Marc Lieberman is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of industry experience. He has been the principal advisor at Shorepine Wealth Management, LLC since 2017 and previously worked at Ashfield Capital Partners, LLC for 10 years. Shorepine Wealth Management serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, foundations, endowments, and corporate clients by providing individualized investment portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs an actively managed core portfolio strategy focused on mid-to-large cap U.S. equities supplemented by mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, and cash, using fundamental and technical analysis, and offers unique services including a private-placement real estate fund sponsorship and an educational seminar series titled "Wealth Creation Today."

Sarah Green is a financial advisor at Farm Girl Capital LLC in Albany, CA, holding the CFP® designation with 17 years of industry experience. She previously worked at North Berkeley Investment Partners and Transformative Wealth Management LLC. Green serves as a board member at Healing Tide, a nonprofit focused on eco-wellness and sustainable travel. Farm Girl Capital provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis and offers specialized retirement-plan services, including ERISA fiduciary oversight and participant education.

Samer Habl is the sole advisor at Fingage Advisors LLC in San Francisco, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with nine years of industry experience. He is also President of Fingage Holdings Inc., the parent company that develops and owns the technology and investment models used by his advisory firm, splitting his time between overseeing technological development and client advisory services. Fingage Advisors serves individual retail investors, retirement plan participants, and trusts through an online platform focused on retirement objectives, using proprietary investment technology that combines modern portfolio theory with Monte Carlo simulations and a GARCH risk model to deliver personalized, goal-based glidepaths and portfolio recommendations.

Rosario Chacon is a CFP® professional with eight years of experience in financial advising and currently operates as the sole advisor at Wealth-Source Financial in Oakland, CA. Prior to establishing Wealth-Source Financial, she worked at Mission Economic Development Agency and Personal Financial Consultants. In addition to her advisory role, she works seasonally as a tax preparer. Wealth-Source Financial is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual clients with tailored portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning services. The firm emphasizes long-term asset allocation and passive management with index funds and ETFs, and it also offers public education through courses and seminars, alongside one-on-one advisory work.

Louis Barberini is a financial advisor at Tre Api Wealth Management, LLC in San Francisco, holding the PFS™ designation and Series 63 license with 10 years of industry experience. Before entering financial services, he worked for over two decades with the San Francisco Police Department. He also writes an independent Substack column covering crime, corruption, tax, economy, and investor psychology. Tre Api Wealth Management offers customized portfolio management primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, employing a combination of fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis with a long-term trading approach. The firm manages approximately $52 million in client assets across around 40 relationships, typically using discretionary trading authority.

Steven Sherman is the sole advisor at Steven William Sherman, an independent firm based in San Rafael, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 13 years of industry experience. Sherman has operated his own advisory practice since 2005. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management for individual and IRA accounts, managing a focused book of approximately 25 clients with $5–6 million in assets. Its investment approach combines fundamental and technical analysis, emphasizing ultra-diversified portfolios primarily using exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds, along with active trade-timing decisions uncommon among independent advisers.

Monroe Wealth Management is a financial planning firm that specializes with tech employees and business owners. Services include: IPO Event Planning (Pre and Post IPO) Public and Private Equity Compensation ISO, NSO, RSU, RSA, ESPP, etc. Concentrated Stock Strategies Cash Flow Optimization Real Estate Investing Tax Mitigation Strategies Retirement Planning College and Education Planning Family Planning Philanthropy Behavioral Finance and Financial Wellness Coaching Investment Management

Robert Margetic is a financial advisor at Redwood Financial Advisors, Inc. in San Rafael, CA, with 28 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 designation and has worked with multiple affiliated firms since 1987. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of WealthNet Charitable Gift Fund, a nonprofit organization that manages donor-advised accounts, and is involved in the administration of charitable remainder trusts through Redwood Financial Group, Inc. Redwood Financial Advisors, Inc. offers portfolio management, comprehensive financial and retirement planning, philanthropic planning, and financial consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and professional advisors. The firm develops tailored strategies using a combination of fundamental, technical, and market-timing analysis and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Edward Sporl is the principal of Sporl & Company in San Anselmo, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 24 years of industry experience. He has operated Sporl & Company since 1990. Outside of advisory work, he also manages real estate through Sonoma Investment Partners on a limited basis. Sporl & Company provides discretionary investment management focused on fixed-income securities and derivatives, specializing in U.S. government securities, agency mortgage-backed products, and other high-quality debt instruments. The firm employs an investment approach centered on economic and fundamental analysis aiming for total return with capital preservation, utilizing actively monitored strategies involving collateralized mortgage obligations, interest-only/principal-only structures, and asset-backed securities.

Christian Batchelder is the sole advisor at Christian Curry Batchelder, CFP, an independent advisory firm based in Oakland, CA. He holds the CFP® designation and has 32 years of industry experience, having operated his practice since 1987. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management for private investors, families, personal trusts, and estates. It employs a proprietary discovery and planning process that integrates financial analysis with clients’ attitudes toward money and legacy, managing portfolios on a discretionary basis with mutual funds and third-party managers.

