Ynhu Dong is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney since 2011 and holds a Series 66 designation. Based in Mountain View, CA, his career has been focused on advisory services within a large institutional firm. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer offering a range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients. The firm provides tailored financial planning and manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets.

Xia Wang is a financial advisor with LPL Enterprise, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 24 years of industry experience. She has worked at Prudential Insurance Company of America since 2001, including a long tenure at Pruco Securities, LLC., before joining LPL Enterprise in 2024. LPL Enterprise serves a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, advisory services, and access to various investment and insurance products through an integrated platform.

Ina Bourdev is a Vice President and Financial Consultant at Fidelity Investments, bringing over 20 years of industry experience to her role. She helps clients create customized financial plans and build investment strategies with a focus on retirement and tax-efficient investing, leveraging Fidelity's insights, investing tools, and a team of specialists. Ina's professional background includes positions as a Financial Consultant at Fidelity Investments, Vice President and Financial Solutions Advisor at Bank of America Merrill, Registered Operations Leader at Ameriprise Financial, and Private Client Banker at JP Morgan Chase. She holds a California Insurance License. Outside of her professional work, Ina enjoys spending time at the beach, attending concerts and social events with friends, hiking, and listening to music.

Jacob Barone is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing in San Jose, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Charles Schwab, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs Investment Bank. Before entering finance, he spent over a decade at Edwards Flooring. Wells Fargo Clearing specializes in retirement plan consulting for qualified ERISA and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services. The firm’s IPS-driven approach incorporates modern portfolio theory and includes a notable range of investment options such as insurance-related vehicles and bank deposit sweep programs.

Louis Cano Jr. is a Wealth Management Advisor and Senior Vice President at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He has over 28 years of experience in the financial industry, beginning his career at age 18 as a runner on the Pacific Coast Stock Options Trading Floor with Coast Options Inc. After graduating with a degree in Economics from San Francisco State University in 1994, Louis started his wealth management career at PaineWebber, Inc., where he consistently achieved club level advisor status. He transitioned his practice to Merrill Lynch in 2008 and has managed discretionary portfolios since 2014. Louis holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® designation and is also recognized as a Personal Investment Advisor. His areas of expertise include education planning, family wealth management strategies, liquidity management, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, portfolio management services, women and wealth, sports and entertainment, tax minimization, and retirement income. He focuses on working one-on-one with clients to develop personalized financial strategies tailored to their long-term goals. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Louis values community involvement and participates in volunteer activities. His personal interests include music, running, spending time with his family, and traveling.

Tamara Blue is a financial advisor with Charles Schwab in Los Gatos, CA, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. She has been with Charles Schwab and its affiliate bank since 1999 and 2008, respectively. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. serves primarily high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals through its Schwab Wealth Advisory wrap fee program and affiliated managed-account services, offering a combination of non-discretionary investment guidance and access to discretionary separately managed accounts within an integrated custody and brokerage platform.

Brian Carey is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Clearing with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing since 2011. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients with investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $671 billion in assets through more than 14,000 advisors and offers both brokerage and advisory solutions.

Jamel Wright is a financial advisor at Primerica Advisors with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at several firms including Transamerica Financial Advisors and World Financial Group. Outside of finance, he is involved as an HR Manager at Hongwei Medical Group and serves as Managing Member of HL & Jewsr Holdings LLC. Primerica Advisors offers discretionary asset management through its Lifetime Investment Program, providing model-delivery strategies and separately managed account options primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses third-party asset managers and an independent due-diligence process to implement a variety of investment models.

Tyler Hogan is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley in Palo Alto, CA, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at RBC Capital, Cetera Wealth Services, and Rivercrest Financial Group. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a broad range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, focusing on tailored financial planning supported by structured discovery processes and firm-approved planning tools.

Ying Mei is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 22 years of industry experience. She has worked at Citigroup Global Markets for 14 years before joining Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC in 2021. Mei is also an officer of the South Lake Foundation, a private foundation focused on donations. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management serves individual and institutional clients with a wide range of advisory programs, including tailored financial planning. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and employs structured planning tools to support clients’ financial goals.

