Antoine Souma is a financial advisor at Galliott Capital Advisors, LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He has held positions at firms including Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities, and UBS Financial Services. Souma serves on the board of the Lebanese American Foundation - House of Lebanon and acts as a resource facilitator and treasurer for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Galliott Capital Advisors is a boutique family-office and investment advisory firm serving high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, businesses, institutional clients, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers asset and portfolio management, financial planning, multi-family office services, and sponsors private investment vehicles, tailoring portfolios with a range of equities, fixed income, ETFs, options, and alternative investments.

Eric Zurbrugg is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at IFC Advisors LLC since 2024. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC from 2004 to 2024. Outside of his advisory role, Zurbrugg is a team manager for a local soccer club. IFC Advisors provides investment management and financial advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, family entities, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a tax-aware, goal-oriented investment approach that combines active and passive strategies and is notable for operating special purpose vehicles and private fund vehicles.

Leighann Miko is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently with Avise Financial since 2023. Prior to joining Avise, she worked at Equalis Financial LLC for nine years and has provided tax and business management services through StatusFlow since 2020. Her role at StatusFlow represents a notable non-investment activity alongside her advisory duties. Avise Financial serves individual and institutional clients, including high net worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary investment management combined with comprehensive financial planning, employing a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis as well as Modern Portfolio Theory to create diversified portfolios.

Geoffrey Sokol is a financial advisor at GT Investment Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Ameriprise Financial Services and Grow Think Investment Management. Outside of his advisory role, he coaches children in martial arts in Hawthorne, California, and serves on the city's Civil Service Commission. GT Investment Management provides investment management and financial planning primarily to high-net-worth individual clients. The firm employs a blend of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to create tailored portfolios and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management alongside access to alternative investments and equity options strategies.

Phillip Wildes is a financial advisor at Arroyo Investment Group, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at several firms, including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and 49 Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory role, he is also engaged in the sales of fixed/traditional insurance products. Arroyo Investment Group is a fee-only investment management and financial planning firm managing approximately $319.5 million in client assets. The firm serves individuals and institutional clients using a discretionary, model-driven approach with proprietary screening and primarily no-load mutual funds.

Luis Salas Ruiz is a financial advisor at First Financial Consulting in Pasadena, CA, holding a Series 66 designation with three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Bank of America and Merrill. He has experience working with nonprofit and educational organizations, including the Calvert House Catholic Center and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. First Financial Consulting provides financial planning and investment consulting to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and closely held businesses, focusing on non-discretionary services with client-directed implementation and regular portfolio monitoring.

Matthew Humiston is a financial advisor at AMI Asset Management Corp in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with AMI Asset Management since 2000. Outside of his advisory role, he is a one-third partner in HUMATA Partners and BPM Partners, partnerships focused on real estate investments, spending less than 10% of his time on these activities. AMI Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and institutional clients, managing equity and fixed-income strategies through a fundamental, bottom-up research process. The firm serves a variety of clients, including high net worth individuals and pension plans, and is notable for its role as a private fund adviser and manager of pooled vehicles.

Robert Gillard is a CFP® professional with 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at California Financial Partners, Inc. since 2014 and has been affiliated with LPL Financial, LLC since 2013. In addition to his advisory work, he is a notary public. California Financial Partners, Inc. provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals, business entities, and plans such as trusts, estates, 401(k)s, and IRAs. The firm follows a structured planning process and uses fundamental analysis and public research in its investment evaluations, focusing on advisory services without managing client assets or providing discretionary portfolio management.

Jason Scott is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with L & S Advisors, Inc., based in Los Angeles, CA. He has eight years of industry experience and has been with L & S Advisors in various roles since 2012. L & S Advisors serves individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plan sponsors and participants, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a tactical and unconstrained investment approach utilizing a variety of strategies and asset types, including derivatives and private investments.

Norikazu Yamaguchi is a financial advisor with Advanced Portfolio Strategies in Torrance, CA, holding eight years of industry experience. He has been with APS Management Group, Inc. since 2018 and is also involved with Philosophy LLC. Outside of advisory services, he owns ANGEL MARKETING, LLC, a business focused on the sale of group health benefits to businesses. Advanced Portfolio Strategies provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm employs a client-specific investment approach that integrates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory, managing approximately $158.7 million for around 208 clients.

