Navigating retirement is one of life's biggest transitions, which is why you shouldn't face it alone. I founded Slalom Wealth in 2018 to help people like you overcome the unknowns of retirement and achieve the clarity, confidence, and support you deserve. I wanted to apply my 20+ years of financial experience to build an independent, fee-only firm that puts relationships first and guides clients through the challenges of retirement. As your financial partner, nothing is off the table. I want to be your first call when you're facing a tough question or new opportunity. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®), I have a deep commitment to the technical side of finances. But I also have a passion for helping you simplify the complex, answer the right questions, and understand your options so that you can fully enjoy retirement. I proudly live and work as a fiduciary financial advisor in Sacramento, California alongside my wife, Barbara. When I’m not working, you’ll probably find me: Riding my Peloton bike or boating on the Sacramento River Watching a Formula One race (I travel each year to watch one live!) Enjoying a bottle of my favorite wine, a Frank Family Chardonnay

David Ettl is the owner and sole advisor of David Ettl Financial, an independent investment advisory firm based in Lincoln, California. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 29 years of experience in the financial industry, including previous roles at Robert Baird & Co., Wells Fargo Clearing, and UBS Financial Services. David Ettl Financial provides non-discretionary portfolio management and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and some institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm manages approximately $25.3 million in assets, typically using a fundamentals-based investment approach centered on low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, with customized portfolios tailored to each client's investment policy and strategic asset allocation.

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 the principal advisor at Rehoboth Financial Planning, Inc. in Rancho Cordova, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with six years of industry experience. Prior to founding his independent firm, he worked at Cambridge Investment Research and spent seven years at SJR Opinion Research as an associate director. Outside of advising, Kelile owns businesses in financial coaching, life coaching, tax preparation, and estate planning document services, and serves as an elected member of the Sacramento County Republican Central Committee. Rehoboth Financial Planning, Inc. provides ongoing portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual clients, managing approximately $17.5 million in assets. The firm employs a fundamental analysis approach with a long-term trading horizon, focusing on equities, ETFs, mutual funds, and occasionally fixed income and insurance products.

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 the sole advisor at Process Wealth LLC in Roseville, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 26 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Strategic Wealth Advisors Group, and Ascension Advocates LLC. In addition to his advisory work, he operates as an independent insurance agent. Process Wealth LLC provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm customizes investment programs based on client goals, time horizons, and risk tolerance, using fundamental and technical analysis along with 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 designations and has previously worked at firms including Investment Only Annuities, LLC, Steele Asset Management, Signator Financial Services, Raymond James Financial, and Morgan Stanley. Reliance Investing provides discretionary, fee-based portfolio management, retirement planning, and pension consulting primarily to individuals, plan sponsors, and trusts. The firm focuses on diversified, systematic portfolios with active monitoring and serves mostly non-high-net-worth clients without a firm minimum account size.

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 as a financial advisor at Kerux, LLC. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial and several educational institutions. Kerux, LLC, operating as Abound Financial, provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a diversified portfolio approach, integrates third-party tools for risk assessment, and maintains discretionary authority for regular portfolio reviews and rebalancing.

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 one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Northwestern Mutual and Bankers Life. Outside of finance, he has experience in catering and events through Jackson Catering & Events. WE Alliance Wealth Advisors provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, employing an investment approach that blends fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory. The firm offers separately managed accounts and held-away retirement account management, and is known for its network of affiliated entities and sponsorship of private funds.