Matthew Christopher is a CFA® charterholder currently with EP Wealth Advisors and has seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Parcion Private Wealth LLC and the City of London Investment Management Company Limited. EP Wealth Advisors serves individuals, corporate clients, and retirement plans with customized wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services. The firm employs a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis along with alternative investment recommendations and ERISA plan services.

David Sassen is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC, holding a Series 66 credential and 13 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill and Bank of America. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and operates as a registered broker-dealer offering securities transactions, variable insurance products, and placement and investment banking services.

Robert Amoruso is a financial advisor with TLG Advisors, Inc. based in Los Angeles, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 17 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at The Leaders Group Inc and M Holdings Securities, Inc., and serves as CEO of Gideon Strategic Partners LLC. TLG Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and fiduciary services. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes manager selection and diversification using fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory, supported by a network of independent advisors and sub-advisors.

Brock Miller is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with EP Wealth Advisors in Torrance, CA, and has four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Utah State University and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner involved in social media activities at Link Indoor Golf, an indoor golf facility. EP Wealth Advisors serves individuals, corporate and business clients, and retirement plans, offering wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct customized portfolios and provides ancillary services such as tax preparation and estate-document preparation for qualifying clients.

Matthew Gale is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with EP Wealth Advisors and has previously worked at Steel Peak Wealth Management, Brighton Jones, and Charles Schwab. EP Wealth Advisors is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate clients, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth management, financial planning, and ancillary services such as tax preparation and estate-document preparation, using customized model portfolios and a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

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 who holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining NewEdge Advisors in 2023, he worked for Raymond James & Associates from 2015 to 2023. He also serves as Managing Director for Fixed Insurance / Fixed Annuity products and as trustee of the Friedman Family Trust. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management, planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools to support advisors and clients.

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 with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. She has worked with multiple firms, including Advantage Legacy Corporation and Dickerson Insurance Agency, and is involved in providing Medicare services to seniors. Hicks also provides health benefit coverage through Covered California and offers guaranteed issue whole life products for clients under age 50 via Enrollment First Inc. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios with options for discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Griffin Lake is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with four years of industry experience. He is currently with EP Wealth Advisors, where he has worked since 2024, following roles at Ameriprise Financial Services and Wells Fargo Advisors. His background includes multiple positions in financial services and higher education. EP Wealth Advisors is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate clients, and retirement plans. The firm provides wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services, employing a range of investment strategies including fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, along with alternative investments and third-party manager oversight.

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 66 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Lido Advisors, Claybrook Capital, and Robertson Stephens Advisors and Securities. Lido provides wealth management services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, and other entities, offering diversified investment management, financial planning, and access to third-party managers. The firm employs an integrated investment approach including options-based strategies and typically manages assets on a discretionary basis.

Jonathan Padrnos is a CFP® with three years of industry experience, currently advising at Lido. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and its affiliated entities. Outside of finance, he operated a landscaping and gardening business for eight years. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach, including diversification across multiple asset classes and 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 financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding CFP® and CFA® designations along with Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has 22 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Mutual Securities, Inc. and KCS Wealth Advisory. Waltzer is also president of Kenfield Capital Strategies, a pass-through holding company unrelated to investment activities. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets and employs a diversified investment approach that combines passive and active management with quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis, supported by an internal Investment Committee.

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.