David Mar is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Arete Wealth Management since 2009 and also works as a licensed insurance agent specializing in life, disability, and health insurance. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs both advisor-driven and proprietary model allocations, uses third-party sub-advisers, and acts as an ERISA fiduciary when applicable.

David Raphael is a financial advisor at Klingenstein Fields Advisors with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Klingenstein Fields Advisors and Yieldstreet in previous roles. Klingenstein Fields Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and related advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, foundations, endowments, and pooled investment vehicles, including private investment funds. The firm employs a team-based, fundamental research approach with a long-term orientation and serves as both a private fund adviser and sponsor.

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.

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.

Hallie Kraus is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Abacus Wealth Partners. Her previous roles include positions at Garrison Point Advisors, The Humphreys Group, Bank of America, and Merrill. Abacus Wealth Partners provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes an asset-class, passive-oriented investment approach, incorporating ESG screening upon request and tailoring portfolios to clients’ risk profiles and goals.

Sean Kyle is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Plancorp, LLC since 2015. Based in San Francisco, CA, he is part of a multi-team firm with 52 advisors. Plancorp serves individuals, trustees, business owners, charitable organizations, and retirement plans with services including wealth management, investment management, financial planning, pension consulting, succession planning, and tax preparation. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory with documented Investment Policy Statements, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management alongside tax-aware strategies and access to third-party advisers.

Brendon Yi is a financial advisor at Sand Hill Global Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation. Prior to joining Sand Hill Global Advisors, he worked at Fidelity Investments for two years and has held various roles in other industries including automotive and education. Sand Hill Global Advisors provides discretionary investment management, wealth management, and comprehensive financial planning to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach combines long-term fundamental research with strategic asset allocation, using an open-architecture mix of active and passive vehicles, separately managed accounts, private investments, and options or margin when appropriate.

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.

Scott Kidd is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience, affiliated with Bailard, Inc. since 1998. He also worked at Bailard Fund Services, Inc. for 20 years. Bailard provides wealth management and asset management services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, endowments, foundations, and pension plans. The firm employs a multi-asset diversification strategy that combines quantitative models, fundamental research, and qualitative judgment, and offers sustainable, responsible, and impact investing options upon request.

Daniel Mckellar is a CFA® charterholder at Bailard, Inc. with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Bailard in various capacities since 2011. Bailard, Inc. provides wealth and asset management services to individual and institutional clients, employing an active multi-asset investment approach that integrates quantitative models, fundamental research, and qualitative judgment. The firm serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, endowments, pension plans, and registered investment companies, and is noted for its affiliated pooled vehicles and sub-advisory roles in mutual funds.

Krista Conover is a financial advisor at SVB Wealth LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with SVB Wealth, formerly Boston Private Wealth LLC, since 2014. SVB Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, family offices, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services using a range of investment strategies and conducts formal due diligence for manager selection.

Joseph Salman Tehrani is a financial advisor at SVB Wealth with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has worked at Silicon Valley Bank since 2014. SVB Wealth serves a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, family offices, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing a range of investment strategies and a formal due-diligence process for manager selection.

Christopher Moody is a financial advisor at Summitry, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has worked at Fisher Investments since 2010. Moody joined Summitry in 2025. Summitry serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, as well as investment companies and other advisers. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, model equity strategies, third-party manager selection, and advises a registered mutual fund. Its investment process is research-driven and combines internally managed core strategies with alternative approaches and independent managers.

Andrea Gandolfo is a financial advisor at Bailard, Inc. with 38 years of industry experience. He has held positions at Bailard, Inc. since 1981 and at Bailard Fund Services, Inc. from 1987 to 2018. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Bailard provides wealth management and asset management services to individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning and discretionary portfolio management across multi-asset and single-asset strategies. The firm uses a multi-asset diversification approach combining quantitative models, fundamental research, and qualitative judgment, and it offers sustainable and impact investing options for interested clients.

Kurt Hoefer is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at The Golub Group since 2004. He is based in San Mateo, California, and holds a Series 63 license. Summitry, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, as well as investment companies and other advisers. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and third-party manager selection, using a research-driven, bottom-up investment process that combines internally managed core strategies with independent managers and alternative approaches.

Brenda Vingiello is a CFA® charterholder with 4 years of industry experience, currently serving at Sand Hill Global Advisors, LLC since 2011. She is based in Palo Alto, CA. Sand Hill Global Advisors provides investment management, wealth management, and financial planning services to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities. The firm follows an open-architecture, globally oriented investment approach that emphasizes asset allocation and combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up research.

Thao Pham is a financial advisor at Summitry, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® and Series 66 designations. Her prior work includes roles at Golub Group, LLC, Stavis & Cohen Financial, and FSC Securities Corp. Summitry serves individuals and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and occasionally investment companies and other advisers. The firm employs a research-driven, bottom-up investment approach combining internally managed core strategies with independent managers and alternative methods.

Kathleen Hafner is a CFP® professional with experience at Brighton Jones LLC since 2025. Prior to joining Brighton Jones, she worked at Elmwood Wealth Management and Bloom Wealth Advisors. Before entering the financial advisory field, she held various roles in healthcare institutions including UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland and John Muir Hospital. Brighton Jones LLC provides comprehensive wealth management services to individuals, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, and retirement plans. The firm employs a Personal CFO model and offers family office services, investment management, and private-investment opportunities through its subsidiary Lenora Capital.

Ryan Chavez is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He has worked with firms including Advisory Group of San Francisco and LPL Financial before joining Bailard, Inc., where he has been since 2024. Bailard, Inc. provides wealth and asset management services to individual and institutional clients, employing an active multi-asset approach that combines quantitative models, fundamental research, and qualitative judgment. The firm serves high-net-worth individuals, endowments, foundations, and other institutional investors, and is notable for its management of affiliated pooled vehicles and sub-advisory roles for mutual funds.