Shilu Sheng is a CFP® at Creative Planning with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Creative Planning, Sheng worked at Bank of New York Mellon for seven years and PricewaterhouseCoopers for four years. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach incorporating low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure while offering a range of institutional and retirement plan services.

Emmanuel Romasanta is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has prior experience at Churchill Management Group and Fisher Investments. Based in San Francisco, CA, he joined Focus Partners Wealth in 2025. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional retirement plans by providing investment management, financial planning, tax and compliance support, family office and business management, and employee benefit retirement plan services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach with an enhanced open architecture, combining active and passive strategies and customizing portfolios based on clients’ risk tolerance, liquidity, and tax circumstances.

Lorna Meyer is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 49 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Merrill and Bank of America, N.A., with tenures spanning over two decades each before joining Rockefeller in 2025. Meyer serves as president of the Foundation of the Fine Arts Museums and participates in charitable organizations including the Sovereign Order Knights of St. John and the Museum of Modern Art. 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 a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services through a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform, including discretionary and non-discretionary solutions across multiple asset classes.

Darren Taggart is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Citigroup since 2017, with prior roles at JP Morgan Securities LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs and combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles and arrangements.

Abbas Khoshnevissan is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC based in San Francisco, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 42 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Rock & Co LLC, Wells Fargo Clearing, and UBS Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, he is a half-owner of the San Francisco Fencer's Club, where he teaches children how to fence. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm operates with a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform, distinguished by its broker-dealer registration and capabilities in placing alternative investment vehicles.

Jacob Block is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at firms including Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Foreside Fund Services, LLC, and Redbrick LMD, LLC. He has been with Citigroup since 2025. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with extensive internal oversight and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles and arrangements.

Michael Lee is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Citibank, NA since 2012. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment advisory programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm operates with a combination of large institutional scale and specialized market roles, including in-house research and derivatives services.

Kiran Ahuja is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has prior experience at UBS Financial Services, Morgan Stanley Private Bank, HSBC Securities, and J.P. Morgan. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains in-house research and security-pricing activities, operating at a large institutional scale with specialized market roles.

Karl Salocks is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently associated with Carson Wealth. His career includes roles at Morgan Stanley, Merrill, Principal Financial Services, and several wealth management firms. Salocks is based in San Rafael, CA. Carson Wealth operates as an enterprise platform serving corporate, institutional, and high-net-worth clients through a network of over 650 advisors. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan services, utilizing an Investment Committee to construct and monitor model portfolios and providing tailored solutions such as custom indexing and alternative investments.

Maria Pejoro is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in San Francisco, California, holding a Series 63 designation and 32 years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Bay Hills Capital Management, iCapital Wealth LLC, Cantella & Co., Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc, and Morgan Stanley. Outside of finance, she has worked as a pastry consultant involved in restaurant build-outs and menu planning. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, and IRAs. The firm provides a range of advisory programs including asset management, consulting, and retirement services, with both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches tailored to client objectives.

Kyle Benner is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience. He currently works at Corient and previously held roles at Ensemble Capital Management and Abbot Downing Wells Fargo. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional entities. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party manager solutions and utilizes risk management tools and alternative investment options where appropriate.

Angela Berry is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF in Walnut Creek, CA, with 22 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including Fidelity, JPMorgan Securities, Merrill, and Bank of America. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved with a modeling agency. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA retirement relationships. The firm offers a range of advisory services including model portfolio management and customized portfolio solutions within a fiduciary framework.

Micah Miller is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley, First Republic Investment Management, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP. Cresset Asset Management, LLC manages approximately $71.9 billion in client assets for a diverse range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a diversified, asset-allocation-driven investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, supported by a structured due diligence process and access to both public and private markets.

Akio Adams is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Bank of America Private Bank. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary programs through internal standards and oversight committees.

Teresa Beltran is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked primarily in mortgage-related roles before joining Rockefeller Financial in 2019. 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 a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, and operates as a registered broker-dealer providing securities transactions, variable insurance products, and placement and investment banking services.

Colleen Breit Supran is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Cerity Partners LLC since 2021. She previously held positions at Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough LLC, Morrison & Frazier, LLC, and Compass Fund Management, LLC. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, institutions, and business entities, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets. The firm uses a customized investment approach based on client-specific profiles, combining quantitative screening, manager selection, and direct security selection, and offers access to alternative and private market solutions for qualified clients.

Laurie Marks is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 registrations and having 10 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., TIAA-CREF, and TrigoFi, Inc. She serves on the Finance Committee of the San Francisco Waldorf School, assisting with financial oversight, budgeting, and endowment management. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to pooled vehicles and private funds. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and incorporates proprietary research in portfolio construction.

David Giuffrida is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and nine years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Citigroup since 2019, Millennium Limited Partners in 2017 and 2018, and JP Morgan Securities from 2013 to 2017. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles and arrangements.

Robert Berston is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in San Francisco, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Oppenheimer, he held various roles including multiple positions at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Outside of finance, he works part-time with Cow Hollow Catering. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, and IRAs. The firm offers a range of investment and consulting services across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, using both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches.

Brian Quinn is a financial advisor at Corient with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Vivaldi Capital Management and J.P. Morgan Securities. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach that combines in-house strategies with third-party managers and applies risk management tools and stress testing to align portfolios with client objectives.