Taylor Embury is a CFP® professional at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in San Francisco, CA, with nine years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mercer in 2026, he worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors and Origin Financial among other firms. He serves as Treasurer on the Blueprint Condominiums HOA Board. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, and non-profits by providing investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach with diversified portfolios implemented through low-cost ETFs, index funds, and other vehicles, and offers specialized programs and client education initiatives.

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 with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. He has 21 years of industry experience, with previous roles at Churchill Management Group and Fisher Investments. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

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 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Citigroup since 2017, with prior experience at JP Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank beginning in 2011. 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 discretionary and non-discretionary programs and operates with institutional scale alongside specialized market roles such as swap dealing and futures commission services.

Abbas Khoshnevissan is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 41 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Rock & Co LLC, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is 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, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting through a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform, combining discretionary, non-discretionary, and model-delivery solutions across asset classes.

Jacob Block is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 66 and Series 63 registrations and 19 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Redbrick LMD, and Foreside Fund Services. He is based in San Francisco, CA. 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 and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles such as swap dealing and futures commission merchant activities.

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.

Karl Salocks is a CFP® with 12 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently affiliated with CWM, LLC and Carson Wealth, having previously worked at Morgan Stanley and several other firms. 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 partner offices and advisors. The firm offers diversified portfolio management and retirement-plan services, employing a discretionary management approach supported by an in-house Investment Committee and a range of analytical tools.

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.

Candice Jones is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. She has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and Terra Blue Wealth Management since 2015. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and back-office support, including investment management, compliance, and technology services, allowing advisors discretion in portfolio construction alongside model portfolios managed by the firm’s Investment Management and Research team.

Akio Adams is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America Private Bank from 2015 to 2022. He is based in San Francisco, CA. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and brokerage services. The firm utilizes multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with internal standards and oversight committees to select and monitor managers, and it provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment solutions.

Teresa Beltran is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. She has been with Rockefeller Financial since 2019 and previously worked in the mortgage industry and at Wells Fargo Bank. 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 provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and operates as a registered broker-dealer offering securities transactions, variable insurance products, and investment banking services.

Colleen Breit Supran is a CFA® charterholder with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC since 2021. Prior to joining Cerity Partners, she worked for 14 years at Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough LLC. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers tailored investment management and financial planning services, emphasizing diversified asset allocation and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Laurie Marks is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with nine years of industry experience. She has held prior roles at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., TIAA-CREF, and TrigoFi, Inc. Marks serves on the Finance Committee of the San Francisco Waldorf School, where she provides financial oversight and planning support. Hightower Advisors offers investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a multi-manager approach that includes affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a variety of investment vehicles.

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.