Helen Dietz is a CFP® with 29 years of industry experience, currently serving at Aspiriant, LLC in Mountain View, CA. She worked at Stanford Investment Group, Inc. for 30 years before joining Aspiriant, where she has been since 2017. Aspiriant primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and families, professional fiduciaries, and select institutional and retirement plan clients. The firm offers a range of services including discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, wealth planning, family office services, and specialized consulting, utilizing a customized investment approach supported by internal research and a variety of investment options.

Elaine Manley is a CFP® professional with 39 years of industry experience, currently serving at Mutual Advisors, LLC and Mutual Securities, Inc. since 2018. Her prior experience includes over 30 years at Waddell & Reed, Inc. and running her own firm, Elaine Manley, Inc., for 20 years. She serves on the board of the League of Women Voters Cupertino-Sunnyvale and is involved in authoring financial books through Financial Journey Partners, Inc. Mutual Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered firm managing approximately $6.75 billion across 123 advisors and serving individuals, institutional investors, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm offers asset management, financial consulting, ERISA plan advisory, and sub-advisory services, employing both passive and active investment strategies tailored to client objectives.

Lan Tran is a financial advisor at The Wealth Consulting Group with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked with LPL Financial since 1998. Tran has been with The Wealth Consulting Group since 2016. The Wealth Consulting Group provides fee-based wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporate and plan sponsors, charities, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a tailored investment process combining fundamental, technical, macroeconomic, and quantitative analysis and integrates legal-service pathways through referrals and ownership structures.

Richard Hillsbery is a CFP® and PFS™ with 20 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with ValMark Advisers, Inc. and has worked there since 2012. Prior to and alongside this role, he has been involved with SD Mayer & Associates, LLP, and Valmark Securities, Inc. Hillsbery is also co-owner of Hillsbery Financial and Tax, a bookkeeping and tax accounting business. ValMark Advisers, Inc. provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, plan sponsors, and institutional users through a network of around 280 investment advisory representatives. The firm offers diversified, goal-based model portfolios primarily using mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers, with a focus on multi-asset allocation and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Terrence Asuncion is a financial advisor at Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC with four years of industry experience. He has held roles at Coppell Advisory Solutions DBA Fusion Capital Management since 2022 and serves as a Senior Planning Manager at Solaria. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in senior planning management at Solaria, a non-investment related role. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm uses a tailored investment approach combining internal and independent asset allocation models, fundamental and technical analysis, and ongoing portfolio supervision aligned with client objectives.

Masashi Yamamoto is a financial advisor at PFG Advisors with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including United Planners, OSAIC, and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory roles, he has experience working at Amazon since 2019. PFG Advisors provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and corporate clients. The firm uses a combination of macroeconomic allocation and fundamental/technical analysis, primarily implementing exposure through index-based ETFs with periodic rebalancing.

Brian Horiuchi is a financial advisor with PFG Advisors in San Jose, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. His career includes long-term roles at Commonwealth Central Credit Union and Cuso Financial Services, as well as current positions with United Planners and PFG Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as trustee for the Ben and Marge Horiuchi Family Trust. PFG Advisors provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and corporate clients. The firm employs a combination of macroeconomic allocation and fundamental/technical analysis, primarily using index-based ETFs, and offers access to third-party money managers and platforms.

Steven Lee is a financial advisor at HighPoint Planning Partners with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms including Intrinsic Wealth Management, Segmind, EQBR, Maxim Integrated, and Lumentum. HighPoint Planning Partners serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing fundamental analysis and a range of investment vehicles across multiple platforms.

Howard Cheng is a financial advisor with M Holdings Securities, Inc. in San Jose, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 23 years of industry experience. He has been with M Holdings since 2015 and also operates Wellspring Consulting as well as his own CPA practice, Howard Cheng, CPA, which he has maintained since 1994. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in tax and accounting services through his CPA firm. M Holdings Securities, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA member broker-dealer serving individual, corporate, and retirement plan clients nationwide through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and insurance advisory services, operating multiple platforms and providing sub-advisory services including specialized insurance products.

Nayan Lapsiwala is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience and is currently an advisor at Aspiriant, LLC. He has worked at Aspiriant since 2017 and previously spent 10 years with Stanford Investment Group, Inc. Aspiriant serves primarily high-net-worth individuals, families, professional fiduciaries, and select institutional and retirement plan clients, offering a range of investment management and wealth planning services. The firm emphasizes customized investment programs with diverse implementation options and expanded family office capabilities including accounting, banking, and specialized financial consulting.

