Laura Chernov is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience. She is the founder of Balanced Financial Advisors and has previously worked at WealthSource Partners, Goldman Sachs PFM, and United Capital. She also serves as a Managing Director and investment adviser representative at Wealth Source. Balanced Financial Advisors provides portfolio management and financial planning for individual and high-net-worth clients, using model allocations based on Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm typically manages accounts on a discretionary basis and advises clients on a range of investment types, including ETFs, REITs, annuities, and private placements.

Joseph Gallagher is a financial advisor at Pacific Crest Asset Management LLC with 31 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Dorsey Capital Management and Kimun Lee. Pacific Crest Asset Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and prepares Investment Policy Statements tailored to clients’ goals, tax considerations, and risk tolerances. The firm employs a mix of analytic techniques and implements long-term purchase strategies across equities, fixed income, and ETFs, managing client assets internally without third-party managers.

Kathleen Hentges is the principal and managing member of Applied Advisor, an independent firm based in San Francisco. She holds the CFP® designation and Series 65 license, with 22 years of industry experience. Since 2009, she has operated Applied Advisor, providing financial planning and tax preparation services. In addition to advisory work, Ms. Hentges offers tax preparation services as a registered tax preparer. Applied Advisor provides fee-only, project-based financial planning and tax preparation to individuals and families with invested assets up to $5 million. The firm serves primarily pre-retired, salaried professionals and employs a buy-and-hold investment approach using no-load mutual funds and ETFs, delivering advice on an hourly or project basis without ongoing portfolio management or AUM fees.

Steven Toomey is a financial advisor at Wholeness Financial in Richmond, California, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with three years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he has held positions at several companies including Snout, Inc., where he serves as CFO, focusing on wellness payment plans for veterinary clinics. Wholeness Financial is an independent California-registered investment adviser offering financial planning and investment management to individuals, trusts, small businesses, charitable organizations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes personalized financial plans translated into customized investment policy statements, with a discretionary management approach involving diverse asset classes and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Alvaro Illan Fernandez is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at TrigoFi, an independent firm based in Emeryville, CA. Prior to founding TrigoFi, he worked at A&M Investment Management LLC for five years and took a two-year career break. He also provides non-investment-related consulting services to FTI Consulting, focusing on financial fraud expert reports and supply chain risk mitigation. Trigofi offers integrated wealth management to a very small client base, combining investment management and financial planning into a single service. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and passive, index-based portfolios tailored through bespoke Investment Policies, primarily using low-cost ETFs with a long-term, low-turnover approach.

Thomas Lloyd Butler is the sole advisor at TL-B Capital Management in San Francisco, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. He has been associated with Grand Jean Capital since 2010 and currently serves as its Vice-President. TL-B Capital Management is an independent registered investment adviser providing discretionary portfolio management and ongoing monitoring to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs cyclical, fundamental, and technical analysis across long- and short-term strategies, focusing on mutual funds, equities, and ETFs, and prepares customized Investment Policy Statements for each client.

Kevin Cheeks is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional specializing in equity compensation, tax-efficient financial planning, direct indexing and socially conscious investing. With close to two decades of experience in wealth management, Kevin has worked at several of the largest financial services firms such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Charles Schwab. While at Schwab, Kevin was responsible for advising stock plan participants at some of the largest tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, such as Apple, Facebook (Meta), Google (Alphabet), Twitter, Uber, and many others. In 2020 Kevin joined forces with several colleagues to help launch ECHO45, a boutique Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), where he served as the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Planning Services, in addition to continuing to serve as a Financial Advisor to his own book of clients. 2020 proved to be not only an interesting time to launch a new firm, but also a historically important period in our country and around the world. After 2 years of helping to build and grow ECHO45, Kevin felt a calling to be doing something more. Having been brought up in a home with parents who served in the Peace Core, participated in the civil rights demonstrations in the 1960’s and were active in grassroots political campaigns, Kevin felt it was time to align his work with his ethos. “ImpactFI was born from the idea of creating a platform where investors can make a difference in the world around them while simultaneously accomplishing their own financial goals. Making money and making an impact don’t have to be mutually exclusive.” In April of 2022, ImpactFI opened its virtual doors for business. When he’s not helping clients accomplish their financial and altruistic goals, Kevin and his partner, Sejal, enjoy taking advantage of life in the Bay Area with their dog, Nullah. An avid traveler and board sport enthusiast, from snowboarding in Canada to surfing in Sri Lanka, Kevin has visited 24 countries so far and looks forward to growing that list even longer. He’s also a self-proclaimed points and miles nerd. In 2019, he had the great fortune of being able to go on a surf and yoga themed sabbatical, during which he flew around the world, visiting 7 countries along the way, flying entirely in business class and almost entirely on points and miles! Read Kevin's blog here: https://impact-fi.com/blog

Max Strasburg is the sole portfolio manager at Strasburg Asset Management Company LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. He previously worked at View Ridge Capital Management, LP from 2015 to 2020 and is also associated with SAMCO LLC. Strasburg Asset Management Company LLC is an independent, state-registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm employs a value-oriented, opportunistic strategy focused on common equity in developed markets, managing concentrated portfolios with a disciplined fundamental research approach.

Daniel Edwards is the sole advisor at Dan Edwards Investment Advisory Services, LLC, an independent firm based in Corte Madera, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has eight years of experience in the industry. Prior to founding his firm in 2017, he was self-employed for 11 years. Dan Edwards Investment Advisory Services provides portfolio management and limited consultation primarily to individual clients and couples, typically with a minimum investable amount of $100,000. The firm focuses on retirement-income planning through diversified portfolios mainly composed of Vanguard no-load mutual funds, offering personalized service including mailed quarterly summaries and optional research-based consultations.

