Chris Varjabedian is a financial advisor at Lake Avenue Financial LLC with one year of industry experience. He is also the President and CEO of VAR Accounting Group, an accounting firm based in Woodland Hills, CA, where he has held a leadership role since 2018. Prior to joining Lake Avenue Financial, Varjabedian worked at Pomerantz, Kavinoky & Co. and Hcvt. Lake Avenue Financial provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and referrals to third-party advisers for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and brokerage customers. The firm offers a subscription education and coaching product called Lake Avenue Academy and works with broker-dealer and financial institution clients, utilizing a multi-method research approach and a range of investment strategies, including traditional discretionary management and a web-based automated rebalancing program.

Craig Bailey Jr. is a financial advisor at Granite Investment Partners, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including NWQ Investment Management, Mandeville Advisors, and Kotak Mahindra. Outside of his advisory role, Bailey serves as a strategic planning advisor to a pharmaceutical manufacturing startup. Granite Investment Partners provides discretionary investment management services to institutional clients, government entities, pooled vehicles, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a bottom-up research process combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and actively manages private funds alongside offering sub-advisory and model program services.

Peter Gardiner is a financial advisor with The Investment House LLC in Venice, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has been with The Investment House LLC since 2012. The Investment House LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and pooled vehicles. The firm uses client-specific investment policies implemented across various strategies, combining fundamental analysis with top-down sector selection and managing registered investment companies, an ETF, and private funds.

Clint Urso is a financial advisor with Atlantic Investments, a Registered Investment Advisor, Inc., based in Los Angeles, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 16 years of industry experience. Urso has worked with Atlantic Investments since 2010 and Atlantic Financial Services, Inc. since 2009. He is also an owner and insurance agent at Atlantic Financial Insurance Services, where he spends approximately half of his time. Atlantic Investments serves individuals and high-net-worth clients by providing personalized financial planning and coordinating implementation through third-party money managers. The firm focuses on documenting client goals and risk tolerances, delivering financial plans, and performing periodic account reviews without managing client assets or accepting discretionary trading authority.

Jeffrey Eisfelder is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at SFE Investment Counsel Inc. He previously spent ten years at First Foundation Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he is the sole licensee owner of GBG Southeast, a youth travel baseball organization in the Southeast. SFE Investment Counsel serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, retirement plans, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm focuses on asset allocation and a total-return approach with concentrated equity portfolios, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside fixed-income laddering to manage risk.

Boris Geyzer is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at JSF Financial, LLC and Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation. He has been with JSF Financial since 2000 and with Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation since 2010. Outside of his financial advisory work, he is involved as a homecare provider for a disabled relative. JSF Financial provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, wealth management, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $1.97 billion across about 791 client relationships, using a combination of bespoke portfolio management, model asset-allocation strategies, and third-party managers.

Laura Lemoine is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience. She is currently with Serenus Wealth Advisors, LLC, where she has worked since 2024. Prior to that, she held positions at Camden Capital and The People Concern. Serenus Wealth Advisors serves individual, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a diverse investment process incorporating multiple analysis methods and strategies, managing approximately $1.47 billion in assets across about 141 clients.

Samuel Croucher is a CFP® with seven years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with California Financial Partners, Inc., where he has worked since 2021, and also has experience with LPL Financial. California Financial Partners, Inc. provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals, business entities, and pension plans. The firm follows a structured planning process and uses fundamental analysis and public research sources when evaluating investments, without managing client assets or engaging in discretionary portfolio management.

Eleanor Weinstock is a financial advisor with Evolve Private Wealth, LLC in Los Angeles, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 35 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Advisors, Morgan Stanley, and Sanctuary Advisors. She is also a licensed insurance agent involved with Evolve Wealth Insurance LLC. Evolve Private Wealth, LLC provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and financial institutions. The firm manages approximately $2.15 billion in assets with a focus on fundamental analysis and long-term, diversified portfolios that incorporate mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, and alternative investments.

Amit Stavinsky is a financial advisor with Tamar Securities, LLC in Woodland Hills, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 33 years of industry experience. He has worked at Pursche Kaplan Sterling and Tamar Securities since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of Brighton Advisory Group, where he reviews estate assets, wills, trusts, and insurance needs. Tamar Securities, LLC advises individuals, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporations, managing approximately $1.30 billion in assets. The firm employs a combination of top-down sector and “Super Cycle” analysis with bottom-up security selection and quantitative screening, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to multiple model-portfolio programs.

