Adam Schwartz is a financial advisor at Evolve Private Wealth, LLC in Los Angeles, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with SLK Private Wealth Management and Evolve Private Wealth since 2023. Prior to his advisory career, he studied at the University of Wisconsin - Madison from 2021 to 2025. Evolve Private Wealth provides wealth management, investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, financial institutions, and retirement plans. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, long-term investment approach using diversified portfolios of low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and alternative investments, with an emphasis on ongoing portfolio monitoring and client communication.

Anderson Lafontant is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Blue Zone Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2024 and previously spent 10 years at Miracle Mile Advisors, LLC. Blue Zone Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered advisory team managing approximately $565 million across 170 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, employer retirement plans, and business entities, providing portfolio and asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting with a focus on tailored asset allocation and diverse analytic methods.

Adam Blumenstein is a financial advisor at Mapleton Capital Management, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Mapleton since 1999. His prior experience includes roles at Ocean Park Capital Management, LLC and self-employment dating back to 1985. Mapleton Capital Management serves as the general partner and investment adviser to three privately offered pooled funds and provides subadvisory portfolio management for high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and trusts. The firm’s investment approach focuses on fundamental research to identify early inflection points in company value and employs an aggressive, relatively short-term trading style that can include short selling, options, and leverage.

Lisa Sternberg is a financial advisor at Highline Wealth Partners with nine years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Charlesworth & Rugg, now operating as Highline Wealth Partners, since 2022. Outside of her advisory role, she occasionally provides bookkeeping and administrative support for her husband's company and for a former employer. Highline Wealth Partners serves individuals, trusts, foundations, retirement plans, and business entities, offering services such as investment management, financial planning, family office services, and corporate retirement plan consulting. The firm’s investment decisions are guided by a centralized Investment Committee, and it provides clients with regular portfolio reviews, participant education, and utilizes third-party technology for managing employer retirement plans.

Sun Shim is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 20 years of industry experience, currently working at Mason & Associates, Inc. since 2006. Prior to this, Sun Shim spent 11 years at Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. In addition to advisory work, Sun Shim is an independent insurance agent and a notary public. Mason & Associates serves individuals, retirement and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses with personalized financial planning and investment management. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory and includes strategic asset allocation, sector rotation, and global diversification, typically implemented through no-load or load-waived mutual funds and ETFs.

Daniel Bennett is a financial advisor with Advanced Portfolio Strategies in Torrance, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at MML Investors Services Inc. and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Treasurer for the Santa Monica Palisades Lodge #307, a nonprofit fraternal organization. Advanced Portfolio Strategies is a small team managing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios, financial planning, and pension consulting for individuals, pension plans, and business entities. The firm uses a client-specific investment approach that incorporates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory, offering ongoing portfolio management with quarterly reviews and access to third-party managers or private funds.

David Carter is an advisor with Strategy Asset Managers L.L.C. and has no prior industry experience. His background includes long-term roles with the Sports Business Group and the University of Southern California. Strategy Asset Managers serves individuals, high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families, pension and institutional clients, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, financial planning, and a family office, managing approximately $930 million in discretionary assets and providing a range of equity and multi-asset investment strategies.

Armen Kesian is a financial advisor at Evolve Private Wealth, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at firms including Sanctuary Securities, Inc., NYLIFE Securities LLC, and J.P. Morgan Securities. Outside of his advisory roles, Armen has been involved with Siraki, Inc. and In Home Supportive Services (IHSS). 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 fundamental, long-term investment approach utilizing diversified portfolios and advanced tools such as third-party AI decision-support.

Kenneth Naehu is a financial advisor with Banyan Tree Asset Management, LLC in Torrance, CA. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has 35 years of industry experience. He has been with Banyan Tree since 2013, serving as a managing director with overall management and supervisory responsibilities. Banyan Tree Asset Management provides discretionary fixed income investment management to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs active, fixed-income-focused strategies and manages over $1 billion in assets with a compact advisory team.

