Jay Sanders is a financial advisor at Blue Zone Wealth Advisors, LLC in Los Angeles, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. Prior to his advisory role, he worked for seven years at Firestone Walker Brewing Co. and took a sabbatical in 2023. Blue Zone Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered advisory team managing approximately $565 million across 170 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, employer retirement plans, and business entities, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting, with a focus on tailored asset allocation and a variety of analytic methods.

Angelica Spielman is a financial advisor at Manhattan West Asset Management, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 and Series 63 designations. Angelica’s work history includes roles at Finalis Securities LLC and Fora Travel, alongside a long-term advisory position at Manhattan West Asset Management. She is also involved with the San Diego Jewish Academy. Manhattan West Asset Management serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and endowments. The firm employs a fiduciary, client-tailored approach combining fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis across traditional and alternative investment strategies, managing over $1 billion in discretionary assets.

Aleksandr Keyfes is a financial advisor at Salem Partners Wealth Management, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Salem Partners since 2010. Salem Partners Wealth Management provides discretionary investment supervisory and portfolio management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and other entities. The firm manages approximately $413 million and focuses on sizable accounts, typically with a minimum of $10 million, offering customized portfolios that include a range of traditional and alternative investments.

Emily Logan is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience. She is affiliated with California Capital Management and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of her advisory roles, she serves as successor trustee for a family trust. California Capital Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and corporate entities. The firm offers customized portfolio management through a wrap fee program and retirement plan consulting, managing approximately $358 million in discretionary assets for a client base of several hundred accounts.

Nicholas Ozer is a CFP® and Series 66 licensed advisor with Regatta Capital Group, LLC, where he has worked for 11 years. He has 13 years of industry experience in financial advising. Regatta Capital Group is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, institutional investors, and various entities. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental-analysis approach to portfolio management, offering wealth management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and digital-asset account facilitation, alongside managing private pooled investment vehicles.

Hagop Karadanaian is a financial advisor at Lazari Capital Management, Inc. with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Western Alliance Bank and Vanderbilt Financial Group. Lazari Capital Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and an affiliated private fund. The firm employs a range of investment strategies, including fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, and offers services such as portfolio management, estate and retirement planning, and pension consulting.

Victor Martinez is a financial advisor with Strategy Asset Managers L.L.C., holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, Bank of America, and Merrill. He is a member of Marstel Senior Homes LLC, involved in the healthcare sector. Strategy Asset Managers advises individuals, high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families, pension and institutional clients, and pooled investment vehicles, offering portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, financial planning, and a Strategy Family Office. The firm employs a range of equity and multi-asset strategies and serves as adviser and sponsor to private funds, providing audited investor reporting and estate planning support.

Victor Lin is a financial advisor with Griffinest Asia Asset Management, LLC in Pasadena, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has 24 years of industry experience. Since 2012, he has also served as CEO of Griffinest Asia Securities, LLC. Griffinest Asia Asset Management primarily serves high-net-worth and qualified individual investors, as well as corporations and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management and personalized financial planning. The firm customizes portfolios based on clients’ risk tolerances and objectives, managing approximately $10.27 million in assets across nine clients.

Thomas Hulick is a financial advisor at Strategy Asset Managers L.L.C. with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at firms including Newbridge Securities Corporation and Monarch Bay Securities, LLC. Hulick is also the CEO of Hulick Capital Management, LLC, an investment advisory firm he founded, and manages an insurance agency focused on sales and marketing of insurance products. Strategy Asset Managers, LLC provides portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, financial planning, and a family office service to individuals, high-net-worth families, pension and institutional clients, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm manages approximately $930 million in discretionary assets and offers multiple equity and multi-asset investment strategies as well as private fund advisory and estate planning support.

Kyle Fulton is a financial advisor at Seneca Private Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at LPL Financial and Finwell. Outside of advising, he is employed as a staff accountant and head of a data entry department at Fulton Management. Seneca Private Wealth, LLC provides investment and wealth management services along with financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional entities. The firm emphasizes a risk-adjusted, tax-efficient investment approach combining active and passive strategies, with particular focus on retirement plan consulting and managing independent managers on behalf of clients.

