Warren Grant is a financial advisor with Grant Tani Barash & Altman, LLC in Beverly Hills, CA, holding a Series 65 credential and 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Grant Tani Barash & Altman since 2004 and previously with Grant Tani Barash & Altman, Inc. since 1992. Grant Tani Barash & Altman serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm operates as a multi-family office, combining business management services like bookkeeping, tax planning, and bill payment with investment advisory and consulting.

Craig Weston is a financial advisor at L&S Advisors, Inc in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with L&S Advisors since 2016. L&S Advisors serves individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plan sponsors and participants with discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and sub-advisory services. The firm employs a tactical and unconstrained investment approach, utilizing a variety of strategies and instruments including derivatives and margin, while managing a diverse range of accounts through a 12-advisor team.

Mark Bogar is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience. He currently serves at Elyxium Wealth LLC, where he has worked since 2025. Prior to this, he was with Pallas Capital Advisors, LLC from 2020 to 2024 and held a position at BNY Mellon for twelve years. Elyxium Wealth LLC provides comprehensive wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, and other entities. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental, quantitative, technical, and credit analysis across traditional and alternative assets, and it manages special purpose vehicles that offer clients indirect exposure to privately held companies.

Michael Galanowsky is a CFA® charterholder based in Los Angeles, CA, with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Manhattan West Asset Management, LLC, a firm where he has worked since 2022, and previously spent seven years at One Capital Management. Manhattan West Asset Management serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, retirement plans, endowments, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a fiduciary, client-tailored approach that integrates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis with strategic asset allocation across various investment strategies and manages over $1 billion in discretionary assets.

Bryan Molinar is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Seneca Private Wealth, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Atlas Legacy Advisors LLC, Wells Fargo Clearing, and UBS Financial Services. Seneca Private Wealth, LLC provides investment and wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan services to individuals, families, trusts, institutions, and corporations. The firm offers customized, risk-adjusted, tax-aware asset allocations combining active and passive strategies, and may recommend Independent Managers or private funds for eligible clients.

Carol Somoano is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in financial advising. She has been with Asset Planning, Inc. since 2005. Asset Planning, Inc. provides personal financial planning and investment management services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and family businesses. The firm uses a strategic asset allocation framework combining passive index/ETF exposure with selectively chosen active funds, dividend-paying equities, and individual bonds, tailoring portfolios to each client’s needs.

Elan Solomon is a financial advisor at Evolve Private Wealth, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at One Capital Management, LLC, Regents Capital Corporation, Chapman University, Ambry Genetics, and Redica Systems. Evolve Private Wealth, LLC provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, financial institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm manages approximately $2.15 billion in assets and employs a long-term, fundamentally driven investment approach that includes diversified portfolios, alternative investments, and the use of AI decision-support tools.

Geoffrey Edelstein is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Granite Investment Partners, LLC since 2009. Granite Investment Partners serves institutional and affluent clients, including employee benefit plans, foundations, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, government entities, private funds, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a bottom-up investment process combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, managing discretionary portfolios across equity, balanced, and fixed-income strategies tailored to clients’ objectives.

Wendy Turk is a financial advisor at The WealthGarden F.S. LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at LPL Financial and Gerber Kawasaki, Inc. In addition to her advisory role, she serves on the board of Airport Marina Counseling Services, a mental health organization. The WealthGarden F.S. LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers customized portfolios using diversified allocations, employs fundamental and cyclical analysis, and integrates estate-planning coordination alongside tax and accounting services.

Kyle Paben is a financial advisor at AR Asset Management, Inc. with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with AR Asset Management since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is an officer at Bask Ventures, Inc., where he oversees development, finances, and general progress, and a partner in Green Team Holdings, a real estate holding company. AR Asset Management, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charities, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles, managing approximately $702 million in assets. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, long-term investment approach with an emphasis on large-cap common stocks, tax-aware portfolio construction, and fixed income laddering, and also sponsors private funds managed by an affiliated general partner.

