Thomas Oakes is a financial advisor at American Northwest Advisory Services L.L.C. with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, Oakes is the owner and CEO of Oakway LLC, a business focused on education and entertainment involving activities such as video creation, tutoring, and music production. American Northwest Advisory Services, L.L.C. provides personalized, fee-only investment management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, small businesses, charitable organizations, and estates. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation with a core-and-satellite approach and has a significant concentration of assets in pension consulting relationships.

Richard Wyman is a financial advisor at Highland Capital Advisors, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Highland Capital Advisors since 2006. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Highland Capital Advisors primarily serves institutional clients such as retirement plan sponsors, foundations, and endowments, while also working with a limited number of retail investors. The firm focuses on non-discretionary investment consulting using institutional analytic techniques and restricts its advice to non-covered securities without providing continuous portfolio supervision.

Jeffrey Hughes is a financial advisor at Investor Fan with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Investor Fan for 12 years. Investor Fan provides investment management, financial consulting, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, foundations, trusts, and estates. The firm uses a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach, incorporating fundamental, technical, cyclical, and macroeconomic analysis to tailor portfolios to each client's goals.

Ethan Cox is a financial advisor with American Northwest Advisory Services L.L.C. based in Federal Way, WA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 10 years of industry experience. American Northwest Advisory Services, L.L.C. provides personalized, fee-only investment management and financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, small businesses, charitable organizations, and estates. The firm uses a core-and-satellite approach with strategic asset allocation primarily for clients nearing retirement and has a significant focus on pension consulting relationships.

Michael Schwartz is a financial advisor at Decker Retirement Planning Inc. with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Northwestern Mutual and Centaurus Financial. Decker Retirement Planning provides personalized retirement and financial planning services, along with discretionary investment management, to individuals, trusts, estates, and various business entities. The firm uses quantitative, computer-driven investment models across multiple portfolio types and employs a multi-office team structure.

David Rowe is a financial advisor at Highland Capital Advisors, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Highland Capital Advisors since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he is associated with the Stevens Pass Ski School and the Professional Ski Instructors of America – Northwest Division. Highland Capital Advisors primarily serves institutional clients such as retirement plan sponsors, foundations, and endowments, offering non-discretionary investment consulting supplemented by an optional Implemented Solutions service. The firm focuses on institutional analytic techniques and restricts advice to non-covered securities, providing periodic reviews rather than ongoing portfolio management.

Daryl Miller is a financial advisor with Continental Investors Services, Inc. in Renton, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. His career includes prior roles at Sweetwater Investments, Inc., RA Bench, Inc., and Financial Resources Group. Continental Investors Services, Inc. primarily serves individual retail clients with investment advisory and portfolio management services focused on securities management and trading, including fixed income and municipal markets. The firm emphasizes discretionary and non-discretionary investment account management rather than comprehensive financial planning.

Randall Kim is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 47 years of industry experience and holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His career includes roles at LPL Financial, Path Wealth Management LLC, Triad Financial Strategies, Inc., and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. He also provides insurance advice as an agent. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion with 144 advisors serving individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using model portfolios and modular sleeves, overseen by a central Investment Management team and Investment Committee, while allowing advisors to customize portfolios on discretionary or non-discretionary bases.

Luke Mazariegos is a CFP® and holds a Series 63 license with experience across several financial firms, including Mercer Advisors and Key Investment Services LLC. He has one year at Composition Wealth, LLC and previously worked in banking and hospitality. Composition Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach focused on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, with supplemental strategies including individual securities and independent managers.

Donald Hoffman is a financial advisor with Advisor Share Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing seven years of industry experience. He previously worked at Horter Investment Management for five years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Service Director at New Life Church in Renton and has operated an insurance brokerage focused on solutions for pre-retirees and retirees since 1986. Advisor Share Wealth Management, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, professional advisers, and retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, retirement-plan services, and a web-based asset management platform, typically implementing client strategies through third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Jody Balmer is a financial advisor with B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has worked at B. Riley Wealth Advisors since 2005 and previously spent 27 years with National Securities Corporation. Outside of his advisory role, Balmer serves as president of 401K Retirement Inc., a business focused on payment of business expenses. B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered firm managing approximately $7.03 billion in client assets through 274 advisors. The firm provides a wide range of services, including advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement solutions, to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans.

