Eric Brillant is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Anaheim, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 23 years of industry experience. He previously worked at LPL Financial for 12 years before joining Centaurus Financial in 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of Brillant and Associates and is involved in the sale of fixed insurance, disability, long-term care, and individual term insurance products. Centaurus Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, with advisors employing a mix of fundamental, technical, bottom-up, and top-down analysis.

Austin Rouk is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. He has been affiliated with Beacon Pointe Advisors since 2017 and also works with Beacon Pointe Insurance Services, LLC as a licensed insurance agent. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan platform, and outsourced CIO services to a diverse clientele including individuals, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers and offers both active and passive investment strategies across various asset classes.

Ryan Stockbauer is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, holding a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Goldman Sachs from 2020 onward, with earlier experience outside the financial sector. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base, including individual investors, corporate participants, executives, and institutional clients. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized executive wealth programs, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary strategies supported by proprietary research and a broad affiliate network.

Olivia Sula Wang is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Irvine, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and three years of industry experience. Her prior roles include work at InheritGuard and LSPN Direct. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios with discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Timothy Winterbottom is a financial advisor at PlanMember Securities Corporation with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at PlanMember since 2012. Prior to his advisory role, he was employed at Trader Joe's for three years. In addition to his advisory work, Winterbottom is engaged in insurance sales and services focused on fixed insurance products. PlanMember Securities Corporation provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm utilizes a top-down strategic asset allocation process and manages unitized, risk-based mutual fund portfolios ranging from conservative to aggressive, while also offering education and support services to plan sponsors and participants.

Sandipa Pardeshi is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. She has six years of industry experience, including roles at Churchill Management Group and a period as a stay-at-home mom. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a blend of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds under an enhanced open architecture framework.

Justin Medeiros is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with UBS Financial Services since 2014. 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 both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and operates as a registered broker-dealer providing securities transactions, variable insurance products, and investment banking services.

Susanna Pinto is a CFP® professional currently with Creative Planning, LLC. She has worked in the financial services industry since 2022, including prior roles at Perigon Wealth Management and Oliver & Greb Capital Management. Outside of finance, she has experience in education, having worked at Shanghai Livingston American School. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment approach focused on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a large advisory team and integrated investment infrastructure.

Daniel Chang is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Anaheim, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 16 years of industry experience. He is also the owner of Paving Roads Financial Strategies and Insurance Solutions LLC, through which he brokers non-registered insurance products. Chang has worked with New York Life and its affiliates since 2008. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives, emphasizing a largely non-discretionary asset management approach within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Michael Legaspi Jr. is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 17 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Wells Fargo Clearing, Wells Fargo Advisors, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Chase Investment Services. Outside of finance, he engages in photography and videography for amateur youth travel and club sports teams. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations, offering a wide range of advisory and brokerage services. The firm’s investment approach incorporates strategic and tactical asset allocation along with manager selection, and it provides both discretionary and non-discretionary consulting and retirement services.

Janet Mendez is a financial advisor at OSAIC Institutions, Inc. with 14 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Infinex Investments, Inc., Mollison & Sediqi Wealth Management Group, Cuna Brokerage Services, Inc., and SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, ERISA retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients through a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer model. The firm provides customized advisory services, financial planning, ERISA plan services, and access to alternative investments and lending solutions, operating with a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Gavin Haley is a financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Before joining MAI Capital Management in 2026, he held various roles outside the financial industry, including working at Puesto Mexican Food and The Farms Golf Club. MAI Capital Management provides investment management, wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management across multiple strategies and integrates financial planning with tax and administrative services.

Austin Kastenberg is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential. He has been with Beacon Pointe Advisors since 2021, with prior experience at San Diego State University's Fowler College of Business and Right Way Insurance Services, Inc. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm employs a manager-driven investment approach, utilizing both active and passive strategies, and sponsors proprietary investment vehicles including private funds and a registered interval fund.

Alexis Melchor is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management through its CLASSIC Plus platform, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services, utilizing a mix of fundamental, technical, bottom-up, and top-down investment analysis.

Joy Anne Marie Gonzales is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC in Newport Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with four years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and J.P. Morgan Securities. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, and corporations, offering a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm operates as both a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer, providing integrated investment solutions across equities, fixed income, and alternatives.

Anthony Guinane is a financial advisor with Sanctuary Advisors, LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 28 years of industry experience, including 12 years at UBS Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, Guinane is the founder and managing partner of Dial Square Private Wealth, an investment advisory operating entity. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm supports over 400 independent investment adviser representatives who deliver customized portfolio management and consulting services utilizing a variety of investment approaches and platforms.

Steven Henningson is a financial advisor at CWM, LLC with 41 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at Cetera Wealth Services and Applied Financial Planning. Outside of his advisory work, Henningson serves on the advisory board of a community church with recovery ministries and supports the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a large network of advisors. The firm employs discretionary portfolio management with model portfolios overseen by an internal Investment Committee, integrating fundamental and technical analysis alongside third-party sub-advisors and customization tools.

Colton Petty is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. He has held roles at several firms, including Northwestern Mutual Investment Services and Timothy J Molnar. Petty is based in Newport Beach, CA. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments with investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach featuring globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios and utilizes a range of investment vehicles including low-cost ETFs, separate account managers, and private funds.

Erick Mccreight is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021 and previously spent 19 years at Ayco/Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth households, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and offers tailored services such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support, operating within a large integrated financial group with access to a broad range of investment and banking capabilities.

Avinash Pai is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 22 years of industry experience. He is currently with Independent Advisor Alliance, LLC and has prior experience at Revant Wealth, Provence Wealth Management Group, and LPL Financial. Pai also serves as an adjunct professor, occasionally teaching in the personal financial planning program at UC Irvine’s Graduate School of Management. Independent Advisor Alliance serves a diverse client base including individuals, small businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm offers asset management, financial planning, and retirement consulting, employing a network model of advisory representatives and utilizing various investment strategies and technology platforms to deliver client services.