Brian Grimditch is a financial advisor at Highline Wealth Partners with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, as well as earlier positions at Stachur and Emerald Health Services. Highline Wealth Partners serves individuals, trusts, foundations, retirement plans, and business entities, offering investment management, financial planning, family office services, and corporate retirement plan consulting. The firm’s investment decisions are made by an Investment Committee, and it provides clients with regular portfolio reviews, educational workshops, and utilizes third-party technology to manage retirement plan sub-accounts.

Kaela Alba is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at TriaGen Wealth Management LLC since 2022. Prior to joining TriaGen, she worked at KeyBank and held roles at Oregon State University. She is also an independent licensed insurance agent focusing on accident, health, and life insurance in California. TriaGen Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a diverse range of investment strategies and discloses the use of derivatives, margin transactions, and digital assets, among other approaches, while managing approximately $535 million in client assets.

David Chong is a financial advisor with Strategy Asset Managers L.L.C. in Pasadena, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 30 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at firms such as Citigroup Global Markets and Wells Fargo Advisors. Strategy Asset Managers serves individual, high-net-worth, ultra-high-net-worth, and institutional clients with portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and institutional investment management. The firm employs a combination of fundamental equity selection and quantitative approaches, manages private pooled investment vehicles, and offers family office services to large clients.

Jean Calache is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at JSF Financial, LLC in Los Angeles, CA. He previously worked at NewEdge Securities Inc and spent one year at the University of California Los Angeles. JSF Financial provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, pension plans, and businesses. The firm employs dynamic asset allocation, model portfolios, and quantitative analysis, managing approximately $1.73 billion in client assets.

Kelly Kruzick is a financial advisor with Valley Wealth Strategies, LLC in Santa Monica, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Valley Wealth Strategies and LPL Financial in 2017, Kruzick worked at National Planning Corporation for 19 years. Outside of advising, Kruzick is involved in health and wellness as a meditation teacher and provides paralegal assistance to a law firm. Valley Wealth Strategies advises individuals, families, trusts, small businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans with customized investment management and financial planning services. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and manages approximately $1.2 billion in assets, notably maintaining a large share on a non-discretionary basis while overseeing assets managed by independent managers.

Jon Kmett is a financial advisor with SFE Investment Counsel Inc. in Los Angeles, CA. He holds the Series 63 designation and has 37 years of industry experience, including 19 years with SFE Investment Counsel. SFE Investment Counsel serves individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, retirement plans, businesses, and institutional clients by providing individualized investment supervisory services. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and a total-return approach, managing portfolios with concentrated equity positions and a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside fixed-income laddering.

Mena Hanna is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with five years of industry experience. He has worked at AWM Capital, LLC since 2020 and has prior experience at PHC Inc and Bridge Advisory LLC. AWM Capital, LLC advises high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and private funds, providing fee-based investment management alongside comprehensive financial planning services that include tax, estate, and insurance analysis as well as business consulting for select small and medium-sized businesses. The firm uses an open-architecture platform and a liability-driven investing framework to create customized portfolios incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, third-party separate account managers, and private placements.

Russtin Siadatian is a financial advisor at Signature Resources Capital Management, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and is also a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, providing specialized divorce planning and analysis. Additionally, he engages in business consulting and insurance sales through his other activities. Signature Resources Capital Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts and estates, and sponsors employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, employing a Global Target Risk strategy focused on diversification and customization of portfolios.

Lisa Westermark is a ChFC® and Series 66-registered advisor with nine years of industry experience. She is currently with Beverly Hills Private Wealth, LLC, where she has worked since 2022. Prior to this, she held roles at Bank of America and Merrill. Beverly Hills Private Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities with services including portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a diverse investment process incorporating fundamental, technical, quantitative, cyclical, and sector analysis, and manages approximately $912 million in assets.

Jeremy Dicker is a financial advisor at One Wealth Capital Management, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including MassMutual Life and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Outside of advisory roles, he owns a consulting business focused on business operations such as payables, receivables, and succession planning. One Wealth Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $307 million for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as institutions. The firm employs a macro-environmental approach to tactical asset allocation, combining growth and fixed-income strategies across various investment vehicles, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management along with coordinated multi-phase planning services.