Charles Rother is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at American Strategic Capital. He has worked extensively with Sector Logic LP and American Strategic Capital since 2012. Outside of his advisory roles, Rother is CEO of Top Decile, Inc., a legal entity established to provide a buffer between American Strategic Capital and Sector Logic. American Strategic Capital offers asset management and portfolio review services, as well as investment research and strategy tools to wealth managers and institutional investors. The firm employs proprietary quantitative models focused on industry sector rotation and dynamic asset allocation, including strategies that utilize leveraged funds, options, and margin.

Joseph Vedell is a financial advisor at XWealth with a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Centaurus Financial INC., Wealth Management Advisers, and California Pizza Kitchen. Outside of his advisory role, Vedell is a licensed life and health insurance independent agent and an owner of VikingX Capital LLC, a strategic consulting and partnership company. XWealth provides portfolio management, financial planning, and concierge consulting services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach incorporating fundamental, quantitative, technical, and charting analyses, and combines investment management with hourly financial planning and fixed-fee consulting services.

Hi, and welcome! If your financial life has gotten complicated and you have a feeling you don’t know what you don’t know, you’re in the right place. Maybe your business is doing well, but your income, your taxes, and most of your net worth run through it. Maybe your RSUs keep vesting, your ESPP shares keep piling up, and you’re not sure what to sell, what to hold, or what you’ll owe in April. Or maybe you inherited money or were named a trustee, and you’re not sure what you can do, what you should do, or who to ask. We work with business owners, people with equity compensation, and inheritors and trustees. Our first real conversation is about your life, not your numbers. From there, we build one clear plan for your whole financial life, then help you actually get it done. We sit on your side of the table. That means coordinating your taxes, investments, estate plan, and major decisions, and working alongside your CPA and attorney so the moving parts stay in sync. If it has a dollar sign on it, we want to be part of that discussion. I’m a CFP® professional with more than ten years in the industry. Before starting Luhman Wealth Partners, I worked at a multi-family office serving wealthy families. I helped manage their portfolios, pulled together each family’s full wealth picture, and talked with them about their plans, trusts, and estates. Tax planning became my focus because it’s one of the few areas you can actually control. You can’t control the market, but the tax code has rules you can use in your favor. I started this firm to build the firm I’d want as a client: fee-only, a fiduciary at all times, and advice that is only ever about you. We’re a boutique firm by design, based in Irvine in Orange County, and we serve clients nationwide virtually.

Mark Harvey is the principal of Mark T. Harvey Investments in Anaheim Hills, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 12 years of industry experience. He has been involved with Harvest Finance & Mortgage, Inc. since 2002 and also operates businesses in mortgage brokerage, insurance sales, and tax return preparation. Mark T. Harvey Investments serves a small client base primarily composed of individual investors, trusts, and other entities, offering ongoing financial planning, investment advisory services, and portfolio management. The firm employs a core passive investment approach using index and ETF mutual funds, tailored to clients’ life stage, tax considerations, and risk tolerance, while also providing financial coaching and quarterly consultations.

Daniel Holt is a financial advisor with Holt Investment Partners LLC in Newport Beach, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Oppenheimer and Pilot Catastrophe Services. Outside of his advisory work, he owns and operates an independent insurance brokerage, Amethyst Insurance Agency LLC, which offers life, long-term care, and annuity products. Holt Investment Partners provides investment advisory services primarily to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and small business owners. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment strategy using ETFs, fixed-income securities, individual equities, and cash equivalents, and maintains client accounts at Charles Schwab for custody and trading.

Jason Zhao is the sole advisor at MinorKey Management, an independent firm based in Corona Del Mar, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 10 years of experience in the industry, all with MinorKey Management since 2016. MinorKey Management provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for pooled and institutional vehicles, while also serving individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a value-oriented, event-driven, long/short strategy based on fundamental research and a proprietary quantitative model, investing across various geographies and market capitalizations.

Amirreza Kayyal is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Fusion Financial. He has been with Quest Capital Strategies since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, Kayyal is involved in brokering residential real estate and originating mortgages as a 100% owner of a related non-security business. Fusion Financial provides portfolio management and financial planning services primarily to individual clients, with occasional work for small businesses and nonprofits. The firm employs a combined fundamental and technical investment approach and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Joseph Kogon is a financial advisor at Parkwood Capital Management LLC in Newport Beach, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Ready Medi Inc., Adelante Medical Group, US Bank, and Grupo Karims. Parkwood Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a variety of analytical methods and investment vehicles, including ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, and alternative strategies, while acting as a fiduciary for retirement plan accounts and IRAs.

