Roger Cortes is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 10 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Ciena Corporation and LegacyShield Solutions, and is involved with the Heartland Institute of Financial Education, which offers college coaching programs. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm provides both advisory and broker-dealer services, offering model portfolios and access to third-party money managers through discretionary and non-discretionary programs.

Sheldon Mcfarland is an investment advisor with Focus Advisor Solutions, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 23 years of industry experience. He has worked at Focus Advisor Solutions since 2018 and previously spent 12 years with LWI Financial Inc. and Loring Ward Securities Inc. Mcfarland also serves as Vice President of Portfolio Strategy and Research at Focus Partners Advisor Solutions, LLC. Focus Advisor Solutions provides turnkey asset management and back-office services primarily to independent registered investment advisors, offering model portfolios, operational support, and fixed-income sub-advisory and retirement plan management services. The firm combines enterprise scale with a relatively small advisor base, managing approximately $41 billion in assets for over 33,000 clients.

Steven Wong is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Santa Clara, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with 13 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Dream Builder Financial and WFGIA, and he has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors or its affiliates for over a decade. Outside of finance, he is involved with Qantel Technologies Inc., where he has had a long tenure since 1981. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary model portfolios and third-party managers. The firm operates uniquely as both a registered broker-dealer and RIA, supporting its clients with affiliated retirement and recordkeeping services.

Timothy Salunga is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses and has worked at TIAA-CREF since 2016. Prior to that, he was with SigFig Wealth Management LLC and TD Ameritrade. Outside of his advisory work, he co-owns a rental condo with his wife. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans. The firm distinguishes between time-limited planning services and ongoing portfolio management, operating under a fiduciary standard and utilizing both model and customized portfolios.

Lisa Ozaki is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mariner in Los Altos, CA. She has previously worked at Summitry, LLC and Allworth Financial. Mariner is an enterprise firm that serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and integrated tax and family office services, utilizing customized portfolios overseen by an internal investment committee.

Yuju Hsiung is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 15 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has prior work experience including roles at Kaiser Permanente Health Insurance and as president of Yuju Consulting Inc. In addition to her advisory work, she is involved in network marketing for nutrient supplements through Beauty Stem Biomedical. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services. The firm provides access to proprietary and third-party model portfolios, with discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Zhiyuan Wang is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Transamerica since 2014 and has held positions in health insurance, social security consulting, and engineering. Outside of his advisory role, Wang educates clients on optimizing Social Security income and leads system testing techniques as a principal engineer. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services, utilizing proprietary and third-party model portfolios, with options for discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Shabina Rafiq is a financial advisor at Mariner with 25 years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Her prior experience includes roles at Commonwealth Financial Network and Msec, LLC. Additionally, she is a notary public. Mariner serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm employs customized discretionary portfolios supported by in-house research and third-party managers, with a notable integration of tax and accounting services uncommon among large enterprises.

Baodong Hu is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Cetera Investment Services LLC, East West Bank, and Morgan Stanley Private Bank. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains in-house research and security-pricing capabilities, operating at a scale that includes roles as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Stephanus Hermanto is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at IBM and ongoing involvement with firms such as inheritguard, LLC, where he provides education and support on estate planning issues. Additionally, he assists clients with insurance needs through the Covered California Health Insurance Marketplace. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and businesses, delivering services through a large advisor network and multiple program platforms. The firm’s investment approach primarily utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers, combining proprietary and external strategies with an integrated retirement plan ecosystem.

Grant Carver is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Palo Alto, CA, holding a Series 65 license with two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at The Colony Group, LLC, GW & Wade, LLC, and CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans, providing investment management, financial planning, tax and compliance support, family office and business management, and employee benefit retirement plan services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach with attention to tax and fee sensitivity, using a combination of active and passive strategies and an enhanced open architecture tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and financial circumstances.

Vinh Do is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Mutual of America Securities LLC and Cetera Investment Services LLC. Based in San Jose, CA, he has been with Empower Advisory Group since 2024. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm uses an integrated approach tied to its recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering both point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Sasha Zhu is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and possessing 15 years of industry experience. She has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2014. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in business administration for a restaurant called Little by Little. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains large institutional capabilities including in-house research and market roles such as swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Trevor Lawson is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and four years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at GWFS Equities and a part-time position as an EMT with AMR/Rural Metro, where he provides emergency medical services. He also occasionally assists with clerical duties at a family roofing company. Empower Advisory Group primarily serves employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, offering financial planning and investment management through an integrated model connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing within plan lineups selected by plan sponsors.

Philip Topacio is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Morgan Stanley. 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 offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, operating as a registered broker-dealer with services including securities transactions, variable insurance products, placement, and investment banking.

Thomas Bodin is a CFP® and CFA® with 13 years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC and Bodin Wealth Management LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans, providing investment management, financial planning, tax and compliance support, family office and business management, and employee benefit retirement plan services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach with tax and fee sensitivity, using a combination of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, private funds, and tactical overlays to customize portfolios according to clients’ risk tolerance and other circumstances.

Jeremy Pomer is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving at Kestra Advisory Services, LLC since 2016. He has also worked with Kestra Investment Services, NFP Advisor Services, 401 K Advisors, and Financial Telesis Inc. In addition to his advisory role, Pomer is a Senior Plan Consultant involved in retirement plan consulting and fiduciary services. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement plan consulting to plan sponsors and a diverse range of institutional and individual clients, offering services including plan design, compliance testing, fiduciary consulting, and plan-level investment advice. The firm serves large institutional investors and offers access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions.

Geetika Mehrotra is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. She is currently with Citigroup Global Markets and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing, Chase Investment Services Corp., Wescom Financial Services, Merrill, and Wells Fargo Investments. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment advisory programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm operates with a combination of large institutional scale and specialized market roles, including in-house research and derivatives services.

Chad Galvan is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. based in San Jose, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Blankinship & Foster, LLC, GWFS Equities, Inc., Dash Investments, Silver Oak Wealth Advisors, and David White and Associates. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. is an enterprise-scale advisory and broker-dealer firm offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and charitable organizations. The firm uses a combination of in-house and external strategists, model portfolios, and technology-enabled tools to deliver customized investment solutions, operating in both advisory and broker-dealer capacities.

John Lee is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Independent Financial Group, LLC since 2005 and previously at National Planning Corporation from 2000 to 2005. Lee is also involved as an officer and director of LEE NG & ASSOCIATES, a DBA used for marketing purposes. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporate and pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management using both firm- and third-party models, combining strategic asset allocation with active and passive exposures across standard risk profiles.