Mehul Thakker is a financial advisor with Vanderbilt Advisory Services, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Vanderbilt Advisory Services since 2017 and previously worked at Financial West Group for 14 years. Thakker is also the owner of Empowered Investments, a DBA he has operated since 2016. Vanderbilt Advisory Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, proprietary model portfolios, access to third-party sub-advisors, and utilizes the Betterment for Advisors platform, with an investment approach that combines strategic asset allocation and multiple forms of analysis tailored to client objectives.

Benjamin Musson is a financial advisor at Destination Wealth Management in Walnut Creek, CA, holding a Series 66 designation with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Destination Wealth Management since 2012. Destination Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm uses a core-and-tactical allocation framework informed by thematic research and macroeconomic analysis and manages over $4.1 billion in discretionary assets.

Dilnoor Kaur is a financial advisor at Earned Wealth Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. She concurrently serves as a senior tax accountant at Chahal & Associates LLC, an accounting firm where she has worked since 2015. Earned Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, with a focus on doctors, dentists, and their practices. The firm combines financial planning, discretionary wealth management, and retirement-plan advisory services, utilizing independent investment managers, model portfolios, and a third-party consultant to guide diversified, buy-and-hold investment strategies.

Byron Valles is a CFP® with eight years of experience in the financial industry, currently serving at Mission Wealth Management, LP. His previous roles include positions at LPL Financial, First Republic Investment Management, and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Outside of his advisory work, he is a business owner of Rimova Real Estate. Mission Wealth Management is a multi-team advisory firm that provides wealth management, financial planning, and personalized portfolio management primarily for affluent and high-net-worth individuals and families. The firm employs customized, long-term investment strategies across a broad range of asset classes and offers services including financial planning, investment implementation, and consulting.

Kenneth Quiat is a financial advisor at Belpointe Asset Management LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Belpointe since 2017. Prior to that, he was with Foresters Equity Services, Inc. and has been involved with AD Banker LLC since 2012, where he also serves as a licensed educator. Belpointe serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, and other advisers. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing customized portfolios with a range of passive, active, tactical, and blended strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

John Neeley is a financial advisor with Destination Wealth Management in Walnut Creek, CA. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has eight years of industry experience. His prior work history includes roles at Nationwide Securities LLC, Securities America Advisors, and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. Destination Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers discretionary investment management and financial planning, coordinating estate-planning and tax services through third-party partners, and employs a diversified investment approach using model portfolios that include equities, fixed income, ETFs, alternative investments, and options as appropriate.

John Reising is a financial advisor at Gibbs Wealth Management, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has previously worked at Brookstone Capital Management and operated his own firms, including Reising Financial Services, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is an owner and insurance agent involved in the sale of fixed annuities, fixed indexed annuities, and life insurance. Gibbs Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management and advisory services, utilizing third-party platforms and a combination of analytical approaches to guide investment allocations. The firm emphasizes risk management, tax efficiency, and guaranteed-income solutions in its client portfolios.

Amir Barar is a financial advisor at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Raymond James Financial Services, LPL Financial, Merrill, and Morgan Stanley. Barar is also a licensed real estate agent and serves as CEO of a support company that partly owns Laurus Financial Group, a DBA of Concurrent Investment Advisors. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized, primarily long-term investment portfolios, financial planning, and retirement advisory services, supported by a network of approximately 286 advisors.

Justin Amit is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with BlueSpring Wealth Management, LLC and has previously worked at Kestra Financial Inc., Capital Planning Advisors LLC, Bedell Frazier Investment Counselling, LLC, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Merrill. Outside of his advisory work, he officiates baseball and football games in Phoenix, AZ. BlueSpring Wealth Management is a multi-team firm serving a diverse client base. The firm emphasizes customized investment strategies and offers a range of financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment management services.

Christopher Eagles Smith is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Destination Wealth Management since 2015. Prior to his financial advisory career, he was involved with West America Tae Kwon Do for 11 years. Destination Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a core-and-tactical allocation framework based on thematic and macroeconomic research and manages over $4.1 billion in discretionary assets.

Sarah Hamilton is a CFP® certificant with 20 years of industry experience. She is currently with Mission Wealth Management, LP and previously worked at Hamilton Walker Advisers LLC and Fidelity Investments. Mission Wealth Management is a multi-team advisory firm that provides wealth management, financial planning, and portfolio management primarily for affluent individuals and families, as well as entities such as pension plans and endowments. The firm employs customized, long-term investment strategies using a variety of investment vehicles and offers services including fiduciary retirement plan consulting and cross-border planning.

Emmanuel Pablo Jr. is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with International Assets Investment Management, LLC. He previously worked at LPL Financial and spent 18 years at Patelco Credit Union. International Assets Investment Management provides advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, and other business entities through a national network of independent advisers, offering customized portfolio management and financial planning.

Roger Tran is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor representative at Core Planning in Pittsburg, CA. His previous roles include positions at Facet Wealth, Wells Fargo, and Ginsburg Financial Advisors, among others. He has also been affiliated with the Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce. Core Planning provides fee-only financial planning and wealth management services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary account management through tailored investment strategies and the use of third-party model portfolios and automated rebalancing tools.

Evelyn Zuk is a CFP® with one year of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Destination Wealth Management. Her prior roles include positions at Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, and FYNANC. Destination Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and various institutional entities. The firm employs a core-and-tactical allocation framework informed by fundamental research and macroeconomic analysis, managing over $4.1 billion in discretionary assets.

Eric Shulenberger is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Concentric with 18 years of prior experience at Veritable, LP and concurrent experience at Pathstone. He has worked in the industry for 11 years and is currently based in Walnut Creek, CA. Concentric provides discretionary sub-advisory portfolio management and model portfolio construction primarily to other registered investment advisers and financial institutions. The firm combines quantitative portfolio-optimization software and multi-factor risk models with qualitative oversight to customize portfolios, and offers specialized strategies including tax-aware and customizable mandates.

Matthew Dublin is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He currently works at True North Advisors, LLC and previously held positions at Blue Investment Partners LLC and Aptigon Capital, Citadel LLC. True North Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $5.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves very high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, foundations, and other business entities, offering comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services.

Catherine Pinkas is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with 23 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at firms including LifePro Asset Management, FSC Securities Corporation, and The Leaders Group Inc. In addition to her advisory work, she serves as a part-time instructor at the University of California Berkeley and Chabot College. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base ranging from individual and high-net-worth investors to institutional clients and financial firms. The firm uses a fund-of-funds investment approach with ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, offering advisory services, a managed account platform, and technology solutions for other advisers.

Jessica Lambruschini Coy is a financial advisor at Destination Wealth Management with 13 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Destination Wealth Management since 2015. Destination Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to a range of clients including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a core-and-tactical allocation investment approach informed by thematic research and macroeconomic analysis, managing over $4.1 billion in discretionary assets.

Linda Xia is a financial advisor at Destination Wealth Management with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2023, following 14 years at Destinational Wealth Management. Destination Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm emphasizes a core-and-tactical allocation investment approach informed by thematic fundamental research and macroeconomic analysis, managing over $4.1 billion in discretionary assets.

Karla Mcavoy is a CFP® with 14 years of experience in financial advising. She has worked at The Mather Group, LLC since 2022 and previously spent seven years at HC Financial Advisors Inc. There are no additional outside activities noted. The Mather Group serves high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, corporations, and other entities, providing integrated financial planning, investment management, tax and estate planning, and family office services. The firm uses an evidence-based investment approach with risk-based allocation models and offers customized portfolio options including ESG factor portfolios and direct indexing.