Rachael Burns is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 18 years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at True Worth Financial Planning LLC, where she has worked since 2020. Prior to that, she was with Ameriprise from 2017 to 2020 and Merrill Lynch from 2015 to 2017. True Worth Financial Planning provides financial planning and portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers project-based and ongoing comprehensive planning, uses third-party managers for portfolio execution, and delivers fee-based online educational courses and content.

Douglas Lutkus is the sole advisor at Xitright, an independent registered investment adviser based in Lincoln, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 22 years of industry experience, including prior roles at White Hat, LLC and his own businesses operating since 2009 and 2010. Lutkus is also a licensed insurance agent specializing in life, health, and annuities. Xitright primarily serves individual investors, business owners, and select pension/employee benefit plans, offering portfolio management, retirement and business exit planning, and alternative investment consulting focused on real estate. The firm emphasizes personalized advice, non-discretionary account management, and combines traditional securities with due-diligence-based real estate investment options.

Jack Johnson is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 22 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Sierra Financial Planning & Asset Management in Roseville, CA since 2003. Johnson holds both CFP® and CPA credentials and has a background in accounting and financial management. Sierra Financial Planning & Asset Management provides financial planning and portfolio management services for individual clients, utilizing a globally diversified, index-oriented, buy-and-hold investment approach. The firm primarily manages non-discretionary assets and negotiates flat advisory fees, delivering comprehensive written plans, annual in-person reviews, and quarterly performance reports.

Mark O'Guinn is the principal of Q4 Strategic Equity Advisors Inc., an independent advisory firm based in Roseville, California. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 18 years of industry experience, having been with Q4 Strategic Equity Advisors since 2008. Outside of advisory services, he is also a licensed life insurance agent in California and owns a related insurance business. Q4 Strategic Equity Advisors provides portfolio management and referrals to third-party money managers for individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a mix of fundamental analysis, long-term and short-term trading strategies, and non-discretionary portfolio supervision, with access to model portfolios and institutional investment strategists.

Peter Gaylord is the principal of Gaylord Wealth Management, LLC in Rocklin, CA, holding the CFA® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses with 17 years of industry experience. He has led his firm since 2013 and has operated Peter Gaylord Services, Inc. since 2001. Outside of investment management, he also serves as president and consultant for Peter Gaylord Consulting, Inc., providing business and marketing consulting. Gaylord Wealth Management, LLC manages discretionary client assets primarily through ETFs and mutual funds, employing a combination of fundamental analysis and strategic and tactical asset allocation. The firm serves both institutional and individual clients, offering financial planning and portfolio consultation services on an hourly or fixed-fee basis.

David Hammer is the sole advisor at Hammer Asset Management, LLC in Auburn, CA, holding a Series 65 credential with 14 years of industry experience. He has led Hammer Asset Management since 1999. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Hammer is involved in a retail business specializing in kitchen cooking supplies and tea ware, where he handles bookkeeping and online order fulfillment. Hammer Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management for individual and institutional clients, employing proprietary quantitative models to guide asset allocation and security selection. The firm integrates liability-focused bond immunization with probability-driven strategies, managing approximately $26.6 million in assets under a single portfolio manager.

Randolph Elder is the principal of Randolph Elder, CFP, an independent advisory firm. He holds the CFP® designation and has 25 years of experience as a financial advisor, with nine years in the industry under his current registration. He serves as president of the South Placer Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on historical preservation. Randolph Elder, CFP provides investment management and financial planning primarily to individual clients, as well as pension plans, businesses, charities, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a customized, long-term approach emphasizing capital preservation and moderate growth through diversification and both fundamental and technical security analysis.

Robert Teel is a financial advisor at Kingdom Capital Management with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Microsoft Corporation and Amazon.com, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he spent time as a stay-at-home parent. Kingdom Capital Management is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser that serves individuals and families, focusing on working and middle-income households, young professionals, growing families, and small business owners navigating life-stage financial decisions. The firm offers life-stage financial planning through fixed-fee engagements and employs a diversified, long-term investment approach called “Thirds Investing,” using mutual funds and ETFs supported by fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis.

Tadd Barraclough is a financial advisor with TCM Investment Advisers in Citrus Heights, CA, holding a Series 63 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked with TCM since 2016 and maintains concurrent roles at Lyft, Inc. and United Parcel Service. TCM Investment Advisers serves individual investors focusing on retirement planning and estate/asset management, providing portfolio management and a wrap-fee program. The firm emphasizes a customized retirement-planning approach with various fee arrangements and operates trading and custody through a Fidelity platform.

Douglas Emitte is a financial advisor with 29 years of industry experience, currently serving as the founder and CEO of Dae Wealth Management. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and OneSource Wealth Management. Emitte is also a licensed insurance agent. Dae Wealth Management provides portfolio management and integrated financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm uses a variety of analytical methods and combines long-term and short-term trading strategies tailored to client objectives.

