Kyle Hurt is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Foundry Financial LLC. His prior experience includes roles at EP Wealth Advisors, LLC and LPL Financial LLC. Foundry Financial LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs diversified, risk-based portfolios and advisory discretion focused on long-term allocation and client coaching against short-term market timing.

Michael Winn is a financial advisor at Validus Capital LLC with 31 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at UBS Financial Services, First Republic Investment Management, and Oppenheimer. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Validus Capital LLC provides wealth management, financial planning, legacy planning, and family office services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and related entities. The firm manages approximately $2.54 billion in assets and constructs customized, primarily long-term portfolios using a range of investment vehicles, combining fundamental and quantitative analysis.

Jessica Lu Buetow is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Quantum Financial Advisors, LLC since 2025. Prior to joining Quantum, she worked at Abacus Wealth Partners from 2012 to 2024. 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 favoring mutual funds, ETFs, and separately managed accounts, with strategies that include both Total Market and Sustainable approaches using institutional-class funds and active transparent ETFs.

Michael Richards is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience. He currently serves at Axos Invest, Inc and previously worked for City National Bank for ten years. Axos Invest provides automated investment advisory services to individual investors through a digital platform, offering model-based portfolio management with mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party model managers. The firm’s process emphasizes asset allocation, diversification, and thematic exposures, supported by an internal Portfolio Management Group and integrated within the broader Axos Financial group.

Christine Kim is a financial advisor at Allmerits Asset, LLC with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Allmerits since 2021. In addition, she serves as President and CEO of CHK Financial & Insurance Services, where she is involved in life insurance sales and retirement planning. Allmerits Asset, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management using third-party sub-advisers and digital platforms, serving individuals, corporations, charities, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm employs tactical and strategic asset allocation and offers retirement plan consulting as well as standalone financial consulting.

Madeline Odell is a CFP® and Series 63–licensed advisor with five years of industry experience. She has worked at Arroyo Investment Group, LLC since 2025 and has been with Capital Research & Consulting LLC since 2018. Prior to her advisory career, she spent 11 years with the La Canada School District. Arroyo Investment Group is a fee-only investment management and financial planning firm managing approximately $319.5 million in client assets. The firm serves individuals and institutional clients using a discretionary, model-driven approach with proprietary screening to maintain 15 model portfolios primarily composed of no-load mutual funds.

Eric Weinlein is a financial advisor with WESCAP Group in Glendale, CA, where he has worked since 1988, accumulating 38 years of industry experience. He is part of a six-advisor team at the firm. WESCAP Group provides discretionary and non-discretionary wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with global diversification and a contrarian, value-oriented approach, often utilizing mutual funds and ETFs, and also serves as Managing General Partner of Hedgecap Partners, L.P., a private pooled investment vehicle.

Jack Shiebler is a Series 65-licensed advisor at AWM Capital, LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining AWM Capital, he held roles at All Bases Covered Sports Management and Crossroads Equipment Lease and Finance, and he attended Chapin University from 2022 to 2026. AWM Capital, LLC serves high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and private funds by providing fee-based investment management and comprehensive financial planning, including tax, estate, and business consulting. The firm uses an open-architecture platform and a liability-driven investing framework to create customized portfolios incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, separate account managers, and private placements.

Joshua Miller is an advisor at Regatta Capital Group, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses. He joined the firm in 2026 and has prior experience in the entertainment industry, including roles at Ventura Canyon Productions and Amazon Studios. Outside of financial advising, he has been involved with production companies since 2016. Regatta Capital Group serves a diverse clientele including individuals, institutions, and private funds, employing a long-term, fundamental-analysis investment approach with a focus on diversified portfolios and offering services such as comprehensive financial planning and digital-asset account facilitation.

Susan Jen is a financial advisor at Globalink Wealth Management, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at TransGlobal Advisory LLC for seven years. Globalink Wealth Management offers hourly and fixed-fee financial planning along with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach incorporates charting, cyclical, fundamental, and technical analysis, with strategies ranging from long-term holdings to active trading and option writing, generally favoring mutual funds unless clients request otherwise.

