Brian Jacobs is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license, with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC since 2023, following nine years at Rs Investments. Aptus Capital Advisors manages approximately $14.47 billion on a discretionary basis, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and registered investment companies. The firm employs a blend of technical and fundamental analysis primarily through ETFs, including nineteen actively managed Aptus funds, and provides portfolio management, financial planning, and specialized advisory services.

Benjamin Musson is a financial advisor at Destination Wealth Management with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Destination Wealth Management since 2012, following a year at Charles Schwab. Destination Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an asset-allocation driven investment process that integrates fundamental research with thematic, longer-term perspectives across multiple asset classes and maintains a formal program for alternative and private investment offerings.

Steven Quinly is a financial advisor with Realta Investment Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 46 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Bank of America and Merrill. He also serves on the Contra Costa County Treasurer Oversight Committee. Realta Investment Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services and financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and institutional clients. The firm focuses on personalized advice and employs diversified asset allocation strategies across various investment types, including mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and alternatives.

Dilnoor Kaur is a financial advisor at Earned Wealth Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. She concurrently serves as a senior tax accountant at Chahal & Associates LLC, an accounting firm where she has worked since 2015. Earned Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, with a focus on doctors, dentists, and their practices. The firm combines financial planning, discretionary wealth management, and retirement-plan advisory services, utilizing independent investment managers, model portfolios, and a third-party consultant to guide diversified, buy-and-hold investment strategies.

Byron Valles is a CFP® with eight years of experience in the financial industry, currently serving at Mission Wealth Management, LP. His previous roles include positions at LPL Financial, First Republic Investment Management, and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Outside of his advisory work, he is a business owner of Rimova Real Estate. Mission Wealth Management is a multi-team advisory firm that provides wealth management, financial planning, and personalized portfolio management primarily for affluent and high-net-worth individuals and families. The firm employs customized, long-term investment strategies across a broad range of asset classes and offers services including financial planning, investment implementation, and consulting.

Joanna Aiken is a financial advisor at Choreo, LLC with 29 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Enso Wealth Management and Edward Jones. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as CFO of JCBC Enterprises LLC, which provides educational enrichment programs for children. Choreo serves individual and high-net-worth investors, family offices, and institutional clients with services including portfolio management, financial planning, and outsourced CIO solutions. The firm combines strategic asset allocation with quantitative screening and utilizes diverse investment vehicles to implement client portfolios.

Kenneth Quiat is a financial advisor at Belpointe Asset Management LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Belpointe since 2017. Prior to that, he was with Foresters Equity Services, Inc. and has been involved with AD Banker LLC since 2012, where he also serves as a licensed educator. Belpointe serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, and other advisers. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing customized portfolios with a range of passive, active, tactical, and blended strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Yu Chen is a CFP® professional with 13 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Infinity Financial Services Advisory and has previously worked at Alden Capital, Eagle Strategies, and New York Life insurance among others. Outside of his advisory role, Yu Chen is the owner of MYZ Financial & Insurance Services and serves as CFO of Forte Tools Inc, a wholesale distributor of industrial products. Infinity Financial Services Advisory serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies, including long- and short-term trading and options, and integrates advisory services with affiliated broker-dealer and insurance activities.

Steven Burke is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Redhawk Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Oakland, CA, and has eight years of industry experience. He previously worked at Hermes Econometrics for three years and has served as a principal and independent insurance agent at SIS Services since 2000. Outside of his advisory role, he remains active in independent insurance agency work. Redhawk Wealth Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth families, estates, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment management approach combines strategic and tactical asset allocation across multiple asset classes, with portfolios reviewed weekly by an investment committee.

John Reising is a financial advisor at Gibbs Wealth Management, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has previously worked at Brookstone Capital Management and operated his own firms, including Reising Financial Services, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is an owner and insurance agent involved in the sale of fixed annuities, fixed indexed annuities, and life insurance. Gibbs Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management and advisory services, utilizing third-party platforms and a combination of analytical approaches to guide investment allocations. The firm emphasizes risk management, tax efficiency, and guaranteed-income solutions in its client portfolios.

