Dean Peterson is the principal of Dean Peterson Capital Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Rancho Cordova, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 41 years of industry experience. Peterson has led his firm since 2016. Dean Peterson Capital Management provides discretionary asset management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation framework with a focus on long-term purchase strategies, incorporating derivatives such as options in separately managed accounts.

Bereket Kelile is a financial advisor at Rehoboth Financial Planning, Inc. with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. and SJR Opinion Research. Outside of his advisory role, Kelile owns several businesses including financial coaching, life coaching, estate planning document services, and a federal and California tax return preparation service. He also serves as an elected member of the Sacramento County Republican Central Committee. Rehoboth Financial Planning, Inc. provides portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual clients, offering discretionary management guided by personalized Investment Policy Statements. The firm’s investment process combines fundamental analysis with a long-term trading orientation and tailors model allocations to each client’s goals and risk tolerance.

Dawn Pedicord is a CFP® professional with 27 years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Pedicord Wealth Management, LLC, an independent firm she has led since 2021. Prior to founding her firm, she worked at LPL Financial, LLC and Foord, VanBruggen & Pajak Financial Services. Pedicord Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, businesses, and ERISA retirement plans. The firm emphasizes financial planning as the foundation for asset allocation and combines passive ETFs and active managers, often supervising third-party asset managers while maintaining overall advisory oversight.

Emin Nabiyev is a CFP®, ChFC®, and holds a Series 66 license with seven years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at TriFlame Capital, an independent firm he joined in 2024 after five years at Edward Jones. Prior to his financial services career, he worked in public sector roles at the California Department of General Services and the County of Yolo. TriFlame Capital provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses fundamental and technical analysis, Modern Portfolio Theory, and Monte Carlo simulations to construct portfolios aligned with client objectives and risk tolerances, and it accepts corporate and business clients with a minimum account size generally set at $500,000.

Jarrett Dutra is a financial advisor at Baluden Financial in Sacramento, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with no prior industry experience. His background includes roles at various organizations such as Western Digital, OECD, and Patagonia, as well as entrepreneurial activities including ownership of an angel-investing vehicle. Baluden Financial is a California-registered investment adviser offering comprehensive financial planning and non-discretionary investment advice primarily to individuals and families. The firm uses a fixed-fee planning model and provides written financial plans covering topics such as cash flow, retirement, and tax planning, without managing client assets or exercising investment discretion.

Steven Pinedo is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Pinedo Financial Services, an independent advisory firm he founded in 2009, and has also worked with LPL Financial since 2015. His activities include selling indexed universal life insurance products. Pinedo Financial Services primarily serves individual clients, offering tailored investment advice on stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities, and life insurance. The firm emphasizes manager selection and mutual funds with multi-asset class capabilities and a history of outperformance, managing portfolios on a non-discretionary basis according to client goals and risk tolerances.

Louis Barrientos is the sole advisor at FC360 Wealth Management, Inc., an independent firm based in Roseville, CA. He holds the Series 66 designation and has 22 years of industry experience. Barrientos is also the owner of FC360 Tax Services, LLC, a licensed tax preparation business. FC360 Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial and retirement planning, insurance planning, and referrals to tax and estate professionals for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm offers customized portfolios across multiple investment platforms and serves as a fiduciary for retirement plans, with additional services including participant education and options overlay strategies.

Derrick Smith is a financial advisor at Privatus with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Entoro Advisors, Entoro Investments, EWG Elevate, TRUST-CFO, and Kingsview Asset Management. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent insurance producer. Privatus provides fee-based investment advisory services, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, business entities, and certain institutional clients. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach using a variety of instruments and manages portfolios on a custom, discretionary basis.

Scott Van Epps is a financial advisor at Process Wealth LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at firms including LPL Financial and Ascension Advocate Partners LLC. In addition to his advisory role, he operates an independent insurance agency. Process Wealth LLC provides discretionary asset management and financial planning primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm tailors investment programs to client goals and risk tolerance, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis, periodic reviews, and discretionary trading, while incorporating third-party sub-advisors and model portfolios.

Michael Steele is a financial advisor at Reliance Investing, Inc. with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at Investment Only Annuities, LLC and Steele Asset Management. Reliance Investing provides discretionary, fee-based portfolio management, retirement planning, and pension consulting to individuals, plan sponsors, and trusts. The firm emphasizes coordinated retirement advice and ongoing portfolio monitoring, managing diversified, systematic portfolios across global equities and fixed income with a range of investment options.

