Ryan Watts is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Mass Mutual Investors Services and MassMutual Life Insurance. His background also includes work in education and community engagement roles in Seattle. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers a broad range of advisory programs with a focus on strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and comprehensive portfolio monitoring.

Michael Greene is a CFP® with 11 years of experience in financial advisory roles. He currently works at Hightower Advisors and previously spent six years with Highland Private Wealth Management. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager portfolios, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research and a range of investment vehicles.

Michael Alfstad is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Seattle, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 41 years of industry experience. He has been president and owner of Alfstad Capital, LLC since 2005. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing a range of advisory programs and back-office support including operations, trading, technology, investment management, and compliance services.

David Seidel is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer based in Seattle, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 41 years of industry experience. He has worked at Oppenheimer since 2009 and previously spent 18 years at Merrill. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a volunteer officer of the Bellevue Toastmasters Club. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a wide range of investment programs and advisory services, including equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, with both discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Francis Piccolo is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Bellevue, WA, and has three years of industry experience. He previously worked at Key Investment Services and U.S. Bank before joining Mercer Global Advisors. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments by providing investment advisory services along with financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach, utilizing diversified portfolios with low-cost ETFs, index funds, and other investment vehicles, while also offering specialized services such as retirement plan consulting and charitable advisory.

Rebecca Wolff is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Bellevue, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and five years of industry experience. She has worked at Eagle Strategies LLC since 2021 and operates under the DBAs Rebecca Wolff and Associates and Lens Financial & Insurance Solutions, where she is involved in selling New York Life products and brokering non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse group of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a broad network of advisers. The firm emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives and manages the majority of its approximately $32 billion in assets under management on a non-discretionary basis.

Christopher Satterfield is a CFP® and ChFC® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving at Schwab Wealth Advisory. He has worked at Schwab Wealth Advisory since 2021 and previously held roles at First Western Trust, LPL Financial, Arizona Bank & Trust, and Schwab Private Client Investment Advisory, Inc. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non‑discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning for clients in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients. The firm’s approach uses standard asset-allocation models and internal research tools to offer tailored recommendations, while investment trades require client authorization.

Frances Smith is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Bellevue, WA. Her entire professional career has been with Mercer Global Advisors. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory and emphasizes globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with multi-factor tilts, using a range of implementation options including ETFs, mutual funds, and separate accounts.

James Harvey is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Seattle, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 43 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth since 2021 and has previous experience with Arbor Point Advisors, Securities America Advisors, and Kms Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, he is a woodworker with Sweet Cedar Woodworking. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients nationwide. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Blake Barr is a CFP® professional with 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently works at Wealthspire Advisors and has held roles at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and FIDELITY Brokerage Services. Wealthspire Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $34.3 billion in assets and serving nearly 9,700 clients, including high-net-worth individuals, corporate and pension plans, nonprofits, and foundations. The firm uses an institutional-style asset allocation approach with a diverse mix of investments and provides tailored wealth management and retirement-plan consulting services.

Trevor Seamons is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Hightower Advisors since 2023. Prior to this, he spent 16 years at Trellis Advisors, LLC. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, including pension plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm’s advisory model focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers to deliver customized portfolio management and financial planning services.

Sasha Whyte is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF in Seattle, WA, holding a Series 66 designation with 10 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA-CREF and TIAA since 2018 and previously worked at Wells Fargo and Wells Fargo Clearing. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and managed account programs primarily to individuals with existing employer retirement plan relationships, as well as to trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm’s advisory model distinguishes between one-time planning services and ongoing discretionary management, and it also serves as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Alexander D'agostino is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Bellevue, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2015 and has longstanding affiliations with Nylife Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company dating back to 2007. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the South Dakota Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association Board of Directors and is a board member for After School All Stars, an organization providing after-school programs for middle school students. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional sponsors, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, investment management, and advisory services often linked with insurance and annuity products. The firm emphasizes tailored advice and non-discretionary asset management within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Amanda Henley is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Edward Jones for seven years. Outside of financial services, her background includes roles in various sectors such as retail and environmental organizations. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management mainly for employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as select IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm delivers integrated services that combine proprietary and third-party methodologies focused on long-term portfolio returns and savings rates within a platform closely tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative systems.

William Howard is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Bellevue, WA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 15 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Oppenheimer, JPMorgan, and Bank of America. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and emphasizes non-discretionary asset management within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Samuel Miller is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors in Bellevue, WA, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Hightower Advisors, he worked at The Members Club at Aldarra and Sahalee Country Club and has a background in full-time education. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, employing a multi-manager investment approach that includes discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to affiliated and third-party managers.

Kelsey Morrison is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 17 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked for Duncan & Haley Ltd for 23 years, where she was involved in insurance and retirement plan consulting. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies supplemented by selective private market exposure and other tailored solutions.

Jonathan Prinz is a financial advisor with Key Investment Services LLC based in Seattle, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at The Leaders Group, Inc., Capital Investments Management, Inc., Cetera Investment Services, LLC, and Heritage Bank. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as treasurer for the Woodbury Home Owners Association. Key Investment Services LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides portfolio management and model-based advisory products to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and institutional plan clients. The firm offers multiple wrap programs supported by a multi-provider platform and integrates services from KeyCorp affiliates including KeyBank and KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Fangxu Xie is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. based in Bellevue, WA. They hold a Series 66 designation and have been with HSBC Securities since 2026, following prior roles within HSBC Bank in China and the United States. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, featuring both client-directed and fully discretionary investment options. The firm uses a multi-profile investment approach supported by HSBC Global Asset Management and third-party providers, and it operates with distinct regulatory registrations including as a futures commission merchant.

Nolan Ripple is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Bellevue, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at NYLife Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional sponsors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice delivered through multiple program types, with a significant portion of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.