Scott Anderson is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley in San Jose, CA, with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has been with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney since 2009. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving both individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a broad range of advisory programs, including tailored financial planning and estate strategies, managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets.

Wilson Kwok is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Clearing with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016, following roles at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC and Wells Fargo Bank. Wells Fargo Clearing provides retirement plan consulting services to qualified ERISA plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services. The firm’s process is IPS-driven and grounded in modern portfolio theory, with a notable inclusion of insurance-related vehicles and bank deposit sweep options among its investment offerings.

Wayne Peterson is a CFP® and ChFC® with 42 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Thrivent Investment Management since 2002. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the Leadership Team of St. Timothy's Lutheran Church in San Jose, CA. Thrivent Investment Management provides Dedicated Planning Services to individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofit clients, offering goal-based financial planning that covers a wide range of topics without including implementation. The firm combines planning with managed-account services under the WealthPlan platform but does not provide institutional portfolio management.

Graham Bruce is a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Since joining the firm in 2003, he has focused on assisting clients in addressing a range of financial concerns and goals, including education planning, legacy planning, managing new wealth, and retirement income. His expertise also extends to portfolio management services, philanthropic planning, socially responsible and ESG investing, tax minimization, and services tailored for endowments, foundations, and non-profits. Graham attended the University of St Andrews in Scotland and holds professional designations as a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). Originally from Scotland, he relocated to California in 2002. Outside of his professional work, Graham is involved with the Second Harvest Food Bank and enjoys personal interests such as billiards, boxing, hiking, ice hockey, music, singing, soccer, and spending time with his family.

Sharon Chen is a financial advisor with LPL Enterprise in San Jose, CA. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Moody's for four years and Wells Fargo Bank for sixteen years. LPL Enterprise serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional clients through both advisory and brokerage services. The firm offers financial planning, access to model wealth portfolios, and third-party asset management, combining advisor programs with the ability to offer other financial products such as insurance.

Danial Khan is a financial advisor with LPL Financial based in Palo Alto, CA. He holds the Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience, including prior roles at Mariner Independent Advisor Network and Stanford Federal Credit Union. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, credit unions, corporations, and charitable organizations nationwide. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, leveraging model portfolios and research from internal and third-party sources.

Gin Yuan Lai is a financial advisor at Fidelity with Series 66 and Series 63 credentials and seven years of industry experience. Prior to joining Fidelity, Lai held positions at JPMorgan Securities LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Citibank, Charles Schwab, and Hua Nan Commercial Bank. Fidelity’s Strategic Advisers LLC provides investment management and advisory services to a broad client base, including retail and institutional investors, employing a systematic investment process that combines fundamental research, quantitative analysis, and algorithmic portfolio construction. The firm is noted for its advisory roles to registered investment companies and its use of algorithmic methods and AI in portfolio management.

Kyle Morgenroth is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney since 2011. Morgenroth serves on the board and finance committee of the Carey School Corporation in San Mateo, California. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offers a wide range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, including tailored financial planning and estate strategies. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and uses structured planning tools and models to support its financial advice.

Paul Lukas is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management with over 40 years of experience in the financial services industry. He specializes in distribution options from employer-sponsored retirement plans, retirement income strategies, estate planning needs, and tax minimization. Paul also provides guidance on college education planning, divorce transition planning, family wealth management strategies, small business strategies, socially responsible and ESG investing, special needs planning strategies, and investment consulting for defined contribution plans. Before joining Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Silicon Valley in 1983, Paul was the founder and President of an entertainment production company in Southern California. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and has earned professional designations including Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC), and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). Paul lives in Los Gatos with his wife and has two daughters. Outside of his professional work, Paul has served on several non-profit boards including The Parkinson's Institute, San Jose Children's Musical Theater, and St. Mary's School in Los Gatos. His personal interests include music, running, skiing, surfing, tennis, and traveling.

Omar Maslic is a financial advisor at Cetera with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at firms including PNC Investments and BBVA Securities Inc. prior to his current role. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC is an SEC-registered firm serving a broad client base that includes individuals, retirement plans, corporate and charitable clients, and institutional accounts. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services through a multi-manager platform with access to both affiliated and third-party investment strategies.