John Carruthers is a financial advisor at A5 Financial LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing Services. Carruthers is also involved in affiliated businesses, serving as an insurance agent with A5 Assurance LLC and an accountant with A5 Accounting LLC. A5 Financial provides discretionary asset management and portfolio oversight primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis. The firm also offers financial planning and consulting services, with a notable integration of affiliated accounting and insurance businesses and public educational seminars.

Cathie Arthurs is a financial advisor at Wayfinding Financial, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Financial Engines Advisors, Edelman Financial Engines, and Conover Capital Management. Arthurs has been with Wayfinding Financial since 2021. Wayfinding Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as foundations, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing a planning-driven consultative process combined with disciplined asset allocation and a range of investment options.

Erin Eddins is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Pacific Crest Financial Advisors, LLC. She has worked with United Capital Financial Advisers and is involved in merchandise sales at Climate Pledge Arena and volunteers at the Cascadia Art Museum. Pacific Crest Financial Advisors, LLC provides fee-based financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation using a core-and-satellite approach and focuses on comprehensive planning including cash flow, tax, estate, and retirement planning.

Alexander Williamson is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Pacific Crest Financial Advisors, LLC since 2010 and serves as president and board member of Avenal Land & Oil Company. Pacific Crest Financial Advisors is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a strategic core-and-satellite asset allocation approach with globally diversified portfolios, combining passive index and ETF core holdings with selective active funds.

Kristina Draper is a financial advisor at Northern Lights Advisors, Inc. in Seattle, WA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials with six years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Pruco Securities LLC, Voya Financial Advisors, Inc., and Morrison Hershfield Corporation. Northern Lights Advisors serves individual and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm uses both traditional advisory methods and a web-based automated portfolio program featuring proprietary model portfolios and emphasizes client-specific objectives, continuous monitoring, and a range of investment strategies including mutual funds, ETFs, and direct indexing.

Willard Bollenbach IV is a CFA® charterholder with two years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Agate Pass Investment, LLC. His prior experience includes six years at Foresight Global Investors and four years at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Agate Pass Investment Management serves individual investors, trusts, foundations, and endowments, managing approximately $336 million in discretionary assets. The firm employs a long-term, low-turnover investment approach focused on quality and growth at a reasonable price, primarily using individual stocks and investment-grade bonds, and is notable for its use of borrowing within separately managed accounts.

Michael Rose is a financial advisor with Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC in Bellevue, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and possessing 50 years of industry experience. He has been with Fulcrum Wealth Advisors since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a consultant to Castle Builders, a construction business. Fulcrum Wealth Advisors serves individual and institutional clients, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis and utilizes a diverse range of investment instruments, managing approximately $208 million in discretionary assets.

Joel Petersen is a financial advisor with Sound Legacy Wealth Advisors, LLC in Kirkland, WA, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Sound Legacy in 2020, he worked at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch from 2011 to 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the board of the Rotary Club of Emerald City and holds board and management positions in several non-investment related businesses, including a licensed streaming technology reseller and a manufacturer of AI-based sports cameras. Sound Legacy Wealth Advisors provides discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, qualified purchasers, and some institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of passive and active investment techniques tailored to client suitability, risk tolerance, and time horizon, while offering multi-generational legacy and family-office style services under separately negotiated engagements.

John Carney is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Private Advisor Group since 2013 and is also affiliated with MyIcon and LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory roles, he is involved in managing a family LLC that owns and operates a family lake cabin. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 clients, including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a range of investment strategies and third-party asset management programs.

Hieu Nguyen is a financial advisor at XSTAR Fund Management LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Alphabet Inc and Dropbox Inc. XSTAR Fund Management LLC serves accredited and high-net-worth investors through its XSTAR Value Fund LP and separately managed accounts, focusing on U.S. publicly traded equities identified through top-down macro analysis and bottom-up fundamental research. The firm employs a concentrated, long-biased investment approach that may include options, margin, and technical analysis for position timing.

Paul Szilassy is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Alternatives with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and also serves as a senior manager in sales and market support at Philips Healthcare, where he has worked for over 25 years. Cornerstone Alternatives primarily serves individual and high-net-worth accredited investors, focusing on private market offerings such as private placements, closed-end funds, structured notes, and special-purpose vehicle private funds. The firm emphasizes tactical allocation using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and provides a mix of trade execution, non-discretionary recommendations, and discretionary management services.

Rodger Shute is a financial advisor at Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. with 36 years of industry experience. He has been with Johnson & Shute since 1989. He holds a Series 63 designation. Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors provides investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and business organizations. The firm offers client-selected model portfolios composed of low-cost, passively managed equity and fixed-income mutual funds, with a long-term buy-and-hold strategy and non-discretionary management.