Brian Breckenridge is the managing member of Innovative Financial Advisors, LLC and holds Series 65 and Series 63 credentials, with 12 years of industry experience. He has operated Breckenridge Tax & Financial Services since 2016, providing tax preparation and insurance services alongside his advisory work. Innovative Financial Advisors, LLC offers financial planning and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses, referring client assets to third-party money managers for investment management. The firm focuses on tailored financial plans using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, without directly managing client assets or acting as a broker-dealer.

Marios Gregoriou is a financial advisor at Elite Capital Services, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Elite Capital Services since 2008. The firm offers wealth and portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and financial institutions. Their investment approach integrates fundamental and technical analysis with proprietary models, focusing on capital preservation through diversification and risk management, and utilizes a variety of investment instruments and strategies tailored to a broad client base that includes institutional and retirement plan clients.

Karthikeyan Ethirajan is a CFP® and Series 63-licensed financial advisor with two years of industry experience, currently operating through FinCrafters Advisory LLC in Rocklin, CA. His background includes roles in technology consulting and financial services, as well as serving as a part-time instructor in financial planning at the University of California Berkeley. He is also involved in tax accounting and planning as an enrolled agent and manages a personal trading entity. FinCrafters Advisory LLC is an independent firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities with discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs a multi-method investment process incorporating fundamental, technical, and cyclical analyses, offering portfolios that may include derivatives and alternative investments while also providing tax preparation and ERISA plan consulting.

Paul Rossi is the sole advisor at Rossi Financial Group in El Dorado Hills, CA, holding the CFA® designation and Series 63 license with 13 years of industry experience. He has led Rossi Financial Group since 2012. Outside of advisory services, Rossi is also a licensed real estate broker in California, an activity that occupies less than one percent of his time and is unrelated to his investment practice. Rossi Financial Group provides financial planning, investment consultation, and supervisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a Core + Satellite investment approach combining index-based core holdings with actively managed satellite positions, primarily on a non-discretionary basis, and offers pension consulting and educational workshops on retirement, estate, and investment topics.

Mark Sisto is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Sisto Investment Advisory, LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2016, following a previous 13-year tenure at Gonzales & Sisto, LLP. In addition to his advisory role, Mr. Sisto is a Certified Public Accountant and operates an accounting firm providing tax planning and accounting services separate from his investment advisory business. Sisto Investment Advisory, LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and retirement-plan participants. The firm employs a passive, buy-and-hold investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, primarily using Dimensional Fund Advisors mutual funds, and emphasizes tax efficiency and low transaction costs while managing discretionary portfolios.

Christopher Torchiana is a CFP® and ChFC® with 28 years of experience in financial advising. He is the principal and sole advisor at Continuum Financial Partners, LLC, where he has worked since 2012, following a tenure at Next Financial Group, Inc. In addition to financial advising, he owns and operates tax preparation businesses under Mainstreet Tax Advisory. Continuum Financial Partners serves select individual clients, including some high-net-worth households, and retirement plan sponsors by providing comprehensive financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs a holistic planning process and offers ERISA-focused consulting for pension and profit-sharing plans, alongside tax preparation and insurance services through the principal’s other business activities.

Gregory Shea is a financial advisor at De Novo Capital LLC in Granite Bay, CA, with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with De Novo Capital since its founding in 2015. Shea has a legal background and prior securities-litigation experience; he is licensed to practice law but is not currently affiliated with a law firm. De Novo Capital provides discretionary portfolio management services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on managing concentrated portfolios through bottom-up fundamental analysis of undervalued stocks, including domestic and foreign equities as well as small- and micro-cap names. The firm emphasizes a long-term investment horizon and identifies concentration, small-cap, foreign, and political risks as material considerations.

David Joiner is the sole advisor at Joiner Financial, LLC, an independent firm based in El Dorado Hills, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 18 years of industry experience. Joiner has worked with Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. since 2009 and has been involved with Quantix Equity Management and Quantix Equity Partners, LP since 2008. Joiner Financial, LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and investment companies. The firm uses a combination of charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct portfolios and offers ongoing monitoring with regular client reporting. It also manages a private investment vehicle and accepts performance-based fees for qualified investors.

David Ettl is the principal of David Ettl Financial, an independent firm based in Lincoln, CA. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 28 years of industry experience. He has led his sole-proprietor firm since 2011, providing non-discretionary portfolio management and consulting services. David Ettl Financial serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and occasionally institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a fundamentals-based approach, constructing customized portfolios primarily using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, and provides only non-discretionary advice while clients maintain custody of their assets.

Dean Peterson is the principal of Dean Peterson Capital Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Rancho Cordova, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 41 years of industry experience. Peterson has led his firm since 2016. Dean Peterson Capital Management provides discretionary asset management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation framework with a focus on long-term purchase strategies, incorporating derivatives such as options in separately managed accounts.