Xuan Cao is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in Cupertino, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining HSBC in 2015, Cao worked at Merrill from 2011 to 2013. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations through several portfolio types, including client-directed and fully discretionary options. The firm’s investment process incorporates five model risk profiles and combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with fund due diligence and ongoing monitoring.

Earl Seno is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Alviso, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and having nine years of industry experience. His background includes roles with the National Association of Social Security Analysts, where he consults on optimizing Social Security benefits, as well as providing health insurance services through Covered CA. Additionally, he works as a presale engineer for Motorola Solutions, designing telecommunications systems for public safety organizations. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a wide range of clients including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services with a mix of proprietary and third-party model portfolios. The firm operates as both a registered broker-dealer and RIA, providing discretionary and non-discretionary program choices and supporting plan clients through affiliated retirement and recordkeeping entities.

Claudette Klein is a CFP® with 30 years of experience in the financial industry. She is currently with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC and has held ownership roles in Klein Financial since 1991 and Claudette Klein Inc. since 2018. She is also licensed as an independent insurance agent and serves as a notary public. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a range of portfolio construction options through model portfolios, mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities across multiple program platforms.

Molly Stelmar is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at First Republic Investment Management, First Republic Securities Company, Bank of America, and Merrill. Cresset Asset Management, LLC manages approximately $71.9 billion in client assets and serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on diversified, asset-allocation-driven portfolio construction using both active and passive strategies and employs a structured due-diligence program for manager review and private fund management.

Sarabpreet Kaur is a CFP® at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Focus Partners, she worked at Liberty Tax Service and BDO USA. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management, financial and tax planning, employee benefit consulting, and investment management. The firm employs an enhanced open architecture approach combining active and passive strategies, private funds, and third-party managers.

Wai Luk is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in San Jose, California, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and offering 15 years of industry experience. He has served at Eagle Strategies since 2024 and operates Luk Financial And Insurance Solutions, where he brokers non-registered insurance products. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as secretary of his condo complex's homeowners association. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients. The firm offers multiple advisory programs and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to clients’ objectives, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Ian Gonda is a financial advisor at Savant Wealth Management in Los Gatos, CA, with five years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 65 license. Prior to joining Savant Wealth Management in 2025, he worked at Parkworth Wealth Management, Inc. for four years and has experience outside finance including a role at Surf Diva Surf Shop. Savant Wealth Management serves individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and family office services. The firm combines an evidence-based, model-driven investment approach with actively managed strategies and benefits from centralized resources supported by its scale and affiliated accounting, legal, and trust services.

Zhong Shi is a CFP® with 23 years of experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors. He has held roles with organizations including Kyros Ai Corp., Heartland Institute of Financial Education, and Covered CA. Outside of advising, he works as a college planning consultant and financial education instructor. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base through a large advisor network and multiple program platforms. The firm primarily uses model portfolios and third-party managers to implement its advisory services.

David Mendoza is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 48 years of industry experience. His career includes lengthy tenures at Merrill and Bank of America, N.A., before joining Rockefeller Financial in 2022. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and uniquely operates as a registered broker-dealer offering securities transactions, variable insurance products, placement, and investment banking services.

Ashkahn Moayedi is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Clearing with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients with investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $671 billion in assets and integrates research and analytics from Wells Fargo Investment Institute and third-party sources in its investment approach.

Tommy Liu is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. since 2015 and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in property management activities in the Redwood City area. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management serves both individual and institutional clients, offering tailored financial planning and a broad range of advisory programs. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and employs a structured planning process supported by the Global Investment Committee’s return estimates and modeling tools.

Mark James is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Clearing. His prior experience includes roles at JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. and Wells Fargo Advisors. Outside of finance, he owns and operates RetroTrips, a business focused on toy, hobby, and tabletop game sales. Wells Fargo Clearing provides retirement plan consulting to qualified ERISA and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services. The firm’s IPS-driven approach incorporates modern portfolio theory and includes a broad range of investment options such as insurance-related vehicles and bank deposit sweep programs.

Katrina Yun Nikolac is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Los Altos, CA, holding the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66 designations with 18 years of industry experience. She has been with Edward Jones since 2008. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving more than four million individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets and offers a range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment strategies, as well as affiliated mutual funds and tax-efficient overlay services.

Samuel Maran is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with three years of experience at Morgan Stanley, based in Palo Alto, CA. His prior work includes roles in education and the restaurant industry, including positions at the University of California Berkeley and Pyeongchang Tofu House. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management serves individual and institutional clients with a range of advisory programs, providing financial planning through structured discovery and firm-approved tools, and managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets.

Kristina Kashuba is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Cupertino, CA, with three years of industry experience. Her prior experience includes roles at Citibank and San Jose State University. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving both individual and institutional clients. The firm offers tailored financial planning and a wide range of advisory programs, supported by structured planning processes and proprietary investment modeling tools.

Muhammad Siddiqi is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at various Morgan Stanley affiliates since 2002, with a brief tenure at Glaze Capital Management. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an executor for estate administration. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer providing advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients. The firm offers tailored financial planning and manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets, leveraging structured planning tools and a broad range of investment services.

Allison Lee is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Optimlaize Inc and Americans For Cures. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is a large SEC-registered advisor and broker-dealer providing a wide array of advisory programs to individuals and institutions, including tailored financial planning supported by firm-approved tools and methodologies. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and offers services both directly and through corporate financial planning agreements.

Joenah Norasing is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with seven years of industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in 2026, Joenah worked at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. for eight years. Outside of finance, Joenah has experience as a business owner, having operated Glow Nailbar LLC from 2016 to 2018. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a wide range of advisory programs and financial planning services to individuals and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and offers structured planning tools alongside investment advisory and brokerage services.

Troy Kenyon is a financial advisor at Charles Schwab with 8 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Charles Schwab Bank, SSB since 2018 and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. since 2017. Prior to Schwab, he was employed at Roncancio Wealth Management for one year and worked at Arizona State University for four years. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. serves a large client base primarily composed of high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals through its Schwab Wealth Advisory wrap fee program and affiliated managed-account and financial planning services. The firm combines non-discretionary advisory relationships with access to affiliated discretionary separately managed accounts, employing multi-asset model portfolios and a centralized operational structure.

Jefferson Bustarde is a financial advisor with UBS Financial Services in Los Gatos, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of experience at UBS following ten years at Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. He has a combined 17 years in the industry. UBS Financial Services serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients with a range of brokerage and advisory offerings, including portfolio management and financial planning, leveraging proprietary research and institutional trading capabilities.