Jae Lee is a financial advisor at Stonemark Wealth Management with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked in various roles including at Clever Care Health Plan and American Golf Co. Outside of his advisory role, Jae Lee owns and operates JML Golf Instruction, LLC, where he provides golf lessons. Stonemark Wealth Management is a team-based investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm uses customized model portfolios and a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, incorporating option strategies and selective use of leveraged or inverse ETFs to manage client portfolios.

Thomas Hanson is a financial advisor at First Wilshire Securities Management, Inc. with 39 years of industry experience. He has been with First Wilshire since 2010 and also serves as Chairman and President of Trivest Capital Management, Inc., where he has worked since 1993. Hanson holds a Series 63 designation. First Wilshire provides discretionary investment management to individuals, corporations, and charitable entities, focusing on a value-oriented, small- and micro-cap equity investment style. The firm manages both separately managed accounts and affiliated private funds, employing fundamental research and tactical portfolio allocation.

Lisa Taddeo is a financial advisor at Arroyo Investment Group, LLC with six years of industry experience. She has been with Arroyo Investment Group since 2009. Arroyo Investment Group provides personalized financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm uses a proprietary screening process to select funds for its model portfolios, primarily investing in no-load mutual funds, and manages approximately $250 million in client assets.

Jason Kolker is a financial advisor at Mapleton Capital Management, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Mapleton Capital Management since 2000 and Ocean Park Capital Management since 1999. Mapleton Capital Management serves as the general partner and investment adviser to three privately offered pooled funds and provides subadvisory portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and trusts. The firm’s investment approach is based on fundamental research to identify early inflection points in company value and often employs an aggressive, relatively short-term trading style including short selling, options, and leverage.

Andrew Edstrom is a financial advisor at WESCAP Group in Glendale, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with WESCAP Group since 2012. WESCAP Group is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $1.1 billion in assets for about 321 clients through a team of six advisors. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary wealth management and financial planning to a diverse client base, employing a strategic, globally diversified, contrarian/value-oriented investment approach with an emphasis on tax efficiency and low ownership costs.

Sterling Louviere is a financial advisor at Cabin Advisors, LLC with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Cabin Securities, Inc., Claraphi Advisory Network, LLC, and Newbridge Securities. Outside of advising, he is president of Financial Architects, Inc., a firm providing consulting on tax and retirement planning strategies, and serves on the board of directors for Altadena Rotary Charities. Cabin Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, managing approximately $220 million across 368 client relationships. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, and sub-advisory services using fundamental, technical, cyclical, and asset-allocation analysis, and conducts due diligence on illiquid alternative investments.

Kevin Martinez is a financial advisor at Scout Wealth Advisors LLC with experience in the banking and financial services industry since 2009. Prior to joining Scout Wealth Advisors, he held positions at Bank of America, City National Bank, and First Citizens Bank. Scout Wealth Advisors serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business clients by offering asset management, comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a tailored fiduciary approach focusing on long-term positioning using fundamental and technical analysis, with a preference for ETFs, equities, and mutual funds.

Michael Karapetian is a financial advisor at Lazari Capital Management, Inc. with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Honey Badger Capital LLC, Lyndhurst Securities, Kovack Securities, and Lazari Asset Management. Outside of his advisory work, Karapetian serves as president of the Karapetian Animal Rescue Environment Foundation, a nonprofit focused on animal rescue, environmental conservation, and community outreach, and holds trustee roles at Moravian University and Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation. Lazari Capital Management provides portfolio management, financial and estate planning, and pension consulting to individuals, trusts, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and private funds. The firm utilizes a broad investment approach incorporating fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis with regular monitoring and reviews.

Edward Ternan is a financial advisor at SFE Investment Counsel Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with SFE since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Ternan is a 50% owner of SilverWise LLC, a business focused on assisting families with aging-related issues. SFE Investment Counsel serves individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, retirement plans, businesses, and institutional clients, providing investment supervisory services through customized portfolios and model strategies. The firm emphasizes asset allocation, a long-term total-return approach, and risk management through concentrated equity positions combined with fixed-income laddering.

