Denise Kamel is a financial advisor at Navy Federal Investment Services, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and CUSO Financial Services, LP. Denise is based in San Diego, CA. Navy Federal Investment Services serves members of Navy Federal Credit Union as well as individual, trust, and institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan fiduciary services, and automated investment options. The firm primarily uses managed advisory programs with third-party portfolio managers and supports layered solutions including unified managed accounts and automated ETF portfolios.

Randy Goodsell is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Independent Financial Group since 2011 and has led Goodsell & Company CPA, a tax preparation and accounting firm, since 1996. Outside of advisory services, he is a co-owner of Goodsell & Company CPAs, providing tax, audit, and consulting services to individuals and businesses. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and corporate plans. The firm employs both firm- and third-party investment models and combines passive and active strategies across various risk profiles.

David Keely is a CFP® professional affiliated with Valic Financial Advisors with 16 years of industry experience. He has held advisory roles at Valic Financial Advisors since 2017, previously working at Agia, CUSO Financial Services, LP, and Edward Jones. Outside of his advisory work, Keely serves as chairperson of a 501(c)(3) organization supporting a local Boy Scout troop’s charter. Valic Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer serving U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary unified managed accounts through a large network of advisors using centralized technology and model solutions.

Vernon Eberly is a CFP® professional at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with six years of industry experience. He previously worked at HoyleCohen, LLC for ten years before joining The Colony Group, LLC, where he spent two years. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and customized portfolios tailored to clients’ specific financial situations.

Kyle Whisenhunt is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience currently at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. His previous roles include positions at The Colony Group, LLC, HoyleCohen, San Diego Wealth Management, Sagepoint Financial, Inc., and Wolters, Hagar, & Pratt Financial Planning, Inc. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans, offering a range of services including investment management, financial planning, tax and compliance support, and specialized employee benefit retirement plan services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies tailored to client needs and includes access to non-traditional services and affiliated investment opportunities.

William Mitchell is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors in San Diego, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and 18 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management and Bank of New York Mellon Wealth Management. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a broad range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting, using various program structures and technology tools to support advisor and client needs.

Alan Davis is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations with 24 years of industry experience. He previously worked at firms including Epstein and White Financial LLC, Raymond James Financial Services, and Mission Federal Credit Union. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios and offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services.

Rosa Lasnover is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. She has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and is also associated with Wfgia since 2001. Outside of her advisory role, she is an investor in W&J Operations LLC, a company involved in transporting legal merchandise within the United States. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, employer plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers to implement its advisory approach, supported by multiple program platforms and an advisor network managing approximately $1.7 billion in regulatory assets under management.

Bridgette Ziolkowski is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 12 years of industry experience. She has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2012 and is also involved in coaching through Clear Intentions Coaching, where she practices as an energy healer and facilitator specializing in modalities such as Reiki and breathwork. Additionally, she rents a Tesla Model 3 through the Turo platform. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Timothy Linaugh is a financial advisor with TLG Advisors, Inc. in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at The Leaders Group Inc, Lincoln Investment, and Capital Analysts Inc. He is also involved as a Sales Vice President at Pacific Southwest Financial, where he assists insurance producers with life insurance product design and underwriting. TLG Advisors, Inc. manages approximately $2.0 billion in discretionary client assets and serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and institutional investors. The firm provides investment supervisory and portfolio management, comprehensive financial and estate planning, and ERISA fiduciary services, utilizing a research approach based on fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory.

Ying Zhu is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. Zhu has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and has been affiliated with World Financial Group, Inc. since 2004. Outside of advisory work, Zhu is involved in the sale of insurance and non-insurance products affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base including individuals, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a model portfolio approach combined with third-party managers and platform sub-advisors to deliver its services through a large network of advisors.

Alyssa Saad is a financial advisor at PlanMember Securities Corporation in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. She has worked in various roles since 2017, including positions at MPD Wealth and DRS Daylight Solutions. Saad’s background includes administrative and client service responsibilities related to investment activities. PlanMember Securities Corporation provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm employs a top-down strategic asset allocation framework to manage risk-based mutual fund portfolios and offers education and support services including personalized retirement planning and separation counseling.

David Moller is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation in San Diego, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has one year of industry experience. Outside of advising, he works as a senior manufacturing engineer at DRS Daylight Solutions, a defense contractor. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, serving as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm utilizes a top-down strategic asset allocation framework and manages unitized, risk-based mutual fund portfolios ranging from conservative to aggressive, while also offering education and support services to plan sponsors and participants.

Anny Kadomatsu is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. She has worked at Principal Life Insurance since 2021, following prior roles at Cetera and First Allied Advisory Services. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and military personnel stationed abroad. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, and access to third-party money manager solutions through various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Darrell Alford is a ChFC® with 40 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Independent Financial Partners, where he has worked since 2025. His prior experience includes roles at Triad Advisors, Resources Investment Advisors, and LPL Financial Corporation. Independent Financial Partners provides investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan services through a nationwide network of independent Investment Adviser Representatives. The firm supports a multi-advisor platform serving individual, charitable, corporate, and high-net-worth clients, with a notable focus on retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting.

Garrett Workmon is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning since 2018. Prior to joining Creative Planning, he worked at Uber Technologies Inc. and H&R Block, and has experience with Wayzata Community Church and the University of Missouri - Columbia. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies for long-term goals, supplemented by enhanced indexing and private market exposure.

Holly Salazar is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 20 years of industry experience. She has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2014 and is also an agent with Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

Kavita Rajaratnam is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 10 years of industry experience. She has worked in real estate sales with multiple firms, including Big Block Realty, Realty One Group San Diego, and currently HKT Cal Inc and REAL Broker. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in online estate planning through Net Law Group Inc. Transamerica Financial Advisors, LLC serves a broad client base that includes individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a model portfolio and third-party manager approach, delivering services through various platforms such as Transamerica ONE and TFA365, with regulatory assets under management around $1.7 billion.

Margaret Mazzella is a financial advisor at Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Bankers Life Securities since 2018. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as a Branch Sales Manager at Bankers Life & Casualty, where she manages a team of agents and is involved in hiring and training. Mazzella is also an officer and shareholder of PB Roma's Inc., a corporation related to a now-closed restaurant. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management and investment consulting primarily to mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals. The firm emphasizes customized asset allocation, tax efficiency, and a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to guide investment decisions.

Darek Williams is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill, Bank of America, Unionbanc Investment Services, and Union Bank. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a range of multi-asset, multi-manager investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm is notable for its combination of large institutional scale, in-house research capabilities, and specialized market roles such as swap dealer and futures commission merchant.