Michael Telford is a financial advisor at Brio Financial Group in San Francisco, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ernst & Young, Ameriprise Financial Services, and The Vanguard Group. 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 a broad range of consulting services, including estate and tax planning, mortgage and debt analysis, and corporate structure advice.

Valerie De Vol is a financial advisor at Assembly Wealth with 26 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at WrapManager, Inc. from 2005 to the present. Assembly Wealth is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, standalone financial planning, and third-party manager services, utilizing a combination of asset allocation, specialized strategies, and wrap fee program structures.

Karime Azar Wabi is a financial advisor at One Wealth Advisors, LLC with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Hult International Business School. One Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans with a comprehensive range of investment management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach combined with tactical flexibility and coordinates services around cash-flow, tax, trust, and estate planning.

Julian Goodman is a financial advisor at Stonebridge Financial Group with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previous experience at firms such as Equitable Advisors, Blair Martin Financial Professional, and Beacon Pointe Advisors. Stonebridge Financial Group serves individuals, families, business owners, and employer plan sponsors, offering discretionary wealth management, financial consulting, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis, modern portfolio theory, and occasional charting to manage diversified portfolios across various asset classes.

Xuan Wang is a financial advisor at Delta Investment Management, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Quantum Capital Management and Lido Advisors, LLC. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as an Operation Manager at Chestnut Street Global Advisors, LLC, a financial planning firm. Delta Investment Management provides discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, institutions, trusts, and pension plans, offering a range of strategies including systematic ETF rotation and concentrated equity mandates. The firm also serves as a subadvisor to other advisory firms and integrates financial planning into its asset management services.

Christopher Rose is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Aptus Financial, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Waypoint Wealth Partners, Your Financial Pharmacist, CJR Financial LLC, and StubHub. Aptus Financial provides flat-fee financial planning and advisory services to individuals, employer-sponsored defined-contribution plans, and organizations, focusing on early- to mid-career professionals, business owners, and medical/dental trainees. The firm emphasizes a passive, long-term investment approach using tax-aware asset allocation and low-cost index funds and ETFs, offering a combination of one-time fixed planning fees and recurring subscription support.

Lauren Stansell is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Yeske Buie Inc. since 2013. She is a board member of the Financial Planning Association, where she leads board meetings and works with strategic partners. Yeske Buie provides integrated wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, personal trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a disciplined investment process based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizes ETFs and mutual funds, and manages over $1 billion with a team of ten advisors.

Ryan Ahrens is a financial advisor at Green Ocean Global Advisors LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Fidelity Investments, Resolute Capital Partners, E*TRADE Financial, Blackpier Capital, and TD Ameritrade. Green Ocean Global Advisors LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and referrals to third-party investment managers for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, quantitative, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis, employing both long- and short-term trading within client risk profiles.

Jonathan Lederer is a CFA® charterholder with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with Mission Creek Capital Partners, Inc., where he has worked since 2021. Prior to that, he spent five years at US Bank Private Bank. Mission Creek Capital Partners serves a diverse client base including family offices, trusts, pension plans, and institutional investors, providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and specialized services such as private equity distribution management and portfolio transition. The firm combines fundamental analysis with tax-aware implementation and risk management, using both active and passive strategies alongside quantitative tools and derivatives overlays.

William Reynolds is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with three years of industry experience. He has worked at Fire Capital Management since 2021, and previously was employed at First Franklin Financial Services and Prime Meridian. Fire Capital Management is a boutique firm serving high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, institutional, and charitable clients with customized wealth management, multi-family office services, and an Outsourced Chief Investment Officer program. The firm integrates Environmental, Social, and Governance factors into its investment process and manages client relationships primarily on a discretionary basis.