Justin Amit is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with BlueSpring Wealth Management, LLC and has previously worked at Kestra Financial Inc., Capital Planning Advisors LLC, Bedell Frazier Investment Counselling, LLC, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Merrill. Outside of his advisory work, he officiates baseball and football games in Phoenix, AZ. BlueSpring Wealth Management is a multi-team firm serving a diverse client base. The firm emphasizes customized investment strategies and offers a range of financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment management services.

Christopher Eagles Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and holds a Series 65 license, with 13 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Destination Wealth Management since 2015. Outside of finance, he was involved with West America Tae Kwon Do for 11 years. Destination Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an asset-allocation driven investment process that integrates fundamental research with thematic, long-term perspectives, and offers estate planning and tax services through strategic partnerships.

Sarah Hamilton is a CFP® certificant with 20 years of industry experience. She is currently with Mission Wealth Management, LP and previously worked at Hamilton Walker Advisers LLC and Fidelity Investments. Mission Wealth Management is a multi-team advisory firm that provides wealth management, financial planning, and portfolio management primarily for affluent individuals and families, as well as entities such as pension plans and endowments. The firm employs customized, long-term investment strategies using a variety of investment vehicles and offers services including fiduciary retirement plan consulting and cross-border planning.

Emmanuel Pablo Jr. is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with International Assets Investment Management, LLC. He previously worked at LPL Financial and spent 18 years at Patelco Credit Union. International Assets Investment Management provides advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, and other business entities through a national network of independent advisers, offering customized portfolio management and financial planning.

Roger Tran is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor representative at Core Planning in Pittsburg, CA. His previous roles include positions at Facet Wealth, Wells Fargo, and Ginsburg Financial Advisors, among others. He has also been affiliated with the Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce. Core Planning provides fee-only financial planning and wealth management services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary account management through tailored investment strategies and the use of third-party model portfolios and automated rebalancing tools.

Avi Crane is a financial advisor with Infinity Financial Services Advisory in Oakland, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and seven years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Transamerica Financial Advisors and Debtmerica, among others. Crane is also involved with Alpha Innovation Partners, where he participates in the sales of traditional insurance products. Infinity Financial Services Advisory is a multi-advisor firm managing approximately $174 million across 642 clients with a team of 35 advisors. The firm serves individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management, financial planning, adviser selection, and pension consulting, employing a multi-method investment approach that includes charting, cyclical, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory.

Evelyn Zuk is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with two years of industry experience. She is currently with Destination Wealth Management and has prior experience at firms including Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, Northwestern Mutual, OSAIC, and FYNANC. Evelyn also worked in accounting at Prime Accounting for eight years. Destination Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs an asset-allocation-driven investment process that integrates fundamental research and thematic perspectives, offering a range of strategies including equities, fixed income, ETFs, derivatives, and alternatives, supported by committee oversight and strategic partner relationships.

Eric Shulenberger is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Concentric with 18 years of prior experience at Veritable, LP and concurrent experience at Pathstone. He has worked in the industry for 11 years and is currently based in Walnut Creek, CA. Concentric provides discretionary sub-advisory portfolio management and model portfolio construction primarily to other registered investment advisers and financial institutions. The firm combines quantitative portfolio-optimization software and multi-factor risk models with qualitative oversight to customize portfolios, and offers specialized strategies including tax-aware and customizable mandates.

Pietro Puducay is a financial advisor with Infinity Financial Services Advisory in Oakland, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He has been with Infinity Financial Services Advisory since 2020 and also worked at Robert Half in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a durable power of attorney for a family member, acting as an agent if needed. Infinity Financial Services Advisory serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses with portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a range of analytical methods and strategies, including both long-term and short-term trading, and offers access to mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, annuities, and alternative products.

Matthew Dublin is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at True North Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2025. Prior to this, he spent seven years at Blue Investment Partners LLC and two years at Aptigon Capital, Citadel LLC. True North Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $5.4 billion in assets. The firm serves very high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, foundations, and other business entities, offering comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and wealth advisory services with a value-oriented investment approach across multiple asset classes.