Noriko Ikeda is a financial advisor with International Assets Investment Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 21 years of industry experience. Her prior experience includes roles at Global Assets Advisory, Western International Securities, Raymond James Financial, and her own practice, Ikeda Financial. International Assets Investment Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and business entities through a national network of independent advisers. The firm offers customized, long-term portfolio management using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income, with some strategies implemented via third-party managers and wrap programs.

Tameron Keyes is a financial advisor at Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at AIRE Advisors, LLC, Bank of America, N.A., and Merrill. Outside of advising, he serves as president and CEO of Ashtad Publishing, Inc., a company with no current publishing activity. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC manages approximately $6.0 billion in client assets and serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines a goals-based planning process with an evidence-based investment approach, utilizing proprietary quantitative measures and offering access to alternative and private placement investments.

Vito Francone is a financial advisor with Alexander Capital Wealth Management LLC in Newport Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 31 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Crown Capital Securities, Lp and Independent Financial Group Inc, and he has worked as an insurance agent for over 20 years. Alexander Capital Wealth Management LLC provides portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients through discretionary and non-discretionary accounts, primarily via wrap-fee programs. The firm employs a combination of cyclical, technical, and fundamental analysis and uses both long- and short-term trading strategies, managing approximately $212.1 million in discretionary assets.

Ryan Kennedy is a financial advisor with Advisory Services Network, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and 12 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Advisory Services Network in 2022, he worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney from 2016 to 2022. He is also licensed as an insurance agent, selling health insurance, life insurance, and fixed income annuities. Advisory Services Network provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, families, corporations, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers various portfolio management and consulting services, using a range of securities and third-party managers, and supports multiple engagement models including discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Laurel Mann is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 designation with 25 years of industry experience. She is currently with Mariner Independent in Manhattan Beach, CA, and has previously worked at Purus Wealth Management and AdvicePeriod, LLC. She is involved with Reach for More, LLC, an entity created to receive non-investment related income. Mariner Independent provides investment advisory, financial planning, and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, access to model portfolios and third-party managers, and specialized retirement plan services through a platform integrating institutional resources and affiliated investment relationships.

Michael Chung is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Apollon Wealth Management, LLC. He has previously worked at RBC Capital Markets for 10 years and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments for 2 years. Apollon Wealth Management is an SEC-registered multi-team advisory firm that serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm combines centrally managed model strategies with locally managed portfolios and offers a range of investment solutions including ESG models, Direct Indexing, and sub-advisory services for private funds and insurance clients.

Ralph Jackson III is a financial advisor at FourStar Wealth Advisors, LLC with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for a combined 26 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member for Athletic Scholarships R US, an organization assisting high school student-athletes in obtaining college scholarships. FourStar Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis, managing portfolios primarily on a discretionary basis with a diverse range of investment vehicles tailored to client risk tolerance and time horizon.

Guillermo Silesky is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Secure Investment Management, Cambridge Investment Research, Cooper McManus, and MassMutual. Outside of his advisory role, he assists in the preparation of trusts and life insurance retirement planning through Tax Smart Investing & Planning. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a fund-of-funds approach using ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, offering advisory services alongside a managed account platform and technology solutions for other advisors.

Timothy Hamilton is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Compound Planning, Inc. in Irvine, CA, and has previously worked at Alternativ Wealth Management and Atlas Private Wealth Management. Compound Planning, Inc. serves individuals, families, businesses, and retirement plans through discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, institutional plan advisory, and a Turnkey Asset Management Program for financial intermediaries. The firm employs a risk-based investment process using fundamental, technical, and modern portfolio theory analysis, incorporating low-cost ETFs, direct indexing, and alternative strategies with support from third-party sub-advisors and technology partnerships.

Thomas Gillespie is a financial advisor at NWF Advisory Services Inc with 50 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2011 to 2023. Gillespie serves on the Board of Directors for Sonoma State, where he reviews financial statements and money market recommendations. NWF Advisory Services manages approximately $6.4 billion in client assets through a network of over 100 advisory representatives, primarily serving individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs an open-architecture, technology-driven platform offering portfolio management, model portfolios, unified managed accounts, and retirement plan consulting.

