Brandon Amaral is a CFP® professional with five years of experience in financial planning. He is the principal advisor at Amaral Financial Planning in San Jose, CA. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Ballast Point Financial Planning, Wade Financial Advisory, and Ameriprise Financial Services. In addition to financial planning, he offers tax preparation, IRS representation, and limited notarization services. Amaral Financial Planning serves individuals, families, and trusts with fee-only financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm focuses on long-term, passive investing based on Modern Portfolio Theory and provides tailored investment strategies through custodial platforms such as Betterment and Charles Schwab.

Sa Lvatore Guardino is a CFP® with 13 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with The Guardino Financial Group since 2012 and is also associated with C2 Financial Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved as a mortgage broker and insurance agency producer. The Guardino Financial Group provides financial planning and advisory services to individuals and families, including high net worth clients, focusing on cash flow, retirement, tax, estate, and insurance needs. The firm recommends no-load or low-load mutual funds and ETFs, emphasizing long-term, buy-and-hold strategies with global diversification and low-cost passive funds, and operates on an hourly fee basis rather than a percentage of assets.

Xiuya Li is a financial advisor at Dao Trading & Advisory Inc. with three years of industry experience. Li holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked as a software engineer at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. since 2002. Dao Trading & Advisory Inc. provides investment management, financial planning, and wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach focuses on macroeconomic analysis and asset allocation, with discretionary account management and an emphasis on educational seminars and market trend training.

Arvind Chopra is a financial advisor at Sagepointe Advisors LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and concurrently works as a Senior Principal Engineer at Cadence Design Systems. Sagepointe Advisors serves individual, high-net-worth, and business clients, providing discretionary portfolio management tailored to client objectives and risk profiles. The firm employs a variety of analytical methods and trading strategies, including the use of sophisticated instruments such as futures and structured notes, and it is notable for its work with corporate clients in addition to individual investors.

Jerry Nightingale is the sole advisor at Nightingale Financial Advisory in Fremont, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Nightingale Financial Advisory since 2000. The firm provides discretionary investment management to individual clients and nonprofit organizations, managing approximately $36.8 million in assets. Its investment approach focuses on capital preservation and disciplined risk management, employing qualitative and quantitative filters with a contrarian tilt that allows for concentrated industry positions while maintaining diversification and fixed-income allocations.

Lavina Nagar is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience. She has been with Maya Advisors, Inc., an independent firm based in Menlo Park, CA, since 2008. Maya Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as charitable organizations, offering investment and portfolio management, financial planning, and advisory services for donor-advised funds through Schwab Charitable. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes long-term fundamental analysis, utilizing low-cost diversified mutual funds and ETFs, and provides a notable client-managed program for self-directed investors.

I’m Gitanjali Kumar, CFP®, founder of Worthique, a fee only financial planning firm serving women and their families in the San Francisco Bay Area and virtually across the United States. I bring more than 20 years of experience in financial services. I began my career on financial planning teams at Merrill Lynch and Lincoln Financial, where I helped develop financial plans, support the hiring and development of planners, and evaluate financial planning technology. I later spent more than a decade leading the development of financial planning and digital wealth platforms at Fiserv, U.S. Bank, and fintech firms. I founded Worthique to provide a thoughtful, judgment free space where women can talk openly about money and take greater ownership of their financial lives. I work with women who already lead their household’s financial decisions, as well as those stepping into that role for the first time. My clients often include professionals building and managing wealth, women navigating equity compensation, and those preparing for or living in retirement. As an immigrant, I also understand the experience of building financial confidence within a new and unfamiliar financial system. My approach combines empathy, technical expertise, and a modern planning experience designed to make financial planning feel clear, practical, and even a little less overwhelming. Together, we connect the dots across investments, taxes, equity compensation, retirement income, Social Security, healthcare, insurance, cash flow, and estate planning. The goal is not simply to organize the numbers. It is to turn them into a plan that helps you move forward with greater confidence.

Chitra Staley is a CFA® charterholder and Series 65 licensee with 21 years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at TPW Finance LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Mountain View, CA. Her prior experience includes roles at Tuscon ESG LLC and Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. TPW Finance LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, small businesses, and estates. The firm focuses on personalized portfolio management using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across various asset classes, maintaining a small client base and requiring client authorization for discretionary trading.

Qian Wang is a financial advisor with JW Golden Gate Investment, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and over 29 years of industry experience. He has been with JW Golden Gate Investment since 2020 and has prior experience at LPL Financial, LLC since 2007. Outside of advisory work, Wang is also engaged as a software programmer and has experience as a personal assistant and health assistant. JW Golden Gate Investment, LLC provides portfolio management services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on client-specific investment policy statements, asset allocation, and regular portfolio monitoring. The firm employs a long-term trading approach based on charting, cyclical, fundamental, and technical analysis, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services.

We Yu Chou is a financial advisor at New Assets Investment Advisors LLC in Milpitas, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with New Assets Investment Advisors since its founding in 2013. New Assets Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as charitable organizations and corporate/business clients. The firm emphasizes individualized multi-asset allocation, periodic portfolio rebalancing, and due diligence on real estate alternatives, while also offering educational seminars and Chinese-language outreach.