Mark Anderson is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Lakeside North Capital Advisors, LLC in San Rafael, CA, where he has worked since 2015. He also serves as an expert witness, providing opinions on changes in the value of investment portfolios. Anderson has been associated with Fort Point Capital Partners since 2016. Lakeside North Capital Advisors, LLC is an independent, fee-only firm serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and tailored financial consultations, including a specialized Digital Asset Program advising on cryptocurrencies and other digital investments.

Kelly Lawson is a financial advisor with The Putney Financial Group LLC in San Rafael, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 40 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Putney Financial Group, Lawson has worked with Arete Wealth Management and Portsmouth Financial Services. Outside of advising, Lawson serves as Treasurer for San Geronimo Community Church, a nonprofit organization. The Putney Financial Group provides investment supervisory services and financial planning primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals and charitable trusts. The firm uses a multifaceted investment approach emphasizing asset allocation across various securities, managing portfolios generally on a discretionary basis with regular reviews and reporting.

Tiffani Clarke is a financial advisor at Meritas Wealth Management, LLC in San Rafael, CA, with 16 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Meritas since 2009. Meritas Wealth Management provides personalized, fee-only financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes long-term diversification through written Investment Policy Statements and primarily passive investment strategies informed by academic research and Modern Portfolio Theory.

Megan Gorman is a financial advisor at Chequers Financial Management LLC with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 66 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Chequers since 2015. Chequers Financial Management LLC provides bespoke advisory services to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and complex, multi-generational families, focusing on wealth transfer, estate and philanthropic planning, and ongoing financial administration. The firm combines customized financial planning with discretionary investment management, emphasizing passive asset-class funds and alternative investments for qualified clients.

Andrew Williams is a financial advisor at GenCap Portfolio Management with 42 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Front Row Advisors LLC, the firm’s doing-business-as name, since 2015. GenCap Portfolio Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and subadvisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and other investment advisers. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to establish asset allocation and risk parameters, offering a range of investment strategies without a stated account minimum.

Benjamin Stewart is a financial advisor at Stewart Wealth Management, Inc. in San Rafael, CA, with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Stewart Wealth Management since 2007. The firm advises individuals, families, trusts, endowments, qualified retirement-plan sponsors, and business entities, managing approximately $501 million across about 337 client relationships. Stewart Wealth Management employs a strategic asset allocation and global diversification approach, primarily using low-cost, institutional-class mutual funds and ETFs within a core-satellite framework grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory.

Geoffrey Hakim is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at MCM Wealth in Novato, CA. He has been with MCM Wealth since 1996, totaling 30 years with the firm. MCM Wealth provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, small-business retirement plans, other RIAs, family offices, and institutions. The firm employs a multi-asset class, core-and-satellite investment approach and offers customized portfolios, including a rules-based options overlay managed through a proprietary platform.

Kristi Tidwell is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Asset Dedication, LLC. She has previously worked at Focus Partners Wealth, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Advisor Allies, and The Thigpen Group. Tidwell is also the owner of New Path Planning, a firm offering divorce financial planning services. 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 a cash-matching approach for income and an asset-class-based framework for equities, managing approximately $2.6 billion in discretionary assets for nearly 2,000 clients as of December 2024.

Nico Russo is a financial advisor at Stonebridge Financial Group with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Equitable Advisors and AXA-Advisors, LLC. Russo is based in San Rafael, California. Stonebridge Financial Group serves individuals, families, business owners, and employer plan sponsors, offering discretionary wealth management, financial consulting, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative investment approaches and manages portfolios across various asset classes, including stocks, bonds, ETFs, and alternatives.

Michael Kress is a financial advisor at Delta Investment Management, LLC with 45 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Delta since 2018, following prior roles at Sanctuary Wealth Advisors, LLC and Sanctuary Securities LLC. Delta Investment Management provides discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, institutions, trusts, and pension plans, and acts as a subadvisor to other advisory firms. The firm offers a range of strategies including ETF-based tactical rotation, a diversified Core strategy, concentrated equity mandates, custom portfolios, and access to alternative investments.