Benedict Maloney is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 49 years of industry experience. He previously worked at J P Turner & Company Capital Management, LLC and WBB Securities, LLC before joining Centaurus Financial in 2015. Outside of advisory work, he is an agent involved in term life insurance sales and in Medicare supplement and Medicare Advantage sales. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services with both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements, utilizing a mix of fundamental, technical, bottom-up, and top-down analysis.

Sandra Nicole Tucker is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in San Diego, CA. She holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has four years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from 2021 to 2024. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm uses an integrated model linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and offers point-in-time financial plans alongside optional managed account solutions.

Darrell Alford is a ChFC® with 40 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Independent Financial Partners, where he has worked since 2025. His prior experience includes roles at Triad Advisors, Resources Investment Advisors, and LPL Financial Corporation. Independent Financial Partners provides investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan services through a nationwide network of independent Investment Adviser Representatives. The firm supports a multi-advisor platform serving individual, charitable, corporate, and high-net-worth clients, with a notable focus on retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting.

Andrew Robinson is an advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with one year of industry experience. He is also a partner at Duffy Kruspodin LLP, a CPA firm where he has worked for over 15 years. His professional background includes accounting and financial services. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, emphasizing customized portfolios and a combination of long-term strategies with shorter-term trades.

Garrett Workmon is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning since 2018. Prior to joining Creative Planning, he worked at Uber Technologies Inc. and H&R Block, and has experience with Wayzata Community Church and the University of Missouri - Columbia. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies for long-term goals, supplemented by enhanced indexing and private market exposure.

John Glenn II is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 36 years of industry experience. He has worked at multiple firms including GH Wealth Management and Glenn & Associates, and owns a non-variable insurance business in San Diego. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management enterprise serving a diverse client base that includes individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, and estates. The firm delivers advisory and brokerage services through independent representatives using various custodians and third-party managers, with a notable emphasis on non-discretionary account management.

Patrick Araujo Lipine is a financial advisor at Breckinridge Capital Advisors Inc with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Breckinridge since 2013. Breckinridge Capital Advisors manages over $50 billion in separately managed accounts and sub-advisory arrangements for high net worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, trusts, mutual funds, and wrap-fee program participants. The firm offers a variety of fixed income and equity strategies, combining top-down macro outlooks with bottom-up fundamental research, and emphasizes tax-aware services and portfolio customization.

Holly Salazar is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 20 years of industry experience. She has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2014 and is also an agent with Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

David Applestein is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses and has 15 years of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at Wells Fargo, Fidelity, and Principal Securities Inc. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services offers a retirement-focused financial planning and investment management program for individual investors and households, utilizing proprietary mutual funds and ETFs with discretionary account management and an online planning tool.

Erick Von Berge is a financial advisor with Cerity Partners LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 39 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Von Berge Wealth Management Group, Laurel Wealth Advisors, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Prudential Equity Group. He is based in San Diego, CA. Cerity Partners serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, business entities, charitable institutions, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets. The firm offers customized wealth management services and employs a client-specific investment framework that integrates quantitative screening, manager selection, and both third-party and direct security strategies, with access to alternative and private market solutions for qualified clients.

Jung Hoon Park is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at several financial firms such as Principal Life Insurance Company, National Life Group, and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. He is also involved in selling various types of insurance, including life, disability, annuities, health, long-term care, dental, Medicare, and medical insurance. Principal Securities offers brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs through direct advisory and promoter arrangements.

Eugene Choi is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding CFP® and ChFC® designations and over 14 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Dunham & Associates Investment Counsel, Inc. for eight years before joining his current firm. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets and uses a diversified investment approach combining passive and active management with quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis.

Darek Williams is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill, Bank of America, Unionbanc Investment Services, and Union Bank. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a range of multi-asset, multi-manager investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm is notable for its combination of large institutional scale, in-house research capabilities, and specialized market roles such as swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Clark Anderson is a CFP® with 40 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Principal Financial Services. He has been associated with Principal Securities Inc. since 1985 and PRINCIPAL Life Insurance Company since 1998, and he also leads Anderson Legacy Advisors. Outside of investment advisory, he is involved in selling group benefits and various individual insurance products, including fixed life insurance and long-term care policies. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a wide range of clients, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and military personnel. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Junior Granados is a financial advisor with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 21 years of industry experience. He has worked with various Voya entities since 2005, including Americorp Financial Group in 2018. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients through a comprehensive range of financial planning and portfolio management services. The firm employs a structure that blends investment policy statements, model allocations, and technology-enabled tools to provide both discretionary and non-discretionary management, operating as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and a FINRA-member broker-dealer.

Yuliya Brown is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with six years of industry experience. She is currently with Farther and has previously worked at firms including LPL Financial, San Diego County Credit Union, Bank of America, Merrill, and Comerica Bank. Farther serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through a technology-driven advisory platform combined with direct client meetings. The firm employs an investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing bespoke allocations and proprietary algorithmic model portfolios with automatic rebalancing, primarily investing in ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, and fixed income.

April Schultz is a CFP® professional at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with two years of industry experience. She previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, HoyleCohen Wealth Management, LLC, CPA Financial Group, Inc., and NB Private Capital, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans, providing investment management, financial planning, tax and compliance support, and family office services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within a customized framework tailored to clients' risk tolerance, liquidity, and tax circumstances.

Lisa Youk is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 13 years of industry experience. She has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2017 and has been affiliated with New York Life entities since 2012. Outside of her advisory role, she performs as a professional belly dancer at various venues and charitable events. Eagle Strategies serves a broad client base, including individual investors and institutional plans, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored solutions delivered through multiple program types and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Abdiel Valenzuela is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 31 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Principal Life Insurance Company, RBC Capital Markets, Avantax Advisory Services, and Puplava Securities Inc. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel. The firm’s advisory services emphasize direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions.

Roderick Evans is a CFP® with 35 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC since 2021. Prior to this, he worked for 25 years at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc. He is a board member of Rancho Santa Fe Farms Golf Club. Independent Financial Group provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and institutional plans. The firm employs a model-driven approach combining strategic asset allocation and multi-manager portfolios across various risk profiles.