Edi Alvarez is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 18 years of experience in financial advising. He has led AIKAPA since 2014 and has been involved with Dual Enterprises since 1990, where he serves as CEO of a publishing business that produces niche books for smaller audiences. AIKAPA serves individuals, families, trusts, non-profits, corporations, and small businesses, often working with executives and business owners. The firm provides comprehensive wealth and financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan analysis, offering both managed and guided planning models that use diversified mutual funds and ETFs.

Caxton Rhodes is the sole advisor at Rhodes Consulting Group LLC, an independent firm based in Orinda, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 15 years of industry experience. Since founding Rhodes Consulting Group in 2006, he has focused on providing personalized investment counseling and portfolio management. Rhodes Consulting Group LLC is a fee-only investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, accredited investors, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a client-oriented, long-term, global investment approach that combines fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios emphasizing cost efficiency and tax considerations.

Randall Huyser is a financial advisor with Full Compass Investment Advisors in Novato, CA, holding a Series 63 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Full Compass Investment Advisors since 2012. Full Compass Investment Advisors provides personalized investment management and advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, typically through separately managed discretionary accounts. The firm uses a multi-disciplinary investment process combining fundamental research with quantitative and qualitative analysis to construct tailored portfolios across various strategies.

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.

Laura Chernov is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience. She is the founder of Balanced Financial Advisors and has previously worked at WealthSource Partners, Goldman Sachs PFM, and United Capital. She also serves as a Managing Director and investment adviser representative at Wealth Source. Balanced Financial Advisors provides portfolio management and financial planning for individual and high-net-worth clients, using model allocations based on Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm typically manages accounts on a discretionary basis and advises clients on a range of investment types, including ETFs, REITs, annuities, and private placements.

Joseph Gallagher is a financial advisor at Pacific Crest Asset Management LLC with 31 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Dorsey Capital Management and Kimun Lee. Pacific Crest Asset Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and prepares Investment Policy Statements tailored to clients’ goals, tax considerations, and risk tolerances. The firm employs a mix of analytic techniques and implements long-term purchase strategies across equities, fixed income, and ETFs, managing client assets internally without third-party managers.

Valerie Gospodarek is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of experience in financial advising. She is the principal of VG Financial Consulting, LLC, an independent firm she has led since 2017. Her prior roles include positions at Schmerling Financial Group, Garrison Murphy Wealth Management, and VR Advisors. VG Financial Consulting serves individuals, families, and financial professionals, particularly executives with stock-based compensation who may not meet traditional wealth management asset thresholds. The firm focuses on financial organizing, comprehensive planning, and implementation coaching without managing client assets, offering specialized services such as stock option modeling and cost-basis research.

Steven Toomey is a financial advisor at Wholeness Financial in Richmond, California, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with three years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he has held positions at several companies including Snout, Inc., where he serves as CFO, focusing on wellness payment plans for veterinary clinics. Wholeness Financial is an independent California-registered investment adviser offering financial planning and investment management to individuals, trusts, small businesses, charitable organizations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes personalized financial plans translated into customized investment policy statements, with a discretionary management approach involving diverse asset classes and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

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.

Thomas Lloyd Butler is the sole advisor at TL-B Capital Management in San Francisco, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. He has been associated with Grand Jean Capital since 2010 and currently serves as its Vice-President. TL-B Capital Management is an independent registered investment adviser providing discretionary portfolio management and ongoing monitoring to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs cyclical, fundamental, and technical analysis across long- and short-term strategies, focusing on mutual funds, equities, and ETFs, and prepares customized Investment Policy Statements for each client.

Max Strasburg is the sole portfolio manager at Strasburg Asset Management Company LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. He previously worked at View Ridge Capital Management, LP from 2015 to 2020 and is also associated with SAMCO LLC. Strasburg Asset Management Company LLC is an independent, state-registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm employs a value-oriented, opportunistic strategy focused on common equity in developed markets, managing concentrated portfolios with a disciplined fundamental research approach.

Dana Nelson is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with 20 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Truetide Wealth, LLC, an independent firm he founded in 2018, and has been associated with Bell Investment Advisors, Inc. since 2003. In addition to his advisory role, Nelson provides consulting services to investment adviser representatives at Bell Investment Advisors. Truetide Wealth offers discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individual clients and entities, focusing on customized investment policies that combine fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis. The firm operates as a solo practice with a small client base and employs both passive and active strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Daniel Edwards is the sole advisor at Dan Edwards Investment Advisory Services, LLC, an independent firm based in Corte Madera, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has eight years of experience in the industry. Prior to founding his firm in 2017, he was self-employed for 11 years. Dan Edwards Investment Advisory Services provides portfolio management and limited consultation primarily to individual clients and couples, typically with a minimum investable amount of $100,000. The firm focuses on retirement-income planning through diversified portfolios mainly composed of Vanguard no-load mutual funds, offering personalized service including mailed quarterly summaries and optional research-based consultations.

