Samantha Driver is a financial advisor at SEIA with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Raymond James & Associates and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. She is currently a Registered Associate at SEIA, an independent registered investment adviser. SEIA is a multi-team advisory firm with approximately 142 advisors serving around 9,500 clients, including individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and institutions. The firm combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with both quantitative and qualitative security selection, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services across various account structures.

Canon Price is a financial advisor with SEIA and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 25 years of industry experience, including 17 years at Beverly Investment Advisors and shorter tenures at Summit Wealth Management and Lido Advisors. Price currently serves as a Senior Financial Advisor at SEIA. SEIA is an SEC-registered, multi-team advisory firm with approximately 142 advisors serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of strategic asset allocation and tactical security selection through a standardized investment process, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning and consulting services.

Michele Farrell is a financial advisor with Gradient Advisors, LLC in Woodland Hills, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and seven years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Oregon Pacific Financial Advisors, The Financial Architects Wealth Management LLC, and Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. She also serves as Support Director for Inland Valleys Networking, Inc., where she trains on networking topics. Gradient Advisors, LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm operates primarily through a network of Investment Advisor Representatives and third-party money managers, employing a largely non-discretionary model combined with risk assessment tools and multiple analysis techniques in portfolio management.

William Collopy is a financial advisor at SEIA with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked with firms including Royal Alliance Associates and JHFN SII. His professional activities include insurance sales and service consistent with financial planning. SEIA is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm with approximately 142 advisors serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, employing a six-step investment process that combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with quantitative and qualitative security selection.

Coco Lorenzo is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Monograph Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2018 and previously held roles at The Leaders Group Inc and Stonemark Wealth Management. Monograph Wealth Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, and charitable organizations, providing investment advisory services along with wealth planning, pension consulting, and philanthropic services. The firm emphasizes customized investment policy statements and employs asset allocation, third-party sub-advisors, and alternative investments as appropriate.

Bo Calvert is an investment advisor representative with Siebert AdvisorNXT, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Siebert, he worked at PowerUp Sports in sports management and client relations. Outside of financial advising, he has been involved in sports management and marketing as a sports agent. Siebert AdvisorNXT serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, and business entities through investment supervisory services and managed programs. The firm employs a web-based platform utilizing Modern Portfolio Theory and offers access to third-party and independent managers within a wrap-fee structure.

Jonathan Grimm is a financial advisor at Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at New York Life Insurance Company and its related entities from 2019 to 2025. Grimm also has four years of experience with Pacific Crossroads Church. Fortis Capital Advisors is an SEC-registered multi-team investment adviser serving individuals, families, businesses, retirement plans, institutional clients, and other advisers. The firm offers customized portfolio management and financial planning with a range of investment strategies, including passive, active, tactical, and ESG-aware approaches, and uses third-party sub-advisors and specialist strategies.

James Johnson is a financial advisor with NWF Advisory Services Inc in Irvine, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Edward Jones from 2013 to 2019 and has been with Royal Alliance since 2019. In addition to his advisory role, Johnson owns a sole proprietorship advising clients on insurance options and conducting policy reviews. NWF Advisory Services provides portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, along with retirement plan consulting and trust and estate services. The firm manages approximately $3.82 billion in assets and offers both wrap and non-wrap account programs through an open-architecture Wealth Management Platform that supports advisor-managed and third-party model portfolios.

Jane An is an investment advisor with Nwf Advisory Services Inc and holds a Series 66 designation. She has 23 years of industry experience, including roles at OSAIC and Voya Financial Advisors. Jane is also president of Monolithe Wealth Planning Group, a firm she founded for her securities business. NWF Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $6.4 billion in client assets through over 100 advisory representatives. The firm primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients using a technology-driven platform to provide portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services.

Brandon Dixon James is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at NWF Advisory Services Inc. in Fresno, CA. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2025 and was previously affiliated with NWF Advisory Services and Royal Alliance from 2013 to 2025. Outside of advisory work, he is also an insurance agent for fixed and variable products. NWF Advisory Services, Inc. provides portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, along with retirement plan consulting and trust and estate services. The firm manages approximately $3.82 billion in assets and offers a range of investment programs through an open-architecture Wealth Management Platform that includes advisor-managed and third-party model portfolios.