Michael Shearon is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Accelerate Retirement. His prior experience includes roles at OneDigital Investment Advisors, Flynn & Company Inc., and Sigma Financial Corporation. Accelerate Retirement provides retirement plan consulting, discretionary investment management, financial planning, participant investment advice and education, and plan-level fiduciary services to individual and institutional clients. The firm constructs customized portfolios and emphasizes a long-term investment approach while managing approximately $5.68 billion in plan assets under advisement.

Ryan Ficks is a financial advisor at SVB Wealth LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66, Series 65, and Series 63 designations. His career includes roles at SVB Wealth Advisory, Silicon Valley Bank, and First Citizens Investor Services. SVB Wealth LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with wealth management, financial planning, and portfolio management services. The firm uses a due diligence process to select third-party managers and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Jonathan De Smidt is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with four years of industry experience. He is currently with Brighton Jones LLC in Menlo Park, CA, where he has worked across multiple periods since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at InfoTrack US, Inc., Dynamic Signal, Inc., and Ernst & Young LLP. Brighton Jones LLC provides wealth-management services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, and retirement plans. The firm employs a Personal CFO model and offers family office services, discretionary investment management, and private-investment opportunities through its subsidiary Lenora Capital.

Sheetal Bagde is a CFP® professional with 11 years of experience in financial advising. She is currently with Perigon Wealth Management, LLC and has previously worked at Cognizant Wealth Advisors, Bingham, Osborn, & Scarborough, LLC, and Buckingham Strategic Wealth. Perigon Wealth Management offers customized investment advisory and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and banking or thrift institutions. The firm employs a portfolio approach tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, often utilizing independent managers or turnkey asset management programs while maintaining oversight and conducting regular account reviews.

Jeffrey Manuel is a financial advisor at SVB Wealth with 9 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 65 designations and has worked at SVB Wealth Advisory and Silicon Valley Bank. SVB Wealth LLC provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm employs a due diligence process to select and monitor third-party managers and operates as a wholly owned, non-bank subsidiary of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, integrating a range of affiliated financial services.

Jennifer Cray is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience. She has worked at Forum Financial Management, LP since 2023 and previously spent 17 years at Investor's Capital Management, LLC. Outside of her advisory role, she is a member of F.A.M. LLC, providing management services under a service agreement with Forum Financial Management. Forum Financial Management, LP offers fee-based wealth management, financial planning, and qualified plan services to individual and institutional clients. The firm also serves as a sub-advisor and turnkey asset management platform for other independent RIAs, implementing portfolios primarily with DFA institutional mutual funds and ETFs based on Modern Portfolio Theory.

Mark Ishibashi is a financial advisor at The Wealth Consulting Group with 22 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Strategic Wealth Advisors Group, LLC and LPL Financial. The Wealth Consulting Group provides fee-based wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporate and plan sponsors, charities, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a tailored investment process that incorporates fundamental, technical, macroeconomic, and quantitative analysis across various investment vehicles, and integrates legal-service pathways to support comprehensive client needs.

Ryan Wong is a financial advisor at Brighton Jones LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Andrieni Appraisal Services and Profit Recovery Partners, as well as experience in financial groups and academia. Brighton Jones serves individuals, high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families, retirement plan sponsors, pooled vehicles, charitable organizations, business entities, and trusts. The firm offers comprehensive wealth services including personal CFO programs, family office services, and discretionary investment management, using a holistic, balance-sheet approach with both discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Ann Duong Huynh is a financial advisor with SVB Wealth, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. She has worked at multiple SVB-related entities since 2019 and was previously employed at Silicon Valley Bank from 2011 to 2023. SVB Wealth serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporate and pension clients by providing wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm uses a due diligence process to select and monitor third-party managers and delivers investment advice primarily through its investment adviser representatives.

David Condensa is a financial advisor at Legacy Wealth Management, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Lion Street Financial, Peak 360 Wealth Management, and Legitifi LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he operates EduRoadmap Consulting, providing sales consulting services to technology companies. Legacy Wealth Management is a multi-advisor firm serving individuals, charitable organizations, and business entities with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm offers tailored investment strategies through a multi-team platform, utilizing model portfolios, sub-advisers, and a broad range of investment options.