Patricia Vasquez is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience. She has been with Advanced Financial Strategies Inc. since 2011. Advanced Financial Strategies Inc. serves highly compensated executives, affluent business owners, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, and qualifying retirement plans. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning, estate and business planning, asset management, risk management, and qualified plan consulting through a small team of advisors managing a multi-hundred-million dollar asset base. Their investment approach combines strategic asset allocation with tactical adjustments, blending passive and active management while incorporating real assets and alternative investments.

Emanuel Avina is a financial advisor with Avina Financial Group, Inc. in Bellflower, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 18 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Ameriprise Financial Services and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. He is also involved with Avina Insurance Services, Inc., where he serves as a general agent focusing on life insurance and fixed annuities. Avina Financial Group serves individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses with financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers a wrap fee program and focuses on mutual funds and ETFs, providing ongoing account monitoring and participant education.

Vincent Baroldi is a financial advisor at Baroldi Wood Mance Financial Advisors, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Harvest Investment Services, LLC and ProEquities, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of Baroldi Gundersen, LLP, an accounting and tax firm. Baroldi Wood Mance Financial Advisors provides investment advisory and asset management services to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm employs a multi-disciplinary investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, quantitative, sector, and cyclical analysis, managing primarily non-discretionary portfolios that may incorporate options and margin transactions.

Eric Domingues is a financial advisor with Retirementadvice | Jka in Anaheim, CA, holding a Series 65 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Jack Keeter & Associates, Inc. since 2007. In addition to advisory services, he provides bookkeeping through a tax advice business affiliated with JKA. RetirementAdvice | JKA offers asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm manages discretionary portfolios with a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and provides ongoing account supervision with periodic reviews and rebalancing.

Jeffrey Joslin is a financial advisor at Stock Traders with 40 years of industry experience. He has been with Stock Traders since 1994 and holds a Series 63 designation. Stock Traders provides financial planning and individual portfolio management primarily to individual clients, as well as pension plans and businesses. The firm employs a non-discretionary investment approach using a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and asset-allocation methods across a range of investment types.

David Jones is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at Flatrock Wealth Partners LLC. He previously worked at Yosemite Capital Management LLC and Securities Equity Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is licensed to sell fixed life and annuities and occasionally teaches business law classes at Concordia University as a substitute. Flatrock Wealth Partners provides wealth management services to high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, and businesses, managing approximately $417.6 million across about 73 client relationships. The firm’s investment approach is long-term and household-level, incorporating a broad range of assets and utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, individual stocks, and private investment funds as appropriate.

Gary Vyneman is the president of Probitas Financial and holds a Series 66 designation with 21 years of industry experience. His background includes roles at TCFG Investment Advisors, United Planners' Financial Services of America, and independent insurance services. Outside of finance, he is involved as treasurer and board member of Viewpoint Church and owns a roasted nuts business. Probitas Financial provides investment advice and portfolio management primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and certain ERISA-based retirement accounts. The firm emphasizes individualized investment policy development with an asset-allocation focus and implements portfolios on a non-discretionary basis through turnkey asset manager platforms.

Joseph Marshall is a financial advisor at Coastal Capital Advisors with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Procore Technologies from 2016 to 2020. Coastal Capital Advisors serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, business entities, charitable organizations, and retirement plans by providing discretionary investment management along with comprehensive financial planning and wealth management. The firm combines active and passive long-term, value-based asset allocation strategies with customized portfolios and integrates outside specialists and services into client programs.

Robert Vaughn Jr. is a financial advisor at Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with the firm since 2005. Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc. is a fee-only registered investment adviser managing approximately $74.85 million in assets for individuals, retirement accounts, trusts, pensions, profit-sharing plans, and corporations. The firm employs a team-based investment process combining top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection, using fundamental, technical, and charting methods to tailor portfolios to client goals and risk tolerances.

Louis Barajas is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving at International Private Wealth Advisors LLC. He has held roles at multiple firms, including MGO Wealth Advisors and his own entities such as Louis Barajas, Inc. and Business Management Lab, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with the US-LATAM Tax Group, LLC, which he has been associated with since 1984. International Private Wealth Advisors LLC provides investment advisory and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs primarily long-term, customized strategies using diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and other investment vehicles, managing most client assets on a discretionary basis.

