Paul Cordero is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience, currently practicing at Attune Financial Planning, LLC in San Rafael, CA. He has been with Attune Financial Planning since 2011 and previously was involved with the Financial Planning Association of San Francisco from 2020 to 2023. Attune Financial Planning is a fee-only registered investment adviser that serves individuals, families, and business owners, particularly those nearing or in retirement. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and wealth management using a passive, asset-class investment approach focused on tax efficiency, and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary advice tailored to each client’s tax situation, risk tolerance, and goals.

Lewis Gridley is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience, serving as the sole advisor at Gridley Associates Inc since 1999. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Gridley Associates provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management for individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable foundations. The firm focuses on broadly diversified portfolios guided by asset allocation and investment policy statements, emphasizing long-term total return through fundamental and cyclical analysis.

Eric Hull is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Evergreen Wealth Advisors, Inc. since 2005, serving as the firm's sole advisor. Evergreen Wealth Advisors, Inc. is a fee-only independent registered investment adviser offering discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with economic trend analysis, emphasizing risk assessment and portfolio volatility control.

Thomas Porta is the sole advisor at Porta Investment Management in Vallejo, CA. He holds the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 63 designations and has 3 years of industry experience. In addition to advising, Porta is a licensed CPA, estate planner, and real estate broker. Porta Investment Management is an independent wealth management and investment advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, pension plans, corporations, and other business entities. The firm provides financial planning, retirement planning, and discretionary portfolio management, incorporating a core portfolio approach with exchange-traded funds and selective individual stocks, along with diversified holdings across multiple asset classes.

I’m your founder and resident money expert, Michal Skowronski. I’m a Fiduciary and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ here to help you avoid costly mistakes and make managing money simple. I founded Skylark Wealth to strike the ideal balance for personal financial services combining the latest in technology with fiduciary-level personal service alongside a fee structure that properly aligns incentives toward mutual long-term success. Skylark’s open architecture allows me to serve clients wherever their assets may be held using the most suitable investments and to evolve the platform with the latest in technology without restriction or limitation. Skylark’s fee-only fiduciary model incentivizes me to do only that which is in the long-term best interest of my clients. In fact, I have signed a fiduciary oath to do so. For 10 years prior I worked at a similarly structured Registered Investment Advisor that grew from $75mm to $1b in assets under management. During that time I earned the Certified Financial Planner designation. Let’s create a bright future together and make money one less thing for you to worry about.

John Knolle is a CFP® professional with 10 years of experience, serving as the principal of Saranap Wealth Advisors since 2016. He operates as the sole advisor at the independent firm based in Walnut Creek, CA. Outside of his advisory practice, he maintains involvement in rental real estate. Saranap Wealth Advisors provides portfolio management integrated with financial planning and investment consultation to individual and high-net-worth clients, small businesses, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs a blend of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with strategies such as active asset management and core-plus-satellite construction, and it is known for serving pension and profit-sharing plan clients as well as offering employer-facing workshops and employee benefit analysis.

Patricia Fata is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 23 years of industry experience. She has been the sole advisor and owner of Fata Financial since 2002. Fata Financial provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, and trusts, focusing on retirement planning. The firm employs a broadly diversified, low-cost investment approach tailored to client-specific factors and emphasizes daily portfolio monitoring and quarterly performance reporting.

Patrick Beresh is a financial advisor at PMB Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with PMB Advisors since 2002. In addition to his advisory role, he is a Certified Public Accountant and occasionally prepares individual tax returns. PMB Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients along with their trusts and estates, providing portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm builds personalized investment policies using fundamental and cyclical analysis and typically implements strategies with ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities.

Jonathan Firestein is a financial advisor at Purpose Capital Advisors with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked previously at Uplifting Capital, Inc. and Ascent Capital Management (U.S. Bank). Purpose Capital Advisors provides investment consulting to mission-driven organizations, wealth management firms, family offices, and foundations, focusing on impact investing and private capital. The firm offers services including investment research, manager selection, and business consulting, emphasizing bespoke impact frameworks that integrate financial analysis with social and environmental objectives.

Victor Bekhet is the principal advisor at Victorwealth, LLC in San Francisco, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Shenouda Capital Management LLC for six years before founding Victorwealth in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, Bekhet manages privately owned rental properties. Victorwealth provides discretionary investment management for institutional clients and high-net-worth individuals, offering active equity and fixed-income portfolio strategies that integrate ESG analysis and customizable options. The firm employs a top-down stock selection process supported by fundamental research and utilizes institutional-style operational controls despite its small size.