David Paulson is a CFP® and ChFC® with seven years of experience in financial services. He currently works at Composition Wealth, LLC and previously held roles at Edgewater Wealth Management, Northwestern Mutual Investment Management, Becu, Lighthouse Institute, and Sumner School District. Composition Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term investment approach focused on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by individual securities and alternative investments, and manages approximately $9.47 billion in discretionary assets across a multi-advisor platform.

Ashton Guiltinan is a financial advisor at Altitude Capital Management LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Simplicity Investments, Coastal Wealth Management, and Key Investment Services LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is the cofounder and chief financial officer of DAGR Tech, a company developing custom firmware to enhance cybersecurity for home Wi-Fi routers. Altitude Capital Management LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals and high net worth clients. The firm employs diverse investment strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance and manages $103.6 million in discretionary assets across a multi-team structure.

Kaleb Cervantes is a financial advisor at Alera Investment Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Triad Advisors and McIrath & Eck. Cervantes is involved in retirement plan operations management within affiliated entities of Alera Group, working directly with plan clients on various account and plan-related matters. Alera Investment Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, businesses, institutions, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term, fundamental analysis approach and integrates insurance and pension consulting platforms to support a wide range of client needs.

Jason Dray is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience. He is currently with Advisors Capital Management, LLC and has previously worked at Empower Advisory Group, PepsiCo, Fisher Investments, and Cetera Investment Services LLC. Advisors Capital Management serves a wide range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and registered investment advisers. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management combining top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection across proprietary strategies and manages over $8.1 billion in discretionary assets.

John Keolker Jr. is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Fiduciary Counselling, Inc. since 2010. He is based in Tacoma, WA, and works within a multi-team firm of 17 advisors. Fiduciary Counselling, Inc. provides investment advisory, accounting, tax, trust, estate planning, and estate administration services to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and registered investment entities. The firm uses model portfolios based on asset allocation methodology and capital market assumptions, incorporating a range of investment types including registered and unregistered funds, ETFs, private investments, digital assets, and sustainable strategies.

Kimberly Ten Pas Bell is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Madison Avenue Securities, LLC in Kent, WA, with three years of industry experience. She is the owner of Navigating Financial Solutions, LLC, where she serves as president. Prior to her financial advisory career, she worked for nine years at the Federal Aviation Administration. Additionally, she owns a business in personal property management. Madison Avenue Securities provides investment advisory and brokerage services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension consulting and services for charitable institutions. The firm manages about $2.0 billion across multiple advisor-managed models, third-party managers, and alternative investment vehicles.

Paul Glenn is a financial advisor with Composition Wealth, LLC in Tacoma, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 13 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Northwestern Mutual Investment Management and Edgewater Wealth Management. Composition Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach centered on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented with individual securities and alternative investments, and offers fiduciary services for retirement plans.

James Ward is a financial advisor with Wedbush Securities Inc. in Federal Way, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 28 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Wedbush in 2006, he worked at UBS Financial Services and Piper Sandler & Co. Outside of his advisory role, Ward is involved in small business consulting through his ownership of WARDDEN LLC and operates an automotive repair business, Northtown Auto Clinic. He also serves as a director for a nonprofit homeowners association in Federal Way. Wedbush Securities provides investment advisory and broker-dealer services to individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of wealth management and capital market services including discretionary portfolio management and institutional research, operating with dual registration as both an adviser and a broker-dealer.

Hi, I'm Kyle Wilke, CFP®, founder of Equi Financial Planning. I grew up in Southeast Asia, where my parents followed their passion for philanthropy to Thailand and worked in refugee camps in the years after the Vietnam War. Watching the difference compassion made shaped how I define wealth. I came to believe that the only way to truly feel wealthy is by enriching the lives of others. At Equi, we measure wealth two ways: your financial well-being, and the difference your money makes for your family, and your community. As a fee-only fiduciary, I don't sell products or earn commissions, I'm legally and ethically bound to put your interests first, every time. I do my best work with people driven by a genuine passion for what they do: • Early-career professionals building confident money habits from the ground up • Established professionals pursuing big goals around family legacy and charitable endeavors. • Families at a crossroads; navigating the emotional and financial complexity of moving themselves or a loved one into a new living arrangement Whether you need a one-time plan or a long-term partner, we start with your goals and values, not a product. Together we'll tackle the real questions: How do I make the most of my equity comp and benefits? When should I take Social Security? How do I retire with confidence? Can I invest in a way that's good for my returns and good for the world? And how do I leave a legacy that reflects what I care about? If money is a tool, let's make sure yours is building the life and the impact you actually want. I'd love to get acquainted. Reach out, and let's talk.