Aryan Golzar Shabestary is a financial advisor at Navalign, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Navalign, he worked at BNY and F.G. Consulting, where he accumulated over a decade of experience. Navalign is a team firm serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and business entities with investment advisory and planning services. The firm employs a fiduciary approach that includes portfolio tailoring, quarterly reviews, and rebalancing, while also offering comprehensive planning services covering corporate tax, business transitions, and pension consulting.

Darius Gagne is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at Quantum Financial Advisors, LLC since 2022. He previously worked at Abacus Wealth Partners, LLC for 10 years and Quantum Wealth Management LLC for 7 years. Quantum Financial Advisors serves individuals, high net worth families, trusts and estates, employer retirement plans, and other business entities with comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs an asset-class, rules-based investment approach emphasizing mutual funds, ETFs, and separately managed accounts, offering both Total Market and Sustainable strategies that incorporate environmental rankings and institutional-class investment options.

Francois Viljoen is a financial advisor at IFC Advisors LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup Global Markets. IFC Advisors provides investment management and financial advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and participant-directed retirement plans. The firm combines active and passive strategies across various asset classes, tailoring portfolios to clients' cash flows, risk capacity, and long-term goals while integrating third-party independent managers and alternative investments for qualified clients.

Ryan Brouillette is a financial advisor at L & S Advisors, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 registrations with 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at KA Associates and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., where he worked for 12 years, as well as at C.K. Cooper & Company, Inc. and Roxbury Capital Management LLC. L & S Advisors serves individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plan sponsors and participants through discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and sub-advisory services. The firm uses a tactical and unconstrained investment approach with multiple strategies, including equities, fixed income, alternatives, and the active use of derivatives and margin in managed accounts.

Justin Mccurdy is a financial advisor at Manhattan West Asset Management, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Manhattan West since 2017, previously working at AdvicePeriod, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is president of a summer basketball camp program called ProSkills. Manhattan West Asset Management serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and retirement plans, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and a Digital Asset Advisory Program. The firm employs a fiduciary, client-tailored approach that integrates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis across various investment strategies, managing over $1 billion in assets.

Kevin Sacre is a financial advisor with Atlantic Investments a Registered Investment Advisor, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 65 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Atlantic Investments since 2015 and Atlantic Financial Services, Inc. since 2017. Outside of financial services, Sacre owns Sacre Images, a photography business established in 2010. Atlantic Investments serves individuals and high-net-worth clients by providing personalized financial planning and coordinating implementation through third-party money managers. The firm does not manage client assets directly but offers services including retirement planning, cash-flow and tax reviews, estate planning modules, and referrals to other professionals.

Joseph Migdol is a financial advisor at Total Wealth Services, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Citibank and JP Morgan Securities LLC in various roles. Total Wealth Services, LLC provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary wealth and portfolio management to individual investors, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a manager- and style-agnostic investment approach, using diversified asset mixes tailored to client circumstances and generally manages portfolios on a discretionary basis.

Ravi Davis is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at Hippocratic Financial Advisors. He previously worked at Advanced Practice Advisors for three years and has been involved with Hippocratic Insurance Services since 2014. Outside of financial advising, Davis owns a computer and information technology consulting firm. Hippocratic Financial Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing wealth management, portfolio management, and financial planning services. The firm follows a long-term, goals-based investment approach with strategic asset allocation primarily through mutual funds and ETFs, tailored to client risk tolerance and other factors.

Brent Donovan is a financial advisor at Grant Tani Barash & Altman, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at Geneos Wealth Management, Inc. and Hightower Securities. Outside of his advisory role, he is president of MAD Donovan Inc. Grant Tani Barash & Altman, LLC is an SEC-registered business management and investment advisory firm serving ultra-high-net-worth individuals and various institutions. The firm offers bundled business-management services alongside customized asset allocation and acts as a multi-family office liaison, providing both investment recommendations and due diligence on third-party managers.

Kevin Kiely is a financial advisor at Checchi Capital Advisers, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation. His prior work experience includes positions at Deloitte and Berry Global, as well as a period studying at Southern Methodist University. Checchi Capital Advisers provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individuals and a variety of institutional and pooled clients. The firm uses quantitatively driven investment strategies employing proprietary models, ETFs, and tax-optimization techniques across globally diversified equity and fixed-income portfolios.

