. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates CJC Lending Corp., a mortgage brokerage business. Mirador Capital Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and small businesses with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and estate-planning coordination. The firm employs a top-down fundamental investment approach supplemented by technical analysis and offers a range of asset-allocation models across public and private securities and alternative investments.

Allan Leung is a CFP® professional at PlanVision, LLC with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at H&R Block, Monroe Wealth Management, and LiveWell Capital. PlanVision provides fee-only financial planning and consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals through written plans and ad-hoc consultations. The firm emphasizes a long-term, passive investment approach and delivers advice without managing client assets or requiring clients to implement recommendations through PlanVision.

Brandy Navarro is a CFP®, ChFC®, and holds a Series 66 license with 24 years of industry experience. She has worked at LPL Financial LLC since 2014 and has been with Vantage Wealth Management, LLC since 2010. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in insurance-related activities including life, disability, and long-term care insurance. Vantage Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, charities, corporations, and broker-dealers, managing approximately $897 million in client assets through a seven-advisor team. The firm offers personalized financial planning and asset management with a focus on diversified portfolios using mutual funds and ETFs, employing both strategic rebalancing and tactical adjustments.

Joseph Garcia is a financial advisor at Mirador Capital Partners with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Merrill Lynch and Bank of America prior to joining Mirador in 2019. Mirador Capital Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and small businesses by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, estate-planning coordination, and plan-sponsor retirement consulting. The firm employs a top-down fundamental investment approach supplemented by technical analysis and offers a variety of asset-allocation models across public and private securities and alternative vehicles.

Nicole Glazer is a financial advisor at Sage Rhino Capital LLC with nine years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated from 2014 to 2017. Sage Rhino Capital LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $787 million in client assets, utilizing a range of securities and strategies including options-related approaches and alternative investments.

Michelle Higgins is a financial advisor at California Financial Advisors with 30 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at the Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) and Foothill Securities, Inc. Higgins is also a business owner and author, with profits from one of her books donated to college scholarships. California Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages over $2 billion in client assets and employs an investment approach focused on asset allocation, mutual fund and ETF analysis, and due diligence of third-party money managers.