Rudy Zendejas is a financial advisor with RBC Securities, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. His prior work includes multiple roles at J.P. Morgan Securities and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank from 2016 to 2022, followed by a position at City National Securities. RBC Securities provides wealth management and brokerage services to individuals, trusts, estates, IRAs, and retirement plans through its wrap-fee investment advisory program. The firm integrates investment management with a broad financial services group, including affiliated banking, trust, and consulting activities.

Ammar Abu Lughod is a financial advisor with Insigneo Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and 32 years of industry experience. He has worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney before joining Insigneo in 2026. Insigneo Advisory Services provides investment advisory and consulting services to retail and institutional clients, with a multi-asset portfolio approach that combines committee-driven model portfolios and individualized advisor-led portfolio construction. The firm incorporates global and emerging-market exposures and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Noriko Ikeda is a financial advisor with International Assets Investment Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Global Assets Advisory, Western International Securities, Raymond James Financial, and her own firm, Ikeda Financial. International Assets Investment Management provides advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, and other business entities through a national network of independent advisers. The firm focuses on customized, long-term portfolio strategies utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management along with financial planning and access to third-party wrap and manager programs.

Ryan Kennedy is a financial advisor with Advisory Services Network, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and 12 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Advisory Services Network in 2022, he worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney from 2016 to 2022. He is also licensed as an insurance agent, selling health insurance, life insurance, and fixed income annuities. Advisory Services Network provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, families, corporations, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers various portfolio management and consulting services, using a range of securities and third-party managers, and supports multiple engagement models including discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Paul Digerolamo is a financial advisor at Kinetic Investment Management, Inc. with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Madison Avenue Securities, Parkland Securities, and operated the Digerolamo Family Insurance business for 24 years. He is also involved in insurance sales through FS2 Financial Services. Kinetic Investment Management serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities, managing approximately $348 million in assets. The firm employs a mix of analytical methods with a primary long-term trading orientation and offers portfolio management, financial planning, sub-advisory, and back-office services through a 20-advisor team.

Laurel Mann is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 designation with 25 years of industry experience. She is currently with Mariner Independent in Manhattan Beach, CA, and has previously worked at Purus Wealth Management and AdvicePeriod, LLC. She is involved with Reach for More, LLC, an entity created to receive non-investment related income. Mariner Independent provides investment advisory, financial planning, and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, access to model portfolios and third-party managers, and specialized retirement plan services through a platform integrating institutional resources and affiliated investment relationships.

Michael Chung is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at RBC Capital Markets for 10 years and currently serves at Apollon Wealth Management, LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Apollon Wealth Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, families, businesses, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a combination of centrally managed model strategies and locally managed office strategies, utilizing fundamental analysis, tactical allocations, and long-term holdings, with a focus on ESG risk-based models, Direct Indexing, and tax management tools.

Ralph Jackson is a financial advisor at FourStar Wealth Advisors, LLC with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for a combined 16 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the board of Athletic Scholarships R US, an organization that assists high school student athletes in obtaining college scholarships. FourStar Wealth Advisors provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management using a range of securities and tailors strategies to clients’ risk tolerances and objectives.

Isaac Pineda is a financial advisor with Lifeworks Advisors, LLC in Orange, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at J.P. Morgan Securities, Centaurus Financial, and LPL Financial. Outside of advising, he is involved in innovation consulting focused on tax and exit planning. Lifeworks Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and businesses with discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm combines a planning-based tranche approach with risk-based modeling and utilizes factor-based equity strategies, ETFs, hedged models, options, and third-party managers, while integrating tax and accounting capabilities through affiliated entities.

Guillermo Silesky is a financial advisor with Simplicity Wealth in Orange, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Secure Investment Management, Cambridge Investment Research, Cooper McManus, and MassMutual. He is also involved in advising and assisting with trust preparation and life insurance retirement planning through Tax Smart Investing & Planning. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base ranging from individual investors to institutional clients and other financial firms. The firm employs a fund-of-funds approach using ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, alongside a managed account platform for advisers that incorporates discretionary portfolio management and independent manager oversight.