Zev Fried is a financial advisor at JSF Financial, LLC in Los Angeles, CA, with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation since 2010, alongside his tenure at JSF Financial beginning in 2008. Fried is also president of AJLH Inc., a pass-through entity established for commission management. JSF Financial provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, pension plans, and businesses. The firm employs dynamic asset allocation, model portfolios, and quantitative analysis to customize investment strategies and manages approximately $1.73 billion in client assets.

Riley Maher is a financial advisor at Elwood & Goetz Wealth Advisory Group with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously spent 23 years at Penta Investment Counsel LLC. Elwood & Goetz is a fee-only investment management and financial planning firm serving affluent individuals, families, trusts, estates, family businesses, and plan sponsors. The firm employs a disciplined investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing broad diversification, strategic and tactical asset allocation, and primarily passive implementation using index funds and ETFs.

Roberto Santos is a financial advisor at Arrowroot Family Office, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities from 2004 to 2011. Outside of his advisory role, Santos serves as Managing Partner of Vitreous Partners Holdings, LLC, providing business consulting on non-investment related M&A activities, and is a board member of GL Concepts. Arrowroot Family Office offers advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, families, and a variety of institutional clients. The firm focuses on asset allocation using analytical tools and manages portfolios primarily composed of ETFs and mutual funds, while also sponsoring private funds and providing multi-family office services including tax efficiency and M&A advisory.

Turkessa Ferrer Babich is a financial advisor at Westside Financial Advisors LLC with four years of industry experience. She has been with Westside Financial since 2021 and also runs an entertainment company. Westside Financial Advisors LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, including high net worth clients, as well as corporations and other businesses. The firm employs a primarily passive, asset-class-based investment approach using index mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by fundamental and technical analysis.

Christian Sessing is a CFA® charterholder with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at AMI Asset Management Corp since 2005. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and works from the firm's Los Angeles office as part of a nine-advisor team. AMI Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management to a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, institutions, and private pooled funds. The firm employs a fundamental, bottom-up research approach across multiple equity and fixed-income strategies and is notable for its role as a private fund adviser and manager of pooled vehicles.

Barbara Abundiz is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Horizon Wealth Management. She has previously worked at The Heymont Group and Heymont & Company, Inc., and has been associated with LPL Financial since 2008. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved with BABS MICHAEL, LLC, a non-investment-related business entity. Horizon Wealth Management is an SEC-registered firm that serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on long-term, fiduciary investment management using diversified portfolios and provides financial planning and retirement-plan advisory services.

Justin Van Orden is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with three years of industry experience. He has worked at Prism Advisors, Inc. since 2023 and previously at Gingold & Company and EFE, Inc. Justin is based in Studio City, CA. Prism Advisors, Inc. provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, trusts, employer retirement plans, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm emphasizes individualized portfolio management through wrapped accounts, employing a blend of fundamental, qualitative, and sector analysis alongside multi-asset allocation strategies.

Scott Swanson is a Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Quantum Financial Advisors, LLC since 2022 and previously worked at Abacus Wealth Partners, LLC for seven years. Quantum Financial Advisors serves individuals, high net worth families, trusts and estates, employer retirement plans, and other business entities with comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs an asset-class, rules-based investment process that emphasizes mutual funds, ETFs, and separately managed accounts, offering both a Total Market and a Sustainable strategy using institutional-class funds and active transparent ETFs.

Nick Nejad is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Beverly Hills Private Wealth, LLC since 2023 and previously held roles at KCS Wealth Advisory and Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management. Beverly Hills Private Wealth, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, and business entities. The firm manages discretionary portfolios using asset-allocation frameworks and a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and sector analyses, employing strategies across public and private securities.

Lameck Lukanga is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Life Line Wealth Management LLC. He has held roles at affiliated entities including Life Line Holdings, Inc. and Life Line Financial Group since 2011. Lukanga is also a member manager of Life Line Financial Group, a firm providing tax preparation, business management, and accounting services. Life Line Wealth Management offers discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and privately held small businesses. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with a buy-and-hold strategy, focusing on asset allocation through primarily passive ETFs and customized portfolios managed mostly on a discretionary basis.