Jocelyn Lua is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. for a total of seven years prior to joining Empower. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm offers integrated services through proprietary and third-party methodologies focused on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing within plan lineups selected by plan sponsors.

Nazih Yehya is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Anaheim, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has 20 years of industry experience. Yehya is involved in various insurance brokering activities through multiple related entities. He serves on the boards of the Cerritos College Foundation and the CSU Fullerton Center for Leadership. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm delivers customized advice through multiple program types, primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Craig Burger is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 63 license, with six years of industry experience. He has worked at Cerity Partners LLC since 2022 and previously spent 15 years at Covington Capital Management. Craig is based in Los Angeles, CA. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and access to alternative and private-market investments, with a focus on customized, diversified portfolios and private market programs for qualified clients.

Deny Delgadillo is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at MML Investors Services LLC, Mass Mutual Insurance Company, Bankers Life, BancWest Investment Services, Bank of the West, and U.S. Bancorp Investments. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and various entities, often serving clients connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm operates within a vertically integrated structure and offers both standardized and customized investment management solutions.

Daniel Devonald is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 13 years of industry experience and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior roles include positions at Rocket Mortgage, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and TD Ameritrade Services Co. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a wide range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including acting as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Margaret Kelly is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has operated Kelly and Associates since 2011, where she is also involved in tax preparation as an enrolled agent. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and utilizes a variety of investment analysis approaches and specialized services such as retirement-plan consulting and advisory management of annuity and variable life sub-accounts.

Randal Brown is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Centaurus since 2010. Brown serves as a volunteer board member and consulting CEO of California Friends Homes. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, businesses, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management through the CLASSIC Plus platform, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services with both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements.

Alexander Lessard is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Independent Financial Group since 2010 and also owns The Palisades Financial Group, a DBA for fixed insurance and financial planning services established in 2009. Outside of his advisory work, Lessard serves on several nonprofit boards, including Thomas Aquinas College and the Cornerstone Forum, and teaches online courses in the history and philosophy of Catholic education. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of brokerage, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services, with approximately $11.3 billion in regulatory assets under management and a national network of Investment Adviser Representatives.

Randy Takayama is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Brea, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at TKYM, Inc., FirstService Residential, and World Financial Group. Outside of advisory work, he performs internal audits in property management at FirstService Residential. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers across multiple platforms to deliver its services.

Zhongkai Wang is a Series 66-licensed advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He has been with Independent Financial Group since 2016 and previously worked at IBS Electronics. In addition to his advisory role, Wang is employed by Banny Financial Services and works as an insurance agent outside of Independent Financial Group. Independent Financial Group is a large enterprise firm serving individuals, trusts, corporations, business owners, and plan sponsors. The firm offers investment advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan services, utilizing a mix of in-house and third-party model portfolios and maintaining a dual role as both a registered investment adviser and an active broker-dealer.

Yuliang Cao is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Pasadena, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and having three years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Co., as well as experience in education at Cal State University Fullerton and Orange Coast College. He is the owner of Wanm Inc., a dormant non-investment related business. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis, working within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Raymond Kinjo is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Anaheim, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 17 years of industry experience. He has worked with Eagle Strategies, New York Life, and NYLife Securities LLC since 2014 and operates Kinjo Insurance and Financial Services, focusing on brokering non-registered insurance products. Kinjo is also an author, having written a book sharing his personal and family experiences. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individual investors and institutional sponsors, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm provides multiple program types tailored to client objectives and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Andreas Ispas is a Series 66 licensed advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation and has experience working with Brancov Financial Services and in educational roles at Marymount Manhattan College and Santa Monica College. He provides administrative and trade support as well as fixed insurance sales and services through Brancov Financial Services. PlanMember Securities Corporation offers retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, serving as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm employs a top-down strategic asset allocation approach and manages risk-based mutual fund portfolios to support its comprehensive education, planning, and support services.

Rodrigo Muro is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Citi bank, Israel Discount Bank of New York, IDB Capital Corp., Bank of New York Mellon, Torrey Pines Bank, and Banc of California. Outside of his advisory role, he owns AVEA LLC, a retail business selling vitamin and supplemental products. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across a range of wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment programs along with broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles including in-house research, swap dealing, and futures commission merchant services.

Nicholas Lancaster is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 14 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors and Next Level Concepts Inc since 2012, and has worked with World Financial Group, Inc. since 2008. Lancaster is also the owner of Next Level Concepts Inc, a pass-through entity. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs model portfolios and third-party managers across multiple platforms, managing approximately $1.7 billion in regulatory assets under management.

Douglas Misterly is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Anaheim, CA, holding a Series 63 designation and over 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Centaurus Financial since 2005 and also has a long tenure at Industrial Alliance Pacific Blue Cross starting in 2000. Outside of his advisory role, he is a licensed captain and owner of a sailboat charter business on weekends and serves as a volunteer member of the City of Huntington Beach Investment Advisory Board. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, businesses, and foundations, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm utilizes a mix of fundamental and technical analysis and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment services.

Walter Goeltz III is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at Centaurus Financial since 2017, following six years at H.Beck, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with several business entities related to tax planning and payroll services. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services through a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements, employing both fundamental and technical investment analyses.

Michael Anderson is a CFP® with 17 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Empower Advisory Group and has prior experience at Advised Assets Groups, GWFS Equities, Bank of America, and Merrill. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily for employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as certain IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm’s integrated approach emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing within plan lineups selected by plan sponsors.

Po Ying Chen is a CFP® certificant with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC since 2018. Prior to this, Chen worked at TransGlobal Advisory LLC, Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc., and World Financial Group, Inc. Chen is also an officer and director of BCLL Corp., which operates an insurance agency focusing on life insurance, and serves as an agent providing mortgage lending services through Exceed Lending. Independent Financial Group is a large advisory and brokerage firm offering investment advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement services to individuals, trusts, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm combines in-house and third-party asset management models and operates as both a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer.

Nicolas Kirsch is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Los Angeles, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Commonwealth, he worked at Equitable Advisors and has academic experience from Loyola Marymount University. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing about $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement and plan consulting, and custody and clearing services.