Adam Werthmuller is a financial advisor at Banyan Tree Asset Management, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at CitiGroup Global Markets Inc. and several other firms. Banyan Tree Asset Management is a discretionary fixed-income investment adviser serving ultra-high net worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm focuses on active, credit-oriented fixed income strategies and manages portfolios on a discretionary basis, often employing leverage when authorized by clients.

Marco Mendoza is a financial advisor at IFC Advisors LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. IFC Advisors provides investment management and financial advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and participant-directed retirement plans, offering tailored portfolios that combine active and passive strategies across multiple asset classes. The firm also serves as a private fund adviser and fund sponsor, integrating alternative investments and special purpose vehicles within its wealth management programs.

Joseph Robillard is a financial advisor with Windward Capital Management Company in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 66 credentials and 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Windward and affiliated firm S.L. Reed & Company since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of an entertainment and restaurant business in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Windward Capital Management Company provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses tailored investment strategies through in-house model portfolios and a variety of equity and fixed-income approaches, often combining these with third-party models.

Ross Kroll is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Mercer Advisors, Oakwood Capital Management, AdvicePeriod, and Mariner Independent, where he is currently affiliated through Ocean Path Advisors. Kroll is a shareholder at Ocean Path Advisors, providing investment advisory services through Mariner Platform Solutions. Mariner Independent offers investment advisory, financial planning, and consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm supports both model portfolios and advisor-level discretionary management, and it integrates institutional and retirement plan resources through affiliated entities and third-party partnerships.

Hank Krakover is a financial advisor at Evolve Private Wealth, LLC in Los Angeles, CA, with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC for over two decades before joining Sanctuary Advisors and Sanctuary Securities. He is also a licensed insurance agent and dedicates part of his time to insurance sales through Evolve Wealth Insurance LLC. Evolve Private Wealth provides wealth management, investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, financial institutions, and retirement plans. The firm employs a fundamental, long-term investment approach using diversified portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds, independent managers, alternative investments, and options strategies.

Maryam Khoshreza is an advisor at AIRE Advisors, LLC with five years of industry experience. Prior to joining AIRE Advisors in 2021, she worked at Macy's Inc. and Oaks Paper Product Company. AIRE Advisors manages approximately $1 billion in client assets, serving individual clients, family-office clients, employer retirement plans, and brokerage customers. The firm offers comprehensive wealth management and investment consulting, with an investment approach centered on strategic asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory.

Todd Butler is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Mariner Independent and previously worked at Ocean Path Advisors, AdvicePeriod, LLC, and WESCAP Group. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Sendero Property Group, through which he owns rental properties. Mariner Independent serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, offering investment advisory, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm integrates institutional and retirement plan resources and provides access to model portfolios, third-party managers, and alternative investments.

Nhaman Pelphrey is a financial advisor at IFC Advisors LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Wells Fargo Bank. IFC Advisors provides investment management and financial advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, family entities, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a tax-aware, goal-oriented investment approach that combines active and passive strategies and is noted for operating and advising special purpose vehicles and private fund vehicles.

David Wright is a financial advisor with Sierra Investment Management, LLC in Santa Monica, CA, holding a Series 65 designation and 36 years of industry experience. He has been with Sierra Investment Management, Inc. since 1992 and is also associated with Ocean Park Asset Management, Inc. since 1989. Sierra Investment Management, LLC manages discretionary portfolios for individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and certain institutional arrangements. The firm employs a rules-based, tactical investment process focused on quantitative trend-following and sell discipline, with portfolios primarily implemented through mutual funds and cash equivalents.

Paul Miloe is a financial advisor with Cetera, holding a Series 63 designation and 28 years of industry experience. He has worked with various Cetera entities since 1997 and also co-leads Albitz/Miloe & Associates Inc., an advisory business he has been involved with since 2007. Outside of his advisory work, Miloe serves as a board member of the YMCA and acts as scholarship chair for the San Pedro Elks Lodge #966. Cetera Investment Advisers serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, institutions, and retirement plans through a large network of independent advisors. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and fiduciary services, utilizing both advisor-managed accounts and firm-sponsored model portfolios.