Thomas Castillo II is the sole advisor at Angeles Partners LLC in Seattle, WA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 14 years of industry experience. He has led Angeles Partners since its founding in 2011. Angeles Partners LLC provides discretionary investment management for individual clients, including retirement accounts, using separately managed accounts. The firm employs long and short positions in U.S. equities, actively trades equity options and derivatives, and incorporates margin and futures strategies within its portfolios.

Michelle Fait is a CFP® and holds a Series 63 license with 25 years of experience in the financial industry. She has served as the sole advisor at Satori Financial LLC since 2001. Satori Financial LLC is a fee-only, state-registered investment adviser based in Seattle that primarily serves working professionals and single individuals. The firm offers financial life planning, portfolio management, and consulting related to marriage and divorce, focusing on strategic asset allocation, passive investment implementation, and tax-aware planning tailored to client values and life goals.

Roy Hsu is a financial advisor with Evoke Financial Services, LLC in Seattle, WA, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. Prior to founding Evoke, he worked six years at Edward Jones. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in film and media production as a producer, writer, and actor through several related companies he owns. Evoke Financial Services is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and some institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning, focusing on tailored portfolios built through fundamental analysis, strategic asset allocation, and ongoing monitoring.

Shalina Martos is a financial advisor with Martos Wealth Management in Bellevue, WA, holding the CFP® designation and Series 63 and 66 licenses. She has 17 years of industry experience, including roles at Personal Investment Management, Inc. and Avier Wealth Advisors. Martos Wealth Management is a fee-only firm providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting for employer plan sponsors, businesses, and individual clients. The firm uses model portfolios from outside managers within an institutional platform, combining passive and active strategies with options for ESG mandates and direct indexing.

Richard Hopkins is a financial advisor at Financial LifeMaps in Renton, WA, with 20 years of experience at the firm and a Series 65 designation. He has worked exclusively with Financial LifeMaps since 2006. Financial LifeMaps serves individuals and trustees, typically those with net worths between $500,000 and $2,000,000, providing comprehensive financial planning and investment advice through hourly consulting or fixed-fee multi-year engagements. The firm emphasizes long-term, fundamentals-based investment strategies focusing on asset allocation and low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, while clients retain custody and execute trades independently.

Wei Cao is a CFP® professional with six years of experience in financial advising. He is the sole advisor at JWC Advisors in Bellevue, WA, and has prior work experience at Amazon.com Services, Inc. and Chewy. Outside of advising, he holds insurance and real estate licenses and is involved in related sales activities. JWC Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, including small business owners, by providing financial planning, investment consultation, and portfolio management. The firm uses a Core + Satellite investment approach combining passive and active strategies, and offers educational seminars on financial topics.

Viral Shah is the sole advisor at An Irrational Mind, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and bringing 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Prudent Financial Planning, LLC since 2010 and works full-time as an internal medicine physician and hospitalist at Multicare Health System in Tacoma, WA. An Irrational Mind, LLC provides fee-only financial planning and investment advice to individuals, families, organizations, corporations, trusts, and estates. The firm emphasizes passive, buy-and-hold indexing and asset-allocation strategies using low-cost index mutual funds and ETFs, and offers short educational seminars. It does not manage client portfolios directly or take custody of assets, typically billing on an hourly or project basis.

Jeremiah Job is a CFP® and ChFC® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Columbia Strategic Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Hornor Townsend & Kent Inc. He also works as a strategy consultant at Kaiser Permanente of Washington Health Plan, focusing on analytics and capital budget reporting. Columbia Strategic Wealth Advisors is an independent firm providing financial planning and investment management to individual clients, emphasizing a non-discretionary, personalized approach that incorporates various analysis methods and a range of planning engagement options.

Melinda Satterlee is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with six years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Marathon Wealth Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Medina, WA. Prior to her financial advisory career, she worked as a domestic engineer for 19 years. Marathon Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates with tailored investment management and financial planning services. The firm employs a primarily strategic passive investment approach with an emphasis on risk management and diversification, and it includes alternative asset classes such as fund-of-fund hedge allocations and cryptocurrency exposure.

