Stacy Rerick is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed advisor with 22 years of industry experience. She has worked at Para Wealth Advisors, Inc. since 2022 and previously spent 15 years at Russell Wilkinson Rerick, Inc. and 19 years at Security First Advisors. She also manages strategic operations for multiple private offerings through SFA Commercial, LLC. Para Wealth Advisors serves individual investors, businesses, and fiduciary entities, offering financial planning, investment management, and integrated wealth management services. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental and technical analysis within an asset-allocation framework, focusing on long-term orientation while allowing for shorter-term trading when appropriate.

Jack Meligan is a financial advisor at Settlement Capital Advisors with 15 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. He is also the president and owner of Settlement Professionals, Inc., a company he has led since 1987, and The Plaintiff's MSA & Lien Solution, LLC, which provides administration services for Medicare Set-Aside accounts and lien resolution for personal injury cases. Settlement Capital Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, small businesses, and trusts with a focus on dividend-yielding equities and dollar-cost averaging. The firm manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis and offers tailored investment solutions while maintaining affiliated structured-settlement and Medicare set-aside businesses as part of its service offerings.

Nicholas Westly is a financial advisor at Rubicon Global Group and Rubicon Global Advisors based in Portland, OR. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previous experience working at Leaf & Cole, LLP, Armanino, LLP, and Grant Thornton, LLP. He has also spent time as a full-time student most recently since 2023. Rubicon Global Halal Advisors primarily serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as charitable organizations, trusts, corporations, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm provides discretionary investment management focused on aligning clients’ financial goals with their social and religious values through customized asset allocations and a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical investment analysis.

Yong Yang is a financial advisor at Westlake Wealth Management, LLC in Portland, OR, with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Westlake Wealth Management since 2009. Yang holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations. Westlake Wealth Management provides discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers institutional-style 401(k) plan services alongside retail portfolio management, employing fundamental and technical analysis across various asset classes.

Lance Johnson is a financial advisor with ROI Financial Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. He has been with ROI Financial since 2011. Outside of advising, Mr. Johnson is involved in several business ventures, including a 26% ownership in ROI Tax LLC, which provides tax preparation services, and a one-third partnership in ROI Marketing & Creative Design LLC, a marketing services firm. ROI Financial Advisors serves individual investors, business owners, and retirement plans with portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs multiple analytical methods and a variety of investment strategies, including long-term investing and short-term trading, and maintains affiliated tax and marketing businesses with supervisory controls to address related conflicts.

Samuel Skreen is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with six years of industry experience. He is currently with Newbore Wealth Management, Inc., where he has worked since 2019, and has prior experience at Academy Mortgage Corporation and Guild Mortgage Company. Newbore Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plan participants, including clients referred through unaffiliated credit unions. The firm employs diversified, asset-allocation strategies with a focus on financial planning and tax considerations, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis with periodic reviews.

Shuaisong Feng is a CFA charterholder at Cognitiant Registered Investment Advisors with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Cognitiant, Feng held positions at Morgan Stanley and Oregon Tool Inc. Cognitiant provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individual, non-high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $40 million across about 82 client relationships. The firm operates with a small team of two advisors and employs a formal supervisory process with documented reviews of financial plans and client communications.

Adrian Guzman Pena is a financial advisor at Nexus Strategic Wealth with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Financial Advocates Investment Management and Type A Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he manages the finances for Guzman Landscape Supply, a business he has been involved with since 2019. Nexus Strategic Wealth offers discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting primarily to families, business owners, and various non-individual entities such as trusts and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes divorce-resolution services and business-planning support, providing written financial plans alongside managed accounts, and operates with a two-advisor team focused on trusts, estates, and business clients.

Jerry Davis is a financial advisor at Rain or Shine Planning, LLC in Portland, OR, holding the PFS™ designation and a Series 65 license, with 16 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Rain or Shine Planning and Davis & Graves, LLP since 2024, and previously worked at Davis & Graves, LLP from 2010 to 2023. Additionally, he operates Jerry J Davis CPA PC, a practice he has maintained since 1989. Rain or Shine Planning is a fee-only advisory firm serving individual clients, including high-net-worth households, with investment management, financial planning, and educational seminars. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and passive indexing, incorporating socially responsible investing when requested, and applies Modern Portfolio Theory principles in portfolio construction.

Jamie Colonna is a financial advisor at My Personal CFO, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with My Personal CFO since 2019, including a recent role starting in 2024. My Personal CFO, LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and business entities, offering financial planning, discretionary wealth management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs an asset-allocation framework based on Modern Portfolio Theory and integrates fundamental and behavioral finance analysis, utilizing institutional-share mutual funds, ETFs, and occasionally alternative investments or sub-advisors.

Amanda Coleman is a financial advisor at Sky-Mountain Capital Management with 15 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. Outside of her advisory role, she owns a hobby photography business and serves as a committee member on the Oregon State University Library Advisory Council. Sky-Mountain Capital Management provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services for individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach using mutual funds, ETFs, and sometimes individual securities, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis and acting as an ERISA 3(38) investment manager for employer retirement plans.

