Ronald Spence is a financial advisor at Atlantic Investments a Registered Investment Advisor, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, with one year of industry experience. He has prior work experience at Kaiser Permanente since 1983. Atlantic Investments serves individuals and high-net-worth clients by providing personalized financial planning and coordinating implementation through third-party money managers. The firm delivers financial plans, documents client goals and risk tolerances, and conducts periodic account reviews without managing client assets directly.

Glen Michel is a financial advisor at Advanced Portfolio Strategies with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at APS Management Group, Inc. since 2016, following five years at MML Investors Services and over 16 years with Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company. In addition to his advisory role, he sells life, health, disability, and long-term care insurance products. Advanced Portfolio Strategies is a small team managing approximately $158.7 million for about 208 clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm’s investment approach integrates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis with modern portfolio theory, providing customized strategies and quarterly portfolio reviews.

Justin Yoo is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with Blue Zone Wealth Advisors, LLC in Los Angeles, CA. He has experience in the financial industry dating back to 2015, including roles at Titan Global Capital Management, YipitData, Kensho Technologies, and Roubini Global Economics. His career also includes two sabbaticals between 2017 and 2025. Blue Zone Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, employer retirement plans, and business entities, managing approximately $565 million across 170 client relationships. The firm uses a variety of analytic methods to tailor portfolios and offers services ranging from comprehensive asset management to specialized planning for business owners and complex households.

Andrew Kim is a financial advisor at AMI Asset Management Corp in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 65 designation and beginning his advisory career in 2025. Prior to joining AMI Asset Management, he held various roles in technology and solar energy companies. AMI Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management to a range of individual and institutional clients, employing a fundamental, bottom-up research approach across multiple equity and fixed-income strategies. The firm manages $1.925 billion in assets with nine advisors and is notable for its role as a private fund adviser and manager of pooled vehicles.

Taylor Heininger is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Cloud Capital Management since 2022 and previously spent nine years at Bessemer Trust. He is based in El Segundo, California. Cloud Capital Management serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities with discretionary investment management and standalone financial consulting services. The firm employs a team-based approach, using quantitative and qualitative analysis, model-based trading, and may recommend outside managers to construct and monitor portfolios.

Mikyla Martinez is a financial advisor at Atlantic Investments, a Registered Investment Advisor, Inc., based in Los Angeles, CA. She holds two years of industry experience, including her current role at Atlantic Investments and a concurrent long-term position at Kaiser Permanente. Atlantic Investments serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing personalized financial planning and coordinating implementation through third-party money managers. The firm emphasizes comprehensive planning, including retirement, cash-flow, tax, and estate modules, while using varied analytical approaches and allowing clients to set investment restrictions.

Simone Liu is a financial advisor at AIRE Advisors, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Outside of her advisory role, Liu serves as CEO of The Golden Resource LLC, an import/export business. AIRE Advisors manages approximately $1 billion in client assets, serving individual and high-net-worth clients, family offices, employer retirement plans, and brokerage customers. The firm’s investment approach focuses on strategic asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing a broad range of asset classes and third-party managers, with services offered on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Loren Gesas is a financial advisor at RVW Wealth LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with RVW Investing since 2010. RVW Wealth provides discretionary investment management to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a fundamental research approach, focusing on ETFs and mutual funds for equities and bonds, and maintains active portfolio supervision through a team-based review process.

Riley Van Velthuyzen is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving as an associate financial planner at Ocean Path Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Ocean Path Advisors, he worked at Mariner Independent and EP Wealth Advisors, and has experience at KPMG, LLP. Ocean Path Advisors is a small team providing portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes modern portfolio theory with broadly diversified, low-cost indexed investments, supplemented by margin and options strategies in select accounts.

John Bullitt is a CFP®-certified financial advisor at Validus Capital LLC with six years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Morgan Stanley and StartEngine Crowdfunding, and has held positions ranging from financial advisory roles to business experience in various companies. Validus Capital LLC provides wealth management, financial planning, legacy planning, and family office services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, attorneys, and foundations. The firm manages approximately $2.54 billion in assets, constructing customized, primarily long-term portfolios using a combination of mutual funds, separately managed accounts, ETFs, individual equities, alternative investments, and fixed income.

