Daniel Newquist is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. His prior roles include positions at The Colony Group, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, and SECURITIES AMERICA. He has also been involved with the Charter School of Morgan Hill Foundation. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate and institutional clients, offering comprehensive wealth management and advisory services. The firm emphasizes long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive portfolio construction using an enhanced open architecture framework that integrates active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds.

Theresa Du is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 10 years of industry experience and a Series 66 designation. She has held roles outside finance including a graduate assistant position at San Jose State University and a customer service role at Sharks Ice San Jose. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services with a mix of proprietary and third-party investment models, managing over $2 billion in client assets.

Tomislav Vatavuk is a CFP® professional with Series 65 and Series 66 licenses, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning in San Jose, CA. He has five years of industry experience, including nine years at Stansberry Asset Management and prior roles at BNY Mellon, Harrisdirect LLC, and Merrill. Creative Planning provides wealth management and retirement-plan advisory services to a wide range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, and foundations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets across more than 1,100 advisors.

Damon Yee is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in San Jose, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining Centaurus in 2018, he worked at AAA Mountain West Group for five years. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in property and casualty insurance sales and serves as CEO and president of True North Financial and Insurance Services, Inc. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a broad client base including individuals, families, businesses, and institutions, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement consulting. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary management through platforms such as CLASSIC Plus and FlexUMA.

Nishant Pandya is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at firms including The Colony Group, LLC, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, and Loring Ward Holdings, Inc. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs an investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, incorporating fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside tools such as trend-following and options overlay strategies.

Brandon Chew is a financial advisor with AE Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Foundations Investment Advisors LLC and Retirement Wealth Advisors. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in insurance sales through eHealth-Plans Inc., operating under the dba Brandon Chew Financial. AE Wealth Management provides fee-based portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individual and institutional clients. The firm utilizes discretionary model portfolios and supports third-party RIAs with sub-advisory and model-licensing services, managing approximately $49.8 billion for over 127,000 clients.

Xi Fei is an advisor at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. with three years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and previously worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to a diverse client base including individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, utilizing both client-directed and discretionary strategies supported by global asset management and fund selection teams.

Daniel May is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at The Colony Group, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, SECURITIES AMERICA, RNP Advisory Services, Foothill Securities, and Charles Schwab. Outside of his advisory work, he participates in the Los Gatos Networking Group, where he occasionally assists with report and analysis support. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach combining active and passive strategies within an enhanced open-architecture framework.

Dan Wang is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has held roles at several firms, including Dream Builder Financial and Silicon Valley Enterprise, where he serves as treasurer. Wang is also involved in insurance product sales affiliated with his primary firm. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers advisory and broker-dealer services with proprietary and third-party model portfolios, providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment options.

Xuan Nguyen is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 41 years of industry experience. He has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and has held roles at several related firms, including WFGIA, WSB Partners, Inc., and Gold Team LLC. Beyond his advisory work, Nguyen operates X-PRESS, providing writing and consulting services unrelated to investment activities. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base that includes individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a combination of advisory and broker-dealer services, utilizing proprietary and third-party model portfolios with both discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Philip Nguyen is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in San Jose, CA. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Eagle Strategies in 2025, he worked at New York Life Insurance Company and NYLIfe Securities, LLC since 2012. Outside of finance, he is involved in commercial fishing. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice across various program types and manages a majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within a structure integrated with New York Life affiliates.

Rocky George Marania is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Scharf Investments, LLC, San Jose State University, and various other organizations. 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 operates a Private Advisor model supported by a consolidated investment platform, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, brokerage services, and alternative investment placement.

Jorick Gaines is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors and holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 30 years of industry experience and has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012. Gaines is also involved with several other businesses, including serving as a referral partner for Nevada Solar Energy and providing client education on estate planning through InheritGuard, LLC. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services, utilizing a mix of proprietary and third-party model portfolios and provides discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Tsankuen Wang is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Saratoga, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at WFG Direct, Lu and Wang Group, Premier Marketing, and World Financial Group, INC. He also serves as secretary and CFO of the Lu and Wang Group, an accounting entity, and is involved in selling health care insurance products. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary model portfolios and third-party money managers. The firm operates as both a registered broker-dealer and a registered investment adviser, providing a range of discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Petty Yao is a financial advisor at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. with 28 years of industry experience. Prior to joining HSBC in 2024, Yao worked at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC for three years and at Citigroup Global Markets for 14 years. Yao holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, featuring both client-directed and discretionary options. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic and tactical asset allocation through multiple model risk profiles, leveraging global asset management and third-party due diligence providers, with a substantial portion of assets held in non-discretionary, client-directed portfolios.

Siulun Leung is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Citigroup in 2022, Leung worked at Bank of America and Merrill from 2016 to 2022. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles such as operating as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant, alongside extensive in-house research and custody services.

Wei Yi Liao is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 23 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Liao Dynasty, Gold Socal, World System Builder Taiwan Branch, Warner Pacific, Gold Team LLC, and Wfgia. Outside of advisory activities, he is involved in business management roles at Gold Socal and Gold Team LLC. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services with a variety of proprietary and third-party investment programs, operating as both a registered broker-dealer and a registered investment adviser.

David Culler is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and Park Avenue Securities, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 35 years of industry experience, including roles at Guardian Life Insurance Company and Integrated Financial & Insurance Services. He also sells insurance products as part of his business activities. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base, offering both brokerage and advisory services along with financial planning and business consulting. The firm employs a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies and sponsors multiple advisory programs for individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients.

Marco Quintana is a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory with a Series 65 credential and experience beginning in 2025. Prior to joining Schwab Wealth Advisory, he worked at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. since 2021 and spent 13 years with the US Treasury Department – IRS. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and select Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients. The firm uses proprietary asset-allocation models and research tools to guide investment selection, offering tailored recommendations without exercising discretionary trading authority.

Himawan Brasali is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2016 and is also associated with the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts, where he provides education and analysis related to Social Security. Additionally, he serves as a Senior Land Surveyor at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm’s advisory approach utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers across multiple platforms, supporting a regulatory AUM of approximately $1.7 billion.