Sarah Huang is a CFP® professional with 31 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is the owner and sole advisor at New Spring Financial Planning, LLC, an independent firm she has operated since 2012. Prior to founding New Spring, she worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments for 11 years. New Spring Financial Planning provides financial planning, investment management, and consulting services to individual investors, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm emphasizes customized, non-discretionary portfolio management with a disciplined, conservative, long-term approach based on client objectives and risk tolerance.

Aaron Baker is a financial advisor with Baker & Associates Registered Investment Advisors, LLC in San Leandro, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 18 years of industry experience, including roles at DeVry Education Group and his own advisory firm. His professional activities include insurance sales and business consulting alongside financial advising. Baker & Associates Registered Investment Advisors, LLC provides portfolio management and investment advisory services primarily on a non-discretionary basis to a small number of individual clients. The firm combines traditional portfolio management with private placements, insurance brokerage, other financial product sales, and educational seminars.

Stephen De Luchi is the sole advisor at De Luchi Investment Management in Alameda, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with five years of industry experience. He has been self-employed as a consultant since 1992 and has operated his investment management firm since 1996. De Luchi Investment Management provides ongoing investment supervisory services to a primarily individual clientele as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis of economic value and growth potential, supplemented by technical analysis, and employs a range of strategies including long- and short-term positions, short sales, margin transactions, and option writing.

Daryl Wong is the sole advisor at Tula Investment Group LLC in Oakland, CA, holding a Series 65 credential with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Tula Investment Group since its founding in 2013. Tula Investment Group LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes a value-oriented, small-cap, and contrarian equity approach, complemented by opportunistic, event-driven research, and employs performance-based compensation for eligible investors.

Wenjia Liu is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience. Liu is the sole advisor at Teapot Investments LLC, having previously worked at Nuveen and Ned Davis Research, Inc. Teapot Investments provides advisory services to registered investment advisers, family offices, endowments, foundations, corporations, and individual clients. The firm combines fundamental analysis, proprietary quantitative models, and tax-aware strategies to design strategic asset allocations, offering both institutional and individual advisory services alongside a subscription-based software platform.

Jeffrey Yoakum is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Yoakum Wealth Management in South San Francisco, CA. His prior experience includes roles at Pacific Wealth Advisors, LLC and LPL Financial, LLC. Yoakum Wealth Management provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and small businesses. The firm employs a Core + Satellite investment approach combining indexed core holdings with actively managed satellite positions and offers additional services such as business and divorce consultation and educational workshops.

Tanay Shah is the sole advisor at BayLeaf Financial Services and holds a Series 65 credential. He has been with BayLeaf Financial Services since 2026 and has 14 years of experience at Apple Inc. BayLeaf Financial Services provides portfolio management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on discretionary account management guided by customized Investment Policy Statements. The firm employs a range of analytical methods and strategies, including long- and short-term approaches, and may use advanced techniques such as options trading and short sales.

Ziming Huang is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at MJ Capital Management LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at American Express and Acquco, and held roles in academia at Columbia University and UCLA. MJ Capital Management LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser providing discretionary investment management and individualized planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a multi-disciplinary investment process combining fundamental and technical analysis with Modern Portfolio Theory, integrating both passive and active strategies alongside a proprietary quantitative algorithmic trading approach focused on liquid U.S. equities and options.

Tyler Ribera is the sole advisor at RIBERA Investment Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Alameda, CA. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 26 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 1999. RIBERA Investment Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a diversified asset-allocation approach focused on risk control and primarily uses no-load and load-waived mutual funds, ETFs, and other securities, with accounts generally managed on a discretionary basis.

Allyson Saldana is the principal of AMS Capital Management LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in San Mateo, CA. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 26 years of industry experience. Since 2007, she has also worked as a licensed insurance agent offering life, health, and disability fixed insurance products. AMS Capital Management LLC serves approximately 55 clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement plan sponsors and participants. The firm provides investment supervisory services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and distributes a monthly newsletter, employing fundamental analysis and primarily non-discretionary portfolio oversight.

Arvind Chopra is a financial advisor at Sagepointe Advisors LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and concurrently works as a Senior Principal Engineer at Cadence Design Systems. Sagepointe Advisors serves individual, high-net-worth, and business clients, providing discretionary portfolio management tailored to client objectives and risk profiles. The firm employs a variety of analytical methods and trading strategies, including the use of sophisticated instruments such as futures and structured notes, and it is notable for its work with corporate clients in addition to individual investors.

Jerry Nightingale is the sole advisor at Nightingale Financial Advisory in Fremont, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Nightingale Financial Advisory since 2000. The firm provides discretionary investment management to individual clients and nonprofit organizations, managing approximately $36.8 million in assets. Its investment approach focuses on capital preservation and disciplined risk management, employing qualitative and quantitative filters with a contrarian tilt that allows for concentrated industry positions while maintaining diversification and fixed-income allocations.