Jonathan Gerber is a financial advisor at RVW Wealth LLC in Los Angeles, CA, with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at RVW Investing LLC and Gerber & Co. for the past 20 years. Gerber serves on the boards of two nonprofit organizations, the Zeitz Foundation and Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles. RVW Wealth provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm employs a fundamental research approach, allocating portfolios primarily between equity ETFs and mutual funds and fixed-income securities, with continuous supervision and at least annual reviews.

Philip Albitz is a CFP® with 43 years of experience in financial advising. He is president of Albitz/Miloe and Associates, Inc., where he has worked since 1988. Prior to and concurrent with this role, he has been associated with various Cetera entities since 1989. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the board of Sports 4 Mankind, a charitable organization that distributes sports equipment globally. Albitz/Miloe and Associates serves individuals, businesses, and qualified retirement plans, managing approximately $703.5 million across about 618 client relationships. The firm offers discretionary managed accounts, non-discretionary variable-annuity allocation services, and ongoing advisory reviews, combining mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, fixed income, and variable annuity sub-accounts in its investment approach.

Sy Lippman is a financial advisor with L & S Advisors, Inc. in Los Angeles, holding a Series 66 designation and 27 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Lippman, Scott & Associates for 38 years. Lippman is also a general partner and passive investor in Anthem Leasing Associates. L & S Advisors serves individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plan sponsors and participants, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and sub-advisory services. The firm employs a tactical and unconstrained investment approach across a variety of strategies and asset classes, including active use of derivatives and margin within managed accounts.

Donald Bessler is a financial advisor at Windward Capital Management Company in Los Angeles, CA, with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations. Bessler previously worked at S.L. Reed & Company for 22 years and has been with Windward Capital since 2004. Windward Capital Management Company provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension consulting and education services to employee benefit plans. The firm also offers sub-advisory services and model portfolios to other registered investment advisers, using a range of fundamental, charting, and cyclical analysis methods across multiple strategies.

Michael Winn is a financial advisor at Validus Capital LLC with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including First Republic Investment Management, Sanctuary Wealth, and Boulevard Family Wealth. Validus Capital LLC provides wealth management, financial planning, legacy planning, and family office services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and entities. The firm manages approximately $2.54 billion in total assets and offers customized, primarily long-term portfolios along with a range of integrated family office services.

Edward Kahn is a financial advisor at Evolve Private Wealth, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Sanctuary Advisors, LLC, Sanctuary Securities, Inc., and Wells Fargo Clearing. Kahn is also a licensed insurance agent involved with Evolve Wealth Insurance LLC and serves as managing member of SLKahn, LLC, a holding company with ownership interest in Evolve Private Wealth. Evolve Private Wealth provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, financial institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm manages approximately $2.15 billion in assets with a team of 17 advisors and employs a fundamental, long-term investment approach utilizing diversified portfolios including mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, alternative investments, and derivatives, supported by third-party AI tools.

James Egerstrom is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Confidence Wealth Management, Inc. since 2019 and previously worked at Tarbox Family Office and TD Ameritrade. Confidence Wealth Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $344 million in discretionary assets and employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach with diversification strategies using ETFs and ETPs, alongside discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and fiduciary consulting services.

Michael Diprimio is a financial advisor with Chicago Capital Management Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at American Trust Investment Services, Vanclef Financial Group, Delta Investment Management, and WestPark Capital. Based in Los Angeles, CA, he has worked across multiple firms since 2015. Chicago Capital Management Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $135 million in assets for around 616 households. The firm serves individuals, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans by offering customized portfolio management and financial planning services, employing a bottoms-up fundamental screening process and a multi-affiliate model that broadens service and product access.

Michael Richards is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience. He currently serves at Axos Invest, Inc and previously worked for City National Bank for ten years. Axos Invest provides automated investment advisory services to individual investors through a digital platform, offering model-based portfolio management with mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party model managers. The firm’s process emphasizes asset allocation, diversification, and thematic exposures, supported by an internal Portfolio Management Group and integrated within the broader Axos Financial group.

Andrew Zamfotis is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with AMI Asset Management Corp since 2015, working as part of a nine-advisor team based in Los Angeles, CA. AMI Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management to a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals and institutional investors. The firm employs a fundamental, bottom-up research approach across multiple equity and fixed-income strategies and manages approximately $1.925 billion in discretionary assets as of October 31, 2025.