Scott Schiffer is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Irvine, CA, with 27 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Centaurus since 1998. In addition to his advisory role, Schiffer is a senior partner at Kieckhafer Schiffer LLP, a certified public accounting firm where he oversees client tax matters and supervises accountants. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, businesses, and foundations. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management through the CLASSIC Plus platform, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services, employing both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements supported by a mix of fundamental and technical analysis.

Phillip Giese is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021 and previously spent 15 years at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to individual, high-net-worth, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and model portfolios, offering tailored solutions such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support within a large integrated financial group.

Kevin Leon is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. He has 29 years of industry experience, including roles at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Trilogy Capital, Inc., and National Planning Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a high school kicking coach at Orange Lutheran High School. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, offering both brokerage and advisory services along with financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party portfolios and supports various account-level features including lending solutions and tax management.

Jacqueline Fiata is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with nine years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Bank, Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance, Bank of America, and Merrill. 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 and operates with both discretionary and non-discretionary programs, supported by in-house research and specialized market roles.

John Cadwell is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Independent Financial Group since 2010 and also serves as the appointed administrator of the Estate of Paul E. Troutner. Cadwell provides financial consulting services to estate executors, including document preparation and asset management. Independent Financial Group, LLC offers investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and pension plans. The firm employs both firm- and third-party models for portfolio management, combining strategic asset allocation with active and passive exposures tailored to client risk profiles.

Lauren Lee is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing seven years of industry experience. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2018, she worked at The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied and Precision Wealth. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, corporate participants, executives, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized wealth programs. The firm integrates strategic allocation models and a range of proprietary tools, leveraging the broader Goldman Sachs platform to provide tailored advisory solutions.

Charles Ramos is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC since 2023. Prior to this, he spent 21 years at Private Capital Management Inc. In addition to his advisory role, Ramos is an insurance agent with Beacon Pointe Insurance Services, LLC, focusing on life, health, and accident insurance products. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC offers wealth advisory, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual, corporate, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes a combination of asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers across active and passive strategies, and it acts as general partner for proprietary private funds while providing extensive reporting and analytics.

Emmett Clancy is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs since 2021, following a 17-year tenure at Ayco Company, L.P. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to individual, high-net-worth, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and model portfolios, offering tailored solutions such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support within a large integrated financial group.

Qiyue Zhang is a financial advisor at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. with nine years of industry experience. Zhang holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at various HSBC entities since 2016, including HSBC Bank USA and Randstad Sourceright. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm provides client-directed and discretionary investment programs supported by a structured investment process and multiple affiliated and third-party advisory resources.

Jeffrey Nero is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC in Fullerton, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing eight years of industry experience. He previously worked at Edward Jones and was involved with Nero Innovations Corporation for nearly a decade. Outside of advisory work, he has a role as a landlord in real estate management. Independent Financial Group, LLC offers investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and institutional plans. The firm utilizes both firm- and third-party models to develop tailored investment strategies that combine active and passive exposures across varied risk profiles.

Adrienne Alvarez is a financial advisor at SPC with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including LPL Financial and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Outside of her advisory role, she has worked part-time as a golf cart and event server at Tijeras Creek Golf Club and as a seasonal sales associate at Anthropologie. SPC serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA-related retirement plan services, delivering primarily discretionary management with options for nondiscretionary arrangements and collaborating with third-party managers through co-advisor roles.

Chase Mcclung is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with two years of industry experience. He also holds a senior managerial position at Windes, Inc., a CPA firm, where he has worked since 2010. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors, providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services using a combination of internal management and third-party asset managers.

Kevin Hauri is a financial advisor with CIBC Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Newport Beach, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and possessing 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at CIBC Private Wealth Management since 2022 and was previously with City National Bank for 11 years. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors serves a broad client base including individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies, offering a range of portfolio management and wealth advisory services. The firm employs a collaborative investment process involving an internal team and committees to create customized portfolios and managed account programs, and is notable for its high assets under management per advisor and its portfolio management for investment companies.

Crystal Miner is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Rockefeller Financial in 2024, Miner worked at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, First Republic Investment Management, Bank of America, and Merrill. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services and operates as a registered broker-dealer with capabilities in securities transactions, variable insurance products, and investment banking.

Francisco Sherren is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021 and previously spent eight years at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. He is based in Newport Beach, CA. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth households, corporate and employer-sponsored participants, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and model portfolios, offering tailored services such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support within a large integrated financial group.

Konrad Karwowski is a CFP® and CFA® credentialed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, having previously worked at Mercer Global Advisors Inc., Better Mortgage Inc., and E*TRADE Capital Management LLC. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment approach combining passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee and quantitative and fundamental research.

Greg Lu is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2019 and previously spent five years with The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services serves a wide range of clients including individual investors, corporate participants, executives, and institutional clients, providing financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized wealth programs. The firm’s advisory teams tailor strategies using proprietary research and a broad ecosystem of affiliated Goldman Sachs entities, offering clients diverse fee structures and operational tools.

John Hart is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2019 and previously was employed at The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied and River View Golf Course. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm leverages centralized investment resources and offers tailored solutions such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support within a large integrated financial group.

Eric Johnson is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Anaheim, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Centaurus Financial since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he is also engaged in fixed insurance sales as an insurance agent. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management through its CLASSIC Plus platform, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services, employing a mix of fundamental and technical analysis with discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements.

Jose Sebastian Cheng is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with over 21 years of industry experience, including a long tenure at Churchill Management Group. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs an “enhanced open architecture” investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds, along with tax- and fee-sensitive portfolio construction.