Fatemeh Ashouri is a financial advisor at Monarch Wealth Strategies in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Monarch Wealth Strategies, she held roles at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. She has also worked in academic and innovation settings, including at UCLA Extension and the Techno Tejarat Innovation Center. Monarch Wealth Strategies provides discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and investment consulting to affluent individuals, families, trusts, pension plans, and broker-dealers. The firm manages approximately $463 million across about 390 client relationships, employing a mix of fundamental, technical, and third-party analysis alongside tax-aware and strategic asset allocation practices.

Wendy Atlin is a financial advisor at Westside Financial Advisors LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, she worked in technology roles at several companies including IBM and PwC. Outside of her advisory work, she is also a technology executive. Westside Financial Advisors serves individual, high-net-worth clients, and businesses by providing discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm primarily uses passive investment strategies supported by fundamental and technical analysis, often delegating portfolio implementation to a recommended third-party manager.

Katharine Kim is a financial advisor at AMI Asset Management Corp in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 24 years of industry experience. She has been with AMI Asset Management since 2002. AMI Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and institutional clients, utilizing a fundamental, bottom-up research process across multiple equity and fixed-income strategies. The firm manages $1.925 billion in discretionary assets, serves high net worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, corporations, and private pooled funds, and is notable for its role as a private fund adviser and manager of pooled vehicles.

Melissa Godinez is a financial advisor at KTF Investments, LLC with 26 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked for UBS Financial Services Inc. for 15 years. Outside of advising, she serves as a notary public. KTF Investments advises individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans, offering financial planning and both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management primarily through a wrap fee program. The firm customizes asset allocations and investment strategies to client objectives and manages approximately $700 million in client assets with a team of four advisors.

Kenneth Sleeper is a financial advisor with Sierra Investment Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 36 years of industry experience. He has been with Sierra Investment Management since 1992 and is also affiliated with Ocean Park Asset Management, where he has worked since 1989. Sierra Investment Management, LLC manages discretionary portfolios for individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and institutional arrangements. The firm employs a rules-based, tactical investment approach focused on quantitative trend-following and team-based decision making, primarily using mutual funds and cash equivalents.

Luke Rutledge is a financial advisor with WestEnd Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Victory Capital Services, Inc., Morgan Stanley, Allianz Global Investors, and The Vanguard Group. WestEnd Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser that offers discretionary portfolio management and third-party ETF model strategies to a wide range of clients, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, government entities, and corporations. The firm utilizes a macro-driven investment approach and serves as a model provider with significant assets under advisement, operating as an autonomous investment franchise within Victory Capital.

Chase Dominguez is a CFP® and Series 65-registered financial advisor with AWM Capital, LLC in Los Angeles, CA. He has five years of industry experience, including a brief tenure with the New Orleans Saints and four years at the University of Utah before joining AWM Capital in 2017. AWM Capital is a fee-based registered investment adviser serving high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as private funds. The firm employs a multi-team approach and emphasizes liability-driven investing and asset allocation, managing a diverse range of investment vehicles while integrating tax, estate, and insurance planning into its services.

Colm Oboyle is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with O'Boyle Wealth Management, Inc. in Beverly Hills, CA, where he has worked for 12 years. He has six years of industry experience. O'Boyle Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, employer retirement plans, and business entities, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies including discretionary account management, asset allocation, and use of ETFs, derivatives, and leveraged products, and is notable for sponsoring a wrap fee program and managing held-away retirement accounts through Pontera.

Teri Mccasland is a financial advisor at SFE Investment Counsel Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, with 44 years of industry experience. She has been with SFE Investment Counsel for 19 years since 2007. SFE Investment Counsel provides investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, retirement plans, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and a total-return approach, typically managing concentrated portfolios through fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis combined with fixed-income laddering to manage risk.

Glen Strauss is a financial advisor at Evolve Private Wealth, LLC with 42 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing for 22 years before joining Sanctuary Advisors and Sanctuary Securities. Strauss is also a licensed insurance agent involved with 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 analysis-based, long-term investment approach and constructs diversified portfolios using low-cost funds, individual securities, independent managers, and alternative investments.

