Ekaterina Hanhauser is a financial advisor at D.A. Davidson & Co. with 14 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked for an independent financial group for 10 years before joining her current firm in 2021. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as the president of the Los Penasquitos Elementary School PTA. D.A. Davidson & Co. provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including employer-sponsored retirement plans, individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of services such as ERISA retirement plan advisory, financial planning, and a private wealth program, operating under fiduciary standards and incorporating both qualitative and quantitative investment analysis.

Christa Keck English is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in San Diego, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Independent Financial Group, LLC and Telos Capital Management, Inc. She has been with Commonwealth Financial Network since 2021. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and manages around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Mark San Giacomo is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 18 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Guardian Life Insurance Company, Crump Life Insurance Services, and Park Avenue Securities. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base, offering brokerage and advisory relationships along with financial planning and consulting services. The firm utilizes a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party programs, supporting various account types and lending solutions.

Ying Zhu is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. Zhu has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and has been affiliated with World Financial Group, Inc. since 2004. Outside of advisory work, Zhu is involved in the sale of insurance and non-insurance products affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base including individuals, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a model portfolio approach combined with third-party managers and platform sub-advisors to deliver its services through a large network of advisors.

Brandon Meza is a financial advisor at Principal Financial Services with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Merrill and MassMutual Financial Group. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in outside sales of life, disability, annuities, health, and other insurance products. Principal Securities offers brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a wide range of clients, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and businesses. The firm’s advisory services include direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Alyssa Saad is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation based in Carpinteria, CA. She holds a Series 66 credential and has recently begun her career in wealth management, with prior experience at MPD Wealth and DRS Daylight Solutions. PlanMember Securities Corporation provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, offering investment options through asset allocation portfolios and delivering education and support services. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach to manage risk-based mutual fund portfolios across a range of risk profiles.

Claudia Herrera is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory in San Diego, CA. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Kestra Advisory in 2019, she worked with Foresters Advisory Services and Foresters Financial Services. Herrera also conducts advisory and insurance activities under the DBA Well Traveled Wealth. Kestra Advisory provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, offering services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, and advisor-managed accounts. The firm serves a diverse client base including large institutional investors and offers access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions.

Gavin Lodge is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and bringing 28 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at LPL Financial, Securian Financial Services, and Minnesota Life Insurance Co. Lodge operates multiple investment advisory businesses and is involved in non-variable insurance sales. Private Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, utilizing a network of investment adviser representatives and multiple third-party asset managers and platforms.

Michael Vonebers is a financial advisor with Guardian Life who holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 30 years of industry experience. He has worked at Guardian Life and its affiliate Park Avenue Securities since 2016. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment advisory programs.

David Moller is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation in San Diego, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has one year of industry experience. Outside of advising, he works as a senior manufacturing engineer at DRS Daylight Solutions, a defense contractor. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, serving as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm utilizes a top-down strategic asset allocation framework and manages unitized, risk-based mutual fund portfolios ranging from conservative to aggressive, while also offering education and support services to plan sponsors and participants.

Vanja Vermezovic is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Primerica Advisors, Vanja worked at Guardian Life Insurance Company, Wells Fargo Advisors, Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., and Walmart Inc. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering both transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services along with financial planning and retirement-plan consulting. The firm utilizes a combination of proprietary model portfolios, third-party managers, and digital advice solutions to implement investment strategies.

Marianna Sada is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 25 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at CUSO Financial Services, LP for 13 years before joining Commonwealth in 2019. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and support services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, and offers advisors discretion to construct client portfolios from diverse securities and insurance products.

Julian Myers is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with six years of industry experience. He currently works at Commonwealth Financial Network and previously held roles at LPL Financial, Independent Financial Group, and as a self-employed advisor. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm manages roughly $213 billion in assets and offers a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custody services.

Julia Rhea is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 33 years of industry experience. She has worked at Oasis Wealth Partners, Lincoln Financial Advisors, and Voya Financial in various capacities. Her other business activity includes fixed insurance sales conducted at her branch location, accounting for less than 1% of her business hours. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and operational support, including discretionary model portfolios and customized investment solutions.

Ivan Jordovic is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. He has worked with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company in various roles since 2020. Outside of his advisory work, Ivan owns Tre Panache Event Architects and has experience working in the hospitality industry as a server. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both brokerage and advisory services with multiple proprietary and third-party investment programs, employing a range of strategies and account-level solutions.

Benedict Maloney is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with 48 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Centaurus Financial since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he works as an agent for term life insurance and Medicare supplement and Medicare Advantage sales in San Diego. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management through the CLASSIC Plus platform, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services, employing a mix of fundamental, technical, bottom-up, and top-down analysis across discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements.

Kimelton Kim is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with three years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors and has previously worked at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, WestPac Wealth Partners, and Olivetree Partners Group. Kim serves as a successor trustee to a family trust. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base, offering transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services along with financial planning and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary model portfolios, third-party managers, and a digital advice platform.

Juan Pablo Bustamante is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill, and Actinver Securities. Outside of advising, he co-owns Boost Brothers LLC, an ecommerce business managing an Amazon store with a sibling. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue Securities, serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with a range of brokerage and advisory services, including financial planning and retirement consulting. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory relationships using proprietary and third-party model portfolios.

Christopher Paolantonio is a CFA® charterholder at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mercer, he worked at Fiduciary Trust International and Pennsylvania Trust Company. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments with investment advisory services and comprehensive financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory–based approach using globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios implemented through various investment vehicles and offers specialized services including retirement plan consulting and charitable advisory.

Sandra Nicole Tucker is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with four years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining Empower Advisory Group, she worked at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for three years. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management services primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.