John Ramey III is a financial advisor at Yayati Asset Management, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including D.H. Hill Advisors, BlueArc Capital Management, and operates Ramey Capital, Inc. since 2015. Yayati Asset Management specializes in quantitative portfolio management for institutional clients, individual investors, and trusts. The firm uses a model-driven approach incorporating Modern Portfolio Theory, options strategies, and proprietary technology to construct ETF- and stock-based portfolios.

John Heldman is a CFA® charterholder with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Triad Investment Management, LLC since 2008, where he is one of two advisors at the firm. Triad Investment Management serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as foundations and businesses. The firm focuses on fundamental security analysis and concentrated equity portfolios aimed at long-term capital growth, managing approximately $120 million across about 40 client relationships.

Avinash Mirchandani is the sole advisor at Alternity Investment Advisors with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Alternity Investments since 2015 and also owns Accountax Solutions, where he provides tax preparation and bookkeeping services as an Enrolled Agent. Alternity Investment Advisors is an independent firm serving individuals, business owners, pensions, endowments, and nonprofits. The firm focuses on long-term investing and combines charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to develop portfolio recommendations, which are implemented on a primarily non-discretionary basis to allow clients to maintain trading authority.

Luke Guerrero is a financial advisor with Klein Pavlis & Peasley Financial, Inc. based in Irvine, CA, holding a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Klein Pavlis & Peasley Financial in 2023, he worked for seven years at Dimensional Fund Advisors. He also serves as Vice President and Director of the Charles C. Volberg Company, a family-owned real estate holding company. Klein Pavlis & Peasley Financial provides discretionary investment management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and corporate entities through model asset allocation portfolios. The firm emphasizes client education through subscription-based offerings and integrates estate-planning services alongside a range of investment strategies tailored to client objectives.

Joseph Richard is a financial advisor at Anchor Financial Group with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at NPB Financial Group, LLC. In addition to his advisory role, he is licensed as a California Life agent and engages in life and health insurance sales. Anchor Financial Group is a state-registered advisory firm offering personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm employs strategies based on fundamental analysis and broad diversification, blending passive and active investments with various alternative asset classes.

Gregory Ramirez is a financial advisor with Advisors On Call in Laguna Hills, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 27 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Cabin Securities, Inc. and Silber Bennett Financial, Inc., as well as a long tenure with Claraphi Advisory Network, LLC. He has been involved in direct work with insurance companies since 2008. Advisors On Call offers personalized investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement and pension plans. The firm emphasizes tailored asset allocation, manager and security selection, and ongoing risk assessment, with services including discretionary portfolio management and pension consulting.

Joon Hyon is a financial advisor with Yayati Asset Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Yayati Asset Management in 2023, he worked at Savos Investments / AssetMark from 2013 to 2021. He has an ownership stake in the holding company of Yayati Asset Management and is involved in the technology subsidiary, Yayati LLC, where he performs trading and service functions. Yayati Asset Management provides quantitative portfolio management services to institutional clients and individual investors, employing a model-driven approach that includes Modern Portfolio Theory, option pricing, and proprietary optimization techniques. The firm offers strategies that incorporate derivatives and leverage, along with tax-focused solutions such as its VOLT overlay strategy.

Edward Ober is a financial advisor at Balancing Life Financial Planning with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Ober Financial since 2005, where he is also employed as a staff accountant. Prior to joining Balancing Life Financial Planning in 2019, he spent seven years with Independent Financial Group, LLC. Balancing Life Financial Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm constructs portfolios aligned with client goals, risk tolerance, and tax considerations, often utilizing outside managers and custodians such as Buckingham Strategic Partners and Nationwide.

Arlene Stokes is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience, currently practicing at The Financial Coaching Group, Inc. in Laguna Hills, CA. She has been with The Financial Coaching Group and its predecessor entities since 2009 and also has experience with Innovative Retirement Solutions & Insurance Services since 2008. The Financial Coaching Group, Inc. serves individual clients, including some high-net-worth households, as well as businesses, charities, and small pension plans. The firm provides financial planning, individualized portfolio management, and assistance with selecting and monitoring third-party money managers, focusing on tailored advice and generally conservative, low-turnover portfolios.

Eric Wong is a CFA® charterholder with 37 years of industry experience. He is a principal at Pavion Blue Capital, LLC, where he has worked since 2019. Prior to joining Pavion Blue Capital, he held roles at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney from 2009 to 2019. Pavion Blue Capital provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and retirement plan consulting for individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and asset-based loan accounts. The firm employs a disciplined, value-based investment approach focused on long-term total return across a broad range of asset classes and tailors investment strategies to the specific objectives and restrictions of each client.