Andrew Lewis is a financial advisor at Encompass More Asset Management LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and previously worked at Verity Asset Management and Appreciation Financial, where he continues to serve as an Area Vice President. Outside of investment advisory, he assists business owners with Employee Retention Credit qualification through an independent contractor role at ERC Specialists, LLC. Encompass More Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement platform services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs model-based strategies combining proprietary and third-party sub-advisers and manages approximately $985 million across about 4,000 clients.

Julianne Copeland is a financial advisor at Halbert Hargrove with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 credential and has previously worked at Modern Money and California State University of Long Beach. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutions by offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and access to independent managers and private funds. The firm uses a formal Investment Committee with a documented analytical framework to guide its investment decisions, combining qualitative and quantitative methods across a range of investment vehicles.

Damian Dering is a financial advisor at Concorde Asset Management, LLC in El Segundo, CA, with 29 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and securities licenses including Series 63 and Series 66. His career includes roles at Concorde Investment Services and Custom Wealth, LLC. Outside of advising, he is involved in insurance sales, particularly related to fixed insurance products and Medicare, and he participates in tax consulting and captive insurance referral activities. Concorde Asset Management serves individual, corporate, and retirement-plan clients by providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset managers and wrap fee programs. The firm builds portfolios tailored to client objectives through asset allocation and model-based strategies, utilizing proprietary and third-party platforms and serving as an overlay manager with discretionary trading responsibilities.

Elisa Steingruebner is a financial advisor with A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners in Newport Beach, CA. She holds a Series 66 designation and has four years of industry experience. Since 2017, she has been with Euro Pacific Capital/Alliance Global Partners. A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners provides advisory and brokerage services to individuals, trusts, corporations, pooled vehicles, and plan sponsors, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and investment banking services. The firm emphasizes international investing through its EPC Advisors Group division and offers a range of portfolio strategies including separately managed accounts and third-party manager programs.

Mary Abundo is a financial advisor at Thrivent Advisor Network, LLC with 29 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with several firms including Northern Lights Distributors, Counterpoint Mutual Funds, Monograph Wealth Advisors, and Kestra Private Wealth Services. Her current tenure at Thrivent Advisor Network began in 2021. Thrivent Advisor Network provides investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes a long-term investment approach with customized asset allocations using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, fixed-income securities, and alternative investments, supported by a structure integrated within the broader Thrivent group.

Michael Masalehdani is a financial advisor with IHT Wealth Management LLC, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors since 2018 and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC since 2015. IHT Wealth Management serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as corporate and institutional entities and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, ERISA plan consulting, and OCIO arrangements, using a combination of proprietary models, third-party managers, and quantitative investment strategies.

Matt Ward is a financial advisor with A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners based in Newport Beach, CA. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 35 years of industry experience. Since 2012, he has been affiliated with Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. through his current firm. A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners provides advisory and brokerage services to individuals, trusts, corporations, and other entities, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and capital markets services. The firm emphasizes international investing and combines top-down macro themes with bottom-up security selection through specialized strategies and third-party manager programs.

Gabriella Sheffield is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Northwest Asset Management since 2018. Prior to joining Northwest, she worked at Advanced Practice Advisors, LLC for two years. Northwest Asset Management serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, offering customized investment management, retirement and financial planning, consulting, tax preparation, and sub-advisory services.

Pamela Sowers is a financial advisor with Wedbush Securities Inc. in Roseville, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has been with Wedbush Morgan Securities since 2007. Wedbush Securities serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, foundations, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage and SEC-registered investment advisory services, including wealth management, fixed income, commodities, securities lending, capital markets, and prime services, with approximately $5.68 billion in regulatory assets under management.

Gary Robertson is a financial advisor with NWF Advisory Services Inc in Newport Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Royal Alliance since 2015 and is involved as a principal in a holding entity that owns a boat. Robertson also conducts a small insurance and long-term care business outside of his advisory role. NWF Advisory Services, Inc. provides portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, along with retirement plan consulting and trust and estate services. The firm manages approximately $3.82 billion in assets and operates an open-architecture wealth management platform featuring advisor-managed portfolios, third-party model portfolios, and SMA/UMA solutions, emphasizing strategic long-term investing with additional tactical strategies available.