Alex Shahidi is a CFP®, CFA®, and ChFC® professional with 26 years of experience in the financial industry. He currently serves at MAI Capital Management, LLC and has held roles at firms including Evoke Advisors and Advanced Research Investment Solutions, LLC. Shahidi is also a Client Advisory Board member at Bridgewater Associates. MAI Capital Management, LLC offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages $72.3 billion in assets and provides customized portfolio management across a variety of strategies, including equity, fixed income, ETFs, and private investments.

Mark Bergsohn is a CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, InterOcean Capital Group, LLC, and InterOcean Capital, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporations, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using enhanced open architecture that incorporates fundamental and quantitative analysis, with a wide range of investment options and an extensive network of affiliated service companies and product relationships.

Abraham Israeli is a CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with Cerity Partners LLC and has prior experience at Running Point Capital Advisors, LLC, and Kennedy Wealth Management, LLC. He also operates as an independent insurance agent. Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management and related services to a national client base that includes individuals, families, business entities, charitable organizations, and institutional investors. The firm uses tailored asset allocation, manager selection, and proprietary quantitative screens, offering a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, tax planning, and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Rosemarie Robinson is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 29 years of industry experience. She has been with Kestra Advisory since 2019 and has worked with Kestra Investment Services, LLC since 2006. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in insurance through Roth & Robinson Insurance Services Inc. and serves as trustee for the Terrence & Rosemarie Robinson Trust. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, offering services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, and employee education. The firm serves large institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, and utilizes multiple management platforms and third-party solutions within its supervisory framework.

Joan Holmes is a financial advisor with CWM, LLC who holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 18 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Cetera Wealth Services, LPL Financial, Applied Financial Planning, and Girard Securities. She also serves as a notary public providing complimentary services to clients. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis using model portfolios and offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, sub-advisory solutions, and retirement-plan programs.

Maria De La Cadena is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 23 years of industry experience. She has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and operates with significant institutional scale, including roles as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Caleb Mordue is a financial advisor at Lido with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Lido, he worked at John Henry Smith Insurance for three years and was affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for two years. He also has five years of experience in full-time education. Lido serves high‑net‑worth and ultra‑high‑net‑worth clients, including family offices, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, and related services. The firm employs a diversified, integrated wealth management approach and frequently manages assets on a discretionary basis, including options-based strategies and sub-advisory roles for registered investment companies.

Chad Slaughter is a financial advisor at Lido with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 designations. His prior work includes roles at Mercer Global Advisors and Fifth Third Securities. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, including family offices and charitable organizations, providing investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs a diversified, integrated wealth management approach and is notable for its options-based strategies and sub-advisory roles with registered investment companies.

William Russell is a financial advisor with Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 20 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cornerstone Wealth, Roberts & Ryan Inc, Investifi Securities LLC, Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., Strategic Project Solutions, Inc., and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Kayne Anderson Rudnick provides discretionary and sub-advisory investment management to a diverse client base, including institutions, charitable organizations, corporations, family offices, registered investment advisers, pension plans, and individual clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental, quality-oriented equity research and offers a range of strategies across market capitalizations and sectors, serving notable clients such as sovereign wealth funds and banking institutions.

Akop Kara Simonyan is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has seven years of industry experience. He has been with Citibank since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is a member of JT SCOTT LLC, where he manages residential property expenses and rent collection. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs that utilize multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary approaches. The firm combines institutional scale with specialized market roles, including in-house research, swap dealing, and futures commission merchant services.

Phuong Thuy Dinh is a financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Evoke Wealth, LLC, First Republic Securities Company, LLC, First Republic Investment Management Inc., and UBS Financial Services Inc. since 2013. MAI Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, integrated wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages a broad range of strategies and offers services such as trust administration and insurance through affiliated entities.

Aidan Schifano is a financial advisor at IEQ Capital, LLC, with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining IEQ Capital, he held positions at Wellington Management and Harvard Medical, and has experience working in tutoring and club environments. IEQ Capital provides portfolio management and advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients, focusing on separately managed accounts and family-office services. The firm’s investment approach integrates centralized macro and manager research with access to alternative investments and specialized capabilities such as digital asset exposure and PPLI sub-advisory services.

Max Kayajanian is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. He previously worked at Oakwood Capital Management LLC for seven years before joining Wealth Enhancement in 2019. 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, employing a diversified, risk-class based investment approach that combines passive and active strategies overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

Eric Taslitz is a financial advisor with Lido Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and over 30 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Avitas Wealth Management, LLC, PKS Advisory Services, LLC, and UBS Financial Services Inc. He is also involved as a principal in alternative investment management through Avitas Capital Management and Avitas Capital Partners. Lido Advisors serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach with diversification across multiple asset classes and offers discretionary asset management alongside access to third-party managers and sub-advisers.

Luke Daniel is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Lido Advisors, LLC. His prior experience includes sixteen years at Sargent Bickham Lagudis, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is the manager and owner of LD Flips, LLC, a real estate entity focused on rehabilitating and selling properties acquired through tax lien auctions. Lido advises 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 emphasizing diversification across multiple asset classes and implements options-based strategies, often managing assets on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.

Dominik Elmasian is a financial advisor at Lido with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Lido Advisors, Boston Private Wealth, Edward Jones, Voya Financial Advisors, and Morgan Stanley. Elmasian is based in Los Angeles, CA. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, family office services, and retirement and estate planning, employing an integrated wealth management approach that includes diversification across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies.

Philip Sanchez is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Fifth Third Securities, Inc., where he has worked since 2026. Prior to that, he was employed at Ameriprise for three years and Comerica Securities, Inc. for seven years. Outside of his advisory role, Sanchez co-owns a driving school in South El Monte, California. Fifth Third Securities, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and trusts through both investment advisory and brokerage services. The firm offers the Passageway Managed Account Program with multiple portfolio options and is a direct subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank.

Christopher De Salvo is a Series 65 licensed advisor at Lido with three years of industry experience. His background includes roles at Battelle and William Blair, as well as involvement with Music Solutions from 2016 to 2020. 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 with diversification across multiple asset classes and implements options-based strategies both directly and through pooled vehicles, often managing assets on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.

Eric Furstner is a CFP® and ChFC® with 39 years of industry experience. He has worked at Lido Advisors, LLC since 2025, following seven years at Fountainhead Capital Management and nearly two decades at Mass Mutual. Since 1987, he has also been principal of The Furstner Group, Inc., where he sells and services insurance clients. Lido advises 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 with diversification across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies, often managing assets on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers and sub-advisers.

Kayla Schneider is a CFP® and CFA® with five years of industry experience. She is currently an advisor at Lido, joining the firm in 2024 after nine years at Pegasus Partners. Lido provides wealth management services to 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 investment approach that includes diversification across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies, typically managing assets on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.