Evan Rothschild is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 66 designations. His previous roles include positions at Adero Partners, LLC, Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, Morris Rothschild Capital, and Founders Asset Management LLC. Rothschild also serves on the investment committee of Jade PTC LLC, a private trust company. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a blend of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Jeffrey Peters is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with two years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Cerity Partners LLC, where he has worked since 2023. Prior to joining Cerity Partners, he spent eleven years at Ashfield Capital Partners. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and access to alternative and private-market investments, emphasizing customized, diversified portfolio strategies.

Jeff Giguere is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Walnut Creek, CA. His prior experience includes roles at Capital Advantage Inc. and Wells Fargo Advisors. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm follows a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach, emphasizing globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with multi-factor tilts and tax management, offering a range of implementation options across ETFs, mutual funds, and separately managed accounts.

Michael Mcdonough is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services who holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 39 years of industry experience. He has worked at Principal Securities Inc. since 2010 and founded MK McDonough Financial & Insurance Services in 2019. Outside of advisory work, he is the owner and developer of Mastering Action Plans for Success, a proprietary goal planning system, and serves as a board member for the Alameda Boys and Girls Club. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm offers financial planning and retirement consulting, with access to third-party money manager programs under multiple advisory and promoter arrangements.

John Harty III is a financial advisor with CWM, LLC in San Rafael, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera Advisor Networks, Carson Wealth, LPL Financial, and Sterling Bank & Trust. He serves on the advisory board of the Corinthian Yacht Club of San Francisco. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, sub-advisory services, and retirement-plan services, typically managing accounts on a discretionary basis using model portfolios and combining fundamental and technical analysis with third-party sub-advisors and customization tools.

Timothy Mcnamara is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with three years of industry experience. He is currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. and has prior experience at Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC, Carson Wealth, and his own consulting firms. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, and a range of institutional clients, offering investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm employs a globally diversified, risk-appropriate investment approach using low-cost ETFs, index funds, and other vehicles, alongside educational programming and integrated affiliated service lines.

Sheldon Freisinger is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Global Markets. He serves as the sole surviving trustee of the Sheldon Freisinger & Myra Freisinger Trust. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of programs including asset management and financial planning, with advisory services that include strategic asset allocation and manager selection across various portfolio types.

Herbert Pease is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mariner Wealth Advisors since 2022. His previous roles include positions at Cavu Wealth Advisors, HSBC Securities, HSBC Bank, and Charles Schwab. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in several community and youth organizations, including serving as president and board member of the West Coast Greco Regional Training Center and as an assistant wrestling coach at De La Salle High School. Mariner Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to pooled vehicles and third-party managers. The firm combines discretionary, customized portfolios overseen by an internal investment committee with integrated tax, accounting, and financial wellness services.

Rebekah Mull is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. She has nine years of industry experience, including prior roles at Adero Partners, LLC, Ebert Capital Management Inc., and Premier Financial Group. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients through a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Minyu Yang is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in San Francisco, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and with six years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at J.P. Morgan Securities and JPMorgan Chase Bank. He is also a dual-hatted Bank Officer for HSBC Bank (USA) N.A., where he engages in the sale of bank-related products alongside his registered representative duties. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses a range of program types and combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with global fund due diligence to provide both discretionary and client-directed investment solutions.

Justin Renaudin is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at IEQ Capital, LLC, where he has worked since 2025. Prior to this, he held roles at EPIQ Capital Group, Thetos Advisors, and SoftBank Investment Advisers. IEQ Capital provides portfolio management and investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, foundations, and non-profit organizations. The firm employs a research-driven investment process focused on customized Investment Policy Statements and utilizes a mix of liquid strategies, third-party independent managers, and private alternatives.

Joseph Carrano is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses. His work history includes roles at Farmers Insurance, Carrington College, and operating his own firms, Carrano Insurance Services, LLC and Carrano Financial Services, Inc. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs supported by internal oversight and multi-asset strategies. The firm combines institutional scale with unique market roles, including in-house research and security-pricing, and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment solutions.

Alexa Schmidt is a financial advisor at Corient with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Columbia Pacific Wealth Management. She is based in San Francisco, CA. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach combining in-house strategies with third-party managers and incorporates risk management tools, alternative investments, and private fund allocations as appropriate.

Lisa Chen is a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory with 28 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Schwab Wealth Advisory since 2012, having worked at Charles Schwab since 1997. Outside of her advisory role, she participates as a caregiver in an in-home support services program. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, utilizing Charles Schwab’s asset-allocation models and internal research tools to tailor recommendations based on client goals and risk tolerance.

Jeremiah Griffith is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors since 2019 and previously at Authent Advisors, Inc. and Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC. He served in the US Army National Guard for six years. Griffith also serves as Director of Marketing on the board of the Financial Planning Association of San Francisco. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations through investment management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm offers customized discretionary portfolios supported by an internal team and third-party managers, with notable integration of tax, accounting, and financial wellness services.

Yuan Wang is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license, currently with RBC Rochdale, LLC in San Francisco. He has four years of industry experience, including roles at CNR Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley, and CEFC Futures Co., Ltd. RBC Rochdale serves a diverse client base including high net worth individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with sub-advisory services. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment approach that integrates quantitative and fundamental analysis supported by proprietary tools to tailor portfolios across various asset classes.

Yunyan Zhou is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with six years of industry experience. Zhou holds Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Bank, HSBC Securities, and J.P. Morgan Securities. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains unique market roles such as swap dealer and futures commission merchant, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary investment solutions.

Mackenzie Duffner is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with four years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, Freddie Mac, the US Treasury Department, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments and offers a range of investment advisory programs including discretionary and non-discretionary multi-asset strategies. The firm combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles, providing brokerage, custody, derivatives, and futures services.

George Lee is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Charles Schwab and its affiliated entities since 2000, including roles at Schwab Private Client Investment Advisory and Schwab Wealth Advisory Inc. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice, financial planning, and wealth management consultations to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients. The firm’s guidance is based on Charles Schwab & Co.’s asset-allocation models and internal research, with at-least-annual reviews tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Aaron Strand is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He has worked at Citi Private Bank since 2020 and previously held roles at First Republic Investment Management and First Republic Securities from 2018 to 2020. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including in-house research, swap dealer activities, and bespoke solutions for very large relationships.