Wan Lin Liao is a financial advisor at Griffinest Asia Asset Management, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Griffinest Asia Management, LLC since 2019 and Griffinest Asia Securities since 2012. Griffinest Asia Asset Management serves high-net-worth and qualified individual investors, as well as corporations and institutional clients, providing discretionary portfolio management, investment advisory, and personal financial planning services. The firm customizes portfolios based on clients’ risk tolerances and objectives and manages approximately $10.27 million in assets across nine accounts.

Mark Delgadillo is a financial advisor with SFE Investment Counsel Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 39 years of industry experience. Prior to joining SFE Investment Counsel in 2020, he worked at D.A. Davidson & Co. for seven years. SFE Investment Counsel serves a range of clients including individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and institutional investors, offering customized investment supervisory services. The firm’s approach focuses on asset allocation, long-term holding strategies, and concentrated equity portfolios supported by fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis combined with fixed-income laddering.

Geert Criel is a financial advisor at Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, he worked for the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 32 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a director of a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and co-financing European movies in Los Angeles. Pasadena Private Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, pension plans, and business entities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary asset management alongside financial planning and retirement consulting. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and long-term portfolio construction, managing over $1.2 billion in assets across multiple offices with a multi-advisor team.

Lily Mossayi is a financial advisor at AIRE Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at AIRE Advisors since 2021. Prior to that, her background includes positions in real estate and law firms. AIRE Advisors manages approximately $1 billion in client assets, serving individual clients, family offices, employer retirement plans, and brokerage customers. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and employs a range of investment strategies, including the use of third-party money managers, with services offered on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Gregory Zedlar is a financial advisor with California Capital Management in North Hollywood, CA, holding the ChFC® and Series 66 designations and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has been with California Capital Management since 2004. Outside of advisory work, he is a co-trustee of the G & L Zedlar Family Trust and is involved with Conceptual Thinking, LLC, which invests in startups. California Capital Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and corporate entities with a focus on customized portfolio management. The firm manages approximately $358 million in discretionary assets for a client base of several hundred accounts, offering wrap fee programs and retirement plan consulting tailored to various time horizons and risk tolerances.

Chingpao Chang is a financial advisor at East West Wealth Advisors LLC in Pasadena, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with six years of industry experience. Prior to joining East West Wealth Advisors in 2026, he worked at Cetera Investment Services and Cetera, Citigroup Global Markets, Bank of America, Merrill, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and J.P. Morgan Securities. East West Wealth Advisors provides discretionary separately managed account services for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, institutional investors, and other entities. The firm uses a goals-based, multi-asset investment approach overseen by an Investment Policy Committee and offers portfolio management through wrap-fee programs and custodial relationships.

Gabrielle Stapleton is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Arroyo Investment Group, LLC in Pasadena, CA. She has been with Arroyo Investment Group and Capital Research & Consulting LLC since 2012. Arroyo Investment Group is a fee-only investment management and financial planning firm managing approximately $319.5 million in client assets. The firm serves individuals and institutional clients through a discretionary, model-driven approach using proprietary screening to maintain 15 model portfolios primarily composed of no-load mutual funds, with regular rebalancing and quarterly reviews.

Darren Pollock is a financial advisor at Cheviot Value Management, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Cheviot Value Management since 2000. Cheviot Value Management is a privately owned registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plan participants. The firm employs a value-oriented, fundamentally driven investment approach with tactical asset allocation and offers services including discretionary investment management, financial planning, and budget coaching.

Sophia Barclay is a financial advisor at AWM Capital, LLC with a Series 65 designation and experience at firms including Excellent Capital, Hudson Pacific, and CBRE. She began her professional career after attending the University of Alabama. AWM Capital is a fee-based registered investment adviser serving high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, managing approximately $1.15 billion across a multi-team staff of 24 advisors. The firm emphasizes liability-driven investing and asset allocation, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and integrates comprehensive financial planning services including tax and estate planning.

Richard Plamondon is a financial advisor at Lazari Capital Management, Inc. with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Lazari Capital since 2018, following a nine-year tenure at Mutual Securities. Outside of his advisory role, he is also a licensed insurance agent specializing in Medicare insurance products. Lazari Capital Management provides portfolio management, financial and estate planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, trusts, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and a private fund. The firm employs a multifaceted investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis and manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis.

