Ryan Stevens is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Kutscher Benner Barsness & Stevens, Inc. since 2011. Based in Seattle, WA, Stevens is part of a six-advisor team at the firm. Kutscher Benner Barsness & Stevens advises individuals, families, and trustees through integrated financial planning and portfolio management. The firm emphasizes a disciplined planning process, preparing routine written reports and using proprietary asset-allocation models with a combination of active and passive managers, generally operating on a non-discretionary basis with client approval for portfolio changes.

Larry Knudsen is a financial advisor at Hohimer Wealth Management, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Hightower Advisors, LLC for 10 years. Outside of advisory roles, he is involved as a managing member in several LLCs owning commercial properties and is a 50% owner of Red Fern Properties, LLC and Red Fern Stables, LLC. Hohimer Wealth Management, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, foundations, and business entities. The firm employs a team-based approach utilizing active and passive investments across multiple asset classes, integrating alternative and pooled investments, and providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services.

Teresa Lamar is a financial advisor at Basecamp Wealth Advisors, LLC in Bellevue, WA, holding a Series 65 designation with 23 years of industry experience. She previously worked at LNW Wealth Management, LLC for five years and at Filament, LLC for eleven years. Basecamp Wealth Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, donor-advised funds, and related entities by providing integrated wealth management, financial planning, investment management, and family-office services. The firm employs a long-term, tax-aware investment approach that blends passive and selective active strategies, emphasizing tailored portfolios and multi-generational planning.

Steven Kleyn is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Aletheian Wealth Advisors LLC since 2021 and previously held positions at Pathstone, Cornerstone Advisors, Inc., and Parametric. Aletheian Wealth Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals and families, providing discretionary investment management and multi-family office services that address complex and often illiquid balance sheets. The firm combines fundamental, quantitative, and modern portfolio theory analysis, offering tailored portfolios that include public and private market investments along with structured family advisory.

Grace Rollins is a financial advisor at Fortis Capital Management LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Fortis since 2021. Prior to her advisory role, she worked at Doucette's Party and Tent Rental and spent time at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Fortis Capital Management serves individuals, families, and institutions including high-net-worth clients, offering financial planning and discretionary portfolio management across various asset classes. The firm employs both active and passive investment strategies and manages private pooled funds, incorporating thematic and derivative approaches where suitable.

Jason Miller is a financial advisor at Paul R. Ried Financial Group, LLC in Bellevue, WA, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Cetera Investment Advisers LLC, Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, and Paul R. Ried Financial Group, LLC since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Vice President of the Cascade Brewers Guild, a home brewers group based in Woodinville, WA. Paul R. Ried Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and standalone financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a dynamic asset allocation process driven by long-term fundamental valuation and emphasizes ongoing client education and personalized investment policy statements.

James Pirak is a financial advisor at Talbot Financial, LLC in Bellevue, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Talbot Financial since 2015. Talbot Financial provides discretionary investment supervisory services primarily to individuals, trusts, and pension plans, using a value-oriented, fundamental analysis approach focused mainly on individual equities. The firm manages approximately $1.34 billion in discretionary assets and offers specialized real estate investment vehicles to qualified accredited investors.

David Mann is a financial advisor with Highland Capital Advisors, LLC in Issaquah, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Highland Capital Advisors since 2017 and previously worked at LPL Financial LLC from 2015 to 2017. Highland Capital Advisors primarily serves institutional clients such as retirement plan sponsors, foundations, and endowments, providing non-discretionary investment consulting focused on retirement plans. The firm employs institutional analytic techniques to create investment policy statements, asset allocations, and fund menus, and offers Implemented Solutions for select clients under specific custody arrangements.

Sarah Emanuels is a financial advisor at EQ Wealth Management in Bellevue, WA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining EQ Wealth Management, she worked at AlphaSights Inc. and Affirma. EQ Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, charitable organizations, and pooled vehicles. The firm employs a model-driven investment approach overseen by an internal Investment Policy Committee and offers integrated financial planning alongside discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Brian Johnson is a financial advisor at Basecamp Wealth Advisors, LLC in Bellevue, WA, holding a Series 65 designation with 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked at LNW Wealth Management, LLC and Filament, LLC. Basecamp Wealth Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and related entities with integrated wealth management, financial planning, investment management, and family-office services. The firm focuses on tailored, tax-aware portfolios using a blend of passive and active strategies and emphasizes family-office coordination and customized private investment access.