Calvin Lo is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Keystone Global Partners LLC since 2010. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with SPE LBG, LLC, which operates residential solar panels for leaseback to homeowners. Keystone Global Partners provides wealth and investment management, financial planning, family office, and personal exit advisory services for affluent individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm employs a diversified, multi-asset investment approach overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

Anthony Hunt is a financial advisor at Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC with five years at the firm and a total of one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 66 designations. Prior to his advisory role, Hunt worked for CJ Entertainment for 20 years. Pasadena Private Wealth is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $1.61 billion in regulatory assets as of December 2025. The firm serves individuals, families, trusts, pension plans, and corporate clients using a fundamentally driven, long-term investment approach across various asset classes while also providing financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and due diligence on third-party managers.

Lee Goss is a financial advisor with Cabin Advisors, LLC in South Pasadena, CA, holding eight years of industry experience. He is also a CPA and the owner of Goss & Company, An Accountancy Corporation, an accountancy firm operating since 2005. Prior to joining Cabin Advisors, he worked at Claraphi Advisory Network, LLC for six years. Cabin Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, managing approximately $220 million across 368 client relationships with a team of 14 advisors. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, unified managed accounts, and sub-advisory services, employing a range of investment analyses and due diligence on alternative investments.

Mordechai Fishman is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor at JSF Financial, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with JSF Financial since 2004 and concurrently serves at Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation since 2010. Fishman holds a co-manager role in a private equity investment business and acts as co-trustee of a revocable life insurance trust. JSF Financial is an 11-advisor multi-team firm managing approximately $1.97 billion for nearly 800 client relationships. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and businesses.

Kyle Douthit is a financial advisor at K2 Financial Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Lincoln Investment and K2 Financial Inc. since 2022. Outside of his advisory role, he creates and edits video content for a skating brand called JMK Ride. K2 Financial is a registered investment adviser with a team of eight advisors managing approximately $191.6 million for nearly 400 clients. The firm provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services using a primarily long-term, discretionary portfolio approach that includes mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds, options, and third-party managers.

Travis Henry is a financial advisor at Factory Capital LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses. His prior roles include seven years at True Capital Management, LLC and three years at Cresset Asset Management, LLC. Factory Capital LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and OCIO-style investment management to institutional and other clients. The firm primarily constructs portfolios by allocating among third-party managers and leveraging outsourced solutions, employing both active and passive strategies across liquid and alternative assets.

Melvin Nazarian Masihi is a financial advisor at Lazari Capital Management, Inc. with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Lazari Capital Management, he worked at Bank of America for two years and at Abra Inc. for two years. Lazari Capital Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and an affiliated private fund. The firm employs a proprietary quantitative investment process alongside fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to manage client portfolios and offers a range of services including estate and retirement planning, pension consulting, and third-party asset manager recommendations.

Fatemeh Ashouri is a financial advisor at Monarch Wealth Strategies in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Monarch Wealth Strategies, she held roles at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. She has also worked in academic and innovation settings, including at UCLA Extension and the Techno Tejarat Innovation Center. Monarch Wealth Strategies provides discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and investment consulting to affluent individuals, families, trusts, pension plans, and broker-dealers. The firm manages approximately $463 million across about 390 client relationships, employing a mix of fundamental, technical, and third-party analysis alongside tax-aware and strategic asset allocation practices.

Roger Ferguson III is a financial advisor at AWM Capital, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at Incluso Capital, LLC, Goldman Sachs, USC Marshall School of Business, and TDA_Boulder. AWM Capital, LLC serves high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and private funds with fee-based investment management and comprehensive financial planning, including tax, estate, and insurance analysis as well as business consulting. The firm utilizes an open-architecture platform and a liability-driven investing framework to create customized portfolios employing mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, separate account managers, and private placements.

Robert Novell is a financial advisor at Guardian Financial Partners, LLC in Arcadia, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 31 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Novell Investment Management Company, Inc. for 29 years before joining his current firm in 2024. Guardian Financial Partners provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm offers asset management, retirement plan consulting, and individualized portfolio management through wrap-fee accounts, using a fiduciary and client-focused approach with proprietary asset-allocation models and multiple investment strategies.

Lawrence Steinberg Jr. is a financial advisor with Cabin Advisors, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and over 32 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cabin Securities, Inc., Claraphi Advisory Network, LLC, and Newbridge Securities. Outside of financial advising, he is a minority owner of a professional sports agency and involved in a law firm focusing on tax optimization, estate, and legal planning. Cabin Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, managing approximately $220 million across 368 client relationships. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, unified managed accounts, and sub-advisory services, employing a variety of analytical approaches and conducting due diligence on illiquid alternative investments.