Alison Davies is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. She has been the sole advisor at Fruition Advisors LLC since 2013. Fruition Advisors serves individual clients through financial planning and by selecting and monitoring third-party investment advisors rather than providing direct portfolio management. The firm works primarily with clients who meet a portfolio minimum and emphasizes client-specific planning and asset allocation based on Modern Portfolio Theory.

Donovan Malone is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Greenbook Financial LLC. His background includes roles at Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, JP Morgan Securities, and the University of California Office of the President. Greenbook Financial provides investment management, financial planning, and educational seminars to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a mix of passive and active asset allocation, offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and incorporates ESG considerations when requested.

Sabrina Lowell is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as the principal advisor at Second Summit Wealth Management, LLC. Her prior roles include positions at Fort Point Capital Partners LLC, Private Ocean, and Mosaic Financial Partners, Inc. Outside of financial advising, she provides life coaching and serves as a Nominating Committee Member for The Olympic Club, as well as a Dean for the Financial Planning Association Residency Program. Second Summit Wealth Management offers financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, and estates, managing approximately $122 million in client assets. The firm utilizes Modern Portfolio Theory to construct model portfolios and employs systematic tax-loss harvesting, while providing consolidated reporting that includes assets held outside primary custodians.

Khaled Salama is a CFA® charterholder with 27 years of industry experience. He is the principal of KS Global Advisors, Inc., an independent firm he has been associated with since 1995. Prior to that, he worked for 25 years at The Headlands Group. Outside of his advisory role, Salama serves on several investment committees and boards, including positions at the San Domenico School, Sisters of St. Dominic of San Rafael, U Corp-SF State, and the Terra Fund, and he is a guest lecturer at Stanford University. KS Global Advisors provides discretionary investment management and financial consulting services primarily to individual clients and certain trusts. The firm employs a global, long-term investment approach emphasizing fundamental valuation and dynamic rebalancing, managing portfolios with an unusually large number of individual securities while applying institutional-style processes to a relatively small client base.

Kenneth Winn is a financial advisor at Dunhill & Company, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 credentials and has previously worked at Emerson Equity LLC, US Capital Global Securities, and Laidlaw and Company. Dunhill & Company provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations and business clients. The firm offers advice across various asset classes and investment strategies, tailoring programs to client objectives and coordinating with third-party managers and custodians.

Robert Rogers is the sole advisor at Phingers and Toze Investments, LLC in San Francisco, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations with 29 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 1997. Phingers and Toze Investments provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment advice primarily for high-net-worth individual clients, using both fundamental and technical analysis across a range of strategies tailored to client objectives. The firm maintains client accounts at Charles Schwab and manages a highly concentrated client base with individualized account relationships.

Malcolm Greenhill is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Sterling Futures since 2006. He is also the principal and 100% owner of Sterling Futures Insurance & Financial Services, where he dedicates part of his time to insurance sales. Sterling Futures advises individuals, pension plans, and corporate clients, offering portfolio supervision, financial and retirement planning, estate planning, employee benefits consulting, and pension consulting. The firm combines third-party model allocations with direct selection of securities and employs automated quarterly rebalancing, with most client assets custodied and traded through SEI.

Monib Khademi is the principal of Cypress Praxis, LLC, an independent advisory firm located in San Rafael, CA. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 14 years of industry experience. Khademi has been with Cypress Praxis since its founding in 1992. He also has a history of long-term pro bono service on nonprofit and education boards. Cypress Praxis serves a selective group of primarily high-net-worth individuals and families, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial consulting, and education. The firm employs a proprietary Strategic Portfolio Design™ process that focuses on asset allocation, tax-managed indexing, and investor behavior coaching while offering virtual family-office capabilities for large households.

Aaron Hattenbach is a CFP® certified financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience. He is the principal at Rapport Financial, LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2016. Prior to founding Rapport Financial, he worked at Emerson Equity LLC, Bank of America, and Merrill. He is also licensed as an insurance agent with Synchronize to assist clients with life, disability, and long-term insurance planning. Rapport Financial provides comprehensive financial planning and wealth management services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement and pension plans, with a particular focus on doctors and business owners. The firm combines passive and fundamental portfolio management within a modern-portfolio framework and offers access to private alternative investments and institutional plan consulting.

Robert Shutzer is a financial advisor at Shutzer Investments, LLC in San Francisco, CA, with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including the Institute for Wealth Advisors, Inc. and CONCERT Wealth Management, Inc. prior to founding his current firm in 2019. Shutzer Investments, LLC provides ongoing portfolio management and institutional consulting, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutions. The firm employs a blend of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, managing accounts on a discretionary basis with documented risk tolerances and investment objectives, and utilizes trading strategies including short sales, margin, and options.