Qianqian He is a financial advisor with Oceaniq Capital, LLC in Palo Alto, CA, holding a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Oceaniq Capital, she worked at Y LOGX Securities LLC, Vienna Asset Management, Citic Trust Co., Ltd., and Credit Suisse Group AG. Oceaniq Capital serves high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors with portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and corporate cash management. The firm employs customized discretionary management combining fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative analysis across public and private investments and facilitates client access to private placements and pooled investment vehicles.

Janelle Hansen is a financial advisor with Rice Financial Consulting, Inc. in Los Gatos, CA, holding a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at the University of California Natural Reserve System and University of California Santa Cruz. Rice Financial Consulting, Inc. serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations, managing approximately $230.7 million across about 336 clients with a five-adviser team. The firm focuses on manager-selection and supervisory services, operating primarily on a non-discretionary basis and directing clients to third-party managers while performing due diligence and ongoing supervisory reviews.

Allyson Bakos is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Bakos Investment Management with 2 years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Columbia University, the University of San Francisco, and Farmgirl Flowers. Bakos Investment Management advises individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, including high-net-worth clients, on discretionary portfolio management and investment planning. The firm emphasizes tailored portfolios using asset allocation, fundamental and technical analysis, and tax considerations, offering access to a wide range of mutual funds and alternative investment vehicles.

Regina Legates is a financial advisor at Figtree Financial Advisors, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Prosperity Financial Group, Inc. and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Legates is also a licensed insurance agent handling health, disability, life, and long-term care insurance products. Figtree Financial Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on asset allocation and a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and sector analysis. The firm manages portfolios on a discretionary basis and offers consultative monitoring services, integrating insurance offerings alongside traditional investment management.

Kanaka Szabo Cummings is a CFP® with 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has been with Gates Pass Advisors, LLC since 2015. Gates Pass Advisors, LLC provides comprehensive financial planning and ongoing wealth management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes financial-planning-driven asset allocation, diversification, and tax-aware management, typically implementing strategies through third-party independent managers on a turn-key platform.

David Spector is the sole advisor at Legal Advantage Investments, Inc. in Los Altos Hills, CA, with 33 years of industry experience. His practice focuses on managing discretionary investment accounts and tailoring asset allocations to client objectives. Legal Advantage Investments serves individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, including high-net-worth clients, offering portfolio management, investment recommendations, and financial and estate planning. The firm utilizes specialized strategies such as borrowing and margin, hedge strategies including short sales and options, and concentrated-position solutions like exchange funds and Qualified Opportunity Zone investments.

Stanley Mok is a financial advisor with Mok Capital Management in Los Altos, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 46 years of industry experience. He has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2013 and founded Mok Capital Management in 1997. Outside of his advisory work, Mok serves as a current city council member and former mayor of Los Altos Hills, and he participates in the town’s Parks and Recreation Committee. Mok Capital Management provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, charities, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm employs a value-based investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis to tailor portfolios, which may include individual stocks, bonds, ETFs, options strategies, and foreign securities.

Ethan Pepper is a fee-only, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, an Enrolled Agent, and a Registered Life Planner™. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from San Jose State University. Ethan started Orchard City Wealth Management, LLC after years of working for investment advisory firms that focused on helping older generations achieve their financial goals. He grew weary of financial service models that excluded individuals still establishing their wealth because they didn’t meet the minimum assets requirements to become a client. The notion that only established wealthy people use financial advisors didn’t sit well with Ethan. He wanted to help mid-career professionals thrive in their financial lives, too. Ethan services individuals and families who are establishing wealth and want a guide for their financial decisions to help them build and protect their money. He also continues to work with ultra-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients. With over a decade of tax preparation experience, he completes his clients' wealth management with the necessary tax strategy and planning services for real-time savings and future income generation.

Flora Dong is a financial advisor at Arden Global Family Offices with 26 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at UBS Financial Services for 17 years. Ardenwood Advisors provides wealth and investment advisory services primarily to ultra-high-net-worth families and related entities through a Family Wealth Program. The firm employs a customized, multi-asset investment approach with an emphasis on long-term, diversified allocations across U.S. and non-U.S. public and private markets, including alternative strategies and private placement opportunities.

