Debra Curry is a CFP® with 39 years of industry experience, currently serving at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. Her prior roles include positions at Yosemite Capital Management and Syndicated Capital Inc, where she worked for 16 years each, as well as Bridge Advisory LLC. Outside of advisory services, she is also an insurance agent with Beacon Pointe Insurance Services. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes asset allocation across third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies alongside a formal manager due-diligence process.

Steven Rodriguez is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 2015 to 2019 before joining Oppenheimer in 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he manages a rental property in Huntington Beach, CA. Oppenheimer serves individual and institutional clients, offering a variety of advisory programs including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and retirement services. The firm employs a range of investment approaches tailored by program and advisor, managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets as of year-end 2025.

Adam Fein is a financial advisor at EP Wealth Advisors with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Advisors. Fein is based in San Diego, CA. EP Wealth Advisors is a fee-only, independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and ancillary services such as tax preparation and estate-document facilitation, using a suitability-driven process and a range of investment options.

Alyssa Martinez is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Elevate Wealth Management and Modern Wealth Management. Martinez also sells fixed term insurance as an agent for Elevate Insurance Group. 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, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services, utilizing a range of investment approaches across discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements.

Christopher Haberl is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with 33 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. Haberl has been with Centaurus Financial since 2013 and previously worked at Direct Insurance Business beginning in 1996. Outside of advising, he is involved with Retirement Educators, where he offers a retirement planning workshop, and he invests personally in trust deeds and a biotech investment fund. Centaurus Financial serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized services such as advisory management of annuities and variable life sub-accounts, utilizing a mix of fundamental and technical analysis across discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements.

Jeremiah Pangan is a financial advisor with Prime Capital Financial holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has worked with firms including 20/20 Financial Advisers of San Diego, Ameritas Investment Corp, and 2020 Capital Management. Outside of advising, he serves as a board member of Mountain View Church, overseeing church operations and budgeting. Prime Capital Financial is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans with services such as asset management, financial planning, and third-party manager selection. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies and offers family office services, tax advisory through an affiliated subsidiary, and consolidated reporting for private investments.

Robert Mauldin II is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Citigroup since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he instructs CFP candidates at the University of California Irvine. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles, providing a broad range of advisory and execution services.

Shawn Finley is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. since 2014. Based in Torrance, CA, he holds a Series 66 license and has experience in annuities and insurance products as part of his broader financial advisory work. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that offers discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios for individual and business clients. The firm manages approximately $3.65 billion across more than 37,000 accounts, providing a range of investment strategies including traditional asset allocation and legacy market-timing approaches.

Derek Finley is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Torrance, CA, holding a Series 66 credential and bringing 11 years of industry experience. He has been with GWN Securities since 2015. Outside of his financial advisory role, he also works as a restaurant server. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through various managed account programs and financial planning. The firm employs a combination of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and uses market-timing and momentum-based strategies in certain legacy programs.

Amber Lembo is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with four years of industry experience. She is currently with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC, where she has worked since 2026. Prior to that, she was employed at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Integrated Wealth Management. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers across public and private asset classes.

Yiwei Li is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with Series 65 and Series 63 designations and four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Citigroup in 2026, Yiwei worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities, and has entrepreneurial experience with Yingfu Branding in Shanghai and Evey Jewelry. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and brokerage services supported by in-house research, extensive manager oversight, and multi-asset, multi-manager strategies.

Lucas Dipietro is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Anaheim, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Centaurus Financial since 2016 and previously worked at World Financial Group, Inc. and Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. Outside of advising, he serves as a board member and treasurer for the Right to Life League of Southern California, where he consults on finance and budgeting matters. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, and nonprofits. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management through the CLASSIC Plus platform, and retirement-plan consulting, employing a range of analytical approaches and both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements.

Joel Sheldon is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp in Placentia, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and 17 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Crown Capital Securities, LP and Lincoln Financial Advisors. Outside of his advisory duties, Sheldon engages in engineering consulting services and manages his financial services business through an S-Corp structure. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides investment advisory, financial planning, and consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, and corporations. The firm employs model-driven, asset-allocation strategies and utilizes both proprietary and third-party portfolio management programs across a large network of advisors.

John Choi is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Newport Beach, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Eagle Strategies, he was involved with Comfort DTC Inc. dba Molecule for seven years. Choi also serves as a board member for Angeles Samaritan Mission, a religious nonprofit focused on teaching, training, and outreach for underserved communities. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Rudolph Brandes is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. He previously worked at Jackson Financial Management and has been with Mercer since 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he is the founder and principal consultant of Rudymentary AI Consulting LLC, which provides AI strategy and training services to businesses and nonprofits, and serves on the boards of the Vista Verde Foundation and the Woodbridge Village Association finance committee. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and related planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, and nonprofit organizations. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory and emphasizes globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with strategic use of low-cost index vehicles and tax management.

Ananta Chhippi Mourya is a CFA® charterholder currently with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC, bringing one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe, Mourya held roles at MassMutual Life Insurance Company, MML Investors Services LLC, Grodin Financial Services, Center Point Inc, and Lincoln University. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan platform, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

David Tang is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining NewEdge Advisors in 2024, he worked at UCI Medical Center for ten years and St. Joseph's Hospital for five years. NewEdge Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management through a wrap fee program that combines asset management with financial planning and consulting.

Jeremy Mincks is a CFP® professional with 12 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd since 2016 and is also affiliated with LPL Financial, where he has worked since 2015. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party advisory solutions through an open-architecture platform that supports both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios.

Megan Carden is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at EP Wealth Advisors. She previously worked at Wacker Wealth Partners for nine years before joining EP Wealth Advisors in 2024. EP Wealth Advisors, LLC is a fee-only, independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and additional services including tax preparation and estate-document facilitation.

Elena Rotariu is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 15 years of industry experience. She has been associated with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and also holds roles with Destiny Builders 9, LLC, Word and Brown General Agency, and Ro & E Services, Inc. Outside of her advisory work, she provides accounting and payroll services through Ro & E Services, Inc. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers advisory and broker-dealer services utilizing proprietary and third-party model portfolios, with both discretionary and non-discretionary program options.