Matthew Sealy is a Series 65-credentialed advisor with four years of industry experience, currently working at Lido Advisors, LLC since 2022. Prior to joining Lido, he held roles at BlastMotion Inc., San Diego State University, Mascot Factory, Westview High School, and the United States Soccer Federation. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, including individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach with diversification across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies, managing assets primarily on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.

Frederick Johnston is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Caleb and Brown Ltd, Fidelity Investments, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment programs along with execution and custody services. The firm operates with institutional scale and provides specialized roles such as security-based swap dealing and futures commission merchant services.

Dani Comart is a financial advisor at Lido with 15 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and JPMORGAN Securities LLC for nine years. Comart has been with Lido Advisors, LLC since 2020. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, including family offices, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach with diversification across asset classes and implements options-based strategies directly and through pooled vehicles.

Jordan Friedman is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors in Beverly Hills, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Raymond James & Associates, L & S Advisors, and Citigroup Global Markets. Outside of advisory work, he serves as a managing director in a fixed insurance and fixed annuity business. NewEdge Advisors is a large registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and consulting services, employing multiple program structures that combine in-house and third-party strategies, and incorporates technology tools and centralized due diligence into its investment approach.

Sebastian Kim is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Los Angeles, CA, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been affiliated with Eagle Strategies since 2019. In addition to his advisory role, he operates an insurance brokerage licensed with outside carriers and owns the Sebastian Kim Agency Inc., which is used for corporate tax purposes. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional clients, and retirement plans, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Constantin Brancov is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation in Carpinteria, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at PlanMember since 2013 and also leads Brancov Financial Services, a financial and insurance sales firm he founded in 2000. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans and offering participant-level investment options. The firm’s investment approach uses a top-down strategic asset allocation framework and manages risk-based mutual fund portfolios with periodic rebalancing based on economic and portfolio considerations.

Scott Shellhamer is a financial advisor at EP Wealth Advisors with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Warren Financial Service for 10 years before joining EP Wealth Advisors in 2022. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the board of directors and the fundraising committee for Good Works, Inc., a nonprofit focused on home repair. EP Wealth Advisors is a registered investment adviser that serves individuals, corporate clients, and retirement plans. The firm provides wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services, utilizing customized model portfolios and a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Stephanie Hicks is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked with multiple organizations including Covered California and Dickerson Insurance Agency, where she offers Medicare services to seniors during open enrollment. Hicks also provides health benefit coverage through the California Health Benefit Exchange and sells guaranteed issue whole life products through Enrollment First Inc. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services. The firm utilizes proprietary and third-party model portfolios with discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Griffin Lake is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with five years of industry experience. He currently works at EP Wealth Advisors, where he has been since 2024. His prior experience includes roles at Ameriprise Financial Services and Wells Fargo Advisors, as well as positions at Utah Valley University and Mountain America Credit Union. EP Wealth Advisors is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate clients, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services, and employs a range of investment strategies including customized model portfolios, third-party manager recommendations, and ERISA plan services.

Dallin Garner is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC since 2024. His prior experience includes roles at Fisher Investments and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Kayne Anderson Rudnick provides discretionary investment management and sub-advisory services to institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, insurers, banks, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm emphasizes fundamental research to identify high-quality businesses and incorporates governance and sustainability assessments into its investment approach, managing a range of active equity and fixed-income strategies across market capitalizations.

Virginia Aaron is a financial advisor at Lido with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 66 designations and has worked at firms including Claybrook Capital, Robertson Stephens Advisors, and Morgan Stanley. Aaron is based in Los Angeles, CA. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers integrated wealth management with diversification across multiple asset classes and employs options-based strategies, managing assets typically on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.

Jonathan Padrnos is a CFP® with three years of industry experience, currently working at Lido Advisors, LLC. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual in various roles related to wealth management and investment services. Outside of finance, he owned and operated Jonny's Landscaping & Gardening Services for eight years. Lido advises high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach, diversifying across multiple asset classes and implementing options-based strategies, typically managing assets on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.

Franklin Starz is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at LPL Financial LLC, California Bank & Trust, Boot Barn, Big Sky Resort, Chapman University, and MountainScapes. Cresset Asset Management is a multi-disciplinary investment adviser managing approximately $78.9 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles, employing a disciplined, risk-aware approach that integrates strategic asset allocation, manager selection, and both active and passive strategies across multiple asset classes.

Kenneth Waltzer is a CFP® and CFA® with 22 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, having previously worked at Mutual Securities, Inc., KCS Wealth Advisory, and Kenfield Capital Strategies, where he also serves as president of a holding company unrelated to investment activities. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, retirement-plan consulting, and managed account referrals for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in regulatory assets and utilizes a diversified, risk-class based investment process combining passive and active managers with quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis.

Anthony Hicks is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Carson, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and has previously worked with World Financial Group since 2001. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in rental property management. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services with proprietary and third-party model portfolios, providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment programs.

Landon Thompson is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, with four years of industry experience. He is currently with Lido Advisors, LLC and previously worked at Olympus Wealth Management, LLC. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers integrated wealth management with diversification across multiple asset classes and implements options-based strategies, managing assets primarily on a discretionary basis and incorporating third-party managers as appropriate.

Jordan Loo is a CFP® and Series 65-registered advisor at EP Wealth Advisors with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining EP Wealth Advisors, he worked at Protein Lab from 2020 to 2022. EP Wealth Advisors serves individuals, corporate clients, and retirement plans, offering wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services. The firm uses a variety of investment strategies, including fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and provides additional services such as tax preparation and estate-document facilitation for qualified clients.

Dimitri Tsioutsiopoulos is a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Morgan Stanley and Mass Mutual Investors Services. Dimitri is based in Los Angeles, CA. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients. The firm’s guidance emphasizes asset allocation and investment selection using proprietary research tools, with recommendations tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

David Grande is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in Beverly Hills, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and possessing 13 years of industry experience. He has been with HSBC since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner and manager of Grande Vault LLC, a sneaker resale business. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, featuring both client-directed and discretionary investment options. The firm utilizes a multi-profile asset allocation approach and partners with global asset managers and third-party providers for fund selection and portfolio monitoring.

Amy Foo is a financial advisor with Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc., holding a Series 66 credential and 17 years of industry experience. She has previously worked at MUFG - UnionBanc and U.S. Bank. Capital Group Private Client Services primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and charitable organizations, employing a multi-manager investment approach based on fundamental research and long-term portfolio segmentation. The firm utilizes separately managed accounts, mutual funds, ETFs, and access to private-equity and alternative strategies.