Ronald Peck II is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently operating as the sole advisor at Fearless Wealth, LLC since 2004. He is also the owner of an investment education company that publishes a monthly research letter. Fearless Wealth provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, including certain retirement and employee benefit plans. The firm emphasizes individualized portfolios with ongoing supervision, employing economic, technical, and cyclical analysis to implement diverse investment strategies tailored to client goals.

Daniel Rutter is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Agate Pass Investment Management, LLC since 2018 and previously worked at United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC from 2012 to 2018. He is based in Bainbridge Island, WA. Agate Pass Investment Management serves individual investors, trusts, foundations, and endowments, managing approximately $336 million across about 124 discretionary client accounts. The firm focuses on quality and growth at a reasonable price through fundamental research and builds diversified portfolios primarily composed of individual stocks and investment-grade short-to-intermediate bonds, with a long-term, low-turnover investment approach.

Robert Sander is the principal of Sander Capital Advisors, Inc. in Seattle, WA, with 39 years of industry experience. He has led Sander Capital Advisors since 1986. Outside of his advisory role, he maintains a part-time family real estate business. Sander Capital Advisors manages discretionary, individually tailored large-cap equity portfolios primarily for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combined top-down macro and industry analysis with bottom-up fundamental research, focusing on widely followed companies with above-market growth prospects and reasonable valuations.

Aaron Terwedo is a financial advisor with TFS Advisors, LLC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 65 and 63 licenses, with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with TFS Advisors since 2014 and also serves as a board member for the Foundation for Edmonds School District. Additionally, he is an editorial board member for the peer-reviewed journal of the Society of Certified Senior Advisors. TFS Advisors, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses by providing investment management, financial planning, third-party adviser selection, and tax preparation services. The firm employs a long-term, risk-based approach with diversified portfolios and offers a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary account management, along with in-house tax preparation performed by qualified Enrolled Agents.

James Falcone is a financial advisor at Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC in Bellevue, WA, with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Fulcrum Wealth Advisors since 2013, with prior experience at Cetera and Cetera Wealth Services. He is also a licensed fixed insurance producer, selling life, disability, annuities, and long-term care insurance. Fulcrum Wealth Advisors serves individual and institutional clients, offering discretionary investment management, ongoing wealth management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a blend of quantitative and qualitative analysis and may use independent third-party managers, with client portfolios reviewed at least quarterly.

As a college student, I witnessed my mother, who was widowed, place her trust and life insurance money with a friend at a reputable investment firm. Her money was grossly mismanaged, and she was devastated. I am fiercely passionate about protecting my clients and their wealth as a trusted partner throughout their lives, operating with honesty and transparency in all our work together. I launched Firebrand Wealth as an independent, fee-only firm so that I could fully live and breathe these values every day, and lead my team to do the same. I specialize in helping women working in the rough-and-tumble worlds of technology and entrepreneurship. I also help families undergoing big financial changes in their lives, such as a death in the family, divorce, career pivots, sudden wealth, or the burden of caring for parents. Planning and investment services include: -Tax Planning and Strategies -Savings Strategies -Socially-Responsible Investment Management -Early Retirement Planning -Education Planning Having spent 20 years in financial services, from Wall Street to the San Francisco Bay, I now call the greater Seattle area home. I paid my dues working at traditional brokerage firms and the world's largest asset manager, and I believe there is no better way to serve clients than as an independent fiduciary, putting their needs first. In my spare time, when not busy chasing the kids around in matching super-hero capes, I enjoy writing and learning tennis. I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, with a Bachelor of Arts in the College of Letters and hold the Certified Investment Management Analyst designation from the Wharton School of Business. I am Series 65 licensed and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional.

Thomas Over is a CFP® professional with 24 years of experience, currently serving at Capital Investment Services, LLC since 2002. He also has a longstanding affiliation with Vine Dahlen, PLLC, where he has been involved since 1991. Capital Investment Services, LLC provides fee-only financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation, core-and-satellite approach with globally diversified portfolios and focuses on delivering non-discretionary advice complemented by comprehensive financial planning and tax-preparation services through affiliated CPA professionals.

William Swayne is a financial advisor at WMS Wealth Management LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including Integrity Brokerage, LLC, Cabot Lodge Securities LLC, and Independent Financial Group. He is also involved with WMS Consultants, LLC, where he provides insurance consulting services. WMS Wealth Management LLC offers discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs both active and passive investment strategies and conducts regular portfolio reviews, serving clients on a fee-only asset-under-management basis.