Cuong Thuyen is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms, including Capwest Securities, Inc., Tweed Financial Services, Inc., and United Securities Alliance, Inc. Thuyen is also involved in the local real estate community as a member of the West San Gabriel Valley Association of Realtors and the Arcadia Association of Realtors, and he owns Kong Financial Services, which offers health and life insurance products. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management using both firm- and third-party models, combining active and passive strategies tailored to client risk profiles.

Ernesto Alvarez is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. His prior work includes roles at JPMorgan Securities, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and several other financial firms dating back to 2003. Citigroup Global Markets serves both individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a wide range of investment advisory programs and brokerage services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and operates with large institutional scale, including functions as a security-based swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Meileh Burns is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 17 years of industry experience. She has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and has held managerial roles in several real estate and trading-related companies. Outside of her advisory work, she is involved in music ministry as a worship leader and background singer for the Paul McDonald Big Band and Changed Church. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm delivers services through a large network of advisors and multiple program platforms, utilizing model portfolios and third-party managers for portfolio management.

Berkeley Harrison is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He currently works at Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. and previously held positions at LPL Financial LLC, Sterling Financial Group, and Citibank, N.A. / Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and consulting services to individuals, family offices, corporations, charitable organizations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm combines model portfolios and custom investment solutions overseen by an Investment Policy Committee and utilizes a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, private funds, and third-party managers.

Artin Muradyan is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Full Stop Management and Kara Content. Muradyan is also a registered representative for LA Pension Planners. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients, including high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers discretionary managed accounts and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios, operating a large network of approximately 423 advisors and managing about $3.65 billion across more than 37,000 client accounts.

Jingxue Liang is a financial professional with eight years of industry experience, currently affiliated with GWN Securities Inc. She holds a Series 66 designation and has prior experience with Equitable Advisors and Axa Advisors. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in marketing and translation work for an independent home fashion business. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through various managed account programs and financial planning options. The firm utilizes both affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and combines asset allocation principles with tactical market-timing strategies in its portfolio management.

Marsha Williams is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. She previously worked at D.A. Davidson & Co. for 11 years and Crowell, Weedon & Co. for 6 years. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and corporate and pension plans. The firm uses model-driven portfolio management combining passive and active strategies across multiple risk profiles.

Chelsey Asef is a financial advisor at D.A. Davidson & Co. with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has a background that includes roles in real estate and hospitality. Outside of advising, she works part time as a bartender for a non-investment related business. D.A. Davidson & Co. provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including retirement plans, individuals, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of services such as ERISA retirement plan advisory, comprehensive financial planning, and private wealth management, operating under the Advisers Act fiduciary standard.

Matthew Apodaca is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp in Brea, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Money Concepts FPC since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he works as a staff accountant and tax preparer with NorthPoint Tax, Wealth & Business Advisory, LLP, and serves as an officer at Strategic Dash, CPA, focusing on tax preparation. Money Concepts Advisory Service (MCAS) provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a variety of managed programs using model portfolios, IAR-designed portfolios, and third-party sub-advisers, integrating fundamental and technical analysis with modern portfolio theory.

Kenneth Ruan is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with Series 66 credentials and has been in the industry since 2025. Prior to joining GWN Securities, he had limited professional experience, including a role at One Bite Dumpling in 2021. He is also involved with Pension101, providing pension education and lead generation. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients through discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios. The firm operates a large network of advisors and offers a range of investment programs, including traditional asset allocation and legacy market-timing strategies.

Ana Fuentes is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. She previously worked at Financial Partners Credit Union for eight years and Farmers and Merchants Bank for two years. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers customized advisory services, financial planning, ERISA plan services, and access to alternative investments, operating with a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer structure and providing both discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Sunny Leung is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012. His prior experience includes eight years at Debtmerica Relief and 25 years at WFGIA. He is involved in the sales of insurance and non-insurance products affiliated with Transamerica. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm provides both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios, offering discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Larry Mccarty is a CFP® professional with 34 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and Diversified Investment Services, Inc. since 2009 and was previously employed at OSAIC from 2006 to 2009. Additionally, he is involved with E Health, providing Medicare product referrals in a capacity outside investment services. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing over $212 billion in client assets. The firm offers a comprehensive platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Karin Frieden is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 22 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with TIAA-CREF and its predecessor since 2009. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm’s advisory model separates one-time planning services from ongoing discretionary management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund within a vertically integrated structure.

Jeffrey Cruz is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding a Series 66 designation and 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at Gwfs Equities, Inc. since 2014. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, utilizing an integrated model connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing through its proprietary financial planning service and manages a large participant base relative to its advisor headcount.

Benson Liao is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. He has 32 years of industry experience and has been associated with New York Life and its affiliates since 1993. Outside of advisory work, he serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Taiwan Hotel and Motel Association of Southern California and Moringa For Love. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large nationwide network of affiliated investment adviser representatives. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and delivers advice through multiple program types while managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Tsz Kwan Lau is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Cetera, Cathay Bank, Bank of America, and Merrill. Outside of his advisory work, he is the sole member of KDK1 LLC. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment advisory programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm leverages in-house research and a range of discretionary and non-discretionary strategies, including exposure to alternative and digital-asset products.

Elizabeth Min is a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been associated with Independent Financial Group since 2016. She is also the owner of T&J Financial Service, Inc., which operates as a marketing DBA and offers insurance products outside of her work at Independent Financial Group. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management through multi-manager and third-party asset manager programs, utilizing a combination of active and passive investment strategies tailored to client risk profiles.

Robert Thomas is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He has been with GWN Securities Inc. since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he works as an independent agent placing fixed annuities and insurance products aimed at providing guaranteed benefits to suitable clients. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through a variety of managed account programs and financial planning services. The firm employs a mix of sub-advisers and model-based allocations, incorporating tactical trading strategies in certain legacy programs.

Emily Lin is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in Arcadia, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. She has worked at HSBC Securities since 2013 and concurrently serves as a Bank Officer for HSBC Bank (USA) N.A., an affiliate firm. Her prior experience includes roles at Merrill and Charles Schwab. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. provides managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, offering both client-directed and discretionary investment options. The firm combines strategic and tactical asset allocation developed with HSBC Global Asset Management and oversees fund selection and monitoring through affiliated providers.