David Tassone is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with Avise Financial, joining the firm in 2024 after seven years at Kaye Capital Management and a year at KPMG. Avise Financial serves individual and institutional clients, including high net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary investment management combined with financial planning, pension consulting, tax preparation, business management, and educational seminars, using a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside Modern Portfolio Theory to develop tailored portfolios.

Corey Barash is a financial advisor at Grant Tani Barash & Altman, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2004. Corey operates within an eight-advisor team based in Beverly Hills, California. Grant Tani Barash & Altman serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, and pension/profit-sharing plans as a multi-family office. The firm integrates accounting, tax, and business management services with investment advisory and consulting, typically providing non-discretionary recommendations while delegating most portfolio management to third-party managers.

Mercy Grace Mabanag is a financial advisor at Atlantic Investments A Registered Investment Advisor, Inc with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Atlantic Investments, she worked at Cedars Sinai for over four decades. Atlantic Investments serves individuals and high-net-worth clients by providing personalized financial planning and coordinating implementation through third-party money managers. The firm focuses on retirement planning, cash-flow and tax reviews, and estate planning, while allowing clients to impose investment restrictions through written policy statements.

Joshua Rothstein is a financial advisor at Angeles Wealth Management, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has been with Angeles Wealth Management since 2014. Angeles Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio and wealth management, financial planning, and limited philanthropy consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm acts as a manager-of-managers, allocating client capital to model portfolios and third-party managers, and incorporates alternative investments through private funds and fund-of-fund structures.

Kenneth Cornutt is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor at Westside Financial Advisors LLC with nine years of industry experience. He previously operated as a CPA under Kenneth Cornutt CPA for two years before joining Westside Financial Advisors in 2017. Outside of advisory work, he owns Westside Tax and Accounting Services, which provides accounting and tax-related services. Westside Financial Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as corporations, focusing on passive investment management primarily through index mutual funds and ETFs. The firm offers discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and integrates business and employee-benefit planning with tax and accounting considerations.

Forrest Friedow is a financial advisor at Vestia Personal Wealth Advisors with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. and Larson Financial Securities, LLC. Friedow is involved in multiple business ventures, including managing roles in investment consulting and venture capital entities. Vestia Personal Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as retirement plan sponsors, providing financial planning, portfolio management, business consulting, and educational workshops. The firm employs an evidence-based investment approach utilizing in-house management, third-party sub-advisors, and technology solutions, and offers access to alternative investments through a non-discretionary private capital platform.

Mark Cohen is a financial advisor at Westside Investment Management, LLC in Santa Monica, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Westside Investment Management since 2010 and also maintains an affiliation with LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory work, Cohen owns two non-investment-related businesses, Milldog Inc. and Alipony Racing. Westside Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charities, and plan sponsors. The firm employs a diverse investment approach that includes equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, options strategies, derivatives, and private fund investments, and it participates in select third-party programs such as SEI’s Managed Accounts Program.

Marc Ackerman is a financial advisor at IFC Advisors LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing for 12 years before joining IFC Advisors in 2024. 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 across multiple asset classes and also operates special purpose vehicles and private fund vehicles for qualified clients.

Kennedy Reardon is a financial advisor at IFC Advisors LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing, Bank of America N.A., and Merrill prior to joining IFC Advisors. IFC Advisors provides investment management and financial advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and participant-directed retirement plans. The firm combines active and passive strategies with a tax- and cost-focused approach, integrating third-party independent managers and alternative investments for qualified clients.

Nicole Lapin is a financial advisor at Connective Wealth Partners, LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 65 designation and beginning her advisory career in 2025. Prior to joining Connective Wealth Partners, she has been the Chief Executive Officer of Money News Network since 2023, a financial industry podcast network producing content on financial news and wellness. She also has a background in media production with Nothing but Gold Productions from 2011 to 2025. Connective Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered advisory providing discretionary wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a long-term orientation and constructs portfolios from a variety of investment vehicles, overseeing third-party managers and implementing client-approved restrictions.