Carol Acker is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 22 years of industry experience. She has been with Nancy K Weeks Associates, LLC since 2002. Nancy K Weeks Associates, LLC is an independent advisory firm serving individuals, families, and charitable organizations, primarily higher-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on comprehensive financial planning and the oversight of third-party investment managers, emphasizing planning-level guidance and specialized areas such as LGBTIQ+ planning, ESG, and special-needs planning.

Nicholas Rugh is the sole advisor at Rugh Financial, an independent firm based in Menlo Park, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Rugh Financial since 2008. Rugh Financial is a fee-only advisory practice serving individuals, couples, families, and business owners with goal-oriented financial planning and portfolio management. The firm typically operates on a non-discretionary basis, providing customized advice through hourly, fixed-fee, and AUM arrangements, and emphasizes long-term investment strategies using mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, and bonds.

Alex Quan is the sole advisor at SkySphere LLC in San Jose, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with SkySphere since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, Quan serves as president and board member of Atzen Inc., a San Jose-based skincare company unrelated to investment management. SkySphere LLC provides investment management and financial planning services to pooled and institutional clients as well as individual investors. The firm uses a combination of proprietary quantitative models and fundamental analysis across various strategies, offering tailored portfolio management that includes growth equity, balanced equity/bond, income, and direct bond ladders.

Yash Patil is a CFA charterholder and holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses, with five years of industry experience. He is the principal at AGenTech Equities, LLC and previously worked at City National Rochdale, Northern Trust, and Regius Lifespaces. AGenTech Equities, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individuals, focusing on U.S. exchange-listed equities and options strategies such as cash-secured puts and covered calls. The firm combines thematic research on secular trends like artificial intelligence with fundamental and technical analysis to construct concentrated, options-driven portfolios managed on a discretionary basis.

Vaibhav Goel is a financial advisor at Simple Money Advisors LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. He has one year of industry experience and previously worked at DoorDash, Google, and Lyft. Simple Money Advisors LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, offering both one-time and ongoing financial planning. The firm uses various investment methods, including fundamental and quantitative analysis, and offers a subscription-based account aggregation and planning platform developed by its affiliate, Simple Money, Inc.

Howard Chen is the CEO and owner of Parah Capital Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Fremont, CA. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 34 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Parah Capital Management in 2013, he has been associated with Globalink Securities, Inc. since 2009. Parah Capital Management provides integrated financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, businesses, retirement plans, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a "Core++" investment approach that combines a broadly diversified core with active selection, emphasizing equities, value orientation, long-term holding, and fundamental research.

Chao Wen Huang is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) with 12 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Candor Financial, LLC, an independent firm based in Santa Clara, CA, where he has worked since 2010. Candor Financial serves individuals, small businesses, trusts, and charitable organizations, with a significant portion of its client base consisting of high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a fee-only comprehensive financial planning approach and combines passive and active investment strategies based on Modern Portfolio Theory and the CAPM framework.

Akio Kurata is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Equity X Investments, LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining his current firm in 2024, he held leadership roles at related entities including Equity X, Inc., where he serves as CEO overseeing data analytics and market analysis. Equity X Investments, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals and businesses. The firm also offers subscription-based AI market research and early-stage deal-flow introductions, utilizing a variety of analytical methods alongside long- and short-term trading strategies where appropriate.

As a Certified Financial Planner, I have worked with many clients from all walks of life in helping them with their financial journey. Many clients come to me for a more clearer picture of what their current financial journey looks like and what options they have to fulfill their financial goals as they walk through their journey. At Saaga Wealth Planning, we know that every client's journey is unique, and therefore, to better help them, we understand it takes time, dedication, and attention to details. With the understanding that not every client is looking for the same level and type of service. Saaga Wealth Planning offers tailored services to meet most any client's needs. We offer various service models from Comprehensive Financial Planning to Modular Financial Planning. Based on the client's needs, we offer one-time planning as well as ongoing planning on a retainer basis. We truly believe that comprehensive financial planning should go hand-in hand with portfolio management. Our portfolio management services include free financial planning. We focus on tax-efficient and cost friendly investments that align with our clients' risk tolerance and financial goals. We serve clients at various stages of their financial journey, from pre-retirees to retirees. If clarity and confidence is what you are looking for in your financial journey, then Saaga Wealth Planning is dedicated to helping you get there.

Sunil Chowdary Vemulapalli is a CFA charterholder based in Pleasanton, CA, with over a decade of experience in investment management across multiple firms including Sensato Investors and Trunk Road Capital. He currently manages Golkonda Investment Advisors and holds a concurrent position at Agora Indexing Technologies LLC. Golkonda Investment Advisors provides fee-only, per-engagement financial planning and non-discretionary investment advice to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, families, and trusts. The firm emphasizes diversified, long-term portfolios using low-cost ETFs and index funds, delivering recommendations through written reports without trading authority or ongoing portfolio monitoring.