James Koller is an investment advisor representative at Lazari Capital Management, Inc. with 12 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Lyndhurst Securities, Kovack Securities, Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and Wynn & Wynn Financial. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in insurance sales as a sole proprietor. Lazari Capital Management provides portfolio management, financial and estate planning, and pension consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, high-net-worth clients, and corporations. The firm employs a comprehensive investment approach that integrates fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis and manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis.

Bruce Heymont is a CFP® professional with 38 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Horizon Wealth Management, where he has worked since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at Heymont & Company, Inc. and LPL Financial. Horizon Wealth Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on long-term, fiduciary-oriented investment management and financial planning, utilizing diversified portfolios with mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities supported by fundamental and technical analysis.

Liliana Verduzco is a financial advisor at Mason & Associates, Inc. in Los Angeles, California, with nine years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and also works as an Account Manager for Insurance Group Benefits. Verduzco has been associated with Charles W Mason & Associates, Orion Risk Management, and Cass and Johansing over her career. Mason & Associates, Inc. serves individuals, retirement and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses by providing personalized financial planning, investment management, and limited-scope hourly planning services. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing strategic and tactical asset allocation, sector rotation, and global diversification.

Daniel Watson is a financial advisor at Arroyo Investment Group, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Arroyo Investment Group since 2017 and has also worked at Capital Research & Consulting, LLC since 2015. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a Senior Law Enforcement Advisor for the Department of Justice. 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 portfolio screening and regular performance reporting.

John Schnieders is a CFP® and CFA® credentialed advisor with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Schnieders Capital Management, LLC since 2006, where he is part of a two-advisor team based in Pasadena, CA. Schnieders Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs a blend of fundamental, technical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis with a focus on asset allocation and primarily long-term holdings, managing approximately $1.06 billion in assets across 459 client accounts.

Charles Bohlen is a financial advisor at SFE Investment Counsel Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 65 designation. He joined SFE Investment Counsel in 2026 and has prior experience at New Sun Partners LLC, Renewable Resources Group LLC, CreateSafe, Inc., and Metamason, Inc. SFE Investment Counsel serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, retirement plans, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and a total-return approach, managing concentrated portfolios through fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis combined with fixed-income laddering.

Alexander Collins is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with two years of experience in financial advising. He currently works at HCR Wealth Advisors in Los Angeles and previously held positions at Amgen and Starlight Marine Services. Collins also attended California Maritime Academy. HCR Wealth Advisors serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with both long- and short-term strategies, managing nearly $2 billion in assets across ten advisors.

Tyler Logan is a financial advisor at The Investment House LLC with a Series 65 credential and four years of industry experience. He has worked at The Investment House since 2020 and previously held roles at PayJunction and UCSB. Outside of finance, he spent two years involved with the Sinjin Volleyball Camp. The Investment House LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, charitable organizations, and other institutions. The firm employs multiple investment strategies including growth-oriented security selection, low-volatility ETF allocations, and opportunistic special-situations trading, and also manages private pooled investment vehicles and an open-end mutual fund.

Debra Fukawa is a financial advisor at Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC with 29 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Bank of America N.A., and Pensionmark Securities, LLC. Pasadena Private Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, pension plans, and various business entities. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and acts as manager or general partner for private funds, employing a model-driven investment process that includes fundamental analysis and long-term portfolio construction.

Kim Ibrahim is a financial advisor at Grant Tani Barash & Altman, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2004. Prior to that, he worked at Grant Tani Barash & Altman, Inc. beginning in 2000. Grant Tani Barash & Altman, LLC is an SEC-registered business management and investment advisory firm serving ultra-high-net-worth individuals and various institutional clients. The firm offers bundled business-management services alongside customized investment advice, acting as a multi-family office liaison with a focus on non-discretionary investment recommendations and short-term cash management.

James Whiting is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Cheviot Value Management since 2018 and previously spent 21 years at Campbell Hall. Cheviot Value Management provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plan participants, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach that emphasizes fundamental analysis and diversification, with portfolio decisions made on a discretionary basis under a fiduciary duty.