James Koch is the principal advisor at Koch Capital Management LLC, an independent firm based in Alamo, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 17 years of industry experience. Koch also operates the Informed Household financial-education platform. Koch Capital Management LLC provides investment management and retirement-planning services to individuals, families, and trusts. The firm uses a structured retirement planning approach, offering discretionary portfolios and a fixed-fee retirement program, with a focus on active risk management techniques and integrated client collaboration tools.

Robert Regan is the principal of Regan Financial Group, LLC in Danville, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 32 years of industry experience. He has led Regan Financial Group since 2016. Outside of his advisory work, Regan serves on the St. Mary's College Alumni Board and acts as an insurance agent specializing in life, disability income, long-term care, and property and casualty insurance. Regan Financial Group provides investment management and financial planning services primarily to individual clients, as well as trust, estate, and retirement-plan clients. The firm employs an academic, factor-based investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and the Fama-French model, constructing broadly diversified portfolios and generally managing assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Simranjot Bachal is a CFP® and CFA® with one year of experience in financial advising and is the principal of Circuit Wealth LLC. Prior to founding Circuit Wealth, he was affiliated with Woodson Wealth Management. He also provides tax accounting services through his outside tax preparation practice, 5AB Inc DBA TaxSquad. Circuit Wealth LLC is an independent wealth management firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on asset allocation and a combination of passive and active investment strategies. The firm offers fee-only financial planning and investment management, integrating retirement, estate, tax, insurance, and business planning services.

I’m Gitanjali Kumar, CFP®, founder of Worthique, a fee only financial planning firm serving women and their families in the San Francisco Bay Area and virtually across the United States. I bring more than 20 years of experience in financial services. I began my career on financial planning teams at Merrill Lynch and Lincoln Financial, where I helped develop financial plans, support the hiring and development of planners, and evaluate financial planning technology. I later spent more than a decade leading the development of financial planning and digital wealth platforms at Fiserv, U.S. Bank, and fintech firms. I founded Worthique to provide a thoughtful, judgment free space where women can talk openly about money and take greater ownership of their financial lives. I work with women who already lead their household’s financial decisions, as well as those stepping into that role for the first time. My clients often include professionals building and managing wealth, women navigating equity compensation, and those preparing for or living in retirement. As an immigrant, I also understand the experience of building financial confidence within a new and unfamiliar financial system. My approach combines empathy, technical expertise, and a modern planning experience designed to make financial planning feel clear, practical, and even a little less overwhelming. Together, we connect the dots across investments, taxes, equity compensation, retirement income, Social Security, healthcare, insurance, cash flow, and estate planning. The goal is not simply to organize the numbers. It is to turn them into a plan that helps you move forward with greater confidence.

Kimun Lee is the sole advisor at Lee, Kimun with six years of industry experience. He has extensive prior experience dating back to 1980 under the business name Resources Consolidated. Lee serves as a director or trustee on multiple investment fund boards, including Firsthand Technology Value Fund and FundX Investment Trust. Lee, Kimun is an independent firm providing discretionary portfolio management to approximately 55 clients with about $38 million in assets under management. The firm employs a fundamental analysis investment process with discretionary authority over trading and broker selection, offering a broad range of investment instruments and accommodating a variety of client types.

Qian Wang is the sole advisor at JW Golden Gate Investment, LLC, an independent investment advisory firm, with 29 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at LPL Financial, Banc of America Investment Services, Quick & Reilly, and Merrill. In addition to his advisory role, he works as a software programmer and provides health assistance through IHSS. JW Golden Gate Investment, LLC offers portfolio management services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a combination of charting, cyclical, fundamental, and technical analysis to manage discretionary accounts on a long-term basis, focusing on mutual funds, equities, and ETFs.

Alvaro Illan Fernandez is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at TrigoFi, an independent firm based in Emeryville, CA. Prior to founding TrigoFi, he worked at A&M Investment Management LLC for five years and took a two-year career break. He also provides non-investment-related consulting services to FTI Consulting, focusing on financial fraud expert reports and supply chain risk mitigation. Trigofi offers integrated wealth management to a very small client base, combining investment management and financial planning into a single service. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and passive, index-based portfolios tailored through bespoke Investment Policies, primarily using low-cost ETFs with a long-term, low-turnover approach.

Carol Acker is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 22 years of industry experience. She has been with Nancy K Weeks Associates, LLC since 2002. Nancy K Weeks Associates, LLC is an independent advisory firm serving individuals, families, and charitable organizations, primarily higher-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on comprehensive financial planning and the oversight of third-party investment managers, emphasizing planning-level guidance and specialized areas such as LGBTIQ+ planning, ESG, and special-needs planning.