Justin Liu is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Pasadena, CA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining GWN Securities in 2025, his work history includes positions at California State University, Fullerton and GIGABYTE. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through managed account programs and financial planning, utilizing a mix of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and model-based portfolios with strategies that include market-timing and momentum-based approaches.

Luka Waage is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Lido with one year of industry experience. Before joining Lido Advisors, LLC in 2025, he worked as a lifeguard with the Del Mar Lifeguard Department and attended the University of California, Santa Barbara. Lido serves a diverse client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, charitable organizations, and institutional investors. The firm uses an integrated wealth-management approach combining asset allocation across various asset classes with tactical and defined-risk option strategies and is notable for its active sub-advisory roles and affiliated in-house capabilities.

Brian Blackwell is a CFP® and ChFC® professional with 18 years of industry experience. He currently serves as an advisor at Lido, having joined the firm in 2023. His prior work experience includes roles at Spotlight Asset Group, Delta Community Credit Union, LPL Financial, and Fidelity. Lido advises a diverse client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach utilizing a range of asset classes and option strategies, and it combines traditional advisory services with extensive affiliated capabilities such as in-house trust companies and tax subsidiaries.

Timothy Walsh is a financial advisor at Lido with six years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at firms including MML Investors and Fountainhead Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he acts as a broker agent for MassMutual Life Insurance, focusing on life, disability, and long-term care insurance. Lido serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors, offering integrated wealth management and affiliated trust, tax, and insurance services. The firm employs a tactical and defined-risk investment approach and maintains significant roles in sub-advisory and options-based strategies.

Jason Betley is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 18 years of industry experience. He has held Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Morgan Stanley before joining Oppenheimer in 2017. Based in Los Angeles, he has been with his current firm for nine years. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of investment and consulting services with both discretionary and non-discretionary account management, maintaining custody of client assets while operating its broker-dealer and advisory businesses.

Jacob Loosle is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience and currently serves as an advisor at Lido Advisors, LLC. He previously worked at United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC and Bedrock Capital Management, Inc. Loosle is based in Los Angeles, CA. Lido advises a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and pension plans. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach with a range of investment strategies and maintains a notable role as sub-adviser to ETFs, complemented by extensive affiliated trust, tax, insurance, and brokerage services.

B. Lourd is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including A. G. Edwards & Sons, Oppenheimer, and CIBC World Markets. Since 2006, he has also been associated with Lourd Capital Management. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individual and institutional clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm emphasizes a multi-manager investment approach and utilizes both affiliated and third-party managers supported by proprietary research.

Adrianne Erickson is a financial advisor at Lido with a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. She has worked at Lido Advisors, LLC since 2022 and previously spent twelve years at RWJ Barnabas Health. Lido serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pension plans. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach that balances asset allocation across various asset classes and distinctive tactical option strategies, while also providing services through affiliated entities specializing in trust, tax, insurance, and brokerage.

Michael Puls is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Pasadena, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2003 and serves as owner and president of Arbor Financial Services, an operating company for securities and insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors by providing operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management services. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and investment solutions, including discretionary model portfolios and customized strategies.

Dennis Mai is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup since 2008. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies using internal standards and oversight committees to select and monitor managers, and it provides bespoke discretionary solutions for very large relationships.

Hrachya Davtyan is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. His prior roles include positions at Argosy Wealth Management Corporation, Mutual Securities, Inc., and UBS Financial Services. 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 employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach focused on globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with multi-factor tilts and offers a range of implementation options including ETFs, mutual funds, and separate accounts.

Matthew Altman is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience and is currently with Lido Advisors, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Glassy Mountain Advisors, Copperleaf Capital, Fidelity Brokerage Services, and Charles Schwab. Lido advises a diverse client base ranging from high-net-worth individuals to institutional investors, offering investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm manages approximately $42.5 billion in assets and utilizes an integrated wealth-management approach that includes tactical option strategies and a range of asset classes.

Kirk Whalen is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in Beverly Hills, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill and Capital Group. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, utilizing both client-directed and discretionary investment approaches supported by global asset management and fund due diligence.

Abdulla Mirpur is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including United Capital Management and Transamerica Financial Advisor, LLC. Outside of financial advising, he is a licensed California real estate broker and a licensed general building contractor providing home remodeling and consulting services. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals affiliated with TIAA-administered retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans. The firm provides both point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management, with a fiduciary standard applied to its registered investment advisory services.

James Herrell is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at NewEdge Advisors since 2022 and was previously with Beacon Pointe Advisors and Beacon Pointe Wealth Advisors from 2016 to 2022. He operates as an investment adviser representative solely with NewEdge Advisors. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a wide range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing a variety of program structures and technology tools to support both advisors and clients.

Jason Blumberg is a financial advisor at Lido with 11 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 credential. His recent work history includes roles at IDB Lido Wealth, LLC and Lido Advisors, LLC. Lido serves a diverse range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, charitable organizations, and institutional investors. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach, balancing asset allocation across multiple asset classes and utilizing tactical and defined-risk option strategies, while also providing a broad suite of affiliated trust, tax, insurance, and brokerage services.

Michael Lindeman is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Lido with seven years of industry experience. He previously worked at RBC Capital Markets for six years and has held roles at the City of Fitchburg Recreation and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lido serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, charitable organizations, and pension plans, offering investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach with tactical and defined-risk option strategies and manages approximately $42.5 billion in regulatory assets.

Susan Chevalier is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 21 years of industry experience. She has held positions at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and BlackRock prior to joining TIAA-CREF. Chevalier also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Redlands, where she provides classroom instruction and mentors students. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing retirement plan relationships. The firm’s advisory model distinguishes between point-in-time planning services and ongoing portfolio management, utilizing both model and customized portfolios under a fiduciary standard.

Lynn Newman is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Los Angeles, CA, bringing 34 years of industry experience. She has worked with Nylife Securities LLC since 1992 and New York Life Insurance Company since 1991. Outside of her advisory role, she is appointed with various insurance carriers to broker non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients with financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers a variety of program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Andrea Osorio is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Citigroup since 2017 and JP Morgan Securities since 2016. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including acting as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.