Andrew Jackey is a financial advisor at Axion Wealth Advisors with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Tesorio and Carta, as well as a position at Sphere. Axion Wealth Advisors offers portfolio management and investment planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside long-term trading and options strategies, focusing on a diversified mix of investment vehicles such as mutual funds, equities, fixed income, real estate funds, ETFs, and TIPS.

Vincent Willyard is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of experience in the financial industry. He is a principal at Evolution Global Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the board of Luna Grill, a restaurant in San Diego, providing strategic guidance. Evolution Global Advisors provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm focuses on foreign equity investments, including ADRs and emerging markets, using fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis to target above-market, risk-adjusted capital appreciation.

Mari Fries is a CFP® professional with one year of experience, currently serving as an advisor at ProsperiTea Planning. Prior to joining ProsperiTea Planning, she worked extensively in tax preparation and advisory roles, including over a decade at HR Block and as the owner of Lead Turn Consulting, a tax preparation and advisory business. ProsperiTea Planning serves individuals and families with holistic financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and integrated tax planning and preparation. The firm’s approach features a written Investment Policy Statement, strategic asset allocation, and tax-aware decisions, supported by a multi-credential team and a fixed annual retainer model.

Benjamin Koala is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as CFO and co-owner at Koala Financial. He has held positions at Cetera Wealth Services and Avantax, and concurrently serves as a Finance Officer in the Air National Guard. Koala is the President of the Chula Vista Rotary Foundation and will serve as President-Elect of the Chula Vista Rotary Club in 2025. He is also the owner-operator of Koala Law PC, a law firm offering client representation and legal services. Koala Financial provides investment advisory services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, with offerings that include pension consulting and written financial planning. The firm integrates accounting, tax, legal, insurance, and real estate services into its investment process, which employs multiple methods of analysis and includes discretionary portfolio management focused on mutual funds, ETFs, and other securities.

Matthew Cobas is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Kaiyo Wealth LLC since 2021 and previously held positions at Origin Investment Advisory LLC, Mariner Wealth Advisors, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Msec, LLC. He is based in San Diego, CA. Kaiyo Wealth LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and customized financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment approach incorporates modern portfolio theory, long-term trading, margin, and options strategies, while also utilizing outside managers and maintaining regular portfolio monitoring.

Eric Sigdestad is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Simplifi, Inc. He has led the firm since 2010, including its previous iteration as Sigdestad Financial, Inc. Located in San Diego, CA, he holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Simplifi, Inc. provides customized investment management and financial planning primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $251.5 million in discretionary assets across nearly 300 client relationships. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and diversification using mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and incorporates human oversight alongside artificial intelligence for operational efficiencies.

Ryan Beckham is a CFP®, CFA®, and holds a Series 65 license with 12 years of industry experience. He worked for Telos Capital Management, Inc. from 2013 to 2026 before joining Brian D. Lowder, Inc. in San Diego, CA. Brian D. Lowder, Inc. provides fee-only financial planning and investment management services to individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm constructs portfolios based on client objectives, tax considerations, and risk tolerance, using a core-and-satellite investment approach with an emphasis on fundamental analysis and diversification.

Carl Wiese is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at GROW Funds LLC. He also works as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego, teaching courses on Ethics and Financial Markets and Institutions, Financial Management, and Introduction to Hedge Funds. GROW Funds LLC is a state-registered investment adviser providing discretionary portfolio management and pension consulting to individual, retirement plan, business, and institutional clients. The firm offers separately managed accounts guided by fundamental research as well as concentrated, opportunistic strategies through privately offered pooled vehicles.

Allen Trim is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience and has been with Blue Summit Wealth Management since 2018. Prior to joining Blue Summit, he worked at Cetera Advisors and held a strategy management role at ResMed, a medical device manufacturer. Outside of his advisory work, Trim has experience managing a vacation rental business. Blue Summit Wealth Management serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, qualified retirement plans, and private trusts. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management with an emphasis on sustainable investing and pension consulting.

Denisse Arebalo is a financial advisor at Pacific Canyon Investments with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Bay Street Capital Holdings and TD Ameritrade. Pacific Canyon Investments serves individual, family, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and discretionary advisory services. The firm employs a tech-forward, innovation-focused investment approach combined with value-based fundamental analysis and provides customized portfolio solutions and educational seminars.

David Sprenger is a financial advisor at Qualified Planning with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations. Sprenger has held roles at The Leaders Group DBA Simplicity Investments, Alkeme Insurance, IRA Solutions, Inc., and Dunhill Marketing & Insurance Services, Inc., where he serves as Vice President. Qualified Planning provides investment advisory services primarily to individual clients, as well as pension/profit-sharing plans and corporations. The firm offers passive, asset-allocation-driven portfolios mainly composed of ETFs and mutual funds, alongside model portfolio management and third-party manager monitoring.

