Jack Scaff III is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at Brouwer & Janachowski, LLC for 13 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member and treasurer for getVocal For Victims, a nonprofit organization based in Martinez, CA. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm provides a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and retirement plan services, focusing on customized, diversified portfolios and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Blake Mcginley is a CFP® professional at Cerity Partners LLC with six years of industry experience. Prior to joining Cerity Partners in 2024, he worked at CETERA Advisor Networks LLC and AssetMark Financial Inc. He has held roles at Occidental College and was involved with All About Poke from 2017 to 2018. Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management services to a wide national client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and institutional investors. The firm employs tailored asset allocation, manager selection, and periodic rebalancing strategies, and operates multiple private-market investment offerings alongside affiliated pension consulting and insurance services.

Tyson Beem is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, holding five years of industry experience. He concurrently serves as CEO and business manager at Gelfand, Rennert, & Feldman, a role he has held since 1998. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework, combining active and passive strategies alongside various private and registered funds.

Stacey Velez is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 designation with 25 years of industry experience. She currently works at Creative Planning and has previously been employed at CIBC Private Wealth Advisors and Geneva Investment Management of Chicago. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes a financial planning–led investment process focused on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a broad advisory team and integrated investment infrastructure.

Peter Lyon is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Hightower Advisors and its affiliated broker-dealer, Hightower Securities, LLC, since 2008. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individual and institutional clients, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning solutions. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager strategies, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, with capabilities including mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and custom indexing.

Alicia Powell is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 credential and previously worked at First Republic Investment Management, Inc. and FIRST REPUBLIC Securities Company, LLC for seven years. 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 a range of investment and placement services through a consolidated investment platform.

Matthew Kenaston is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC. He previously worked for 15 years at Blue Oak Capital, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is an advisor to OPTO Investments, a fintech platform focused on traditional alternatives. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers tailored portfolio management with a focus on diversified asset allocation and provides a broad range of services such as financial planning, tax and insurance support, retirement plan services, and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Vivian Tsai is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA-CREF since 2014. Tsai serves as Treasurer and Executive Committee Member of the College Savings Foundation, an organization focused on promoting saving for higher education. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning and managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing discretionary management, using model portfolios and customized solutions within a fiduciary framework.

Jeremy Moniz is a CFP® professional with six years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Mariner Wealth Advisors, where he has worked since 2019, after previous roles at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. and Northwestern Mutual. Moniz’s background also includes four years working at the University of Nevada-Reno. Mariner Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and tax services. The firm employs discretionary, customized portfolios supported by an investment committee and integrates tax and accounting services alongside traditional wealth management.

Gregory Van Kesteren is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner with 32 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Private Advisor Group, LLC and has worked with LPL Financial and Mariner Independent Advisor Network during his career. Outside of his advisory roles, he owns an online retail business. Private Advisor Group, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting through a variety of advisory programs and third-party asset management platforms.

Katherine Ryan is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 10 years of industry experience. She previously worked at LPL Financial and Titus Wealth Management. Outside of her advisory role, she performs notary public services for clients. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting, utilizing a strategic investment process that combines passive and active management guided by an internal Investment Committee.

Bradley Dillon is a financial advisor with CWM, LLC in San Rafael, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and totaling 28 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera Advisor Networks and LPL Financial LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the board of Marin MOCA, a museum of contemporary art, where he votes on capital expenditures and program initiatives. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, families, institutions, and corporations through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm employs a discretionary, model portfolio approach overseen by an in-house Investment Committee and emphasizes retirement plan services, sub-advisory options, and comprehensive client reporting.

William Denler is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has five years of industry experience, including roles at NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Co. Denler is also appointed as an insurance broker with outside carriers for brokering non-registered products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individual investors and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Jedd Nicolas is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. His prior experience includes roles at Pettinelli Financial Partners and SII / John Hancock Financial Network. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm employs a globally diversified, risk-appropriate investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services.

Charles Bowes is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 21 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC since 2025 and spent 16 years at Waypoint Wealth Partners prior to that. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm uses a manager-of-managers approach, allocating across independent managers selected through a formal due-diligence process, and offers a variety of services including discretionary wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and outsourced CIO solutions.

David Hudson is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He currently works at Cerity Partners LLC and previously spent nine years at Abbrea Capital, LLC. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors, with approximately $126.9 billion in assets under management. The firm offers a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and retirement plan services, emphasizing diversified asset allocation and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Craig Mckinlay is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 14 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes a decade at Blackrock Investments, LLC before joining Charles Schwab and subsequently Schwab Wealth Advisory. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering financial reviews, retirement planning, and investment recommendations through a model-driven approach that empowers clients with final trading decisions while conducting at least annual account reviews.

Gregory Chidlaw is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 42 years of industry experience, including operating Chidlaw Financial since 1998 as a marketing DBA. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers brokerage, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services through a national network of Investment Adviser Representatives and utilizes multiple advisory program platforms and third-party managers.

Edward Christiansen Jr. is a financial advisor with Sanctuary Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 31 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America, N.A. and Merrill. He is also the owner of Muirwood Private Wealth, a business name under which he operates publicly. Sanctuary Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized investment programs through various account types and employs a network of independent advisors alongside affiliated broker-dealer services.

Inhee Kim is an advisor at Equity Services, Inc. with one year of industry experience. Her background includes roles at Realty ONE Group and National Life Group, and she is also involved with Prestige Accounting & Tax Advisors Inc. as an accountant and administrator. Equity Services, Inc., doing business as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management services to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm operates as both a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser, offering multiple advisory platforms and frequently utilizing third-party asset managers and model portfolios.