Rebecca Dutka is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with Cerity Partners LLC, bringing four years of industry experience. She has worked at Cerity Partners since 2022 and previously spent 18 years at Covington Capital Management. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Dutka provides wealth management services within a comprehensive firm. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets. The firm offers customized wealth management solutions, combining quantitative screening, manager selection, and direct security selection, with access to alternative and private market investments for qualified clients.

Sam Farhoumand is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Strategic Investors Group, Inc. since 2021 and has been associated with PlanMember Securities Corporation and Legacy Financial since 2017. Farhoumand also serves as a power of attorney and temporary company officer for a family-owned marketing company. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach to managing mutual fund portfolios and offers education and support services including personalized retirement planning and participant-level investment options.

David Sassen is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC, holding a Series 66 credential and 13 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill and Bank of America. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and operates as a registered broker-dealer offering securities transactions, variable insurance products, and placement and investment banking services.

Robert Amoruso is a financial advisor with TLG Advisors, Inc. based in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 17 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at The Leaders Group Inc and M Holdings Securities, Inc., and serves as CEO of Gideon Strategic Partners LLC. TLG Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and fiduciary services. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes manager selection and diversification using fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory, supported by a network of independent advisors and sub-advisors.

Matthew Sealy is a financial advisor at Lido with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Lido Advisors since 2022. Prior to this, he held roles at BlastMotion Inc., San Diego State University, Mascot Factory, Westview High School, and the United States Soccer Federation. Lido serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, charities, corporations, and pension plans. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach that balances multiple asset classes and uses tactical and defined-risk option strategies, supporting its clients through a comprehensive range of affiliated services and active sub-advisory roles.

Frederick Johnston is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Caleb and Brown Ltd, Fidelity Investments, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment programs along with execution and custody services. The firm operates with institutional scale and provides specialized roles such as security-based swap dealing and futures commission merchant services.

Dani Comart is a financial advisor at Lido with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and JPMORGAN Securities LLC for nine years. Lido serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, and institutional investors, offering comprehensive wealth management through a blend of traditional and alternative investment strategies. The firm is notable for its active sub-advisory roles and integrated affiliated services across trust, tax, insurance, and brokerage functions.

Jordan Friedman is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 24 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Raymond James & Associates, Inc., L & S Advisors, Inc., and Citigroup Global Markets. He also serves as Managing Director at Fixed Insurance and Fixed Annuity in Beverly Hills. NewEdge Advisors is a large registered investment adviser that serves a range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a variety of portfolio management and consulting services, utilizing both in-house and third-party strategies supported by technology tools and centralized manager due diligence.

Sebastian Kim is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Los Angeles, CA, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been affiliated with Eagle Strategies since 2019. In addition to his advisory role, he operates an insurance brokerage licensed with outside carriers and owns the Sebastian Kim Agency Inc., which is used for corporate tax purposes. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional clients, and retirement plans, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Dallin Garner is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC since 2024. His prior experience includes roles at Fisher Investments and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Kayne Anderson Rudnick provides discretionary investment management and sub-advisory services to institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, insurers, banks, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm emphasizes fundamental research to identify high-quality businesses and incorporates governance and sustainability assessments into its investment approach, managing a range of active equity and fixed-income strategies across market capitalizations.

Virginia Aaron is a financial advisor at Lido with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Claybrook Capital, Robertson Stephens Advisors, and Morgan Stanley. She has been with Lido since 2023. Lido serves a diverse clientele comprising high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach that includes tactical option strategies and delivers investment management, financial planning, and family office services through a range of affiliated entities.

Jonathan Padrnos is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently with Lido Advisors, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and related Northwestern Mutual entities. Outside of financial services, he operated Jonny's Landscaping & Gardening Services for eight years. Lido serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors, providing investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach with a range of asset classes and tactical option strategies, and it also functions as a sub-adviser to publicly traded funds and affiliated investment vehicles.

Franklin Starz is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at LPL Financial LLC, California Bank & Trust, Boot Barn, Big Sky Resort, Chapman University, and MountainScapes. Cresset Asset Management is a multi-disciplinary investment adviser managing approximately $78.9 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles, employing a disciplined, risk-aware approach that integrates strategic asset allocation, manager selection, and both active and passive strategies across multiple asset classes.

Michael Jacoby is a financial advisor at PlanMember Securities Corporation with 5 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at PlanMember since 2020. In addition to his advisory roles, Jacoby is involved in the hospitality industry as a server at Saddle Peak Lodge. 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 employs a top-down strategic asset allocation approach to managing unitized, risk-based mutual-fund portfolios and offers educational support including seminars and personalized retirement planning.

Kenneth Waltzer is a CFP® and CFA® with 22 years of industry experience. He currently serves as an advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, joining the firm in 2023 after prior roles at Mutual Securities, Inc., KCS Wealth Advisory, and Kenfield Capital Strategies, where he also holds a leadership role as president of a separate holding company. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets through a large advisor network and employs a diversified, risk-class based investment approach blending passive and active management with oversight from an internal Investment Committee.

Landon Thompson is a financial advisor at Lido with CFA® and Series 65 credentials and four years of industry experience. His prior work includes multiple positions at Olympus Wealth Management and a role at Freightwire, LLC. Lido serves a diverse range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors, offering investment management, financial planning, family office services, and referrals to affiliated trust, tax, insurance, and brokerage entities. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach, balancing asset allocation across various securities and alternative investments, and is notable for its active sub-advisory roles and affiliated capabilities.

Dimitri Tsioutsiopoulos is a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Morgan Stanley and Mass Mutual Investors Services. Dimitri is based in Los Angeles, CA. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients. The firm’s guidance emphasizes asset allocation and investment selection using proprietary research tools, with recommendations tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

Cenovio Melendez is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 10 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Melendez is based in North Hollywood, CA. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and brokerage services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains significant in-house research and market functions alongside large-scale institutional capabilities.

David Grande is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in Beverly Hills, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and possessing 13 years of industry experience. He has been with HSBC since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner and manager of Grande Vault LLC, a sneaker resale business. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, featuring both client-directed and discretionary investment options. The firm utilizes a multi-profile asset allocation approach and partners with global asset managers and third-party providers for fund selection and portfolio monitoring.

Amy Foo is a financial advisor with Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc., holding a Series 66 credential and 17 years of industry experience. She has previously worked at MUFG - UnionBanc and U.S. Bank. Capital Group Private Client Services primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and charitable organizations, employing a multi-manager investment approach based on fundamental research and long-term portfolio segmentation. The firm utilizes separately managed accounts, mutual funds, ETFs, and access to private-equity and alternative strategies.