Samaya Patel is a financial advisor at Blume Capital Management, Inc. with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Blume Capital, she worked at Cisco Systems and has academic experience from the University of California, Berkeley. Blume Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension plans, charitable foundations, and private investment funds. The firm emphasizes long-term investing with a value-oriented equity allocation and broad diversification, using mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments for qualified clients.

Peter Reidenbach is a financial advisor at Blume Capital Management, Inc. in Berkeley, CA, with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has been with Blume Capital Management since 2011. Blume Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable foundations, and private investment funds. The firm emphasizes long-term investing with a value-oriented equity allocation and broad diversification, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments for qualified clients.

Henry Luong is a financial advisor at CSP Financial Group LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at CSP Financial Group since 2021, alongside operating as a sole proprietor. Luong has also been a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 2010. CSP Financial Group provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm emphasizes portfolio construction and monitoring based on Modern Portfolio Theory and employs third-party managers such as Matson Money to implement model allocations.

Yukun Wang is a financial advisor at Chequers Financial Management LLC with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Chequers since 2018 and previously was with Behring Global Educational Foundation and Aflac. Wang holds a Series 65 credential and is based in San Francisco, CA. Chequers Financial Management LLC serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals and complex multi-generational families, offering tailored advisory services including Personal CFO and Multi-Family Office service tracks. The firm combines customized financial planning with discretionary investment management, emphasizing passive asset-class funds alongside alternative investments for qualified clients.

Edward Smith is a financial advisor at Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Caldwell Sutter Capital since 2018. Caldwell Sutter Capital primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and related entities, as well as corporate and municipal clients. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental value investment approach with a long-term, buy-and-hold orientation, managing approximately $606 million across customized portfolio management and financial planning strategies.

Kathryn Gilje is a financial advisor at Just Futures with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. She previously worked at Juniper Roots and Ceres Trust, accumulating a decade of experience before joining Just Futures. Just Futures serves nonprofits, foundations, family offices, small- and mid-sized businesses, retirement plans, and individual investors, managing about $46.7 million in assets. The firm follows a values-aligned investment approach informed by social justice movements, integrating ESG factors and a range of public and private market solutions tailored to mission-aligned, non-high-net-worth, and institutional clients.

Scott Hampton is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Moment Partners, LLC since 2024 and previously spent eight years at Wells Fargo Clearing Services and three years at Wells Fargo Advisors. Hampton serves as co-trustee for a family trust. Moment Partners, LLC provides investment and wealth management, financial planning, and fiduciary services to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, estates, foundations, and institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of active and passive strategies, risk-adjusted and tax-aware asset allocation, and incorporates independent managers and options strategies where appropriate.

James Machinchick is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience currently serving as Chief Planning Officer at Inflection Capital Management, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and Lake Street Advisors. He is also involved with The Oglethorpe Collective, LLC, a firm affiliated with Inflection Capital, where he dedicates significant time during trading hours. Inflection Capital Management serves family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and institutional-style family clients, offering comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management. The firm employs an IPS-driven, manager-of-managers approach with a broad investment toolkit, focusing on detailed family assessments and ongoing oversight.

Lincoln Wells is a financial advisor at Tamalpais Asset Management with 4 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Mount Tamalpais Asset Management, LLC since 2021 and DLT Systems LLC since 2012. Tamalpais Asset Management manages approximately $262.5 million for around 261 client relationships, primarily serving high-net-worth households and accredited investors. The firm provides portfolio management and financial planning using written Investment Policy Statements and typically favors passive core exposures combined with fundamental, cyclical, and quantitative analysis.

Mark Bertoli is a CFP® with 38 years of industry experience and is currently with Castle Rock Wealth Management, LLC in Walnut Creek, CA. He has worked at Private Client Services, First Allied Securities, and Cetera Advisor Networks. Outside of his advisory role, he mentors at a fintech start-up, Your Capital Inc. Castle Rock Wealth Management provides investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm manages over $500 million for nearly 1,900 clients through a team of eight advisors and employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis alongside active trading strategies.

Bryce Brown is a financial advisor at Penserra Wealth Management with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Perigon Wealth Management and Burleson & Company. He also serves as a commander in the California Army National Guard, where he is involved in personnel and equipment management as well as engineering projects. Penserra Wealth Management is an SEC-registered adviser that offers discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and financial planning. The firm uses a range of analytical approaches and investment strategies, serving clients with approximately $15 million in discretionary assets under management.

Scott Gemmer is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Gemmer Asset Management LLC, a firm he has been associated with since 1993. Gemmer Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and small businesses, managing over $2.3 billion across approximately 1,270 clients. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and long-term holdings, primarily using no-load mutual funds and ETFs, and incorporates a Social Strategy that limits fossil fuel exposure. Gemmer operates as a 100% employee-owned firm and collaborates with Personal Financial Advisors and unaffiliated sub-advisors.

