Blair Buick is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Lido in Los Angeles, CA. His prior experience includes roles at Innofovate LLC and The Renaissance Companies. Lido provides wealth management services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, and other entities, offering a diversified investment approach that includes equities, fixed income, alternatives, and options-based strategies. The firm manages assets on a discretionary basis and frequently serves as a sub-adviser to registered investment companies.

Mario Moreira is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2018 and has prior experience with WFG and 2000 Insurance Service. Outside of his advisory role, Moreira is involved in the operation of several businesses in the plywood and hardware supply industry, serving as president and owner. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, including individuals, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs model portfolios and third-party managers within a large advisor network and offers multiple program platforms such as Transamerica ONE and the TFA365 Advisory Program.

Rebecca Dutka is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with over three years of industry experience. She has worked at Cerity Partners LLC since 2022 and previously spent 18 years at Covington Capital Management. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers customized portfolios emphasizing diversified asset allocation and provides a range of services including investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, retirement plan services, and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Christopher Walters is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Pasadena, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has two years of industry experience. Walters has worked at Eagle Strategies since 2025 and has additional experience with related firms including NYLIFE Securities and New York Life Insurance Co. Outside of finance, he is president and owner of Illuminated Path Productions, a film equipment rental business. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes tailored advice across multiple program types and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

David Sassen is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC, holding a Series 66 credential and 13 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill and Bank of America. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and operates as a registered broker-dealer offering securities transactions, variable insurance products, and placement and investment banking services.

Xinyu Zhang is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at PC Surrogacy, John Edgar State Farm Insurance, and TCL North America. Zhang has been with Citigroup since 2019. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across a range of wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through various advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including in-house research and acting as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Robert Amoruso is a financial advisor with TLG Advisors, Inc. based in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 17 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at The Leaders Group Inc and M Holdings Securities, Inc., and serves as CEO of Gideon Strategic Partners LLC. TLG Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and fiduciary services. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes manager selection and diversification using fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory, supported by a network of independent advisors and sub-advisors.

Matthew Sealy is a Series 65-credentialed advisor with four years of industry experience, currently working at Lido Advisors, LLC since 2022. Prior to joining Lido, he held roles at BlastMotion Inc., San Diego State University, Mascot Factory, Westview High School, and the United States Soccer Federation. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, including individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach with diversification across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies, managing assets primarily on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.

Frederick Johnston is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Caleb and Brown Ltd, Fidelity Investments, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment programs along with execution and custody services. The firm operates with institutional scale and provides specialized roles such as security-based swap dealing and futures commission merchant services.

Dani Comart is a financial advisor at Lido with 15 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and JPMORGAN Securities LLC for nine years. Comart has been with Lido Advisors, LLC since 2020. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, including family offices, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach with diversification across asset classes and implements options-based strategies directly and through pooled vehicles.

Jordan Friedman is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors who holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining NewEdge Advisors in 2023, he worked for Raymond James & Associates from 2015 to 2023. He also serves as Managing Director for Fixed Insurance / Fixed Annuity products and as trustee of the Friedman Family Trust. 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 investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management, planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools to support advisors and clients.

Julie Xiang is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding a Series 66 designation and 17 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Cetera, Cathay Bank, LPL Financial, and UnionBanc Investment Services. Outside of her advisory work, she is a wellness advocate involved in aromatherapy. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with both discretionary and non-discretionary options, supported by in-house research and oversight committees.

Ziyu Espinoza Wan is a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services in 2026, Ziyu worked at Wealth Enhancement Group and held various roles in escrow services. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets and employs a diversified investment process that combines passive and active management with quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis.

Sebastian Kim is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Los Angeles, CA, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been affiliated with Eagle Strategies since 2019. In addition to his advisory role, he operates an insurance brokerage licensed with outside carriers and owns the Sebastian Kim Agency Inc., which is used for corporate tax purposes. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional clients, and retirement plans, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

William Davis is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 32 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2014 and holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund and operates within a vertically integrated group using affiliated funds.

Dallin Garner is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC since 2024. His prior experience includes roles at Fisher Investments and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Kayne Anderson Rudnick provides discretionary investment management and sub-advisory services to institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, insurers, banks, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm emphasizes fundamental research to identify high-quality businesses and incorporates governance and sustainability assessments into its investment approach, managing a range of active equity and fixed-income strategies across market capitalizations.

Virginia Aaron is a financial advisor at Lido with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 66 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Lido Advisors, Claybrook Capital, and Robertson Stephens Advisors and Securities. Lido provides wealth management services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, and other entities, offering diversified investment management, financial planning, and access to third-party managers. The firm employs an integrated investment approach including options-based strategies and typically manages assets on a discretionary basis.

Jonathan Padrnos is a CFP® with three years of industry experience, currently advising at Lido. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and its affiliated entities. Outside of finance, he operated a landscaping and gardening business for eight years. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach, including diversification across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies, typically managing assets on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.

Junwei Liu is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 21 years of industry experience. He has worked with various Transamerica entities since 2014 and has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2018. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in the sale of insurance products for companies affiliated with his firm. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a wide range of clients, including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary model portfolios and third-party managers, with services available on discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Emilene Andrews is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 15 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Citi Private Bank since 2010, with prior experience at Citibank NA dating back to 2003. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and operates with a combination of large institutional scale and specialized market roles.