Paul Touchstone is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of industry experience. He is a partner at Fort Point Capital Partners LLC in San Francisco, where he has worked since 2012. His prior experience includes roles at Stratifi, LLC and Gordian Investments, LLC. Fort Point Capital Partners serves family offices and high net worth individuals, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and supervisory services for individually managed accounts. The firm employs a risk-focused investment approach emphasizing global diversification, active risk management, and tax-efficient strategies, including systematic tax-loss harvesting with ETFs.

Samaya Patel is a financial advisor at Blume Capital Management, Inc. with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Blume Capital, she worked at Cisco Systems and has academic experience from the University of California, Berkeley. Blume Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension plans, charitable foundations, and private investment funds. The firm emphasizes long-term investing with a value-oriented equity allocation and broad diversification, using mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments for qualified clients.

Peter Reidenbach is a financial advisor at Blume Capital Management, Inc. in Berkeley, CA, with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has been with Blume Capital Management since 2011. Blume Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable foundations, and private investment funds. The firm emphasizes long-term investing with a value-oriented equity allocation and broad diversification, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments for qualified clients.

Henry Luong is a financial advisor at CSP Financial Group LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at CSP Financial Group since 2021, alongside operating as a sole proprietor. Luong has also been a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 2010. CSP Financial Group provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm emphasizes portfolio construction and monitoring based on Modern Portfolio Theory and employs third-party managers such as Matson Money to implement model allocations.

Paula Rose is a financial advisor with American Investors Company in San Ramon, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 29 years of industry experience. She has been with American Investors Company since 2002 and has operated her own advisory business since 1997. Additionally, she is licensed as a life insurance agent. American Investors Company provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan services, and seminars, operating both as a registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered adviser.

Yukun Wang is a financial advisor at Chequers Financial Management LLC with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Chequers since 2018 and previously was with Behring Global Educational Foundation and Aflac. Wang holds a Series 65 credential and is based in San Francisco, CA. Chequers Financial Management LLC serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals and complex multi-generational families, offering tailored advisory services including Personal CFO and Multi-Family Office service tracks. The firm combines customized financial planning with discretionary investment management, emphasizing passive asset-class funds alongside alternative investments for qualified clients.

Sean Maloon is a financial advisor at California Financial Advisors with a Series 65 designation. He has been with the firm since 2022, with prior experience at Indus Growth Fund and involvement in activities outside finance, including work with Friday Night Lights and California Polytechnic University. California Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses with investment supervisory services, financial planning, and consulting. The firm focuses on asset allocation, mutual fund and ETF analysis, and third-party manager due diligence, managing approximately $2 billion in assets with a team of 11 advisors.

Andrew Haupt is a financial advisor with American Investors Company in Dublin, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with American Investors Company since 2013 and is also involved with Allied Tax Planners, where he prepares federal and state income tax returns and provides tax consultation services. American Investors Company delivers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations, combining advisory and broker-dealer functions with a range of asset management and consulting offerings.

Kathryn Gilje is a financial advisor at Just Futures with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. She previously worked at Juniper Roots and Ceres Trust, accumulating a decade of experience before joining Just Futures. Just Futures serves nonprofits, foundations, family offices, small- and mid-sized businesses, retirement plans, and individual investors, managing about $46.7 million in assets. The firm follows a values-aligned investment approach informed by social justice movements, integrating ESG factors and a range of public and private market solutions tailored to mission-aligned, non-high-net-worth, and institutional clients.

Richard Cohn is a financial advisor at American Investors Company with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked for Crestmont Advisors, LLC for 12 years. American Investors Company provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm combines broker-dealer and SEC-registered advisory services, offering both commission-based and advisory products along with asset management, financial planning, and retirement consulting.

Scott Hampton is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Moment Partners, LLC since 2024 and previously spent eight years at Wells Fargo Clearing Services and three years at Wells Fargo Advisors. Hampton serves as co-trustee for a family trust. Moment Partners, LLC provides investment and wealth management, financial planning, and fiduciary services to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, estates, foundations, and institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of active and passive strategies, risk-adjusted and tax-aware asset allocation, and incorporates independent managers and options strategies where appropriate.

James Machinchick is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience currently serving as Chief Planning Officer at Inflection Capital Management, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and Lake Street Advisors. He is also involved with The Oglethorpe Collective, LLC, a firm affiliated with Inflection Capital, where he dedicates significant time during trading hours. Inflection Capital Management serves family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and institutional-style family clients, offering comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management. The firm employs an IPS-driven, manager-of-managers approach with a broad investment toolkit, focusing on detailed family assessments and ongoing oversight.

