Blaine Carver is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors since 2023. His prior roles include positions 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, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, using both affiliated and third-party managers to offer customized portfolio management and financial planning services.

Carly Gold is a financial advisor at Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd with four years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 credential and has previously worked at Holmes Associates and LPL Financial. Outside of advisory roles, she has held various positions including involvement in training camps and photography. Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm with approximately 379 advisors managing around $18.6 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, nonprofits, and institutional clients, offering a range of investment management and financial planning services through an open-architecture platform integrating multiple third-party managers.

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 Series 66-licensed financial advisor with six years of industry experience, currently serving clients at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services. Prior to his current role beginning in 2021, he worked at The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied and NKSFB LLC. He has also been involved with the Newport Beach Wine and Food Festival and the Israel Lacrosse Association. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning and portfolio management to a diverse client base including individual investors, corporate participants, executives, and institutional clients. The firm customizes investment strategies through dedicated advisory teams, leveraging proprietary analytics and access to Goldman Sachs’ broad platform of affiliated services.

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® with 31 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Cerity Partners LLC in Costa Mesa, CA. His prior roles include positions at HPM Partners LLC, Mullintbg Advisors, and Goldman Sachs Wealth Services. Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management services to a national client base that includes individuals, families, trusts, estates, business entities, charitable organizations, and institutional investors. The firm uses tailored asset allocation and manager selection supported by proprietary quantitative screens and offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, tax planning, and access to alternative investments.

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.

Mark Moehlman is a financial advisor with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC in Newport Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and having 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Beacon Pointe Advisors and its predecessor entities since 2013. Moehlman is also president and sole owner of Wealth Management Corporation, a business management company. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to individual and institutional clients, including charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a manager-based investment approach using a proprietary “Focus List” and offers discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and outsourced CIO solutions.

Frank Messano III is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at LPL Financial LLC, Strategic Wealth Advisors Group, and First Financial Equity Corporation. Outside of his advisory roles, he operated 3D Studio Gallery for 16 years. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans by offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to various managed account solutions. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model that incorporates technology platforms and multiple investment strategies, often implementing advice through third-party managers and turnkey asset management programs.

Gina Seid is a CFP® with seven years of experience in the financial industry. She currently works at Creative Planning and has previously held roles at Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Clearing, First Republic, and Edward Jones. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure.

Timothy Mcvey is a CFP® with 40 years of industry experience, currently serving at Centaurus Financial, Inc. since 2004. He has been self-employed since 1986 and also works as a tax preparer and real estate broker. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services through both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements.

Benjamin Blokdyk is a CFP® with three years of industry experience, currently with Mariner Wealth Advisors. He previously worked at Beacon Pointe Investment Advisors and has been associated with the University of Southern California. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations by providing investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and tax services. The firm offers discretionary, customized portfolios supported by in-house research and third-party managers, along with integrated tax and accounting services and specialized financial wellness tools.