Christopher Giovinazzo is a financial advisor at Accelerate Retirement with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with firms such as NFP Retirement, Kestra Investment Services, and Transamerica. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent who occasionally recommends insurance products on a commission basis. Accelerate Investment Advisors LLC serves individuals, trusts, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm emphasizes customized portfolios with a long-term allocation approach and offers fiduciary retirement services including plan design, provider selection, and participant education.

Joseph Roessler is a financial advisor at Trilogy Capital, Inc. based in Irvine, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has seven years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at PetSmart for four years. Trilogy Capital serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, and retirement plan sponsors and participants, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm emphasizes globally diversified asset allocation, manager selection, and periodic rebalancing, incorporating both fundamental and technical analysis to align portfolios with client risk profiles.

Cameron Jalbert is a financial advisor at Vanderbilt Advisory Services with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license. Prior to joining Vanderbilt, he worked at Chatterton & Associates and Spire Wealth Management. He serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations focused on education, homelessness, and charitable giving. Vanderbilt Advisory Services provides portfolio management and financial planning to a diverse client base, including individuals, charitable organizations, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm combines strategic asset allocation with fundamental and technical analysis and is noted for its integration with retirement plan and benefits firms.

Ryan Sabol is a financial advisor with Mutual Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 66 license and 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Mutual Advisors since 2013 and Mutual Securities Inc since 2004. He manages financial services consulting for family-controlled trust investments through his private consulting firm, Sabol Investments, LLC. Mutual Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a blend of active and passive strategies with multiple analytical approaches to tailor portfolios aligned with clients’ objectives, managing approximately $9.45 billion across 154 advisors.

Burton Brown is a financial advisor with TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 66 license and 18 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Entoro Capital LLC, Compound Planning, Voleo USA, Inc., and Atomi Financial Advisors. Outside of advisory work, he serves as Executive Vice President at Aliso Solutions, LLC, a compliance consulting firm for financial intermediaries. TCFG Investment Advisors provides advisory and planning services to individuals, profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm utilizes a variety of investment strategies and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, alongside financial planning and consulting services.

Chad Neault is a CFA® charterholder with one year of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Vanderbilt Advisory Services. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for the Chamberlain Group for nine years and spent one year providing independent consulting services. Vanderbilt Advisory Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, proprietary model portfolios, and access to various financial planning and consulting services, with an investment approach that combines fundamental, technical, and charting analysis tailored to client objectives.

Phillip Edwards is a financial advisor at Mariner Independent with a Series 65 designation. He has prior experience at Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC and held roles at other organizations including United Airlines and Morehouse College. Mariner Independent serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and access to a wide range of investment tools through a network of investment adviser representatives.

Matthew Sassani is a financial advisor with Cooper McManus in Irvine, CA, holding a Series 66 credential and 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Cooper Financial Group since 2014 and previously worked at Securities America, Inc. from 2014 to 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he owns a business importing and exporting promotional gift items. Cooper McManus serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporations, and employer retirement plans, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a fundamentally driven investment approach using a broad range of instruments and provides both standalone planning and ongoing asset management services.

Evan Echelberger is a financial advisor at Private Management Group Inc with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Pool Partners, World Financial Group, and Inhabit Real Estate. Private Management Group, Inc. provides discretionary investment supervisory services to individual and institutional clients, managing approximately $4.5 billion in assets. The firm employs a combination of long-term strategic frameworks and shorter-term tactical decisions, emphasizing fundamental analysis and absolute returns across a diverse range of investment instruments.

Ian Wardle is a financial advisor at Lifeworks Advisors, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Northwestern Mutual firms and McIlrath & Eck, LLC. Outside of advisory services, he also operates as an independent insurance agent, focusing on life, health, and variable insurance products. Lifeworks Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and businesses. The firm employs a planning-based or traditional risk-based investment approach using model strategies that blend low-cost funds, individual securities, options, and third-party managers, supported by proprietary technology and integrated tax and insurance services.

