Kim Berger is a financial advisor at North Berkeley Wealth Management, LLC with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, Kim worked for ten years at Grifols Diagnostics. Outside of financial advising, Kim serves as Secretary for pHionics, Inc., a company that manufactures and sells water equipment. North Berkeley Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $710.6 million in assets, offering comprehensive financial planning and investment management with a focus on long-term, total-return portfolios that blend passive and active strategies and include options for ESG and carbon-screened investments.

Gabriella Stamps is a financial advisor at California Financial Advisors with a Series 65 credential. She has been with the firm since 2024 and has prior work experience in various roles outside the financial industry, including education and veterinary clinic positions. California Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages over $2 billion in assets and employs an investment approach focused on asset allocation, mutual fund and ETF analysis, and due diligence of third-party money managers, tailoring strategies to clients’ objectives and tax considerations.

Brian Duvall is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Asset Dedication, LLC since 2019. Prior to that, he worked at Sensible Money, LLC from 2012 to 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he teaches snowboard instruction during the winter months. Asset Dedication provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small institutions. The firm employs its Asset Dedication strategy, which aligns equity allocations with investment-grade fixed-income securities through a cash-matching approach, and serves a large client base with a focus on scalable, standardized sub-advisory arrangements.

Nickolas Bowers is a financial advisor at Liberty Wealth Management, LLC in Oakland, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Liberty Wealth Management, he worked at New York Life Insurance Company. Liberty Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, corporations, and other entities, offering investment management, financial planning, and employee-benefit plan services among others. The firm employs a combination of centrally developed models and advisor-developed strategies, utilizing quantitative and fundamental analysis to construct diversified portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, real estate, and private market investments.

Wahidah Aziz is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor at Frec with one year of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Kikoff, Brio Financial Group, and Litman Gregory Wealth Management, alongside experience in academic settings at New York University and Indiana Tech. Frec Advisers is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides automated, software-based portfolio management through its web and mobile platform to retail and entity clients. The firm’s model-driven approach offers personalized direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, hedging, and customizable portfolio allocations, requiring clients to maintain margin brokerage accounts with its affiliated broker-dealer.

Charles Blankley is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Gemmer Asset Management LLC, where he has been since 2000. Gemmer Asset Management LLC manages over $2.0 billion in discretionary assets for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, corporations, and nonprofits. The firm employs an asset-allocation approach focused on no-load mutual funds and ETFs, offers branded portfolio strategies and consulting services, and maintains a dedicated Social Strategy incorporating ESG and fossil-fuel exposure metrics.

Ian Fraley is a financial advisor with Mission Creek Capital Partners, Inc. in San Francisco, holding a Series 65 designation and 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Mission Creek since 2014. Mission Creek Capital Partners serves institutional and private clients, including pension plans, endowments, foundations, executives, entrepreneurs, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach combining bottom-up company analysis with a top-down economic overlay, and offers discretionary portfolio management, wealth planning, concentrated stock management, sub-advisory services, and specialized private equity distribution and post-venture management.

Daniel Young is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience. He is currently with Delta Investment Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2022. Prior to that, he held positions at Lido Advisors and Quantum Capital Management. Delta Investment Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and investment consulting to individuals, institutions, trusts, and pension plans, often onboarding clients with a minimum account size of $50,000. The firm employs a combination of quantitative macro analysis, fundamental research, and technical indicators across multiple distinct strategies, including ETF-based tactical approaches and concentrated equity mandates, and serves as a subadvisor to other investment advisors.

Brian Kozel is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at North Berkeley Wealth Management, LLC. He has been with North Berkeley Investment Partners since 2011. North Berkeley Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, managing approximately $710.6 million in assets. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and investment management with a focus on long-term, total-return oriented portfolios that combine passive and active strategies, including options and ESG screening for clients who request social considerations.

John Kerns is a portfolio manager at Meridian Investment Counsel, Inc. with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Meridian since 2005 and has operated a separate CPA and business-consulting practice since 1981, providing accounting services as a sole proprietor. Meridian Investment Counsel offers discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, families, trusts, non-profit organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a tax-aware, conservative growth strategy based on fundamental security analysis, asset allocation, and typically long holding periods, managing portfolios on a fiduciary basis with in-house discretion.