Kathryn Starbuck is a financial advisor at Advent Capital LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Advent Capital since 2013. Outside of her advisory role, she is a licensed life and health insurance agent in California and serves as a volunteer Trustee on the endowment committee of the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection. Advent Capital LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, developing individualized investment policy statements and offering ongoing supervisory services across a range of securities. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis and uses various trading strategies with discretionary authority, conducting regular account reviews and managing conflicts related to performance-based fees and commissionable insurance products.

Frank Cantone is a financial advisor at Mark Gillam Enterprises with a Series 65 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2009 and has been with Mark Gillam Enterprises since 1995. Mark Gillam Enterprises advises individuals—including high-net-worth clients—as well as pension and profit-sharing plans and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, fundamentals-based investment approach and is notable for its non-discretionary management style, as well as its additional services including bookkeeping, bill-pay, insurance placement, and real estate-related asset management.

Samuel Smith is a CFP® with one year of industry experience, currently serving at Abound Financial. Prior to this, he has held roles at Kerux LLC, LPL Financial, Jessup University, Chabot College, and Redlands East Valley High School. He also has involvement with Kerux LLC, an entity related to LPL Financial. Abound Financial provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm uses a range of strategies including equities, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments, and it integrates technology tools such as Riskalyze to assist in client risk assessment and portfolio management.

David Yelle is a financial advisor at Hansen & Associates Financial Group Inc. in Roseville, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Hansen & Associates Financial Group since 2015. Hansen & Associates Financial Group provides individualized asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, employer plan sponsors, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a top-down Tactical Asset Allocation framework that uses a proprietary algorithm incorporating momentum and risk-parity elements, primarily through exchange-traded funds, and manages approximately $225 million in discretionary assets.

Ronald Petroff is a financial advisor at Decamilla Capital Management LLC in Sacramento, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 39 years of industry experience. DeCamilla Capital Management provides discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan sponsors. The firm constructs portfolios based on client objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance, utilizing a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and modern portfolio theory methods, and offers specialized ERISA-focused services as a 3(38) investment manager.

Dominick Anton is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Twin Rivers Wealth Management with 12 years of industry experience. He worked at Ameriprise Financial Services from 2014 to 2020 before joining Twin Rivers Wealth Management, where he has been since 2020. Outside of advising, he is also an independent insurance agent. Twin Rivers Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans and corporations, offering wealth management, retirement plan management, and tax services. The firm’s investment approach focuses on asset allocation and long-term investing using a mix of individual stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, and cash equivalents, with additional offerings for qualifying clients including private alternative investments and coordinated tax strategies.

Gerald Gasber is a CFP® with 30 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Gasber Financial Advisors, Inc. since 1995. The firm serves individuals and families, including high-net-worth clients and business owners, offering fee-only financial planning, investment management, and wealth management services. Gasber Financial Advisors follows an evidence-based, strategic asset allocation approach using index funds and ETFs to build globally diversified portfolios.

Rodney Thompson is a financial advisor at WE Alliance Wealth Advisors, Inc. with a Series 65 designation and experience beginning in 2023. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Northwestern Mutual and Bankers Life. Outside the financial industry, he has experience in catering and events as well as various roles in retail and service sectors. WE Alliance Wealth Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, separately managed accounts, and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, incorporates tax-aware implementation, and manages held-away retirement accounts through a third-party platform.

John Scambray is a financial advisor with OneSource Wealth Management and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 31 years of industry experience and serves as CEO of Legacy Capital Management, LLC, an independent investment advisory practice. His prior work includes roles at Tri Counties Bank and Raymond James Financial Services. OneSource Wealth Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and business clients. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and technical analysis, offering diversified portfolio management alongside financial planning and retirement plan consulting that includes participant education.

Donald St. Clair is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 31 years of industry experience. He is the owner of St. Clair Financial in Roseville, CA, where he has worked since 2010. Prior to founding his firm, he was associated with National Planning Corporation for nearly two decades. Outside of his advisory work, he is the owner and CEO of MortgageNudge®, a technology company focused on mortgage and debt management tools. St. Clair Financial provides financial planning and investment consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes diversified, risk-based portfolios and offers services including retirement planning, Social Security analysis, and employee stock option guidance, while acting as a fiduciary for retirement accounts.