Nickolas Bowers is a financial advisor at Liberty Wealth Management, LLC in Oakland, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Liberty Wealth Management, he worked at New York Life Insurance Company. Liberty Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, corporations, and other entities, offering investment management, financial planning, and employee-benefit plan services among others. The firm employs a combination of centrally developed models and advisor-developed strategies, utilizing quantitative and fundamental analysis to construct diversified portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, real estate, and private market investments.

Wahidah Aziz is a financial advisor at Frec with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms including Brio Financial Group and Litman Gregory Wealth Management. Aziz also has teaching experience at New York University and Indiana Tech. Frec Advisers provides automated, software-based investment advisory services through its web and mobile platform, offering portfolio management focused on direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and systematic tax-aware trading. The firm serves retail and entity clients who open brokerage accounts with its affiliate and employs a largely automated investment process without in-person or phone advice.

Russell Silvestri is a financial advisor with Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. in San Francisco, CA, holding a Series 63 designation and 25 years of industry experience. He has worked at Arcadia Securities, LLC and is the managing partner of Boyden, an executive search firm in Sausalito, CA. Atlas Capital Advisors is an independent investment adviser serving individuals, families, family offices, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and institutions with discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and tax-aware portfolio management. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis and employs various instruments including options and futures in separately managed accounts tailored to clients’ needs.

Max Pulitzer is a financial advisor at Colorado Capital Management with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has previously worked at Pulitzer Family Law and Colorado Wealth Group. Outside of finance, he was involved with Mentoring Through Movement, a nonprofit organization. Colorado Capital Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, corporations, foundations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, managing approximately $638 million across 234 client households with a team of ten advisors. The firm emphasizes written investment policy statements, long-term fundamental analysis, and quarterly reporting, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with ESG and alternative investment options.

Charles Blankley is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Gemmer Asset Management LLC, where he has been since 2000. Gemmer Asset Management LLC manages over $2.0 billion in discretionary assets for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, corporations, and nonprofits. The firm employs an asset-allocation approach focused on no-load mutual funds and ETFs, offers branded portfolio strategies and consulting services, and maintains a dedicated Social Strategy incorporating ESG and fossil-fuel exposure metrics.

Ian Fraley is a financial advisor with Mission Creek Capital Partners, Inc. in San Francisco, holding a Series 65 designation and 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Mission Creek since 2014. Mission Creek Capital Partners serves institutional and private clients, including pension plans, endowments, foundations, executives, entrepreneurs, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach combining bottom-up company analysis with a top-down economic overlay, and offers discretionary portfolio management, wealth planning, concentrated stock management, sub-advisory services, and specialized private equity distribution and post-venture management.

Stephen Bradley is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Front Row Advisors LLC since 2015, which operates as GenCap Portfolio Management, a team firm based in Tiburon, CA. GenCap Portfolio Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and subadvisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and other investment advisers. The firm employs fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to guide asset allocation and risk management, offering a range of investment strategies without a stated account minimum.

Daniel Young is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience. He is currently with Delta Investment Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2022. Prior to that, he held positions at Lido Advisors and Quantum Capital Management. Delta Investment Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and investment consulting to individuals, institutions, trusts, and pension plans, often onboarding clients with a minimum account size of $50,000. The firm employs a combination of quantitative macro analysis, fundamental research, and technical indicators across multiple distinct strategies, including ETF-based tactical approaches and concentrated equity mandates, and serves as a subadvisor to other investment advisors.

Brian Kozel is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at North Berkeley Wealth Management, LLC. He has been with North Berkeley Investment Partners since 2011. North Berkeley Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, managing approximately $710.6 million in assets. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and investment management with a focus on long-term, total-return oriented portfolios that combine passive and active strategies, including options and ESG screening for clients who request social considerations.

John Kerns is a portfolio manager at Meridian Investment Counsel, Inc. with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Meridian since 2005 and has operated a separate CPA and business-consulting practice since 1981, providing accounting services as a sole proprietor. Meridian Investment Counsel offers discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, families, trusts, non-profit organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a tax-aware, conservative growth strategy based on fundamental security analysis, asset allocation, and typically long holding periods, managing portfolios on a fiduciary basis with in-house discretion.