Sam's professional goal is simple: help families stretch their dollars and stop second-guessing financial decisions. This work is his passion. Families come to our firm looking for answers, and we're dedicated to providing clarity. Sam's clients come in asking an array of questions: When can I retire? How can I be confident it will last? What am I missing? Is there anything else I should be doing than what I'm doing now? This is much deeper than managing a portfolio. Our job is to answer your questions and use our expertise to guide you, so you know what pitfalls and opportunities may be on the horizon. Over time, clients start to feel like family, and it's our goal to treat their financial decisions with the same care we'd give our own. Sam believes this process starts with a financial plan. Not just a retirement projection, but an in-depth analysis of everything in your life with a number on it, paired with a real understanding of what matters most to you. Sam specializes in helping clients who are retired or within 10 years of retirement turn a lifetime of savings into dependable, tax-efficient income that doesn't depend on guessing what the market does next. For young families, he builds that same discipline in early: a coordinated plan bringing scattered accounts, tax strategy, and investments under one roof, so nothing gets left to chance later. He also works closely with small business owners and self-employed professionals, whose retirement planning rarely fits the typical employer-plan playbook. The right guidance, and the costly mistakes to avoid, require a different kind of expertise than most advisors bring to the table. For clients thinking beyond their own retirement, Sam helps families plan the thoughtful, tax-efficient transfer of wealth across generations, so what's been built is preserved and passed on with intention rather than lost to poor timing or an unnecessary tax bill. As a fee-only fiduciary, Sam doesn't sell products or earn commissions. His only job is to build a plan that works in your best interest, full stop. Sam is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, practitioner and a summa cum laude graduate of Mississippi State University. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Sam is deeply rooted in the community Branning Wealth Management has served for decades. Outside the office, he's active in his local church in downtown Jackson. He and his wife, Chloe, live in Jackson and enjoy having friends over for Mahjong, gr

Randall Maycock is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC since 2009, where he is part of a five-advisor team based in San Francisco, CA. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individual investors, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm manages client assets in-house, using customized portfolios that incorporate fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and operates a wrap-fee program covering trading costs for its clients.

Jonathan Masse is a CFA® charterholder and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has 21 years of industry experience and is currently with Penserra Wealth Management in Hayward, CA. His prior roles include positions at Perigon Wealth Management, Bank of America, Merrill, and several other firms. Outside of his advisory work, Masse teaches CFA exam review courses and serves as an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley Extension and Santa Clara University. Penserra Wealth Management, LLC is an SEC-registered adviser providing discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and financial planning. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and economic analysis and implements strategies including asset allocation, ETFs, mutual funds, options, and certain alternative investments.

Jonathan Maier is a financial advisor at Fort Point Capital Partners LLC in San Francisco, holding a Series 66 designation with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Fort Point in 2024, he worked at Equitable Advisors, LLC from 2021 to 2023. Outside of finance, he has been involved with the Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation. Fort Point Capital Partners serves family offices and high net worth individuals, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and supervisory services for individually managed accounts. The firm employs a risk-focused investment approach emphasizing global diversification, active risk management, and systematic tax-loss harvesting using ETFs.

Jon Goshay is a financial advisor at Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including Cetera Investment Services LLC and Foresters Financial Services, Inc. Outside of financial advising, he composes and produces music under a label. Caldwell Sutter Capital serves primarily high-net-worth individuals, their families, corporations, and municipal clients. The firm offers portfolio management and financial planning with a focus on customized equity and fixed-income portfolios constructed through a bottom-up, fundamental value approach emphasizing long-term, buy-and-hold investing.

Cory Degraaf is a financial advisor at Dixon Financial Services with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has worked at Dixon Financial Services since 2023 and has prior experience with Buckingham Strategic Partners/Loring Ward, Lyft, and Home Goods. Dixon Financial Services serves individuals, trustees, charitable organizations, business owners, and corporations by providing personalized investment advisory services focused on strategic asset allocation and ongoing portfolio management. The firm manages over $1 billion in assets with a team of five advisors and uses a disciplined approach involving Modern Portfolio Theory, Dimensional Fund Advisors funds, and financial simulation programs to support client planning and reporting.

Kim Berger is a financial advisor at North Berkeley Wealth Management, LLC with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, Kim worked for ten years at Grifols Diagnostics. Outside of financial advising, Kim serves as Secretary for pHionics, Inc., a company that manufactures and sells water equipment. North Berkeley Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $710.6 million in assets, offering comprehensive financial planning and investment management with a focus on long-term, total-return portfolios that blend passive and active strategies and include options for ESG and carbon-screened investments.

Brian Duvall is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Asset Dedication, LLC since 2019. Prior to that, he worked at Sensible Money, LLC from 2012 to 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he teaches snowboard instruction during the winter months. Asset Dedication provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small institutions. The firm employs its Asset Dedication strategy, which aligns equity allocations with investment-grade fixed-income securities through a cash-matching approach, and serves a large client base with a focus on scalable, standardized sub-advisory arrangements.