Justin Dyer is a CFP® and CFA® with 15 years of industry experience. He is currently with AWM Capital, LLC, where he has worked since 2019, and also owns AWM Ventures LLC, a venture capital investing business. His prior roles include positions at Bridge Advisory LLC and Waypoint Wealth Partners. AWM Capital is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as private funds. The firm employs a liability-driven investing approach and an open-architecture platform, managing approximately $1.15 billion across a diverse range of investment vehicles.

Marshall Quan is a financial advisor at Sierra Investment Management, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Sierra since 1999. Prior to and during his time at Sierra, he has also been associated with Ocean Park Asset Management, LLC since 2007. Sierra Investment Management is an SEC-registered adviser providing discretionary investment management and limited financial planning services to individuals, trusts, pension and institutional clients. The firm employs a rules-based, tactical investment approach using quantitative trend-following signals and a trailing-stop sell discipline across a range of model portfolios.

Cristian Mundy is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving at Life Line Wealth Management LLC. He has held positions at J.P. Morgan Securities and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and also coaches youth basketball at the Hollywood Recreation Center. Life Line Wealth Management is a small team advisory firm managing approximately $557.6 million in assets, primarily for individual clients, trusts, and small business entities. The firm focuses on passive, asset-allocation strategies using ETFs and offers discretionary investment management alongside financial planning services.

Craig Bailey Jr. is a financial advisor at Granite Investment Partners, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at firms including NWQ Investment Management Company, Mandeville Advisors LLC, and Kotak Mahindra Inc. He also serves as an advisor to Equala Therapeutics Inc., assisting the CEO with strategic planning for a pharmaceutical manufacturing startup. Granite Investment Partners provides discretionary investment management to institutional clients, government entities, private pooled vehicles, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a bottom-up research process combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, and manages private funds as well as mutual funds and wrap program arrangements.

Peter Gardiner is a financial advisor with The Investment House LLC in Venice, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has been with The Investment House LLC since 2012. The Investment House LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and pooled vehicles. The firm uses client-specific investment policies implemented across various strategies, combining fundamental analysis with top-down sector selection and managing registered investment companies, an ETF, and private funds.

Clint Urso is a financial advisor with Atlantic Investments, a Registered Investment Advisor, Inc., based in Los Angeles, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 16 years of industry experience. Urso has worked with Atlantic Investments since 2010 and Atlantic Financial Services, Inc. since 2009. He is also an owner and insurance agent at Atlantic Financial Insurance Services, where he spends approximately half of his time. Atlantic Investments serves individuals and high-net-worth clients by providing personalized financial planning and coordinating implementation through third-party money managers. The firm focuses on documenting client goals and risk tolerances, delivering financial plans, and performing periodic account reviews without managing client assets or accepting discretionary trading authority.

Jeffrey Eisfelder is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at SFE Investment Counsel Inc. He previously spent ten years at First Foundation Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he is the sole licensee owner of GBG Southeast, a youth travel baseball organization in the Southeast. SFE Investment Counsel serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, retirement plans, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm focuses on asset allocation and a total-return approach with concentrated equity portfolios, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside fixed-income laddering to manage risk.

Boris Geyzer is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at JSF Financial, LLC and Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation. He has been with JSF Financial since 2000 and with Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation since 2010. Outside of his financial advisory work, he is involved as a homecare provider for a disabled relative. JSF Financial provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, wealth management, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $1.97 billion across about 791 client relationships, using a combination of bespoke portfolio management, model asset-allocation strategies, and third-party managers.

Eleanor Weinstock is a financial advisor with Evolve Private Wealth, LLC in Los Angeles, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 35 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Advisors, Morgan Stanley, and Sanctuary Advisors. She is also a licensed insurance agent involved with Evolve Wealth Insurance LLC. Evolve Private Wealth, LLC provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and financial institutions. The firm manages approximately $2.15 billion in assets with a focus on fundamental analysis and long-term, diversified portfolios that incorporate mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, and alternative investments.

Taryn Lee is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor at WealthSpring with 21 years of industry experience. She has worked at several firms, including Commonwealth Financial Network and Kms Financial Services, Inc. Lee is also involved in fixed insurance sales conducted at her branch location. WealthSpring Partners serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, charitable organizations, and municipal entities, offering investment advisory, financial planning, retirement consulting, and portfolio management. The firm employs a primarily discretionary asset-management approach that incorporates various analytical methods and proprietary model programs, with an emphasis on ongoing financial planning.