Thomas Gillespie is an investment advisor with NWF Advisory Services Inc in Long Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 49 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. for 12 years and has been associated with OSAIC since 2023. Gillespie serves on the board of directors for Sonoma State, where he reviews financial statements and money market recommendations. NWF Advisory Services, Inc. provides portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, along with retirement plan consulting and trust and estate services. The firm manages approximately $3.82 billion in assets and offers a range of investment programs through an open-architecture Wealth Management Platform that emphasizes strategic long-term investing alongside tactical strategies.

Julianne Copeland is a financial advisor at Halbert Hargrove with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 credential and has previously worked at Modern Money and California State University of Long Beach. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutions by offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and access to independent managers and private funds. The firm uses a formal Investment Committee with a documented analytical framework to guide its investment decisions, combining qualitative and quantitative methods across a range of investment vehicles.

Colette Erasmus is a financial advisor at Siebert AdvisorNXT, LLC. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. Her prior work includes eight years at Stockcross Financial Services and ongoing roles at Muriel Siebert & Co., LLC and Siebert AdvisorNXT, both affiliated with Siebert Financial Corporation. Siebert AdvisorNXT provides investment management primarily to individuals, families, trusts, and certain business entities through its AdvisorNXT web-based platform. The firm employs an algorithmic approach to portfolio construction using Modern Portfolio Theory and offers access to third-party managers and specialty strategies, with many accounts managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Damian Dering is a financial advisor at Concorde Asset Management, LLC in El Segundo, CA, with 29 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and securities licenses including Series 63 and Series 66. His career includes roles at Concorde Investment Services and Custom Wealth, LLC. Outside of advising, he is involved in insurance sales, particularly related to fixed insurance products and Medicare, and he participates in tax consulting and captive insurance referral activities. Concorde Asset Management serves individual, corporate, and retirement-plan clients by providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset managers and wrap fee programs. The firm builds portfolios tailored to client objectives through asset allocation and model-based strategies, utilizing proprietary and third-party platforms and serving as an overlay manager with discretionary trading responsibilities.

Mary Abundo is a financial advisor at Thrivent Advisor Network, LLC with 29 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with several firms including Northern Lights Distributors, Counterpoint Mutual Funds, Monograph Wealth Advisors, and Kestra Private Wealth Services. Her current tenure at Thrivent Advisor Network began in 2021. Thrivent Advisor Network provides investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes a long-term investment approach with customized asset allocations using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, fixed-income securities, and alternative investments, supported by a structure integrated within the broader Thrivent group.

Michael Masalehdani is a financial advisor with IHT Wealth Management LLC, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors since 2018 and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC since 2015. IHT Wealth Management serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as corporate and institutional entities and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, ERISA plan consulting, and OCIO arrangements, using a combination of proprietary models, third-party managers, and quantitative investment strategies.

Paul Seig is a CFP® professional with 44 years of industry experience, currently serving at Kovack Advisors, Inc. since 2022. He previously worked at Cetera Advisor Networks LLC for nine years. Outside of advising, he is a CPA and EA with his own practice and serves as treasurer for an RV club called Safari of Southern California. Kovack Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and financial institutions nationwide. The firm emphasizes diversified asset-class exposure through mutual funds and ETFs, offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, and provides financial planning and account aggregation services.

Kefira Bar Golani is a financial advisor with RBC Securities, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 11 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at City National Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and JP Morgan Securities LLC. Outside of her advisory work, she writes books and ghostwrites as a hobby and crochets accessories that she sometimes sells to friends. RBC Securities, Inc. provides wealth management and brokerage services to individuals, trusts, estates, IRAs, and retirement plans through a wrap-fee investment advisory program. The firm integrates its advisory services with a broad financial services group affiliated with a bank parent, offering delegated investment management through an affiliated sub-advisor and a range of custodial and cash-management features.

David Clark is a CFA® charterholder based in Los Angeles, CA, with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Everett Harris & Co. since 1990. Everett Harris & Co. provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management to individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, foundations, and endowments. The firm employs a fundamental analysis and buy-and-hold approach, investing across U.S. and foreign equities, fixed income, commodities, and options, while tailoring portfolios to clients' tax situations and objectives.

Michelle White is a financial advisor with Halbert Hargrove in Long Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 20 years of industry experience. She has been with Halbert Hargrove since 1998. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors manages approximately $4.2 billion for a range of clients including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm provides discretionary, fee-only investment management and financial planning through a multi-advisor platform, employing a research-driven Investment Committee to construct diversified portfolios across various asset classes.