Scott Perkins is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has been with Churchill Management Group since 2014. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse range of clients, including individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional investors. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines fundamental and quantitative analysis with third-party managers, offering a variety of investment and wealth management services across multiple asset types.

Eric Brillant is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Anaheim, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 23 years of industry experience. He previously worked at LPL Financial for 12 years before joining Centaurus Financial in 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of Brillant and Associates and is involved in the sale of fixed insurance, disability, long-term care, and individual term insurance products. Centaurus Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, with advisors employing a mix of fundamental, technical, bottom-up, and top-down analysis.

Benson Liao is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has 32 years of industry experience, including long-term roles with New York Life Insurance Company and affiliated entities. Outside of his advisory practice, Liao serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Taiwan Hotel and Motel Association of Southern California and Moringa For Love, which focuses on combating malnutrition and poverty. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated representatives. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and offers multiple program types, with the majority of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Olivia Sula Wang is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Irvine, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and three years of industry experience. Her prior roles include work at InheritGuard and LSPN Direct. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios with discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Daniel Chang is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Anaheim, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 16 years of industry experience. He is also the owner of Paving Roads Financial Strategies and Insurance Solutions LLC, through which he brokers non-registered insurance products. Chang has worked with New York Life and its affiliates since 2008. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives, emphasizing a largely non-discretionary asset management approach within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Alexis Melchor is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management through its CLASSIC Plus platform, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services, utilizing a mix of fundamental, technical, bottom-up, and top-down investment analysis.

Steven Henningson is a financial advisor with CWM, LLC in Irvine, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 40 years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at Cetera and Applied Financial Planning. Outside of his advisory work, he volunteers on the advisory board of The Effect Recovery Ministry and supports the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a large network of partner offices. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, sub-advisory, and retirement plan services using model portfolios, a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, and access to alternative investments.

Kenneth Donnelly is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation, holding a Series 63 designation and 28 years of industry experience. His career includes prior roles at National Planning Corporation and a break in employment between 2017 and 2018. He serves on the board of directors for the Joyful Child Foundation, a charity organization. PlanMember Securities Corporation provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm emphasizes a strategic asset allocation approach and manages risk-based mutual fund portfolios, while also delivering education and support services to plan sponsors and participants.

Patrick Vahid is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Axa Advisors, LLC from 2012 to 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he is president of StrandLife Wealth Management and conducts estate planning workshops focused on trust education and probate avoidance. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting through both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements, utilizing a blend of fundamental and technical analysis.

Guillermo Sotelo Baizan is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Morgan Stanley. His background also includes roles at Walnut Village Orange County Retirement Community, California State University Long Beach, Orange Coast College, and Villa Valencia Healthcare Center. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and operates with significant institutional scale, providing customized solutions for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Gary Smith is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2016 and is involved in several other business activities including real estate sales, tax preparation, and estate planning services. Smith also works as a tanker driver and operates an insurance agency that has been active since 1986. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm delivers services through a large advisor network using model portfolios and third-party managers, with approximately $1.7 billion in regulatory assets under management.

Jesse Espinoza Jr. is a financial advisor at Creative Planning in Irvine, CA, holding the Series 66 designation with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Creative Planning since 2016. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that integrates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets through over 1,100 advisors.

Danova Chow is a financial advisor at OSAIC Institutions, INC. with 35 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at Wescom Financial Services and CUSO Financial Services. OSAIC Institutions serves individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, offering a variety of advisory and brokerage services through customized engagements and access to alternative investments. The firm is notable for its predominance of non-discretionary assets and its combined broker-dealer and adviser structure.

Jerome Jostak is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Orange, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has worked with several firms, including Abbott Laboratories and multiple insurance companies, and currently manages small projects in medical device manufacturing as an R&D project manager at ICU Medical, Inc. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through various proprietary and third-party investment programs.

Aaron Tucker is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory Inc. His prior experience includes roles at Charles Schwab & Co., Coldstream Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs, and AYCO/Mercer Allied, as well as positions at multiple University of California campuses. He also served six years in the Army Reserves. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice through the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, delivering annual reviews, retirement planning, and investment recommendations across various asset classes. The firm operates as an internal unit within Charles Schwab, using proprietary research and models while leaving final investment decisions to clients.

Yevgeniy Vitebskiy is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and has been affiliated with New York Life Insurance Company and its related entities since 2011. He also operates under the DBA Axiom Financial & Insurance Solutions, brokering non-registered insurance products alongside his advisory role. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice across multiple program types and manages a substantial majority of assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Jin Hymers is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and currently based in Brea, CA. He has been with Transamerica since 2026. His prior experience includes roles with World Financial Group Insurance Agency and Pinnacle Tax Services, alongside involvement in property-related businesses. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm provides both advisory and broker-dealer services through a mix of proprietary and third-party model portfolios, with options for discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Daniel Fan is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with nine years of industry experience. He is currently with Cerity Partners LLC, where he has worked since 2024, following seven years at First Foundation Advisors and two years at First Bank. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, and other institutional investors. The firm provides a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and retirement plan services, with a focus on customized, diversified portfolio allocation using both proprietary quantitative screening and third-party managers.

Michael Mares is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with three years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior roles include positions at Pacific Advisors LLC and Gilbert Z. Mares & Associates, Inc. He serves as Government Relations Chair for NAIFA California and is active as an at-large board member of NAIFA-Los Angeles, in addition to chairing the Cub Scout Pack 361 committee. He works through Park Avenue Securities LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, which offers brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs to individual and institutional clients. The firm provides both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory solutions, including digital advisory options and tailored retirement plan management.

Pushkar Murthy is a CFA® charterholder and Series 63 licensee with six years of industry experience. He has worked at Citigroup Global Markets since 2019 and previously spent five years at Affinity Investment Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he has passive ownership interests in residential real estate through several entities in California. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, providing a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm utilizes multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with internal oversight and offers solutions including separately managed accounts, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative products.