Nicoh Alday Jr. is a financial advisor with Orca Investment Management, LLC in Walnut Creek, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has three years of industry experience, including roles at Morgan Stanley, The Vanguard Group, and Marriott International. Orca Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, businesses, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $212 million across about 359 accounts, using a mix of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to implement tailored strategies ranging from capital preservation to equity growth.

Philip Ierardi Jr. is a financial advisor with Inflection Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include a 25-year tenure at Fidelity Brokerage Services, Inc., and more recent positions at Eton Solutions and Javelin Securities. He serves as Chief Operating Officer at The Oglethorpe Collective, LLC, a formal affiliation of his firm. Inflection Capital Management serves family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and institutional-style family clients with comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management. The firm employs an investment policy statement-driven, manager-of-managers approach and offers a broad range of investment strategies supported by both internal and third-party research.

Zachary Riera is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Osborne Partners. His prior roles include positions at Team Hewins, LLC and Wealth Architects, LLC. Osborne Partners Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning to a range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm emphasizes actively managed, globally diversified multi-asset portfolios tailored to client-specific guidelines and is notable for operating an affiliated private pooled investment vehicle and offering performance-based fee arrangements.

Justin Dodson is a financial advisor at J.P. King Advisors, Inc. in Walnut Creek, CA, holding a Series 66 designation with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with J.P. King Advisors since 2012. J.P. King Advisors provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm’s investment approach focuses on risk management and strategic asset allocation using globally diversified portfolios primarily composed of no-load mutual funds and ETFs, supported by an internal Investment Committee that regularly monitors model portfolios.

Matthew Beck is a financial advisor at Brio Financial Group with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked for American Century Investment Services, Inc. for 10 years before joining Brio in 2021. Brio Financial Group serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, offering asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management through a wrap fee program and delivers a broad range of consulting services including estate and tax planning, mortgage and debt analysis, and corporate structure advice.

James Crocker is a financial advisor at Apeiron with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Parallel Advisors, LLC, Aperion DBA Three Oaks, and Cetera Advisors LLC. Apeiron provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts and estates, retirement plans, small businesses, churches, and other institutional clients. The firm employs a holistic, discretionary approach to portfolio management, using a variety of analysis methods and offering a broad range of investment options while acting as a fiduciary for retirement accounts.

Hayley Curtis is a financial advisor at Frec with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Morgan Stanley and Bank of the West. Outside of finance, she was involved with the nonprofit Fountain of Life Africa (the giving exchange) and the California Academy of Sciences. Frec Advisers provides automated investment advisory services through its web and mobile platform, serving retail and entity clients who open brokerage accounts with its affiliate. The firm focuses on discretionary portfolio management with direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, hedging strategies, and systematic tax-aware trading, delivering services primarily through automation rather than traditional advisor-led interactions.

Caleb Luis is a financial advisor at Aspirean Wealth, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work experience at Sports Basement and Rolling Hills Club. Aspirean Wealth provides advisory services to individuals, high net worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, focusing on long-term, asset-allocation-driven strategies using broadly diversified, passively managed mutual funds and ETFs. The firm manages approximately $195 million in assets and utilizes third-party money managers within a team of four advisors.

Douglas Villing is a financial advisor with J.P. King Advisors, Inc. in Walnut Creek, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at TIAA and TIAA-CREF since 2012. J.P. King Advisors, Inc. is an employee-owned investment advisory firm managing approximately $889.7 million for about 450 client family relationships with a five-advisor team. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management with an emphasis on risk management and strategic asset allocation using globally diversified portfolios.

Katrina Hermanson is a financial advisor at Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors with seven years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at LPL Financial and Cambridge Investment Research. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors is a multi-advisor team managing approximately $585 million for individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm’s investment approach focuses on strategic asset allocation using ETFs and institutional mutual funds, with tactical overlays and ongoing rebalancing, primarily delivered through discretionary separately managed accounts and householded relationships.