Mark Bertoli is a CFP® with 38 years of industry experience and is currently with Castle Rock Wealth Management, LLC in Walnut Creek, CA. He has worked at Private Client Services, First Allied Securities, and Cetera Advisor Networks. Outside of his advisory role, he mentors at a fintech start-up, Your Capital Inc. Castle Rock Wealth Management provides investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm manages over $500 million for nearly 1,900 clients through a team of eight advisors and employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis alongside active trading strategies.

Brendan Fraleigh is a financial advisor at Moment Private Wealth with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Moment Private Wealth in 2024, he worked at ICONIQ Capital and held various roles related to the University of Notre Dame. Moment Private Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm focuses on long-term, low-cost, diversified asset allocation grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, with many client accounts managed on a discretionary basis.

Bryce Brown is a financial advisor at Penserra Wealth Management with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has prior experience at Perigon Wealth Management and Burleson & Company. Outside of finance, he serves as a commander in the California Army National Guard, where he is involved in personnel management, equipment management, and engineering design/build. Penserra Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and financial planning services. The firm employs a variety of analytical approaches and investment strategies, managing roughly $15 million in discretionary client assets as of 2026.

Scott Gemmer is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience, currently serving at Gemmer Asset Management LLC in Walnut Creek, CA. He has been with the firm, which was founded in 1993, throughout his career. Gemmer Asset Management LLC manages over $2.0 billion in discretionary assets and serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and nonprofits. The firm employs an asset-allocation strategy focused on no-load mutual funds and ETFs, offers multiple branded strategies, and maintains a dedicated Social Strategy incorporating ESG and fossil-fuel exposure metrics.

Sam's professional goal is simple: help families stretch their dollars and stop second-guessing financial decisions. This work is his passion. Families come to our firm looking for answers, and we're dedicated to providing clarity. Sam's clients come in asking an array of questions: When can I retire? How can I be confident it will last? What am I missing? Is there anything else I should be doing than what I'm doing now? This is much deeper than managing a portfolio. Our job is to answer your questions and use our expertise to guide you, so you know what pitfalls and opportunities may be on the horizon. Over time, clients start to feel like family, and it's our goal to treat their financial decisions with the same care we'd give our own. Sam believes this process starts with a financial plan. Not just a retirement projection, but an in-depth analysis of everything in your life with a number on it, paired with a real understanding of what matters most to you. Sam specializes in helping clients who are retired or within 10 years of retirement turn a lifetime of savings into dependable, tax-efficient income that doesn't depend on guessing what the market does next. For young families, he builds that same discipline in early: a coordinated plan bringing scattered accounts, tax strategy, and investments under one roof, so nothing gets left to chance later. He also works closely with small business owners and self-employed professionals, whose retirement planning rarely fits the typical employer-plan playbook. The right guidance, and the costly mistakes to avoid, require a different kind of expertise than most advisors bring to the table. For clients thinking beyond their own retirement, Sam helps families plan the thoughtful, tax-efficient transfer of wealth across generations, so what's been built is preserved and passed on with intention rather than lost to poor timing or an unnecessary tax bill. As a fee-only fiduciary, Sam doesn't sell products or earn commissions. His only job is to build a plan that works in your best interest, full stop. Sam is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, practitioner and a summa cum laude graduate of Mississippi State University. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Sam is deeply rooted in the community Branning Wealth Management has served for decades. Outside the office, he's active in his local church in downtown Jackson. He and his wife, Chloe, live in Jackson and enjoy having friends over for Mahjong, gr

Randall Maycock is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC since 2009, where he is part of a five-advisor team based in San Francisco, CA. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individual investors, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm manages client assets in-house, using customized portfolios that incorporate fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and operates a wrap-fee program covering trading costs for its clients.

Jonathan Maier is a financial advisor at Fort Point Capital Partners LLC in San Francisco, holding a Series 66 designation with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Fort Point in 2024, he worked at Equitable Advisors, LLC from 2021 to 2023. Outside of finance, he has been involved with the Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation. Fort Point Capital Partners serves family offices and high net worth individuals, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and supervisory services for individually managed accounts. The firm employs a risk-focused investment approach emphasizing global diversification, active risk management, and systematic tax-loss harvesting using ETFs.

Cory Degraaf is a financial advisor at Dixon Financial Services with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has worked at Dixon Financial Services since 2023 and has prior experience with Buckingham Strategic Partners/Loring Ward, Lyft, and Home Goods. Dixon Financial Services serves individuals, trustees, charitable organizations, business owners, and corporations by providing personalized investment advisory services focused on strategic asset allocation and ongoing portfolio management. The firm manages over $1 billion in assets with a team of five advisors and uses a disciplined approach involving Modern Portfolio Theory, Dimensional Fund Advisors funds, and financial simulation programs to support client planning and reporting.