Heather Quintero is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ at Carter Financial, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing, Clarity Wealth Advisors, and LPL Financial prior to joining Carter Financial in 2019. Carter Financial provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs fundamental analysis and multi-style asset allocation with a focus on ETFs and mutual funds while maintaining flexibility to use individual securities and options as appropriate.

Brady Bishop is a financial advisor at Waits Investments, LLC in San Diego, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he was involved with the San Diego Futures Foundation for 15 years. Waits Investments, LLC provides personalized, fee-only financial planning and investment management primarily for individual investors, as well as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes a long-term, asset-allocation focused investment approach using low-cost index funds and ETFs, complemented by selective active management to seek incremental value.

Joel Everett is a CFP® and ChFC® with 11 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Financial Planning Consultants and affiliated with LPL Financial since 2015. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as an insurance agent specializing in life, disability, and long-term care policies. Financial Planning Consultants offers financial planning and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm provides non-discretionary investment recommendations across a range of asset types, focusing on a long-term, value-oriented approach without managing client assets or charging fees based on assets under management.

Matthew Miller is a financial advisor with WBB Securities, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at Vanderbilt Securities, LLC and other related firms since 2020, and has been with WBB Securities, LLC since 2011. Miller also engages in occasional consulting and trade review for various firms outside of regular market hours. WBB Securities, LLC provides investment advisory and broker-dealer services through managed account programs that serve individual clients, pension plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and other advisers. The firm combines asset allocation and custom portfolio construction using fundamental, technical, and charting analysis and operates both as a registered investment adviser and a FINRA-member broker/dealer with in-house investment banking and equity research capabilities.

Kevin Barrett is a financial advisor with Wealth Alliance, LLC in San Diego, California, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Wealth Alliance since 2006 and previously worked at Independent Financial Group, Wealth Analytics, Inc., and Hornor, Townsend & Kent. Outside of advisory work, he is involved as the owner of VitalNRG, a company developing a wave energy converter device, and serves as an independent contractor providing consulting services to Innovative California Biosciences International. Wealth Alliance, LLC provides investment management and financial analysis to individuals, families, trusts, estates, small businesses, and retirement plan participants, with a focus on business owners, executives nearing retirement, and emerging-wealth professionals. The firm manages about $70 million using a range of investments including ETFs, mutual funds, bonds, and alternative assets, combining fundamental and quantitative analyses with risk-assessment tools, and integrates tax and accounting services through affiliated professionals.

Riley Kelly is a financial advisor at Wealth Legacy Group, Inc. in San Diego, CA, with 42 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has worked at Wealth Legacy Group since 2006 and previously spent time at Osaic FA, Inc. and Sentra Securities Corporation. In addition to his advisory role, he owns and operates R. J. Kelly Financial & Insurance Services, where he is licensed to sell life and health insurance. Wealth Legacy Group serves high-net-worth families, business owners, and select individual, nonprofit, and institutional clients by providing wealth planning, business succession, philanthropic planning, insurance guidance, and tax-deferred real estate investment assistance. The firm uses institutional third-party managers and model platforms for investment implementation and employs a proprietary planning process called the Critical Actions Roadmap to coordinate multi-topic planning.

David Tsow is a financial advisor at Pandora Wealth, Inc. in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 25 years of industry experience. His prior work includes ten years at Charles Schwab and five years at Spotlight Asset Group. Pandora Wealth provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individual, high-net-worth, business, and institutional clients. The firm constructs customized, diversified portfolios and employs fundamental and cyclical analysis, offering tailored strategies for special situations alongside estate-planning document services through a partnership with Helios Integrated Planning.

Michael Malvin is a financial advisor at Decision Investments, Inc. in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Decision Investments since 2007. Decision Investments serves individuals—including both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients—as well as non-profit organizations and corporate plan sponsors. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, employing an active, tactical asset-allocation approach that combines fundamental and technical analysis with regular portfolio reviews.

Jason Barney is a financial advisor at Wealth Alliance, LLC in El Cajon, CA, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 27 years of industry experience and has been with Wealth Alliance since 2011. In addition to his advisory role, he owns Wealth Alliance Tax and Financial Services LLC, which provides tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll processing. Wealth Alliance serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, retirement-plan participants, and small businesses, focusing on business owners, executives transitioning to retirement, and emerging-wealth professionals. The firm manages approximately $64.5 million across 266 clients using proprietary model portfolios and combines quantitative and fundamental analysis with discretionary portfolio management.