Colin Probert is the principal advisor at Probert Investment Advisers, LLC, an independent firm based in Tiburon, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 10 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 2014. Outside of advising, he owns and manages residential real estate units. Probert Investment Advisers, LLC provides ongoing portfolio management to individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on services such as Investment Policy Statement preparation, asset allocation, and regular portfolio monitoring. The firm employs a long-term trading approach guided by modern portfolio theory and operates as a solo practice with a billing model based on hourly fees rather than asset percentages.

Donald Clephane is a CFP® professional with 30 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Diversified Planning Concepts, Inc. and has been associated with Oak Tree Securities since 2001. In addition to financial advising, he is licensed to sell insurance products and offers estate planning services. Diversified Planning Concepts serves individuals and couples, including high-net-worth clients, executives, small business owners, and retirees, as well as certain pension plans, trusts, and estates. The firm provides investment advisory, portfolio management, retirement projections, tax and estate planning, and education-funding analysis, emphasizing broadly diversified portfolios with a conservative bias toward capital preservation.

William Ramsdell is the principal advisor at Ramsdell Capital Management, LLC in San Francisco, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license with nine years of industry experience. He has been involved with Ramsdell Capital Management since 1999 and has operated the Ramsdell Group since 1990. Outside of his advisory work, he also owns and operates Ramsdell Insurance Solutions, an insurance sales and service business separate from his investment activities. Ramsdell Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and asset allocation advice to individuals, trusts, corporate entities, and pension plans. The firm emphasizes a top-down fundamental analysis with tactical trading at the margins, primarily utilizing ETF-heavy portfolios and offering limited insurance brokerage through an affiliated business.

Michael Boulton is a financial advisor at Financial Solutions in Mill Valley, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 22 years at the firm and 2 years of industry experience. Financial Solutions is a single-advisor independent practice managing approximately $32.4 million across 13 high-net-worth clients. The firm provides asset management, financial planning, and retirement planning, using a disciplined investment approach that combines charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with periodic rebalancing. Financial Solutions typically manages accounts on a discretionary basis and offers both hourly and fixed-fee planning.

Harry Oxley is the sole advisor at Double Bay Management & Planning in San Francisco, holding the CFA® designation along with Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 14 years of industry experience and has been with Double Bay Management & Planning since 1998. Double Bay Management & Planning is a fee-only advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm focuses on comprehensive financial planning and pension consulting, with investment strategies guided by asset allocation and client-specific objectives, primarily utilizing low-cost mutual funds and ETFs. Its notable concentration on retirement and plan advisory work includes pension consulting services and management of pooled vehicles and private fund interests.

Samundra Timilsina is a financial advisor with C Suite Investment LLC in San Francisco, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Personal Adviser Inc. Timilsina serves as the managing member and Chief Compliance Officer of C Suite Investment LLC and also works as an insurance agent. C Suite Investment LLC is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm provides financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management services, specializing in non-discretionary management and advising on held-away retirement assets such as 401(k) accounts and HSAs.

Paul Bonapart is a financial advisor with Financial Security Planning Services, Inc. in Corte Madera, CA. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 36 years of industry experience. His career includes over three decades at Commonwealth Financial Network and ownership of Financial Security Planning Services, Inc. Since 2025, he has also been affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services. The firm provides personal financial planning and advice to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and related entities, offering services such as financial inventory, investment and insurance analysis, and retirement and estate planning on an a-la-carte basis. Recommendations are developed through client interviews and research, with implementation often conducted via affiliated broker-dealer or insurance channels.

Allen Latta is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of industry experience. He is the managing director of Campton Private Equity Advisors in San Francisco and serves as an independent contractor attorney for Futterman, Dupree, Dodd, Croley, Maier LLP. Latta has prior experience at LightPath Capital Inc and has been with Campton Private Equity Advisors since 2006. Campton Private Equity Advisors provides non-discretionary private equity advisory services to high net worth individuals, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm focuses on customized private equity programs and offers education and consulting services to other financial and professional organizations.

Christine Remedios is a CFP® professional with 10 years of experience in financial planning. She has been the sole advisor at Remedios Financial Planning since 2015, operating an independent, fee-only practice in San Francisco, CA. Remedios Financial Planning offers hourly and project-based financial planning and investment consultation to individual clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and long-term, buy-and-hold investment strategies, providing non-discretionary recommendations without managing assets directly, and conducts public educational workshops including topics on socially responsible investing.

Barbara Gault is a Certified Financial Planner® with nine years of industry experience. She has been operating her independent firm, Barbara S. Gault, since 2003 in Sausalito, CA. Her firm provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management primarily for individual clients, as well as family groups and small business owners. The investment approach starts with a detailed financial plan to determine risk tolerance and asset allocation, followed by implementation using no-load, low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, employing Morningstar research and annual rebalancing.

David Tepper is the sole advisor at Tepper Capital Management in San Francisco, CA, with 36 years of experience at the firm since 1990. He has 14 years of industry experience and holds credentials relevant to his role. Tepper Capital Management provides discretionary investment management primarily to individual clients, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on portfolio construction and monitoring, using a strategy centered on closed-end funds and individualized asset allocation based on financial condition, goals, and risk tolerance.