John Carmody is the principal advisor at John N. Carmody D.D.S. CFP, Inc., an independent advisory firm in Seattle, WA. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 65 license and has 30 years of industry experience. Carmody has led his own firm since 1996. His firm is a fee-only independent practice serving individuals and pension and profit-sharing plans with comprehensive financial planning and ongoing asset management. The investment approach uses a core-and-satellite framework primarily with passively managed index funds and ETFs, focusing on strategic asset allocation and global diversification.

Steven Mc Connell is a financial advisor at Rain Dog Financial in Bellevue, WA, holding the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 65 designations with one year of industry experience. He is also the founder and chairman of Construx Software Builders, Inc., a software development and consulting firm, and has authored books, although he is no longer actively writing. Rain Dog Financial provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a strategic investment approach that incorporates multiple analytical methods and detailed Monte Carlo modeling to tailor portfolios and retirement forecasts for a small client base.

Brian Betz is a financial advisor at Percension Wealth Advisors, LLC in Sammamish, Washington, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Percension Wealth Advisors since its founding in 2011. Percension Wealth Advisors provides investment supervisory services and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs both active and passive management approaches, incorporating technical analysis, short-term trading, and options-writing strategies tailored to each client’s goals and risk tolerance.

Maria Travieso is a financial advisor at Veltra Capital in Seattle, WA, with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Veltra Capital since 2018, following roles at Blue Chip Finance LLC, Blue Chip Capital, and Banesco Banco Universal. Veltra Capital is an independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, corporate, and institutional clients. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis with macroeconomic research to invest across diverse markets, including emerging markets and foreign currencies, and serves a mix of U.S. and non-U.S. clients with various fee structures.

Christopher Reid is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Capital Partners Wealth Management and has worked at firms including CPG Management Co LLC and Presidio Financial Group LLC. Outside of advising, he is involved with adult care homes through Grace Gentle Care II LLC and Grace Exceptional Care LLC. Capital Partners Wealth Management is an independent advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental and technical analysis in constructing customized portfolios and incorporates structured investment products alongside traditional asset classes.

Rui Ma is the sole advisor at RMA Capital Management, LLC in Seattle, WA, holding the CFA® designation with four years of industry experience. Prior to founding RMA Capital Management in 2024, Rui Ma established Invest Rethink, LLC, an AI software development company focused on investment research, where he serves as a partner. He is also the head of Data, West Coast, at RIMES Technologies, a data management firm. RMA Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management services primarily to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm employs a value-investing approach with concentrated portfolios and may use options, short sales, leverage, and derivatives within separately managed accounts, offering a performance-based fee option for qualified clients.

Robert Dainard is a financial advisor at Hara Capital LLC in Bellevue, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 18 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Evergreen Capital Management for 10 years before joining Hara Capital, where he has been since 2022. Hara Capital provides customized portfolio and asset management services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and charitable foundations, employing a fundamentally driven Quality-Value framework and Capital Cycle Analysis. The firm serves a range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals and charitable foundations, focusing on long-term diversification and centrally managed risk exposures.

Steven Toepel is the principal of Toepel Investment Counsel, Inc., an independent advisory firm he founded in 1995. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 31 years of industry experience. Prior to establishing his firm, his background includes broker-dealer and principal-level registrations. Toepel Investment Counsel, Inc. provides portfolio advisory and management services to individuals, trusts, qualified retirement plans, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporations. The firm offers discretionary and nondiscretionary account management, focusing on after-tax, after-inflation returns across broad asset classes, and uses both active management and market index funds or ETFs where appropriate.

Shubham Acharya is a financial advisor at Ninja Wealth Advisors, LLC with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has worked for the U.S. Government since 2004 as a Systems Analyst. Ninja Wealth Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, offering portfolio management and financial planning with a range of investment strategies and a long-term trading approach.

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Li Li is a financial advisor at Klahanie Investment LLC with eight years of industry experience. Li holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Klahanie Investment since 2018. Klahanie Investment LLC is an independent, single-advisor registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to high-net-worth clients through separately managed accounts and manages a privately offered limited partnership for accredited investors. The firm uses a combination of technical, fundamental, and macroeconomic analysis to construct concentrated, equity-oriented portfolios and employs strategies including long/short positions, options, and ETFs for hedging and income.