Frank Virgallito is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at The AmeriFlex Group in Glendale, CA. His prior roles include positions at Cambridge Investment Research, Securities America Advisors, and National Planning Corporation. He is a board member and committee member of the Glendale Area Schools Credit Union. The AmeriFlex Group provides investment advice and related services to individuals, corporations, employee benefit plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, third-party money manager selection and monitoring, and retirement plan consulting through a network of advisory affiliates and multiple program platforms.

Matthew Granski is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Composition Wealth, LLC since 2015. Composition Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes long-term strategies using low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by individual securities and alternative investments, with a structured due diligence process and regular portfolio reviews.

Cesar Gomez is a financial advisor with RBC Securities, Inc. in Pasadena, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at City National Bank, Wells Fargo, and CitiGroup Global Markets. RBC Securities, Inc. provides wealth management and brokerage services to individuals, trusts, estates, IRAs, and retirement plans through its wrap-fee investment advisory program, with investment management delegated to affiliated sub-advisor RBC Rochdale. The firm integrates a broad financial services group, including banking, trust, municipal advisory, and trading businesses, supporting a wide range of client needs.

David Aronovitch is a financial advisor with Perennial Financial Services in Santa Monica, CA, holding a Series 66 license and 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2012 and has been providing advisory services through Perennial Investment Advisors, LLC, operating as Rose Greene Financial, since 2018. Aronovitch is also active as an insurance agent through affiliated entities. Perennial Financial Services offers investment advisory and consulting to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm provides discretionary asset management and financial planning with a fiduciary approach, utilizing multiple platform relationships and third-party managers to tailor portfolios across various asset classes.

Suzanne Taylor is a Certified Financial Planner® with 25 years of industry experience. She is currently with Composition Wealth, LLC, where she has worked since 2022. Her prior roles include positions at ShareBuilder Advisors LLC, Capital One Investing, LLC, and Kelmoore Investment Company, Inc. She serves as a board member of the Rotary Club of San Francisco Evening. Composition Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, insurance companies, and retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term investment approach focused on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by other securities, and manages approximately $9.47 billion in discretionary assets.

Zheng Nan Xu is a CFP® and CFA® credentialed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with RBC Securities, Inc. in Los Angeles, having previously worked at firms including Cetera, East West Bank, HSBC, and Lincoln Financial Advisors. RBC Securities, Inc. provides wealth management and brokerage services to individuals, trusts, estates, IRAs, and retirement plans through its wrap-fee investment advisory program. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and ongoing reporting, with investment management delegated to an affiliated sub-advisor, RBC Rochdale.

Chadwick Collins is a financial advisor with Wedbush Securities Inc. in Pasadena, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes positions at Kestra Private Wealth Service, Kestra Investment Services, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Merrill. He is also the CEO and Investment Advisor Representative of Stone Beacon Capital. Wedbush Securities provides investment advisory and broker-dealer services to individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients across a range of wealth management, fixed income, commodities, and capital markets offerings.

Adam Butterfield is a financial advisor at SpiderRock Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at BlackRock Investments LLC and BlackRock since 2017, as well as Lucas Group in 2016. SpiderRock Advisors, LLC provides discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a broad range of clients, including institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. The firm specializes in portfolio overlay and strategy management using listed derivatives alongside traditional securities, employing systematic, technical, quantitative, and fundamental approaches through proprietary software and real-time risk monitoring.

Payam Taghibagi is a CFP® with 36 years of industry experience. He is a founding partner of SEIA LLC and has worked at firms including Signator Investors, Inc. and Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. His activities include managing bookkeeping operations for related entities. SEIA is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm with approximately 142 advisors serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a six-step investment process combining strategic asset allocation with tactical adjustments and offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, with a notable emphasis on non-discretionary management.

Merryll Mcelwain is a financial advisor at Prosperity - An EisnerAmper Company with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Wilmington Trust, MBSC Securities Corporation, BNY Mellon, and Morgan Stanley. Prosperity - An EisnerAmper Company serves individuals, trustees, estates, retirement plans, and business entities, providing financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and diversification, using both discretionary and non-discretionary management with third-party managers and technology platforms to support client needs.