Monte Snider is a financial advisor at Snider Financial Group in Bellevue, WA, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 34 years of industry experience, including 12 years with LPL Financial, LLC and 14 years with Snider Financial Group. Outside of advising, he is the CEO and owner of FinTax Partners LLC, a tax preparation and accounting firm. Snider Financial Group provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation framework with a tactical overlay and integrates comprehensive planning services such as retirement, tax, insurance, and estate planning into its investment approach.

Eric Lansford is a financial advisor at Aspire Capital Advisors LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms, including Sound Financial Investments, Inc. and Puget Sound Financial Strategies, Inc. Lansford is also involved in private lending through LAKEN Investments, LLC. Aspire Capital Advisors LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, charities, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach focused on fundamental analysis and uses a mix of low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and independent managers, operating across multiple offices with about $1 billion in client assets.

Joseph Morrison is a financial advisor with Cloud Capital Management in Seattle, WA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and 11 years of industry experience. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank NA and J.P. Morgan Securities for 11 years before joining Cloud Capital Management. Cloud Capital Management serves individuals, families, and various entity clients by managing discretionary investment portfolios and providing financial consulting. The firm uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis across a broad range of securities and strategies, including private fund activity and alternative investments.

Lucas Baker is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with six years of industry experience. He has worked at MarsJewett Financial Group since 2022 and previously spent five years at Brighton Jones and one year at Freestone Capital Management. Lucas is based in Bellevue, WA. MarsJewett Financial Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors with financial planning, consulting, investment management, and retirement plan consulting. The seven-advisor team manages approximately $900 million in mainly discretionary assets and employs a monthly investment planning committee that combines qualitative screening with quantitative portfolio analysis, focusing on risk-adjusted returns and consistency.

Dieter Drews is a financial advisor at Fortis Capital Management LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Fortis since 2025. Drews also oversees Prism Tax and Accounting Services, LLC, and owns Glacier Holdings LLC, which operates in sporting goods and fiduciary services. Fortis Capital Management serves individuals, families, and various institutional clients, offering financial planning and discretionary portfolio management across a broad range of investments. The firm employs both active and passive strategies, including thematic approaches, and manages private pooled funds with performance-based fee arrangements.

Sandra Jones is a CFP® professional with seven years of experience currently at Arrivity Financial Planning. She previously worked at Perkins Coie Trust Company for nine years. Outside of financial advising, she is a distributor for Advocare nutrition products. Arrivity Financial Planning provides hourly, fee-only comprehensive financial planning focusing on cash flow, retirement, tax, estate, education, and risk-management topics for individuals, couples, and families. The firm emphasizes passively managed, low-cost index funds within globally diversified allocations and offers advice without discretionary portfolio management or custody of client assets.

Heike Lautenschlaeger is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed advisor with two years of industry experience, currently serving at Chicory Wealth. Prior to joining Chicory Wealth, she worked for seven years at the International Labour Organization. She volunteers with Savvy Ladies Inc., providing free financial education for women. Chicory Wealth delivers financial life planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, along with tax preparation, estate planning assistance, and business consulting. The firm employs a comprehensive investment approach incorporating fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, quantitative methods, and ESG metrics to construct diversified, long-term portfolios.

Sabine Koenig is a financial advisor at Martin Nelson & Co., Inc. in Seattle, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 26 years of industry experience. She has been with Martin Nelson & Co., Inc. since 2002. Martin Nelson & Co., Inc. provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers tailored investment programs using a combination of charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and manages client assets held at Hilltop Securities and Charles Schwab without imposing a firmwide account minimum.

Stanislav Vorobets is a financial advisor at Fortis Capital Management LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Royal Eagle Inc. and Equitable Advisors, LLC. His background also includes roles outside finance, such as positions at Doordash and the University of Washington. Fortis Capital Management serves individuals, families, small businesses, trusts, foundations, charities, and private fund investors by providing financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and related insurance and tax referral services. The firm employs a combination of active and passive investment strategies across various asset classes and manages pooled private funds with performance-based fee arrangements.

Jacob Richards is an advisor at The Retirement Solution LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to joining The Retirement Solution, Richards worked at Nationwide Investment Services Corporation and Capital Recovery Systems INC. The Retirement Solution LLC provides financial planning, investment management, and insurance assessments to a range of clients including individuals, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs model allocations tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, incorporates tax-aware strategies, and integrates estate-planning coordination and third-party options programs into its services.