Richard Ward is a CFA®-credentialed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Curated Wealth Partners, LLC since 2018 and previously held positions at Deutsche Bank and Citigroup Global Markets. Curated Wealth Partners advises ultra-high-net-worth clients including individuals, families, trusts, and charitable organizations, providing balance-sheet advisory, portfolio construction, and family office services. The firm combines directly managed holdings with third-party Independent Managers and serves substantial assets with both discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Virginia Havens is a financial advisor with Ministry Partners Securities, LLC in Brea, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 20 years of industry experience. She has been with Ministry Partners Securities since 2012 and previously worked at Merrill from 2005 to 2006. Ministry Partners Securities serves individuals, trusts, estates, churches, faith-based organizations, and retirement plan participants, offering comprehensive financial planning that integrates clients’ religious or ethical values into investment strategies. The firm refers clients to third-party asset managers while providing ongoing advice and monitoring those relationships.

Christopher Siraganian is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 10 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has been with First Financial Consulting since 2016. First Financial Consulting provides financial planning and investment consulting services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and closely held businesses. The firm offers customizable project-based or ongoing services and focuses on non-discretionary advice, with clients retaining custody of their assets and directing implementation.

Christopher Blassick is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Fort Point Capital Partners LLC. Prior to joining Fort Point Capital Partners in 2024, he worked at Camden Capital for seven years and Salem Partners for three years. He also holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Fort Point Capital Partners focuses on investment management and financial planning primarily for high-net-worth individuals and family offices. The firm emphasizes risk management through global diversification, active oversight, tax-aware techniques, and employs both discretionary separately managed accounts and private pooled fund structures.

Howard Altman is a Series 65–licensed financial advisor with Grant Tani Barash & Altman, LLC, based in Beverly Hills, CA. He has 16 years of industry experience and has been with Grant Tani Barash & Altman in its various forms since 1992. Grant Tani Barash & Altman serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm operates as a multi-family office providing integrated business management services alongside investment advisory and consulting, typically acting as a liaison to third-party investment managers.

Axel Hsu is a financial advisor at Curated Wealth Partners, LLC in El Segundo, CA, holding a Series 65 designation. He joined the firm in 2025 and has prior experience at Parametric Portfolio Associates, Delta Delta Delta, and Nor-Cal FDC. Curated Wealth Partners advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and special purpose vehicles. The firm offers holistic balance-sheet advisory, portfolio construction, manager selection, and family office services, managing approximately $1.76 billion in assets with a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

Seta Keshishian is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with seven years of industry experience, currently with JSF Financial, LLC in Los Angeles, CA. She has worked at Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation and JSF Financial since 2018 and has been affiliated with UCLA since 2016. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as president of SK Financial Planning Corp, a personal services corporation, and works as a licensed agent for life and long-term care insurance sales. 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 and model portfolios, conducts due diligence on private investment funds, and offers expanded wealth-management services including philanthropic planning.

Ara Gasparian is a financial advisor at WESCAP Group in Glendale, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. He has been with WESCAP Group since 2015, including the firm's earlier formation and its current iteration. WESCAP Group provides discretionary and non-discretionary wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with global diversification and a contrarian, value-oriented emphasis, using mutual funds, ETFs, and, for certain clients and their pooled vehicle, options-based strategies and leverage.

Craig Colbath is a financial advisor at Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at GT Securities, Inc., Singpoli Private Wealth Corporation, and related Singpoli entities prior to his current roles. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the board of the Pasadena Symphony & Pops and is involved as an investor in a sailing charter business as well as a catering and restaurant enterprise. Pasadena Private Wealth is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $1.61 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, pension plans, and corporate clients through discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, employing fundamental analysis and a long-term investment approach across various asset classes.

Pasha Shemirani is an advisor at Wealth Management Partners, LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Wealth Management Partners, he was associated with Parda Group and has been a student for the past ten years. Wealth Management Partners, LLC serves individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate entities by providing discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $793 million in assets and employs a mix of fundamental, technical, and quantitative investment strategies, with notable use of derivatives, margin transactions, and digital asset advisory services.