Paul Hegener is the principal advisor at Veraison Asset Management, LLC in Newport Beach, CA, with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been involved with Veraison Asset Management and related entities since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, he is a part-owner of Safer Sports, Inc. and serves as Chief Risk Officer at Asterozoa Management. Veraison Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and small institutions. The firm integrates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to manage client portfolios across a range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, ETFs, mutual funds, and alternative investments.

Vinee Mehta is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Truly Unbiased LLC. Her prior roles include positions at Nectarine, OneEleven, Origin Financial, Strome Group Inc, and Combs Enterprises. Truly Unbiased LLC provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities through flat-fee or hourly engagements. The firm operates on a primarily non-discretionary basis and focuses on tailored financial plans without managing or custodizing client investment accounts.

Geoffrey Fellows is a financial advisor at Embarcadero Capital Advisors, Inc. with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at firms including LPL Financial, Royal Alliance, and Edward Jones. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent. Embarcadero Capital Advisors provides advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and employee benefit plans. The firm focuses on primarily long-term portfolio management with the flexibility to apply short-term tactical strategies, integrating tax-aware advice supported by licensed tax preparers.

Frank Lupu is a financial advisor at Lupu Financial in Westlake Village, CA, holding a Series 66 designation with 17 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Securities America and Cooper Financial Group. In addition to advisory work, he is active as an insurance agent through Lupu Insurance Services. Lupu Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, providing discretionary asset management alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a combination of top-down macro analysis with fundamental and technical approaches and manages accounts on a discretionary basis with regular reviews.

Jason Hathaway is the sole advisor at Hathaway Capital Management, LLC in Newport Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including HighTower Advisors and Williams Capital Advisors and currently serves as Chief Investment Officer and Investment Advisor Representative at Legacy Wealth Advisors, LLC. Hathaway also manages several private funds and pooled investment vehicles as a partner and general partner. Hathaway Capital Management is an independent registered investment adviser managing approximately $41 million for about 25 clients. The firm serves individuals, corporations, multi-family offices, and other advisers with discretionary portfolio management and outsourced chief investment officer consulting, employing a fundamentally driven, generally long-term investment approach across public and private investments.

Brendan Cummins is a financial advisor at Asymmetric Advisors with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Laguna Private Capital LLC and several insurance and service firms. Asymmetric Advisors is a fee-only, state-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, offering strategies including short-term options credit spreads, proprietary ETF timing and rotation, and value stock selection.

Lynne Connolly is a financial advisor at Emerald Wealth Management, Inc. in Newport Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 14 years of industry experience. She has been associated with Emerald Wealth Management and Lynne Connolly & Associates, LLC since 1998. Emerald Wealth Management serves individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporations, providing portfolio management, manager selection, and financial planning. The firm employs a disciplined investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis alongside modern portfolio theory, managing portfolios on a non-discretionary basis and offering educational seminars and pension consulting.

Shannon Webb is a financial advisor at Webb Financial Group in Mission Viejo, CA, with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at FSC Securities Corporation prior to founding his firm in 2017. Webb Financial Group provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm primarily uses a passive investment approach with portfolios built from index mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analysis, managing approximately $84 million in discretionary assets across more than 200 client relationships.

William Ratner is the sole advisor at Ratner & Associates LLC, holding a Series 66 designation with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked with Ratner & Associates since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved as a real estate investor and property manager. Ratner & Associates LLC is a small SEC-registered investment adviser formed in 2020 that provides portfolio management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals. The firm customizes portfolios based on clients’ goals, tax situations, time horizons, and risk tolerances, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and both long- and short-term trading strategies.

Henk Pieters is a CFP® and Series 65 registered financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Investus Financial in Costa Mesa, CA since 2004. Investus Financial Planning, Inc. is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser serving individual clients, including trusts, estates, and retirement accounts. The firm provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management services, often coordinating with clients’ attorneys, accountants, and insurance agents, and employs a long-term value investment approach focused on mutual funds and ETFs.

Steven Park is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, with 11 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Fell Capital Management, where he has worked since 1997. Fell Capital Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, and corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, offering discretionary portfolio management and related advisory services. The firm employs a top-down approach to asset allocation, utilizing fundamental analysis and database screening to construct diversified portfolios composed of individual securities, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Alan Aidekman is the sole advisor at Orange County Asset Management in Orange, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Orange County Asset Management since 2014. Orange County Asset Management offers discretionary asset management and retirement-focused portfolio services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis and employs strategies including long-term holdings, short-term trading, options, and margin within a discretionary management framework.