Jun Tang is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and is a certified member of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts. Outside of his advisory role, Tang serves as president of the East China Normal University Alumni Association in America’s Seattle chapter and is involved with several nonprofit organizations focused on education and cultural exchange. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a broad client base, including individuals, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers, delivering services through multiple platforms such as Transamerica ONE, TFA365, and the Transamerica ALPHA digital program.

Daniel Stober is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Hightower Advisors since 2014. He also has a longstanding role at Triad Wealth Stewardship, LLC, where he has worked since 2008. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research and a range of investment vehicles.

Danielle Strumbeta is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with nine years of industry experience. She is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, having joined in 2025. Her prior experience includes five years at Merriman Wealth Management, LLC, and five years at Kutscher, Rhodes & Benner, Inc. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach that emphasizes tax- and fee-sensitivity within an enhanced open architecture framework, combining active and passive strategies across various investment vehicles.

Matthew Fox is a financial advisor with \u0026PARTNERS in Seattle, WA, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining \u0026PARTNERS in 2026, he worked at Bank of America N.A. and Merrill. \u0026PARTNERS serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of investment management and financial planning services, employing both proprietary and third-party strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary platforms.

Jordan Pankratz is a financial advisor with Key Investment Services LLC in Redmond, WA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America, Merrill, Frost Bank, and work in collegiate athletics and student accounts administration at Texas A&M Commerce and the University of Texas Arlington. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs and managed account offerings. The firm emphasizes client-directed investment decisions supported by recommendations and ongoing monitoring, while also providing access to third-party discretionary managers and supervisory oversight.

William Forslund is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer in Bellevue, WA. He holds a Series 66 designation and joined the firm in 2025. Forslund’s prior experience includes four years at Western Washington University and Bainbridge Island High School. Oppenheimer serves individuals, corporations, pooled vehicles, and retirement plans, offering advisory programs such as discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and financial planning. The firm’s investment approach includes strategic and tactical asset allocation across various strategies, with a mix of commission-based and asset-based fee programs.

Sharon Lailey is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with eight years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® designation and Securities Series 65 and 63 licenses. Prior to joining Hightower in 2022, she worked at Sovereign Wealth Advisors, Inc. for 16 years. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals and institutional investors such as pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm’s approach includes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing proprietary research and a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Xiaoyuan Shang is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Focus Partners Wealth, Shang held roles at Iron Pillar Fund, Barclays Private Bank, and has experience in academia at Columbia Business School and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using enhanced open architecture, combining fundamental and quantitative analysis, and manages a broad range of investment products and advisory services.

Jesse Bond is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Seattle, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 22 years of industry experience. He has been involved with Eagle Strategies since 2006 and operates Bond Financial, PLLC, which provides insurance brokering services. Outside of his advisory work, Bond serves on the board of Transforming Age and volunteers with Full Life Care, as well as coaching girls' basketball at Lakeside Middle School. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals and institutions, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice primarily through non-discretionary accounts and maintains a broad network of affiliated advisers within the New York Life affiliate structure.

Juergen Schatzer is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Shoreline, WA, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. He previously worked at Edward Jones and spent fourteen years at Western Safety Products Inc. Schatzer serves on the boards of the Edmonds Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the Seattle Area German American School, and the Austria Club of Washington. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a wide client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, and access to third-party money manager solutions, typically implementing investments on a discretionary basis through these managers.

Samuel Maxwell III is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Bordeaux Wealth Advisors, Executive Wealth Group, LLC, and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach emphasizing tax- and fee-sensitivity within an enhanced open architecture framework that combines active and passive strategies along with various specialized offerings.

Derek Parsons is a financial advisor with Osaic Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Moore Wealth Management and Parsons since 2014 and is currently affiliated with Triad Hybrid Solutions. Outside of advising, he operates as an independent insurance agent focusing on life products. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm provides a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and third-party manager oversight, utilizing multiple program models and a combination of proprietary and third-party platforms for portfolio management.

Liqin Song is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with four years of industry experience. Liqin holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at Merrill, Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Cathay Bank. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through a variety of advisory programs and investment products. The firm emphasizes client direction and model selection, providing recommendations and ongoing monitoring while facilitating access to third-party discretionary managers and offering periodic rebalancing, reporting, and oversight.

Nicholas Tarr is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Bellevue, WA, bringing two years of industry experience. He previously worked with Savant Wealth Management and Edward Jones Investments, among other roles. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach utilizing multiple asset classes and offers integrated wealth services across managed and held-away accounts.

Melissa Haley is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Seattle, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with 24 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA-CREF since 2005. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning, managed account programs, and broker-dealer services primarily to individuals linked to TIAA-administered retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans. The firm distinguishes between discrete financial planning services and ongoing discretionary management through model or customized portfolios, operating under a fiduciary standard for its RIA services.

Janine Ruland is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Mill Creek, WA, holding a Series 63 designation and over 21 years of industry experience. She has been affiliated with New York Life Insurance and its related entities since 2005 and led Ruland Financial Strategies in 2019. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as vice-president on the board of The Pointe Home Owners Association. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated investment adviser representatives. The firm provides tailored advice across multiple program types, emphasizing non-discretionary asset management and relationships with a wide range of institutional sponsors.

Jeffrey Edgbert is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 13 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. He previously worked at Highland Private Wealth Management for 13 years before joining Hightower in 2022. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of clients, including individuals, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a range of portfolio management and planning services.

Vernon Klassen is a CFP® and ChFC® with 36 years of industry experience, currently serving with Valic Financial Advisors since 2010 and Agia since 2022. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and works in Lynnwood, WA. Klassen also acts as an agent for group and individual health insurance plans, including Medicare coverage. Valic Financial Advisors serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction and management.

Jake O'Banion is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ameritas Advisory Services, Ameritas Life Insurance Corp, Ameritas Investment Company, C1 Wealth Management, and Country Insurance & Financial Services. He is also the owner of Jake O'Banion Insurance & Financial Services LLC. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers brokerage, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services through a national network of advisors and utilizes multiple investment platforms and third-party managers.

Jeffrey Moormeier is a financial advisor with Osaic Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 credentials and over 38 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Arbor Point Advisors, Securities America, Inc., and KMS Financial Services, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, Moormeier is a ski instructor teaching both adults and children. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, and other entities. The firm offers a range of investment management and financial planning services through multiple program models, utilizing proprietary and third-party platforms, and provides access to alternative investments and affiliated wealth management capabilities.