Rachel Shin is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with five years of experience in financial advising. She has worked at Brio Financial Group since 2023 and previously held roles at Yeske Buie Inc., FMB Wealth Management, and McCarthy Wealth Management. Outside of her advisory career, she was involved with Kickin' Crab from 2015 to 2019. Brio Financial Group serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities by providing asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management through a wrap fee program and delivers a broad range of consulting, including estate and tax planning, mortgage and debt analysis, and corporate structuring.

Andrew Stout is a financial advisor at Tactivest, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Raymond James and has been affiliated with Tactivest since 2019. Stout serves on multiple nonprofit boards, including the LAPD Hollywood Division Police Activity League and the University of the Pacific Arthur A Dugoni School of Dentistry, and is president of the Leonard & Ilona Ling Family Foundation. Tactivest provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a diverse investment approach incorporating fundamental, technical, quantitative analysis, and modern portfolio theory, managing approximately $128.5 million across about 168 client accounts.

Cole Matsuura is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with one year of industry experience. He has been with Echo45 Advisors LLC since 2020, following earlier roles in hospitality and other sectors. Echo45 Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities with wealth management, discretionary investment management, and financial planning. The firm combines multiple analytical methods and technology platforms to deliver customized and automated investment solutions, supported by affiliated tax and estate services and unique structural features.

Sanjeev Rao is a financial advisor at Lavelle Capital with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Goldman Sachs & Co., LLC for 15 years before joining Lavelle Capital and its predecessor. Lavelle Capital serves entrepreneurial families and their related entities, providing discretionary investment management of public market portfolios and access to private investments. The firm combines public-market allocations with selectively sourced private opportunities, emphasizing long-term capital appreciation, diversification, and risk management.

John Mcnertney is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Green Ocean Global Advisors LLC since 2022. He previously worked at Freestone Capital Management and Polaris Greystone Financial Group, LLC. Green Ocean Global Advisors LLC offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and referrals to third-party investment managers for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm integrates fundamental, quantitative, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis to construct portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and non-U.S. securities, managing approximately $52.9 million across a three-advisor team.

John Burns is a financial advisor with Asset Dedication, LLC in San Francisco, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 66 designations and possessing 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Asset Dedication since 2009. Asset Dedication serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small institutions by providing investment management and financial planning. The firm employs an Asset Dedication strategy that aligns equity exposures with investment-grade fixed income to meet clients’ cash-flow needs, utilizing a long-term, asset-class based equity approach and a Critical Path Analysis process for financial scenario modeling.

David La Placa is a financial advisor at Intellectus Partners, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He has worked at Intellectus Partners since 2015 and previously spent 11 years at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. La Placa holds a Series 63 designation. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in several business ventures, including managing software development projects and serving on advisory boards for various technology firms. Intellectus Partners provides wealth management, financial planning, investment consulting, and wealth coaching to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and private funds. The firm combines fundamental and quantitative analysis with proprietary algorithms and alternative data to construct portfolios that include ETFs, mutual funds, privately placed securities, cryptocurrency exposure, and options.

Barry Mendelson is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience and holds a Series 63 designation. He has worked at Zrc Wealth Management since 2014. Mendelson is currently part of Elevation Wealth Partners, LLC, a six-advisor team based in Walnut Creek, CA. Elevation Wealth Partners provides fee-only discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and estates. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and long-term, academically informed investment strategies while integrating tax and accounting services through in-house specialists.

Stacey Liu is a CFP® and ChFC® with 12 years of industry experience. She is currently with Treehouse Wealth Advisors in Walnut Creek, CA, and previously worked at San Francisco Sentry Investment Group and SF Sentry Securities, Inc. She holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses. Treehouse Wealth Advisors manages approximately $597 million for individual, high-net-worth, pension, charitable, and corporate clients. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial consulting, and wealth planning services, using both fundamental and technical analysis alongside AI-supported research under human supervision.

Eric Rudney is the sole advisor at Rudney Associates with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Rudney Associates since 2002 and Gillett Financial since 1995. Rudney Associates provides investment advisory and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts and estates, business entities, and charitable organizations. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis across mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed-income securities, and manages approximately $868 million in assets for about 458 client relationships.