Barry Newman is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Ameritas Advisory Services since 2021 and has longstanding roles with Ameritas Investment Corp and Ameritas Life Insurance Corp dating back to 2011 and 2012. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, charitable and corporate entities, and retirement plans. The firm offers fee-based asset management, retirement-plan advisory, and fiduciary services, utilizing model portfolios, third-party sub-advisers, and custom strategies.

Mark Weinberg is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 41 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 2003. Oppenheimer serves individuals, corporations, pooled vehicles, and retirement plans, offering a variety of advisory programs including portfolio management, consulting, and financial planning. The firm employs diverse investment approaches tailored to its programs and advisors, managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets as of year-end 2025.

Souheir Alrachid is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at AXA Advisors and Farmers Financial Solutions. She serves as a board member of the Baccash Family Foundation, which provides grants to several healthcare and community organizations. Eagle Strategies offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual and institutional clients, emphasizing tailored recommendations and a predominantly non-discretionary asset management approach within the New York Life affiliate structure.

Daniel Chesler is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at TD Ameritrade and Charles Schwab entities. Outside of his advisory work, he owns a rental property. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering financial reviews, retirement planning, and investment recommendations using Schwab’s research tools and asset allocation models. The firm operates as an internal advisory unit within the Schwab ecosystem and does not manage client accounts on a discretionary basis.

Ariel Da Silva is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. He previously worked with Oakwood Capital Management and its division ACORN DIGITAL WEALTH before joining Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services in 2021. Based in Los Angeles, CA, his career spans roles at multiple firms within the wealth management sector. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans through a large network of advisors. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and asset management services, employing a strategic investment approach that combines passive and active management with quantitative and fundamental research.

Louis Kim is a financial advisor at Lido with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at MKL Capital Management LLC, Paceline Partners, The Leaders Group Inc, and Gideon. Outside of his advisory role, he is the managing member of Big D Hotel, LLC, a group investment vehicle related to a hotel in Dallas, Texas. 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 across multiple asset classes and offers investment management, financial planning, family office services, and retirement and estate planning.

David Hou is a financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Inbalance Advisors, Evoke Wealth, and First Republic Investment Management. MAI Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, integrated wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management across multiple strategies and serves in both advisory and product-sponsor roles, including investment advisory to a registered mutual fund and management of private funds.

Warren Sypinero is a CFP® and CFA® with 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. and has prior experience at firms including Fidelity Brokerage Services, Union Bank, and TIAA. First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. offers investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension plans, and business entities. The firm combines risk- and outcomes-based asset allocation with discretionary and non-discretionary management, supported by fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, and benefits from its affiliation with a bank holding company.

Maher Askary is a Series 65-credentialed advisor at Lido with experience spanning several firms since 2016. He has held positions at Lido Advisors, Envision Capital Group, Partners Capital Group, AD Asset Management, and Yield Investments LTD. Outside of his advisory roles, Askary has served as managing director of AD Asset Management, a commercial real estate investment fund currently in the process of closing. 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 options-based strategies, managing assets both directly and through affiliated pooled vehicles.

Adam Castillo is a financial advisor at Lido with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at LPL Financial, Cambridge Management Group, Mondelez International, and California State University of San Marcos. Outside of finance, he was involved with the North County Basketball Officials Association for two years. 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 that includes diversification across multiple asset classes and implements options-based strategies, typically managing assets on a discretionary basis while utilizing third-party managers as appropriate.

Jeffrey Kaufmann is a financial advisor at Lido with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Lido Advisors, LLC since 2021, following six years at Boston Private Wealth LLC. Based in Los Angeles, CA, he provides advisory services within a firm that serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. Lido employs an integrated wealth management approach that includes diversification across multiple asset classes, implements options-based strategies such as its “Cap and Cushion” method, and manages assets primarily on a discretionary basis while utilizing third-party managers and sub-advisers as appropriate.

Kevin Friedman is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Oppenheimer since 2017, following prior roles at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he instructs law enforcement and military personnel in defense tactics through Krav Maga Worldwide and serves on the Tucson Delta Chi Alumni Board. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory and brokerage services. The firm employs strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and various investment strategies to construct client solutions, and acts as a qualified custodian for client assets.

Louis Flamino is a financial advisor with Lido, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 10 years of industry experience. He has worked with Lido Advisors, LLC since 2016 and also provides services for IDB Lido Wealth, LLC under a contractual agreement. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, and other entities, offering investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs a diversified investment approach that includes equities, fixed income, structured notes, real estate debt, and alternatives, along with options-based strategies implemented directly in client accounts and pooled vehicles.

Kevin O’Regan is a CFP® credentialed financial advisor at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P. and The Blackstone Group, and has been with Kayne Anderson Rudnick since 2019. He also holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. Kayne Anderson Rudnick provides discretionary investment management and sub-advisory services to institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm focuses on fundamental, company-level research and incorporates proprietary governance and sustainability assessments in its portfolio construction, managing a range of active equity and fixed-income strategies.

Samuel Melchiorre is a financial advisor with RBC Rochdale, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. He has been with City National Rochdale since 2018 and worked at PFM Asset Management from 2016 to 2018. RBC Rochdale serves a diverse client base including high net worth individuals, corporations, nonprofit organizations, and government entities. The firm employs an active, multi-strategy investment approach that integrates quantitative screening, fundamental analysis, and proprietary tools to create tailored portfolios across various asset classes.

David Sadkin is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 20 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. He previously worked with Bel Air Investment Advisors and Bel Air Securities LLC for 15 years and was a partner at Bel Air Management Company LLC. Sadkin serves on the finance and investment committees of The Buckley School and Temple Israel of Hollywood, as well as the investment committee of Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and incorporates proprietary research in its portfolio construction.

Dylan Fagundes is a financial advisor at Lido with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Pacific Premier Trust, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, and Jacquard Hotel. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, family office services, and retirement and estate planning, utilizing an integrated wealth management approach with diversification across various asset classes and options-based strategies.

Jacob Eggett is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Lido Advisors, LLC since 2025. He previously worked for nine years at Copperwynd Financial, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Eggett is a trustee of a family trust connected to an online food blog. 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 that includes diversification across multiple asset classes and implements options-based strategies, often managing assets on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.

Matthew Bloom Krull is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience and is currently with Lido Advisors, LLC. He previously worked for Olympus Wealth Management, LLC for 10 years. Krull serves as a board member for Methodists Helping Methodists, a nonprofit organization in Utah. Lido advises high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm provides integrated wealth management services including investment management, financial planning, family office services, and estate planning, employing a diversified investment approach that incorporates equities, fixed income, structured notes, real estate debt, and alternative strategies.

Roberto Paredes is a financial advisor at Lido with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors and Msec, LLC. He has been with Lido Advisors since 2021. 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 that includes diversification across multiple asset classes and implements options-based strategies, managing assets primarily on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.