Colin Probert is the principal advisor at Probert Investment Advisers, LLC, an independent firm based in Tiburon, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 10 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 2014. Outside of advising, he owns and manages residential real estate units. Probert Investment Advisers, LLC provides ongoing portfolio management to individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on services such as Investment Policy Statement preparation, asset allocation, and regular portfolio monitoring. The firm employs a long-term trading approach guided by modern portfolio theory and operates as a solo practice with a billing model based on hourly fees rather than asset percentages.

Donald Clephane is a CFP® professional with 30 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Diversified Planning Concepts, Inc. and has been associated with Oak Tree Securities since 2001. In addition to financial advising, he is licensed to sell insurance products and offers estate planning services. Diversified Planning Concepts serves individuals and couples, including high-net-worth clients, executives, small business owners, and retirees, as well as certain pension plans, trusts, and estates. The firm provides investment advisory, portfolio management, retirement projections, tax and estate planning, and education-funding analysis, emphasizing broadly diversified portfolios with a conservative bias toward capital preservation.

Gillette Edmunds is the sole advisor and principal at Rockridge Money Management LLC, an independent firm based in Oakland, CA. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 16 years of industry experience, having led Rockridge Money Management since its founding in 2010. Outside of his advisory work, Edmunds is an author of fiction novels, which he writes and publishes independently. Rockridge Money Management provides discretionary asset management and individualized portfolio supervision primarily for a small number of individual clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis, focusing on dividend-paying stocks and constructing diversified portfolios that may include mutual funds, equities, and special situations, with trades executed on an individual account basis.

William Ramsdell is the principal advisor at Ramsdell Capital Management, LLC in San Francisco, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license with nine years of industry experience. He has been involved with Ramsdell Capital Management since 1999 and has operated the Ramsdell Group since 1990. Outside of his advisory work, he also owns and operates Ramsdell Insurance Solutions, an insurance sales and service business separate from his investment activities. Ramsdell Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and asset allocation advice to individuals, trusts, corporate entities, and pension plans. The firm emphasizes a top-down fundamental analysis with tactical trading at the margins, primarily utilizing ETF-heavy portfolios and offering limited insurance brokerage through an affiliated business.

Michael Boulton is a financial advisor at Financial Solutions in Mill Valley, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 22 years at the firm and 2 years of industry experience. Financial Solutions is a single-advisor independent practice managing approximately $32.4 million across 13 high-net-worth clients. The firm provides asset management, financial planning, and retirement planning, using a disciplined investment approach that combines charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with periodic rebalancing. Financial Solutions typically manages accounts on a discretionary basis and offers both hourly and fixed-fee planning.

Harry Oxley is the sole advisor at Double Bay Management & Planning in San Francisco, holding the CFA® designation along with Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 14 years of industry experience and has been with Double Bay Management & Planning since 1998. Double Bay Management & Planning is a fee-only advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm focuses on comprehensive financial planning and pension consulting, with investment strategies guided by asset allocation and client-specific objectives, primarily utilizing low-cost mutual funds and ETFs. Its notable concentration on retirement and plan advisory work includes pension consulting services and management of pooled vehicles and private fund interests.

We work with people who want a long-term partnership where together we create a plan that uses your money and resources to live a fulfilling life that aligns with your deepest values while creating positive change in the world. We focus on who you are and what it is you want for yourself and loved ones. My passion is making financial planning an approachable and enjoyable experience. I became a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ to help people find solutions for their financial needs but soon realized that traditional financial planning was designed for a male head of household with a certain amount of wealth. Since I am most passionate about equality for women and the LGBTQ community, I realized that I needed additional skills to make financial planning meet our specific needs. So, I became a certified coach which allows me and my clients to go deeper to explore and clarify their individual values and goals. Once we’ve figured out what their ideal life looks like and what is really important to them, we can create a financial plan designed for them. Anyone who knows me knows of my deep love of pastries. I started my career as a pastry chef, fully embracing my creativity, a love of science and math, and delight in creating delicious concoctions. I loved this career, until one day I had an epiphany: My love of numbers and baking science acumen could be used in better ways to help the world. Turns out I like baking more as a hobby than as a career. No more petit fours! I returned to college as a women studies major determined to help women realize their potential and gain equality. Upon self-reflection I realized that I had a lot of passion but lacked any real skills to make the change in the world that I sought to make. Around this time my grandfather died, and I started helping my grandmother with her finances. We sought out information and together we came up with a financial plan for her new life alone. Helping my grandmother become financially independent was exactly the type of impact I wanted to have on other women’s lives. My career path was born.