Kris Jamison is a financial advisor at Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc. with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at various Uniplan affiliates since 2010. Uniplan Investment Counsel provides portfolio management, sub‑advisory, and portfolio‑modeling services to individual investors and institutional sponsors. The firm employs fundamental security analysis and specialized strategies across multiple asset classes, managing approximately $1.124 billion in assets for over 2,200 client accounts.

Michael Sherman is a financial advisor with Sherman, Young & Leavitt, LLC in Oregon City, OR, holding 15 years of industry experience. He previously worked at sHERMAN, yOUNG & aSSOCIATES pc for 38 years and currently operates Michael Sherman LLC, where he provides tax return preparation, financial statement review, and business client advising as a CPA. Sherman, Young & Leavitt, LLC offers investment supervisory services to individuals, closely held businesses, and trusts on a fee-only basis, focusing primarily on mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The firm manages client portfolios through discretionary authority, tailoring asset mixes based on risk preference and financial position, and employs charting, fundamental, and technical analysis in portfolio construction.

Aaron Hillman is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Skyline Financial Northwest in Portland, OR since 2008. He holds a Series 65 license and is a partner in OPM, LLC, a private real estate business focused on property analysis and management. Skyline Financial Northwest provides fee-only financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and qualified retirement plans. The firm emphasizes structured portfolios based on written Investment Policy Statements, favoring low-cost passive vehicles and ETFs, and offers additional services including pension consulting and one-time asset allocation analyses.

Jeffrey Bloch is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Main Avenue Financial Services, LLC in Beaverton, Oregon. He has 11 years of industry experience and has been with Main Avenue Financial Services since 2014. Main Avenue Financial Services, LLC is a fee-only advisory firm serving individuals, families, trusts, estates, family businesses, and retirement plan participants. The firm manages approximately $94 million for about 76 clients, employing a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach with tailored asset allocation and primarily non-discretionary portfolio management.

Kaitlyn Massey is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience currently with Consolidated Financial Management Corp. She has previously worked at LPL Financial and Charles Schwab in various capacities. Massey is also a commissioned notary in the state of Washington. Consolidated Financial Management Corp. provides comprehensive financial planning and consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm delivers planning on a fixed-fee or hourly basis without managing client assets, focusing on customized strategies that incorporate tax, estate, risk management, and college funding considerations.

James Spangler is a financial advisor at TradeWinds Wealth Management with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Tradewinds Asset Management, Financial Advocates Investment Management, LPL Financial, BIOTRONIK Corporate Services US, and Micro Systems Engineering. TradeWinds Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement and estate planning, and tax consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, foundations, employer-sponsored retirement plans, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a systematic, quantitatively driven investment process with multiple strategies utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities.

Taylor’s passion for financial planning started when she and her husband decided to take a break from their traditional career paths in Seattle to join the Peace Corps. She served for two years in Kyrgyzstan before joining her family-owned financial planning business in Vancouver, Washington. Since then, Taylor has found that she has a passion for serving clients who are ambitious in their career paths and hobbies alike. Most importantly, hearing about her clients’ travel plans and being able to assist them in making them happen is incredibly rewarding. The best challenge that Taylor faces is helping her clients build flexibility into their financial plans. When she is able to oversee and assist her clients execute a sabbatical that they have been dreaming of, this is not only satisfying for the client but her as well. Taylor began her career in consulting and as a project manager at large companies. With this experience, she knows what it is like to make decisions on benefits, to advocate for herself in annual reviews, and to navigate corporate work environments. Taylor brings her prior experience to her sabbatical planning work by adding creativity to the more technical side of financial planning. Mindmaps, roadmaps, and her favorite…. brainstorming with Post-Its are some of her favorite techniques in sabbatical planning because they create active engagement with clients and provide fresh and insightful perspective. Taylor would love to help you in your journey in planning for a break or transition in your current career. Vacations and doing what you love should not be an event that only happens once you retire. Contact Taylor if you would love to know the next steps to living your work and personal life to their fullest.

Nicholas Fisher is a financial advisor at Pilot Wealth Management with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Pilot Wealth Management since 2010. In addition to his advisory role, Mr. Fisher serves as manager and member of Pilot Investment Partners, which manages the Pilot Micro Equity Fund, a private pooled investment vehicle. Pilot Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and investment partnerships. The firm emphasizes value-oriented equities and fixed income within a tax-aware framework and manages both discretionary client portfolios and a private micro equity fund focused on small, under-owned publicly traded businesses.

David Schue is a CFA® charterholder with two years of industry experience, currently serving at Cascade Investment Advisors, Inc., where he has worked since 2001. He is a co-owner of the Brooklyn Business Center in Portland, Oregon, an office building unrelated to investment activities. Cascade Investment Advisors manages portfolios for individual clients, including some U.S. residents living abroad, using a value-oriented investment approach focused on company fundamentals and macroeconomic trends. The firm emphasizes adherence to clients’ stated goals and maintains a compact team with CFA credentials overseeing daily monitoring and annual reviews.