Paul Rubel is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has three years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he was involved with Plant Flower Seeds and Buy Rare Seeds. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services using a variety of analytical approaches and investment options.

Justin Wiles is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at The Colony Group, LLC since 2024. Prior to that, he spent several years at GW & Wade, LLC and its affiliated entities. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Juliette Castelli is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Los Gatos, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. She has worked with New York Life and its affiliates since 2014 and operates Castelli Financial & Insurance Services, through which she brokers insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and advisory services primarily on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life structure.

Susan Wilson is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. She has concurrently worked in environmental health and safety consulting as a principal consultant at BSI EHS Services and Solutions since 2016. Additionally, she has experience in insurance and non-insurance product sales affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services that encompass fee-based wrap programs, model portfolios, and commission-based products. The firm operates uniquely as both a registered broker-dealer and RIA while providing affiliated retirement and recordkeeping services.

Jeff Branson is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience currently serving as a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors. His prior roles include positions at Branson Financial Planning, LLC, and Investacorp Advisory Services. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser that serves individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a wide range of portfolio management and consulting services, including access to third-party managers and sponsored advisory programs, with a focus on centralized due diligence and the use of technology to support advisors and clients.

Swastik Singh is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC in Los Altos, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Cerity Partners in 2024, he was a student for eleven years. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a broad client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm provides customized portfolios with diversified asset allocation and offers a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, retirement plan services, and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Xiomara Vielman is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Independent Financial Group and Next Financial Group Inc. She is also a co-owner of JJXR, LLC, an entity managing office real estate. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm supports its advisors with operations, technology, investment management, and compliance services while offering a range of investment program options and discretionary model portfolios.

Mei Kwan is a financial advisor at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. She holds Series 66, Series 63, and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Wang Accountancy and Tranquil Asset Management LLC. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as a Bank Officer for HSBC Bank (USA) N.A., an affiliate of her current firm. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs serving individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, with options ranging from client-directed to fully discretionary portfolios. The firm’s investment process incorporates multiple risk profiles and combines strategic and tactical asset allocation developed in partnership with HSBC Global Asset Management and other affiliates.

Chris Parker is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 24 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Hightower Securities, LLC and Hightower Advisors since 2010. Hightower provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm’s advisory approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research to deliver portfolio management and financial planning services.

Hui Chen Chen is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 23 years of industry experience and a Series 66 designation. She has worked at Citigroup Global Markets since 2021 and previously held positions at Wells Fargo Clearing and WELLS FARGO Advisors from 2012 to 2021. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles, including in-house research and derivatives services.

Jonathan Scheid is a financial advisor at Focus Advisor Solutions, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 designation and has previously worked at Bellatore Financial, Inc., Loring Ward, and Foreside Financial Services. Scheid also serves as president of Focus Partners Advisor Solutions, LLC, and holds leadership roles with SA Funds Investment Trust. Focus Advisor Solutions provides turnkey asset management and back-office services primarily to independent registered investment advisors. The firm offers diversified, systematically invested mutual fund and ETF model portfolios along with discretionary fixed-income management, serving over 33,000 clients through approximately 42 advisors with a mix of platform services and direct fund management.

Sharon Shyu is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. She has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and also affiliated with World Financial Group since 2010. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in several longstanding family-owned business ventures dating back over three decades. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a combination of advisory and broker-dealer services, featuring proprietary model portfolios alongside third-party money managers, and delivers both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management solutions.

Vanessa Anderson is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 26 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked for UBS Financial Services for 23 years before joining Rockefeller Financial in 2026. Outside of her advisory role, she is the proprietor of Kona Alii Anderson LLC, a partnership that owns personal real estate in Hawaii. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and investment banking services, operating under a Private Advisor model with a consolidated investment platform.

Dahkwang Yeh is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 16 years of industry experience. He has worked with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and has additional experience with World Financial Group and Alliance Realty and Loan. Outside of his advisory role, he provides in-home support services, assisting elderly clients with daily living tasks. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a model portfolio approach combined with third-party money managers and digital platforms to deliver investment advisory and retirement-plan services.

Daniel Goldie is a CFP® and CFA® with 27 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at Bam Management, LLC, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, and operated his own firm, Dan Goldie Financial Services LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves a wide range of clients including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporations, retirement plans, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that incorporates fundamental and quantitative analysis, consultant-derived capital market assumptions, and third-party separate account managers, offering both discretionary and nondiscretionary advice across a broad array of asset types and strategies.

Timothy Ross is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 66 designations. Prior to joining Cresset in 2023, he worked at First Republic Investment Management and First Republic Securities Company LLC from 2015 to 2023. Cresset Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $71.9 billion in client assets for a diverse client base that includes individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on diversified, asset-allocation-driven portfolio construction using both active and passive strategies and conducts structured due diligence across public and private markets.

Lan Ge is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing five years of industry experience. Lan has held various roles, including health insurance agent and registered tax return preparer, and is involved in college planning programs and an educational organization, World System Builders. Outside of financial advising, Lan participates in programs supporting families with college planning and provides in-home supportive services. Transamerica Financial Advisors, LLC offers investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, utilizing model portfolios and third-party managers to implement its advisory model. The firm serves individual investors, employer plans, trusts, and charitable organizations through a large advisor network and multiple program platforms.

Andy Lam is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Rockefeller Financial LLC and Rock & Co LLC since 2019 and previously worked at UBS Financial Services from 2014 to 2019, as well as AriiX Corporation between 2011 and 2019. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services through a Private Advisor model and an integrated investment platform, combining discretionary and non-discretionary solutions alongside broker-dealer capabilities and alternative investment placements.

Darci Hawkins is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at First Republic Investment Management and First Republic Securities Company from 2015 to 2023. Hawkins serves as Treasurer on the Board of the National Charity League, Willow Rose Chapter. Cresset Asset Management manages approximately $71.9 billion in assets for a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a diversified, asset-allocation-driven investment approach that incorporates both active and passive strategies, along with third-party manager allocations, supported by a structured due-diligence process.

Sean Van Der Wal is a CFP®-certified financial advisor at Mariner with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors since 2024 and previously held positions at Bordeaux Wealth Advisors, Drawing Capital Group, and Charles Schwab. Mariner serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and tax services. The firm combines in-house research and third-party managers to create customized portfolios and provides integrated tax, accounting, and family office services alongside employer financial wellness tools.