Louis Gardner is a financial advisor with Integrity Alliance, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Lion Street Advisors, LLC, Lion Street Financial, and Gardner Brown Associates Inc. He serves as a board member for both the Knights of Columbus and the Roosters Foundation of Orange County, nonprofit organizations focused on charity and community support. Integrity Alliance operates as a large advisor network serving individual investors, corporations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party managers, employing various investment allocation approaches across discretionary and non-discretionary account structures.

Shawn Lefebvre is an investment advisor at TLG Advisors, Inc. with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at firms including The Leaders Group Inc, Lincoln Investment, Capital Analysts Inc, Pacific Southwest Financial, and Provident Mutual Life. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in life insurance sales through his own business, Lefebvre Financial Services, and Pacific Southwest Financial. TLG Advisors, Inc. manages approximately $2.0 billion in discretionary assets, serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and institutional investors. The firm offers investment supervisory and portfolio management services, comprehensive financial and estate planning, and ERISA fiduciary services, utilizing a research approach based on fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory.

Steven Timbal is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America and holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 18 years of industry experience and has been affiliated with United Planners since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with MDTB LLC, a non-investment-related business. United Planners Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm operates an open-architecture platform with multiple custodians and third-party money managers, offering both fee-based and commission-based solutions through its network of 477 independent advisors.

David Crist is a CFP® professional with 37 years of industry experience, currently serving at Win Team Advisory Services in Irvine, CA. His prior roles include positions at J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc., J.W. Cole Financial, Inc., DWC Financial Services, Inc., and First Allied Securities, Inc. He is co-trustee for two irrevocable trusts and a successor trustee and executor for a family trust. Win Team Advisory Services provides discretionary asset management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $61 million across about 88 client relationships. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and asset-allocation analysis to create customized investment strategies and conducts quarterly account reviews.

Courtney Mccutchan is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC since 2024. Her prior roles include positions at Bridge Advisory, LLC, Union Bank, and MML Investors Services. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a proprietary manager selection process and offers a range of services such as discretionary wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and outsourced CIO solutions.

Nathaniel Spruiell is a financial advisor with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Kane Investment Management Inc. and academic positions at Santa Clara University and De Anza College. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm employs a primarily third-party manager allocation approach, supported by a formal manager due-diligence process, and sponsors proprietary investment vehicles including private funds and a registered interval fund.

Scott Ziegelmeier is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2005 and operates Ziggy Financial & Insurance Services, which provides New York Life products and brokers non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm provides tailored advisory solutions through multiple program types and manages a substantial portion of its assets on a non-discretionary basis, operating within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Charles Conner is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Churchill Management Group since 1997. Conner joined Focus Partners Wealth in 2025. 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 blends active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework and offers a broad range of financial and fiduciary services.

Trisha Miller is a financial advisor with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Newport Beach, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at First Republic Securities Company, LLC and First Republic Investment Management, Inc. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios and offers a range of implementation options alongside financial planning, retirement consulting, tax planning, and estate coordination.

Rosalia Garcia is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. Her career includes multiple tenures at Oppenheimer and roles at Boustead Securities, Bico Drilling Tools, and Ameriprise Financial Services. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, employing strategic and tactical asset allocation and a variety of investment vehicles to meet client objectives.

Brent Broaddus is a financial advisor with J. W. Cole Advisors, Inc. in Irvine, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 21 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at First Allied Securities, Inc. and Alpine Star Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory work, he is co-owner of Aloha Bliss, a business involved in Hawaiian merchandise sales, and serves as president and handicap chairman of the Sandbaggers Golf Club. J. W. Cole Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and retirement plans through a network of over 400 independent representatives. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and access to multiple managed account solutions, employing discretionary and non-discretionary investment strategies that include fundamental and technical analysis, model portfolios, and digital advice platforms.

Adam Jeharajah is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He has worked at CIBC Private Wealth Management since 2014. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies. The firm combines an internal investment team with governance committees to deliver customized portfolio management and wealth advisory services, managing approximately $67.8 billion in assets across 175 advisors.

Blaine Carver is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience, currently with Hightower Advisors since 2023. He has previously worked at J. Derek Lewis & Associates, Mutual Securities, Inc., Mars Jewett Financial Group, Inc., and Cetera Advisor Networks. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting through a network of advisor practices.

Indya Yuill is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Beacon Pointe Advisors and its related entities since 2016. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions to individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers and employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

John Solik is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Morgan Stanley, Odeon Capital Group, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and Journey Strategic Wealth LLC. His outside business activities include serving as a private wealth manager at Journey Strategic Wealth and acting as an agent for fixed insurance products. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a variety of portfolio construction strategies including mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and custom indexing.

Simone Devenny is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. with 11 years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. She has worked at several firms including Morgan Stanley and Eaton Vance, and currently serves as co-trustee of the Miner Family Trust. Additionally, she is the managing member of Aset Advisors LLC, where she consults on the development of various retreats. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolios combining model strategies and third-party sub-advisers, and is notable for its private investment vehicle ownership, specialized divisions, and affiliated broker-dealer and tax/accounting practices.

Michael Phelps is a financial advisor at Corient with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with various entities within Corient since 2015. He also serves as an individual trustee for a client of Corient. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party manager solutions and offers specialized services through affiliates such as family office and trustee services.

Greggory Cowan is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Capital Group for 11 years before joining Beacon Pointe Advisors. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual, corporate, pension, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of proprietary asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers, offering both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

William Maniss is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 39 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc since 2016. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides various advisory and brokerage services, utilizing strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and a range of investment products to tailor client solutions.

Alan Bender is a financial advisor with SPC in Irvine, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Parkland Securities since 2014 and has been associated with Precision Wealth Financial & Insurance Services since 2004. Outside of his advisory roles, he serves as president of Dynamis Wealth Solutions, LLC, which provides group health and life insurance products. SPC serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, managing approximately $5.66 billion in assets. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA-related retirement services, employing both discretionary and nondiscretionary strategies tailored to client needs.