Nicholas Tarr is a CFP® certificant with two years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Bellevue, WA. His prior experience includes roles at Savant Wealth Management and Edward Jones Investments. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with comprehensive wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Daniel Ruiz is a CFP® certificant with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Mariner, where he has worked since 2021, following five years at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company. Outside of advising, he owns a photography business in Washington state. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm combines in-house research with third-party managers across a wide range of investment strategies and provides integrated tax and administrative solutions uncommon among large advisory enterprises.

Anthony Baruffi is a CFA® charterholder and Series 65 licensee with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently with NewEdge Advisors, where he has worked since 2024, following a nine-year tenure at Garde Capital, Inc. Baruffi serves on the board of directors and as finance chair for Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management and consulting services and employs multiple program structures combining in-house and third-party manager strategies, supported by technology and centralized due diligence.

Melissa Haley is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Seattle, WA, holding the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 25 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA since 2005. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs mainly to individuals connected through TIAA employer retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans. The firm’s advisory model distinguishes point-in-time planning from ongoing discretionary management and serves as adviser to a donor-advised fund while utilizing affiliated funds within a vertically integrated structure.

Koshin Soga is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Bellevue, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Reiwa Financial, Heir Associates, and NYLIFE Securities LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he coaches a soccer school for children ages 5 to 7 through Seattle Samurai Kids. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals and institutions, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and delivers advice through multiple program types, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Cathleen Solaro is a financial advisor with D.A. Davidson & Co. in Seattle, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. She has been with D.A. Davidson since 2010. D.A. Davidson & Co. provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including retirement plans, individuals, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm emphasizes fiduciary standards and combines qualitative and quantitative analysis to recommend and monitor investments, offering specialized services such as ERISA plan advisory, modular financial planning, and a Private Wealth program for high-net-worth clients.

Jeffrey Edgbert is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 13 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. He previously worked at Highland Private Wealth Management for 13 years before joining Hightower in 2022. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of clients, including individuals, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a range of portfolio management and planning services.

Bruce Brennen is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) in Bellevue, WA, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 40 years of industry experience, having worked with Nylife Securities Inc. and New York Life Insurance since 1985. Bruce also brokers non-registered, investment-related insurance products through outside insurance carriers. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and maintains a predominantly non-discretionary asset management approach.

Hannah Macias is a financial advisor at Mariner in Bellevue, WA, holding a Series 65 designation. She has been with Mariner since 2022 and has prior experience at Seattle University and The Barton Law Firm. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and tax services. The firm employs customized, committee-overseen portfolios combining in-house research and third-party managers, with notable integration of tax, accounting, and Financial Wellness Platform services.

Rachel Jones is a financial advisor at D.A. Davidson & Co. in Bellevue, WA, holding a Series 66 designation with eight years of industry experience. She has worked at D.A. Davidson since 2017 and previously at US Bank. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a Notary Public for the state of Washington. D.A. Davidson & Co. provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a broad client base, including employer-sponsored retirement plans, individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and wealth management programs, operating under fiduciary standards and employing both qualitative and quantitative analysis in its investment recommendations.

Caleb Briggs is a financial advisor at Mariner in Bellevue, WA, holding a Series 65 designation with no prior industry experience. Before joining Mariner, he served in the US Army and Army National Guard and worked in various roles including at the University of South Florida Veterans Office. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and tax services. The firm employs discretionary, customized portfolios supported by an internal team and third-party managers, and is notable for its integration of tax and accounting services alongside portfolio management.

Dean Pickett is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Seattle, WA, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Oppenheimer since 2017 and has been active in the financial services sector since 2007, including a tenure at Morgan Stanley. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers a range of programs and services that include discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and retirement services across equity, balanced, and fixed-income strategies.

Jeffrey Moormeier is a financial advisor with Osaic Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill, QA3 Financial LLC, Kms Financial Services, Inc, Arbor Point Advisors, and Securities America, Inc. Outside of advising, he works as a ski instructor teaching adults and children. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, retirement plans, corporate and charitable entities, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers a variety of investment programs and consulting services utilizing fundamental and technical analysis, tactical trading, and structured products, supported by platform relationships and affiliated managers.

Cameron Browning is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently affiliated with TIAA-CREF. His career includes various roles at TIAA and SunTrust Advisory Services. Outside of financial advising, he was involved with All Star Youth Camps LLC for nine years. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals connected with TIAA-administered employer retirement plans, as well as trusts, estates, and small retirement plans. The firm provides both point-in-time planning services and ongoing portfolio management through model and customized portfolios.

Nicholas Bedlan is a CFP® and CFA® with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Creative Planning since 2018 and previously worked at Lawson Kroeker Investment Management, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in assets and employs a financial planning–led investment process that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by approaches such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Ryan Smigielski is a CFP® professional at Schwab Wealth Advisory with 11 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, using Charles Schwab & Co.’s asset-allocation models and research tools to tailor recommendations based on client goals and risk tolerance.

Ryan Woodward is a financial advisor with Key Investment Services LLC in Seattle, WA, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Key Investment Services, he spent one year at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company. Outside of his financial advisory role, he is involved with the Underdog Sports League. Key Investment Services LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser and wrap-fee program sponsor that provides portfolio management and model-based advisory products to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and institutional plan clients through a network of financial professionals. The firm operates a multi-provider platform emphasizing non-discretionary model portfolios and offers additional services such as tax and values overlays, supported by affiliations with KeyCorp subsidiaries.

Cory Sprott Cox is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Renton, WA, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at GWFS Equities, Bank of America, Merrill, and Thrivent Financial. Outside of advising, he is involved in event planning and production through his ownership of Olive & Ivory, and co-owns a fitness and lifestyle coaching business in Tucson. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain IRA and retail brokerage clients, using an integrated model aligned with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

James White is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 16 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Bank of America, Merrill, and Morgan Stanley prior to joining Oppenheimer in 2017. He is based in Seattle, WA. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a broad range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment programs, including asset management, consulting, and retirement services.

Ryan Quenneville is a CFP® and Series 66 licensed advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, based in Renton, WA. He has eight years of industry experience and has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2017. He also has a role as an agent with AGIA, offering non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services through a large network of investment advisor representatives and employs discretionary unified managed accounts with an emphasis on centralized technology and model solutions.