Lawrance Johnson is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Wells Fargo Clearing, J.P. Morgan Securities, Chase Investment Services, Securities America Advisors, Brecek & Young Advisors, and Money Concepts Capital Corp. Outside of his advisory work, he is a 50% partner in a business that rents vehicles and event venues. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base, including plan sponsors and institutional investors. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, and employee education, supporting large-scale clients and utilizing multiple management platforms.

Gregory Desmond is a CFP® and PFS™ with 26 years of industry experience. He joined Savant Wealth Management in 2026 after founding and leading Desmond Wealth Management, Inc. He also serves as president of Desmond Consulting Group, an accounting firm. Savant Wealth Management serves individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, and related services. The firm combines evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation with actively managed strategies and offers integrated accounting, legal, and trust services through affiliated entities.

Thomas Burns is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Rockefeller Financial in 2024, he worked at Goldman Sachs from 2022 to 2024 and has experience in staffing and education sectors. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and operates as a registered broker-dealer offering securities transactions, variable insurance products, placement, and investment banking services through a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform.

Ann Moitra is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Adero Partners for 14 years before joining her current firm. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans by providing investment management, financial planning, tax and compliance support, family office and business management, and employee benefit retirement plan services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach utilizing both active and passive strategies and offers customized portfolios based on clients’ risk tolerance, liquidity, and tax circumstances.

Steven Cannatella is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Principal Securities Inc. and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in fixed insurance and annuity products, including dental and individual health insurance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, offering financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs through various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Robert Mauer is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at LPL Financial, LLC and Napa Valley Wealth Management. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic allocation investment process combining passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee and research targeting factor premiums.

Luke Seiderman is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning since 2019. Prior to joining Creative Planning, he worked at Vista Wealth Management and Vista Wealth Management Group, LLC from 2015 to 2019. He is based in Walnut Creek, CA. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in assets and employs a financial planning–led investment approach that incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and supplemental tactics such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Alexis Howard is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with five years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Mariner Wealth Advisors. Prior to joining Mariner, Alexis worked at Savant Investment Group and has been involved with Financially Brave, LLC since 2019, a personal finance education business focused on teaching beginners about saving, debt elimination, and passive stock market investing. At Financially Brave, Alexis engages in speaking, coaching, and content creation related to personal finance. Mariner Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and tax services. The firm employs a discretionary, customized portfolio approach supported by an internal team and external managers, with notable integration of tax and accounting services uncommon for an enterprise of its size.

Jay Wirig is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has worked with firms including The Colony Group, LLC, Buckingham Asset Management, LLC, and Jnjp Certified Public Accountants, Inc. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans, offering investment management, financial planning, tax and compliance support, family office and business management, and employee benefit retirement plan services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach with an enhanced open architecture that integrates active and passive strategies, third-party managers, private funds, and tactical overlays tailored to clients’ risk, liquidity, and tax needs.

Logan Tonsberg is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 credential and beginning his career in 2026. Prior to joining Wealth Enhancement, he worked at IGT and Aruza Pest Control, and he has an academic background including time at the University of Nevada, Reno. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services manages over $122 billion in assets and provides financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm’s investment process integrates diversified risk-class based allocations using both passive and active strategies, with portfolio oversight by an internal Investment Committee.

Justin Amen is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Oakland, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Valic Financial Advisors in 2025, he worked at RBC Capital Markets LLC from 2022 to 2024. Amen is also appointed as an agent to sell non-securities insurance products for AGIA. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Karl Olof Mills is a CFA® charterholder with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC since 2023. Prior to this, he worked for 20 years at Jurika, Mills & Keifer, LLC. Cerity Partners advises a wide range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets as of December 31, 2025. The firm offers customized wealth management services with an investment approach focused on client-specific profiles, asset allocation, and access to alternative and private market solutions.

Jessica Chen is a CFP® and CFA® with five years of industry experience. She is currently an advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. and has previously worked at Edward Jones, Califia Investment LLC, ABD, and Aon. Chen holds licenses for life, variable life, accident, and health insurance and is also involved in insurance sales. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments by providing investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm applies Modern Portfolio Theory through globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios using a combination of ETFs, index funds, separate accounts, and private funds, and offers specialized programs and tax-managed options.

Annamarie Formicola is a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at BTR Capital Management, Inc. for 33 years before joining Wealth Enhancement Group in 2022. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm that serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement plan consulting with a strategic investment approach combining passive and active management.

Alina Sohng is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently advising at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. Her prior roles include positions at Adero Partners, LLC, Griffin Black, Inc., Cassaday & Company, and Wilson Bennett Capital Management Inc. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans with investment management, financial planning, tax and compliance support, family office and business management, and employee benefit retirement plan services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach with an enhanced open architecture that integrates active and passive strategies customized to clients’ risk tolerance, liquidity, and tax circumstances.

Steven Vieira is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including LPL Financial, Jonestrading Institutional Services, Cantor Fitzgerald & CO., Morgan Stanley, and UBS Financial Services. Vieira also provides investment advisory services through Mariner Independent Advisor Network, LLC. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model and offers proprietary managed account solutions alongside third-party strategies.

Susan Schaeffer is a financial advisor with Sanctuary Advisors, LLC in Danville, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. She previously worked with Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A. for a decade. Schaeffer is a committee member of the Financial Women of San Francisco, where she helps plan networking and professional development events. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, corporations, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment advisory and financial planning services through a network of over 400 independent advisors. The firm provides portfolio management via multiple account structures and employs various analytical approaches, operating as a fiduciary when advisory agreements are in place.

William Richardson is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Cerity Partners since 2023. Outside of his advisory role, he has been employed at Miramonte High School since 2022. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, business entities, charitable institutions, and institutional investors. The firm offers customized wealth management services and employs an investment framework focused on client-specific profiles, quantitative screening, and a combination of third-party strategies and direct security selection.

Mitchell Struthers is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience, currently serving at Savant Wealth Management. He previously worked at Desmond Wealth Management, Inc., Thomas Doll CPA's, P.C., and operates a tax and consulting CPA business. Outside of his advisory role, he is the CFO of Struthers Family Operating Company LLC. Savant Wealth Management provides comprehensive wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services to individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs an investment approach combining evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation with actively managed strategies, supported by affiliated accounting, legal, and trust services.

Amir Barar is a financial advisor at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Raymond James Financial Services, LPL Financial, Merrill, and Morgan Stanley. Barar is also a licensed real estate agent and serves as CEO of a support company that partly owns Laurus Financial Group, a DBA of Concurrent Investment Advisors. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized, primarily long-term investment portfolios, financial planning, and retirement advisory services, supported by a network of approximately 286 advisors.