Robert Summers is a CFA® charterholder with 34 years of industry experience. He has been with Private Management Group, Inc. since 1986. Summers holds a Series 63 license and is based in Irvine, CA. Private Management Group, Inc. provides discretionary investment supervisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and estates. The firm manages approximately $4.5 billion in discretionary assets through individualized portfolios, combining long-term strategic frameworks with tactical decisions and fundamental security analysis.

John Hakopian is a financial advisor at First Foundation Advisors in Irvine, CA, with 29 years of industry experience. He has been with First Foundation Advisors since 1990. First Foundation Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, families, businesses, and retirement plans, and also serves investment companies. The firm utilizes an open-architecture, multi-asset approach and is notable for its affiliation with parent company FirstSun Capital Bancorp, which integrates banking and other financial services with its advisory practice.

Dean Evans is a CFP® professional with 35 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Cooper McManus in Irvine, CA. He has worked at Cambridge Investment Research since 2020 and has been associated with Cooper Financial Group and Securities America since 2003. Outside of financial advisory, Evans operates as an independent insurance agent and is involved with the Evams Haymond Group LLC. Cooper McManus serves individuals, trusts, corporations, and employer retirement plans with financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a fundamentally driven investment process using a broad range of securities and model portfolios tailored through sub-advisors and co-advisory platforms.

Aaron Donaldson is a financial advisor at Navy Federal Investment Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with six years of industry experience. His entire professional background has been with Navy Federal-affiliated entities since 2013, including roles at Navy Federal Credit Union and Navy Federal Brokerage Service, LLC. Navy Federal Investment Services serves members of Navy Federal Credit Union as well as individual, trust, and institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan fiduciary services, and automated investment options. The firm emphasizes managed advisory programs utilizing third-party portfolio managers and combines advisory and commission-based channels through its dual registration as an investment adviser and broker-dealer.

Rachel Ribeiro is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience and has been with First Foundation Advisors since 2013. She holds a Series 63 license and is based in Irvine, CA. First Foundation Advisors offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, families, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs an open-architecture, multi-asset investment approach and is notable for its affiliation with FirstSun Capital Bancorp, integrating banking, trust, and insurance services alongside advisory functions.

Kent Lalonde is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Creative Financial Designs, Inc. since 2005 and leads the Lalonde Wealth Management Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in independent insurance sales and provides retirement and investment planning, along with life and health insurance services. Creative Financial Designs serves individual, high-net-worth, charitable, corporate, and business clients with a range of investment management and financial planning services. The firm employs asset-class model allocations informed by third-party research and offers diverse strategies, including Biblical Responsible Investing, with both discretionary and non-discretionary execution options.

Stuart Scholten is a financial advisor with Accelerate Retirement, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Kestra Investment Services and NFP Retirement, and has been with Accelerate Investment Advisors LLC since 2024. Outside of his advisory role, he is a property owner managing real estate holdings. Accelerate Investment Advisors LLC serves individuals, trusts, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a primarily long-term allocation strategy across a range of investment vehicles and supports retirement plan sponsors through plan design, provider selection, participant education, and fiduciary services.

Marc Cosico is a financial advisor at First Foundation Advisors with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors, Shuster Advisory Group, Teacher's Pension, Disruptive Technology Advisors LLC, and US Bank. First Foundation Advisors offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, families, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs an open-architecture, multi-asset investment approach and operates under a bank holding company structure, providing access to banking, trust, and insurance services through its parent company.

Derick Kann is a CFP® and ChFC® with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Index Fund Advisors, Inc. since 2016. Based in Austin, TX, he holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Index Fund Advisors, Inc. provides discretionary investment management and wealth-planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, foundations, and other institutions. The firm emphasizes index-based portfolio construction guided by Modern Portfolio Theory and a multi-factor framework, combining investment management with in-house tax services through its separate IFA Taxes division.

William Notrica is a financial advisor at Aegis Capital Corp. with 50 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. His prior roles include positions at RBC Capital Markets Corporation and City National Bank. Aegis Capital Corp. serves individual investors, retirement and benefit plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients by providing investment advisory and brokerage services, financial planning, and access to managed account programs through RBC and AXOS platforms. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account options and provides trade execution, clearing, custody, and reporting services.