Hrachya Davtyan is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. His prior roles include positions at Argosy Wealth Management Corporation, Mutual Securities, Inc., and UBS Financial Services. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach focused on globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with multi-factor tilts and offers a range of implementation options including ETFs, mutual funds, and separate accounts.

Matthew Altman is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience and is currently with Lido Advisors, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Glassy Mountain Advisors, Copperleaf Capital, Fidelity Brokerage Services, and Charles Schwab. Lido advises a diverse client base ranging from high-net-worth individuals to institutional investors, offering investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm manages approximately $42.5 billion in assets and utilizes an integrated wealth-management approach that includes tactical option strategies and a range of asset classes.

Kirk Whalen is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in Beverly Hills, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill and Capital Group. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, utilizing both client-directed and discretionary investment approaches supported by global asset management and fund due diligence.

Karl Kim is a CFP® with 39 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Integrity Alliance, LLC, where he has worked since 2020. Prior to that, he was with Triad Advisors, Inc. for 14 years and Retirement Planning Advisors, Inc. for one year. Outside of his advisory work, Kim owns Medi-Cal Eligibility Services, which helps clients qualify for government benefits related to long-term care, and he serves as a board member for Keiro Kikyo Home, a care facility in Los Angeles. Integrity Alliance is a large advisory network serving individual investors, corporations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party managers through various platforms, with advisors employing a range of investment allocation strategies.

Savitri Pai is a financial advisor with Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 17 years of industry experience. Her prior experience includes roles at J.P. Morgan Chase Private Bank and Capital Bank & Trust Company. Capital Group Private Client Services provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and charitable organizations, employing a multi-manager approach that emphasizes fundamental research and a long-term investment horizon. The firm implements portfolios through separately managed accounts, mutual funds, ETFs, and private equity or alternative strategy funds.

James Herrell is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at NewEdge Advisors since 2022 and was previously with Beacon Pointe Advisors and Beacon Pointe Wealth Advisors from 2016 to 2022. He operates as an investment adviser representative solely with NewEdge Advisors. 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 advisers. The firm offers a wide range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing a variety of program structures and technology tools to support both advisors and clients.

Jason Blumberg is a financial advisor at Lido with 11 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 credential. His recent work history includes roles at IDB Lido Wealth, LLC and Lido Advisors, LLC. Lido serves a diverse range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, charitable organizations, and institutional investors. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach, balancing asset allocation across multiple asset classes and utilizing tactical and defined-risk option strategies, while also providing a broad suite of affiliated trust, tax, insurance, and brokerage services.

Michael Lindeman is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Lido with seven years of industry experience. He previously worked at RBC Capital Markets for six years and has held roles at the City of Fitchburg Recreation and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lido serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, charitable organizations, and pension plans, offering investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach with tactical and defined-risk option strategies and manages approximately $42.5 billion in regulatory assets.

Susan Chevalier is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 21 years of industry experience. She has held positions at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and BlackRock prior to joining TIAA-CREF. Chevalier also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Redlands, where she provides classroom instruction and mentors students. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing retirement plan relationships. The firm’s advisory model distinguishes between point-in-time planning services and ongoing portfolio management, utilizing both model and customized portfolios under a fiduciary standard.

Lynn Newman is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Los Angeles, CA, bringing 34 years of industry experience. She has worked with Nylife Securities LLC since 1992 and New York Life Insurance Company since 1991. Outside of her advisory role, she is appointed with various insurance carriers to broker non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients with financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers a variety of program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Rachel Melroy is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience currently serving at Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA. She previously worked for Capital Bank and Trust Company for five years before joining her current firm in 2021. Capital Group Private Client Services provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and charitable organizations, utilizing a multi-manager approach known as the “Capital System” that emphasizes fundamental research and long-term investment horizons. The firm offers access to separately managed accounts, mutual funds, ETFs, and certain private-equity and alternative strategy funds.

Neeraj Patel is a Series 65-credentialed financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience. He is currently with Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc., where he has worked since 2021, following five years at Capital Bank And Trust Company. Capital Group Private Client Services provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and charitable organizations. The firm uses a multi-manager approach called the “Capital System,” combining fundamental research and long-term portfolio segmentation across separately managed accounts, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Kevin Betts is a financial advisor with RBC Rochdale, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at CNR Securities, Citigroup, Rim Securities, City National Rochdale, Beneco, T Rowe Price, and American Funds. RBC Rochdale serves a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment approach combining quantitative screening, fundamental analysis, and a proprietary Galaxy asset-allocation tool to tailor portfolios across various asset classes.

Brandon Nie is a financial advisor at Lido with five years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior work includes roles at Bessemer Trust, UBS Financial Services, and SLC CPAs. Lido serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, charitable organizations, and institutional investors, offering investment management, financial planning, family office services, and access to affiliated trust, tax, insurance, and brokerage services. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach with a focus on tactical and defined-risk option strategies and operates both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts alongside sub-advisers and private funds.

John Hastings is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with Lido Advisors, LLC and previously worked at Jackson Hole Capital Partners, LLC, Financial Solutions, and Capital Advisors, Inc. Lido serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, charitable organizations, and institutional investors. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach with active sub-advisory roles and combines traditional advisory services with extensive affiliated capabilities across trust, tax, insurance, and brokerage services.

Sebastian Payne is a financial advisor at D.A. Davidson & Co. in Pasadena, CA, with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked in educational roles at Mathnasium and Gonzaga University. Outside of advising, he operates a business reselling video games on eBay. D.A. Davidson & Co. provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including retirement plans, individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of services under fiduciary standards, including retirement plan advice, financial planning, and private wealth management for high-net-worth individuals.

Adam Mizrahi is a Financial Consultant at Fidelity Investments, where he focuses on financial planning and capacity-building to assist families and individuals in developing effective financial plans. He employs a structured approach that involves understanding clients' current situations, analyzing their financial status, and presenting tailored ideas to help bridge the gap between their present and future goals. Adam began his career at Fidelity Investments as an Investment Solutions Representative in 2021, progressed to Investment Consultant in 2022, and assumed his current role in 2024. He holds a California Insurance License, supporting his professional qualifications in the financial advisory field. Outside of his professional responsibilities, Adam engages in activities such as biking, football, movies, running, scuba diving, and swimming.

Elliott Brack is a financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at firms including Evoke Advisors, Manhattan West, and Gursey Schneider, LLP. MAI Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, integrated wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages a broad range of strategies and offers customized portfolio management supported by in-house and third-party specialists, with $72.3 billion in assets under management as of May 2026.

Christopher Lee is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at The Sterling Group from 2016 to 2019. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, and operates as a registered broker-dealer providing securities transactions, variable insurance products, and investment banking services.

Benjamin Finan is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Lido Advisors, LLC since 2025. Prior to joining Lido, he worked at 1st Source Bank and LPL Financial for seven years and held positions at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors, Fidelity Brokerage Services, and Signpost. Outside of his advisory role, he is a basketball referee. Lido serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, and institutional clients, offering investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs an integrated wealth-management approach with active sub-advisory roles and a depth of affiliated capabilities across trust, tax, insurance, and brokerage services.