Rachel Shin is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with five years of experience in financial advising. She has worked at Brio Financial Group since 2023 and previously held roles at Yeske Buie Inc., FMB Wealth Management, and McCarthy Wealth Management. Outside of her advisory career, she was involved with Kickin' Crab from 2015 to 2019. Brio Financial Group serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities by providing asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management through a wrap fee program and delivers a broad range of consulting, including estate and tax planning, mortgage and debt analysis, and corporate structuring.

Mark Pitre is a CFP® with 37 years of industry experience, currently serving at California Financial Advisors. He has worked with Foothill Securities and has been with Maloon, Powers, Pitre & Higgins, LLC dba CFA since 1998. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in insurance sales and servicing existing contracts on a limited basis. California Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered firm that provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages over $2 billion in assets and utilizes a tailored investment approach focused on asset allocation, fund analysis, and due diligence of third-party managers.

Cole Matsuura is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with one year of industry experience. He has been with Echo45 Advisors LLC since 2020, following earlier roles in hospitality and other sectors. Echo45 Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities with wealth management, discretionary investment management, and financial planning. The firm combines multiple analytical methods and technology platforms to deliver customized and automated investment solutions, supported by affiliated tax and estate services and unique structural features.

John Mcnertney is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Green Ocean Global Advisors LLC since 2022. He previously worked at Freestone Capital Management and Polaris Greystone Financial Group, LLC. Green Ocean Global Advisors LLC offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and referrals to third-party investment managers for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm integrates fundamental, quantitative, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis to construct portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and non-U.S. securities, managing approximately $52.9 million across a three-advisor team.

John Burns is a financial advisor at Asset Dedication, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Asset Dedication since 2009. Asset Dedication provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small institutions. The firm employs its Asset Dedication strategy, which aligns equity allocations with investment-grade fixed-income securities to meet clients’ cash-flow needs, and manages approximately $2.6 billion in discretionary assets for about 1,999 clients.

David La Placa is a financial advisor with Intellectus Partners, LLC in San Francisco, holding a Series 63 designation and over 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Intellectus Partners since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in multiple software and technology ventures, serving in capacities such as managing member, advisor, and board member for several companies focused on software development and strategic consulting. Intellectus Partners provides wealth management, investment consulting, financial planning, and portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and private funds. The firm combines fundamental analysis with proprietary quantitative models and alternative data, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services tailored to clients with significant assets and pooled investment vehicles.

Barry Mendelson is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Elevation Wealth Partners, LLC. He has been with the firm’s predecessor, Zrc Wealth Management, for 12 years. Elevation Wealth Partners is a six-advisor team that provides fee-only discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and academically informed, long-term investment strategies, supported by integrated tax and accounting services.

Stacey Liu is a CFP® and ChFC® with 12 years of industry experience. She is currently with Treehouse Wealth Advisors in Walnut Creek, CA, and previously worked at San Francisco Sentry Investment Group and SF Sentry Securities, Inc. She holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses. Treehouse Wealth Advisors manages approximately $597 million for individual, high-net-worth, pension, charitable, and corporate clients. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial consulting, and wealth planning services, using both fundamental and technical analysis alongside AI-supported research under human supervision.

Eric Rudney is the sole advisor at Rudney Associates with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Rudney Associates since 2002 and Gillett Financial since 1995. Rudney Associates provides investment advisory and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts and estates, business entities, and charitable organizations. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis across mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed-income securities, and manages approximately $868 million in assets for about 458 client relationships.

Cagatay Koc is a financial advisor at North Berkeley Wealth Management, LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Strategic Wealth Planning, LifePro Financial Services, and Faubourg Private Wealth, among others. North Berkeley Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, managing approximately $710.6 million in assets. The firm focuses on long-term, total-return oriented portfolios using a combination of passive and active strategies, documented Investment Policy Statements, and systematic rebalancing, with options for ESG and carbon-screened investments.