Uziel Gomez is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently serving at Avise Financial in Los Angeles, CA. He has held roles at several firms, including Equalis Financial, US-LATAM Tax Group, International Private Wealth Advisors LLC, and Ballast Point Financial Planning. Prior to his financial advising career, he volunteered with California State University's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program and worked in the Cinema & Television Department. Avise Financial serves individual and institutional clients such as high net-worth individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers discretionary investment management combined with comprehensive financial planning, pension consulting, tax preparation, and business management, employing a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside Modern Portfolio Theory to construct diversified portfolios.

Samuel Ford is a financial advisor with Advanced Portfolio Strategies, holding three years of industry experience. He also operates his own solo law practice. Advanced Portfolio Strategies serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a diversified, multi-strategy investment approach combining fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, and offers additional services including insurance products and access to an online lending platform.

Mark Benavides is a financial advisor at Tamar Securities, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Primerica Advisors and Primerica Financial Services for seven years. Tamar Securities, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporations by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm manages approximately $1.52 billion in discretionary assets through proprietary model programs that combine global value and sector analysis with qualitative and quantitative screening across multiple asset classes.

Lindsey Diranian is a financial advisor at Regatta Capital Group, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Regatta Capital Group since 2019, following previous roles at Wells Fargo Clearing and Merrill. Regatta Capital Group is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional investors. The firm uses a long-term, fundamental-analysis approach to build diversified portfolios and also acts as a private fund sponsor managing over $1.5 billion in assets across multiple offices.

Adam Salas is a CFP®, CFA®, and Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Quantum Financial Advisors, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Wealth Architects, LLC, YellowBrickRoad Financial Advisors, LLC, Abacus Wealth Partners, and Edward Jones. Quantum Financial Advisors serves individuals, high net worth families, trusts and estates, employer retirement plans, and other business entities with comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs an asset-class, rules-based investment process emphasizing mutual funds, ETFs, and separately managed accounts, offering both a Total Market strategy and a Sustainable strategy with environmental considerations.

Neil Unger is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with five years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with AIRE Advisors, LLC and has prior experience at Alliance Advisory & Securities, LLC, David S Reinders, Inc., and Kaiser Permanente. AIRE Advisors, LLC manages approximately $1 billion in client assets, serving individual clients, high-net-worth individuals, family-office clients, employer retirement plans, and brokerage customers. The firm offers comprehensive wealth management and investment consulting, utilizing a strategy focused on strategic asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory across various asset classes.

Jeffrey Petersen is a CFP® with nine years at WESCAP Group and five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions with the City of San Jose and San Jose University. WESCAP Group provides discretionary and non-discretionary wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with global diversification and a value-oriented investment approach, employing a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, and, for some clients, hedging and options-based strategies through third-party sub-advisers.

Luca Pasquini is a financial advisor at Checchi Capital Advisers, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at LPL Financial and engaged in other roles including at Rita's Italian Ice. Checchi Capital Advisers provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individuals as well as institutional and pooled clients. The firm employs a quantitatively driven investment process using proprietary models and offers diversified equity and fixed-income portfolios, often implemented with ETFs and tax-optimization strategies.

Ronald Spence is a financial advisor at Atlantic Investments, a Registered Investment Advisor based in Los Angeles, CA. He holds two years of industry experience and previously worked at Kaiser Permanente since 1983. Atlantic Investments serves individuals and high-net-worth clients by providing personalized financial planning and coordinating implementation through third-party money managers, offering services such as retirement planning, cash-flow and tax reviews, and estate planning modules. The firm focuses on documenting client goals and risk tolerances and performs periodic account reviews without managing assets directly or accepting discretionary trading authority.

Kirk Mekerdichian is a financial advisor at Lazari Capital Management, Inc. with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and has worked at Lazari Capital Management since 2019, with prior experience at Kovack Securities, Inc. and Iron Hill Wealth Management LLC. Lazari Capital Management, Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and an affiliated private fund. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative investment approaches and offers services including portfolio management, estate and retirement planning, and pension consulting.