Thomas Piro is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at Osborne Partners in San Francisco. His previous roles include positions at Baker Avenue Asset Management and The McBride Group. He is a board member of the Italian Athletic Club Foundation, a nonprofit focused on planning community events related to Italian culture and history in the North Beach area. Osborne Partners Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning to a variety of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, and institutions. The firm emphasizes actively managed, globally diversified multi-asset portfolios and offers specialized services such as 401(k) plan management, estate planning facilitation, and portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles.

Don Eidam Jr. is a CFP® with 29 years of industry experience and has been with Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC since 2009. He is based in San Francisco, CA, and holds a Series 63 designation. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC serves individual investors, charitable organizations, and institutional clients by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm builds customized portfolios using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and manages accounts exclusively on a wrap-fee basis, covering trading costs for wrap clients.

Christie Thomas is a financial advisor at Heffernan Advisory, Inc. with two years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Global Retirement Partners, LLC and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Thomas also provides administrative support to an independent investment advisory firm. Heffernan Advisory serves individuals, families, and employer retirement plans with services including an asset management program called Investment By Design™, financial planning, and consulting. The firm uses modern portfolio theory and model allocations, primarily with mutual funds and ETFs, managing most accounts on a discretionary basis with regular rebalancing.

Joseph Harrison is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Lodestar Private Asset Management LLC since 2020 and has operated J. W. Harrison Financial Advisors since 2011. Lodestar Private Asset Management provides personalized financial planning and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and certain pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation approach combining passive and active investments, focusing on long-term holdings with consideration of tax implications, and manages approximately $1.34 billion in assets across five advisors.

Ashley Souza is a financial advisor with The Pacific Center For Financial Services, holding a Series 66 designation and 20 years of industry experience. She has worked with Cetera Wealth Services, LLC for 13 years and has been with Pacific Center Financial Services since 2004. In addition to advisory work, she is involved in life, health, and long-term care insurance sales as part of her business activities. The Pacific Center for Financial Services advises individuals, high-net-worth families, family trusts, and retirement accounts, providing financial planning, consulting, and investment management services. The firm manages over $1 billion in assets and operates a Managed Account Program focused on diversified, asset-allocation-based portfolios using mutual funds, stocks, ETFs, and bonds.

John Nolan is a financial advisor at Malakoff Wealth with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at LPL Financial, Electronics for Imaging, and BDO. Nolan provides investment advisory services through Master Wealth, LLC, an independent investment advisor firm. Malakoff Wealth offers financial planning and consulting services to individuals, trusts, nonprofit organizations, banks, business entities, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm focuses on written financial plans and periodic reviews, referring clients to LPL Financial for investment implementation and portfolio supervision, and emphasizes manager evaluation without discretionary portfolio management or percentage-based fees.

Charles Gehring is a CFA® charterholder with 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Mission Creek Capital Partners, Inc. since 2009. The firm serves institutional and private clients, including pension plans, endowments, foundations, executives, entrepreneurs, and pooled investment vehicles. Mission Creek combines a core-and-satellite investment approach with fundamental analysis and economic overlays, offering discretionary portfolio management, wealth planning, sub-advisory services, and specialized private equity distribution and post-venture management.

Alexandra Sandberg is a CFP® and ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. She is currently with Osborne Partners and has previously worked at Moss Adams Wealth Advisors, TIAA-CREF, and UBS Financial Services. Osborne Partners Capital Management offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm focuses on actively managed, globally diversified multi-asset portfolios and is notable for managing affiliated private pooled investment vehicles and providing performance-based fee arrangements.

John Bankovitch is a financial advisor at RB Capital Management, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Portsmouth Financial from 2011 to 2024 and concurrently at Arete Wealth Management since 2024. RB Capital Management serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, corporations, trusts, foundations, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on fee-based investment management with an emphasis on hedged strategies and managed fixed-income portfolios, combining equities, fixed income, and alternative investments alongside personalized financial planning.

Kenneth Frier is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience. He has been with Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. since 2021 and previously worked at SECOR Asset Management from 2017 to 2021. Atlas Capital Advisors is an independent investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and other institutions. The firm provides discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and tax-aware portfolio management using fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, with a focus on separately managed accounts.