Stanley Shurson is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including LPL Financial and James Haug. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing a primarily long-term investment approach using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income.

Elias Santos is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at GWFS Equities, Advised Assets Group, UBS Financial Services, JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, First Command Advisory Services, and TD Ameritrade. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm offers integrated services linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing within plan lineups selected by plan sponsors.

Francesco Ruggeri is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at TCFG Investment Advisors and Securities America Advisors. Outside of advisory work, he is a passive owner in several restaurant ventures, including a San Francisco omakase restaurant and two other dining establishments. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of brokerage, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement services through a national network of advisors and utilizes multiple advisory platforms and third-party asset managers.

Joshua Block is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Mercer, he worked at RemoteLink Solutions and studied at San Diego State University. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and related planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with multi-factor strategies, low-cost index vehicles, regular rebalancing, and tax management.

Bridgette Ziolkowski is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 12 years of industry experience. She has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2012 and is also involved in coaching through Clear Intentions Coaching, where she practices as an energy healer and facilitator specializing in modalities such as Reiki and breathwork. Additionally, she rents a Tesla Model 3 through the Turo platform. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Mahalene Dulay is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Foresters Advisory Services LLC and Foresters Financial Services. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved as a PTA board member focusing on diversity and inclusion, and she owns two ventures focused on financial education and consulting for financial professionals. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, offering services such as plan design, fiduciary consulting, and employee education. The firm manages approximately $79.8 billion in assets and serves a diverse client base, including large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Gabriel Martin is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services across multiple wealth segments. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains unique market roles including in-house research, swap dealing, and futures commission merchant activities.

Ekaterina Hanhauser is a financial advisor at D.A. Davidson & Co. with 14 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked for an independent financial group for 10 years before joining her current firm in 2021. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as the president of the Los Penasquitos Elementary School PTA. D.A. Davidson & Co. provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including employer-sponsored retirement plans, individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of services such as ERISA retirement plan advisory, financial planning, and a private wealth program, operating under fiduciary standards and incorporating both qualitative and quantitative investment analysis.

Christa Keck English is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in San Diego, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Independent Financial Group, LLC and Telos Capital Management, Inc. She has been with Commonwealth Financial Network since 2021. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and manages around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Alyssa Saad is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation based in Carpinteria, CA. She holds a Series 66 credential and has recently begun her career in wealth management, with prior experience at MPD Wealth and DRS Daylight Solutions. PlanMember Securities Corporation provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, offering investment options through asset allocation portfolios and delivering education and support services. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach to manage risk-based mutual fund portfolios across a range of risk profiles.

Gavin Lodge is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and bringing 28 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at LPL Financial, Securian Financial Services, and Minnesota Life Insurance Co. Lodge operates multiple investment advisory businesses and is involved in non-variable insurance sales. Private Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, utilizing a network of investment adviser representatives and multiple third-party asset managers and platforms.

David Moller is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation in San Diego, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has one year of industry experience. Outside of advising, he works as a senior manufacturing engineer at DRS Daylight Solutions, a defense contractor. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, serving as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm utilizes a top-down strategic asset allocation framework and manages unitized, risk-based mutual fund portfolios ranging from conservative to aggressive, while also offering education and support services to plan sponsors and participants.

Marianna Sada is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 25 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at CUSO Financial Services, LP for 13 years before joining Commonwealth in 2019. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and support services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, and offers advisors discretion to construct client portfolios from diverse securities and insurance products.

Julian Myers is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with six years of industry experience. He currently works at Commonwealth Financial Network and previously held roles at LPL Financial, Independent Financial Group, and as a self-employed advisor. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm manages roughly $213 billion in assets and offers a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custody services.

Benedict Maloney is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with 48 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Centaurus Financial since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he works as an agent for term life insurance and Medicare supplement and Medicare Advantage sales in San Diego. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management through the CLASSIC Plus platform, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services, employing a mix of fundamental, technical, bottom-up, and top-down analysis across discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements.

Sandra Nicole Tucker is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with four years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining Empower Advisory Group, she worked at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for three years. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management services primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Darrell Alford is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 40 years of industry experience, currently serving at Independent Financial Partners. His prior roles include positions at Triad Advisors, Resources Investment Advisors, and LPL Financial Corporation. Independent Financial Partners provides investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan services through a nationwide network of independent advisors. The firm supports a multi-advisor platform with over 260 advisors and notable expertise in retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting.

Garrett Workmon is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning since 2018. Prior to joining Creative Planning, he worked at Uber Technologies Inc. and H&R Block, and has experience with Wayzata Community Church and the University of Missouri - Columbia. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies for long-term goals, supplemented by enhanced indexing and private market exposure.

Travis Lewis is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial and Blueprint Wealth Partners, both spanning 14 years. Outside of advising, he is co-owner of several tourism and charter-related businesses in Ketchikan, Alaska. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing advisory programs, technology, and operational support. The firm offers a range of investment solutions, including discretionary model portfolios and personalized indexing options.

Holly Salazar is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 20 years of industry experience. She has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2014 and is also an agent with Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.