Choeng Kim is a financial advisor at Allmerits Asset, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been an independent healthcare insurance agent since 2012. Allmerits Asset, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management through third-party sub-advisers and digital platforms, serving individuals, corporations, charities, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm employs tactical and strategic asset allocation and offers retirement plan consulting and standalone financial consulting.

Bradley Salo is a CFP® with 39 years of industry experience. He has been with California Capital Management since 2004 and also works with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of his advisory work, he is president of One Management Group, Inc., a landscape design consulting firm. California Capital Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and corporate entities, managing roughly $358 million in discretionary assets across several hundred accounts. The firm offers customized portfolio management through a wrap fee program and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a range of investment strategies including ETFs, mutual funds, equities, fixed income, and options.

Harold Parker Jr. is a financial advisor with Strategy Asset Managers L.L.C. in Pasadena, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has worked at Strategy Asset Managers since 2019 and previously at Holly Street Wealth Advisors from 2016 to 2020. Strategy Asset Managers serves individuals, high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families, pension and institutional clients, and pooled investment vehicles, offering portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, financial planning, and a Strategy Family Office. The firm manages approximately $930 million in discretionary assets and employs multiple core equity and multi-asset strategies, including acting as adviser and sponsor to private funds and providing pooled vehicle services with audited investor reporting.

Handong Yu is a financial advisor at Dew Point Capital with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Dew Point Capital since 2024. Prior to this, he held various roles including positions at StockSwap and the JACCK Foundation for the Arts. Dew Point Capital provides fee-based discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a custom, strategic allocation approach emphasizing long-term purchase strategies with flexibility for short-term trades under certain market conditions.

Timothy Wahl is a financial advisor at The Investment House LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with The Investment House since 2012. The Investment House LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs client-specific investment policies across multiple strategies using a combination of fundamental analysis and top-down sector selection, and manages registered investment companies, an ETF, and private funds.

Ellen Himmel is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Regatta Capital Group, LLC with nine years of industry experience. She has worked at Regatta Capital Group since 2016 and has operated her own tax preparation sole proprietorship since 2007. Regatta Capital Group is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental-analysis approach, utilizing diversified portfolios of low-cost mutual funds and ETFs supplemented by individual stocks and bonds, and also manages private pooled investment vehicles.

James Turo is a financial advisor with GT Investment Management, LLC and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has 27 years of industry experience, including roles as Managing Director of GT Securities, Inc., and CEO of Growthink, Inc., a strategic business planning advisory firm. He also serves as a growth advisor with Guiding Metrics, a provider of business analytics and dashboard solutions. GT Investment Management primarily serves high-net-worth individual clients, offering investment management and financial planning services. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct tailored portfolios managed through various account structures, including advisor-managed accounts and third-party managers.

Donna Gaddis is an advisor with Scout Wealth Advisors LLC in Pasadena, CA. She has no industry experience as a financial advisor but has held roles at Garrison Family Medical Group Inc since 2023, at Children's Center of the Antelope Valley from 2011 to 2023, and has been involved with QCS Consulting since 1990. Scout Wealth Advisors serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business clients, offering asset management, comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm follows a tailored, fiduciary approach focused on long-term positioning using fundamental and technical analysis, with a preference for ETFs, equities, and mutual funds.

Michael Laine is a CFP® with 42 years of industry experience, currently serving at Altruist Advisors LLC. He has previously worked at LPL Financial Corporation for 17 years. In addition to his advisory role, he owns Living Well Enterprises LLC, a sailboat charter business. Altruist Advisors serves individual investors, trusts, estates, and other entities with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm combines fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis with modern portfolio theory, implementing both proprietary and third-party model portfolios through its integrated technology platform.

Martin Irani is a financial advisor at Cheviot Value Management, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Hancock Management Partners for 25 years. Outside of advisory work, he is the owner of Touchdown Capital, LLC, a real estate investment business. Cheviot Value Management provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm follows a value-oriented investment approach with fundamental analysis and diversification, offering additional services such as financial planning, budget coaching, and access to an insurer-consultation platform.