Stephanie Fenster is a financial advisor at Itero Capital, LLC with eight years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and operates as the sole advisor at the independent firm based in Tiburon, California. Itero Capital provides discretionary portfolio management services primarily to high-net-worth and some non-U.S. individual clients. The firm employs a concentrated, research-driven investment approach focused on consumer-centric public equities worldwide, using both long and short positions to pursue long-term capital appreciation and absolute returns.

Michael Wilson is a financial advisor at Blueprint Retirement Advisors LLC in Moraga, CA, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license with six years of industry experience. He previously worked at State Farm Insurance for 13 years before founding Blueprint Retirement Advisors in 2019. Wilson produces educational content through a YouTube channel and conducts workshops. Blueprint Retirement Advisors serves individual investors and business clients, including retirement plan sponsors and small pension plans, by providing advisor selection, monitoring services, and financial planning. The firm does not manage client accounts directly but identifies and monitors third-party money managers who implement asset-allocation strategies using mutual funds and ETFs.

John Cha is a financial advisor at KLESIS Advisors, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He previously worked at VBL Advisors LLC for five years and TLA Capital Management, LLC / Twin Lakes Capital Management, LLC for 17 years. He holds a Series 63 designation. KLESIS Advisors, LLC is an independent investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with investment advisory services, managed accounts, and financial planning. The firm customizes advice based on clients’ objectives, time horizons, and risk tolerances, employing various investment approaches and offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management.

David Kim is the sole advisor at Vision Capital Investment Management, Inc. in San Francisco, CA, with 27 years of experience managing investments since 1999. He operates an independent advisory practice focused on discretionary investment management. Vision Capital Investment Management serves individuals, families, trusts, non-profit and religious organizations, as well as small businesses and corporations. The firm employs a blend of top-down macro and sector analysis with bottom-up fundamental research, offering customized portfolios that emphasize asset allocation, diversification, and socially responsible investing themes.

Quincy Hall is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He founded Hall Financial Services, Inc. in 2018 after prior roles at Cetera Advisor Networks and Mass Mutual Investors Services. In addition to his advisory work, Hall teaches financial planning concepts as a lecturer at the College of Marin Community Education and publishes educational books and courses under his Advice Only business. Hall Financial Services, Inc. provides personalized financial planning and advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers Advice-Only™ standalone planning engagements that are separate from asset management, recommending third-party managers when ongoing portfolio management is desired, and provides educational content through its Advice Only program.

Cheng Su is a financial advisor at Whiteswan Trading Corporation with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Hubei University of Economics and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. Whiteswan Trading provides investment advisory services, financial planning, and hourly consultations to individual and business clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes value investing and strategic asset allocation, using fundamental, technical, and charting analysis to tailor portfolios primarily involving exchange-listed securities, ETFs, equities, and options.

Sammy Sung is a financial advisor with ALE LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with ALE LLC since 2015 and is also involved in real estate brokerage through Exit Excel Realty and Exit Realty Team. In addition to his advisory role, he acts as a trustee for a family trust established in 1997. ALE LLC provides portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, pension plans, pooled investment vehicles, and business entities. The firm manages primarily non-discretionary accounts using a range of analytical methods and investment strategies, and is notable for its involvement in real estate brokerage, insurance distribution, and pension consulting.

Jake Birnberg is a financial advisor at Empowering Financial with nine years of industry experience. He previously worked at Portsmouth Financial Investment Advisory and has been involved in real estate and self-employment for over two decades. Birnberg operates a tax planning and preparation business, Deduction Detectives, and holds real estate and insurance licenses. Empowering Financial provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, small business owners, trustees, and fiduciaries. The firm employs a tailored investment approach combining fundamental, quantitative, qualitative, and cyclical analysis, and offers tax planning and IRS representation through its related tax business.

Stephen De Luchi is the sole advisor at De Luchi Investment Management in Alameda, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with five years of industry experience. He has been self-employed as a consultant since 1992 and has operated his investment management firm since 1996. De Luchi Investment Management provides ongoing investment supervisory services to a primarily individual clientele as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis of economic value and growth potential, supplemented by technical analysis, and employs a range of strategies including long- and short-term positions, short sales, margin transactions, and option writing.

Daryl Wong is the sole advisor at Tula Investment Group LLC in Oakland, CA, holding a Series 65 credential with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Tula Investment Group since its founding in 2013. Tula Investment Group LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes a value-oriented, small-cap, and contrarian equity approach, complemented by opportunistic, event-driven research, and employs performance-based compensation for eligible investors.