Brian Tayan is a financial advisor at Tayan Capital Management, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has served as a Research Associate at Stanford University since 2006. Tayan Capital Management serves individual investors, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, by providing discretionary portfolio management and managing a pooled private fund, Tayan Partners, LP. The firm employs an opportunistic, value-oriented investment approach focused on capital preservation, after-tax returns, and long holding periods.

Hannah Farrow is a financial advisor at RightWise Wealth in Santa Clara, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining RightWise Wealth, she worked six years at Apple Inc. and was a full-time student for two years. Outside of her advisory role, she manages a rental property in Somerville, MA. RightWise Wealth is a boutique firm serving individual clients through comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management, with a focus on low-cost ETFs and factor-based strategies. The firm also facilitates tax preparation services via a third-party provider and requires clients to custody assets at Charles Schwab.

Maria Yates is a financial advisor at Rice Financial Consulting, Inc. with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry Company and a children’s pre-school. Rice Financial Consulting provides manager-supervisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm refers clients to third-party advisers and focuses on long-term investment strategies without discretionary trading, overseeing approximately $287 million in primarily non-discretionary assets.

Donna Williams is a financial advisor at Waverley Wealth Management LLC in Mountain View, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 10 years of industry experience. She has been with Waverley Wealth Management since 2013. Waverley Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $201 million across around 114 client relationships, employing both fundamental and technical analysis to construct diversified portfolios with ongoing monitoring and quarterly reviews.

Kai Chen is a financial advisor with Oceaniq Capital, LLC in Palo Alto, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has been a principal and managing member at Oceaniq Capital since 2013 and has also worked at FNEX Capital since 2025. Oceaniq Capital serves high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors by providing portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, corporate cash management, and access to private investment opportunities. The firm uses a customized, discretionary management approach that combines fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative analysis across various asset classes and supports investments into pooled vehicles and private placements.

Anil Ambastha is a financial advisor at Ambastha Financial LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has a background in the oil and gas industry, currently serving as a Chevron Fellow and Senior Principal Reservoir Engineer. Ambastha Financial LLC provides discretionary investment management and advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals and small businesses. The firm combines fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory, employing both active and passive strategies, including the use of derivatives, to meet client objectives.

Maksat Stamakunov is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with Israilov Financial and has one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Britannia Global Markets and Dolfin Financial UK, with two sabbaticals during his career. Israilov Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning and non-discretionary investment advisory services, focusing on a fee-only model that uses low-cost index funds and ETFs combined with tailored portfolio recommendations. The firm operates with a small team of two principals and emphasizes personalized service without custody of client assets or commission-based compensation.

Peter Johnson is a financial advisor with PWJohnson Wealth & Legacy, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and over 35 years of industry experience. He has worked at PWJohnson Wealth Management and OneAscent Financial Services LLC before joining his current firm in 2020. Outside of advising, Mr. Johnson serves as President of AdvisorPress, Inc., a publisher focused on personal financial planning information and public financial literacy events. PWJohnson Wealth & Legacy provides personalized, fee-only financial planning and investment management primarily for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small business retirement plans. The firm employs a diversified, adaptive investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and behavioral finance, operating mainly on a non-discretionary basis with an emphasis on tailored, ongoing planning and family legacy facilitation.

Dick Blakeley is the sole advisor at The Blakeley Group Inc in Santa Clara, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 47 years of industry experience. He has led The Blakeley Group since 2009. The Blakeley Group provides discretionary portfolio and wealth management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, developing personalized investment policy statements through detailed interviews. The firm manages approximately $96 million in client assets and employs a range of investment methods including charting, technical and fundamental analysis, cyclical analysis, and Modern Portfolio Theory to tailor long- and short-term strategies according to client objectives.

Annamalai Rajendran is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience, serving as the sole advisor at Family CFO Inc in Los Altos, CA since 2003. His work focuses on providing financial planning and investment management services. Family CFO Inc offers personalized, fee-only financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and diversification using low-cost, predominantly passive investment strategies, and manages approximately $289 million in client assets.

Anna Sergunina is a CFP® professional with 16 years of experience, currently serving at MainStreet Financial Planning, Inc. since 2014. She also owns Anna Sergunina Media LLC, a separate business unrelated to her advisory work. MainStreet Financial Planning serves individuals, couples, families, business owners, and non-profit organizations, offering fee-only financial planning and investment consultation with an emphasis on long-term, low-cost, passive investment strategies and tax-efficient asset allocation.