Adam Jeharajah is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He has worked at CIBC Private Wealth Management since 2014. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies. The firm combines an internal investment team with governance committees to deliver customized portfolio management and wealth advisory services, managing approximately $67.8 billion in assets across 175 advisors.

Michael Moises is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Irvine, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at New York Life and its affiliated entities, and he is a partial owner of a nail salon business, managing back office inventory and marketing. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutional investors, and plan sponsors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice delivered through multiple program types, with the majority of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Scott Smith is a financial advisor at J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc. with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and previously worked at Edward Jones for 18 years. Smith also manages Smith Wealth Partners, a client-facing business offering advisory practice information and client portals, and serves as a life and health insurance agent. J.W. Cole Advisors is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, charities, corporations, and retirement plans nationwide through over 400 independent advisors. The firm provides portfolio management, fee-based financial planning, access to third-party managers, and various managed account solutions.

Sophie Kempf is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach and engaged in academic roles at the University of Southern California and Jserra Catholic High School. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individual, high-net-worth, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm offers tailored wealth management solutions and leverages centralized investment resources and affiliated teams to implement portfolios across a range of strategies.

Anakaren Rosas is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services and holds a Series 66 designation. She has four years of industry experience, including roles at Goldman Sachs Ayco Personal Financial Management and legal positions at the Fowler School of Law Chapman Tax Law Clinic and the Law Offices of Alicia D. Taylor. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base ranging from individual investors to institutional clients, offering tailored financial planning and portfolio management through a variety of strategies and platforms. The firm leverages integrated capabilities across the broader Goldman Sachs ecosystem, providing access to specialized programs and investment solutions.

Blaine Carver is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience, currently with Hightower Advisors since 2023. He has previously worked at J. Derek Lewis & Associates, Mutual Securities, Inc., Mars Jewett Financial Group, Inc., and Cetera Advisor Networks. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting through a network of advisor practices.

Carly Gold is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd who holds a Series 66 designation and has four years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Holmes Associates and LPL Financial. She has also worked in various capacities outside finance, including university roles and photography. Stratos Wealth Partners serves a diverse group of individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, advisor-managed programs, and retirement plan consulting through a large network of investment adviser representatives. The firm’s approach combines individualized asset allocation with access to proprietary and third-party strategies and supports a range of client types and services across multiple custodians.

Indya Yuill is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Beacon Pointe Advisors and its related entities since 2016. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions to individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers and employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

John Solik is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Morgan Stanley, Odeon Capital Group, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and Journey Strategic Wealth LLC. His outside business activities include serving as a private wealth manager at Journey Strategic Wealth and acting as an agent for fixed insurance products. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a variety of portfolio construction strategies including mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and custom indexing.

Simone Devenny is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. with 11 years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. She has worked at several firms including Morgan Stanley and Eaton Vance, and currently serves as co-trustee of the Miner Family Trust. Additionally, she is the managing member of Aset Advisors LLC, where she consults on the development of various retreats. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolios combining model strategies and third-party sub-advisers, and is notable for its private investment vehicle ownership, specialized divisions, and affiliated broker-dealer and tax/accounting practices.

Jordan Greenhall is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at The Ayco Company, NKSFB LLC, and various organizations outside finance such as the Israel Lacrosse Association and the Newport Beach Wine and Food Festival. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base ranging from individual investors to institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized programs such as Private Family Office services and Executive Wealth programs. The firm uses a combination of strategic and tactical allocation models and integrates resources across the broader Goldman Sachs ecosystem to deliver tailored investment solutions.

Thomas Demko is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Bay Mutual Financial and Creative Planning Institutional Advisors prior to his current role. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure while managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.

Gregory Johnstone is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Irvine, CA, holding the CFP® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 28 years of industry experience, including 24 years at Centaurus Financial and over 30 years running Johnstone & Associates. Outside of advising, he serves as president of KSWM Inc., an accounting and administrative entity. Centaurus Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, businesses, and institutions. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental and technical analysis with discretionary and non-discretionary management, offering specialized services such as retirement-plan consulting and advisory management of annuity and variable life sub-accounts.

Michael Phelps is a financial advisor at Corient with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with various entities within Corient since 2015. He also serves as an individual trustee for a client of Corient. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party manager solutions and offers specialized services through affiliates such as family office and trustee services.

Heather Blake is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, INC., holding a Series 66 credential and seven years of industry experience. She has worked at Infinex Investments, Inc. since 2022, and previously held roles at Financial Partners Wealth Management and LPL Financial starting in 2016. She also serves as trustee and executor for the estate of Phyllis A Knapp. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, ERISA retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients through a large network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers customized advisory services, financial planning, ERISA plan services, wrap programs, and access to alternative investments and lending solutions, operating a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer model.

Greggory Cowan is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Capital Group for 11 years before joining Beacon Pointe Advisors. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual, corporate, pension, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of proprietary asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers, offering both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

William Maniss is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 39 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. since 2016. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm provides a wide range of investment and retirement services through discretionary and non-discretionary programs, with an emphasis on strategic asset allocation, manager selection, and tailored performance reporting.

Robert Shier Jr. is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 30 years of industry experience. He is associated with Cerity Partners LLC and has been working with HPM Partners Advisor Alliance LLC and HPM Partners LLC since 2012. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, charitable institutions, and other 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, with a focus on customized, diversified portfolios and private market programs for qualified clients.

Alan Bender is a financial advisor with SPC in Irvine, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Parkland Securities since 2014 and has been associated with Precision Wealth Financial & Insurance Services since 2004. Outside of his advisory roles, he serves as president of Dynamis Wealth Solutions, LLC, which provides group health and life insurance products. SPC serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, managing approximately $5.66 billion in assets. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA-related retirement services, employing both discretionary and nondiscretionary strategies tailored to client needs.

Matthew Henn is a financial advisor with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC in Newport Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 14 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Capital Synergy Partners, CPS Insurance Services, and Questar Asset Management. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, financial planning, and retirement-plan platform services to individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.