Joseph Letrich is a financial advisor at Lido in Los Angeles, CA, with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Lido Advisors, LLC since 2023, following prior roles at DePaul and The Mather Group, LLC. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, and other entities with investment management, financial planning, family office services, and estate planning. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach that includes diversification across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies, often managing assets on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers and sub-advisers.

Howard Spielberg is a financial advisor at Lido with 26 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations. His prior work includes roles at Fidelity Investments and various Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors divisions from 2003 to 2025. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, family office services, and retirement and estate planning, employing an integrated wealth management approach across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies.

Brian Jun is a financial advisor with Equity Services, Inc. (ESI Financial Advisors) based in Los Angeles, CA. He holds the ChFC® designation and the Series 63 license, and has seven years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles with Nationallife Group, Farmers Insurance Group, and Farmers Financial Solutions. Outside of advising, he is involved in insurance agency operations through Golden Bells Insurance Agency and Worthington Financial Partners. Equity Services, Inc. provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management services to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers multiple advisory platforms combining long-term strategies with options for shorter-term trading, serving clients through both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements.

Alexandra Papell is a CFP® and ChFC® with five years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Lido. Her prior experience includes roles at UBS Financial, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, and Merrill. Before entering the financial sector, she participated in AmeriCorps and worked at Abe & Louies. Lido advises high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, family office services, and retirement and estate planning, employing a diversified, integrated wealth management approach that includes options-based strategies and discretionary asset management.

Simon Lu is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF in Pasadena, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 13 years of industry experience. Prior to joining TIAA-CREF in 2017, he worked at J.P. Morgan Securities and JPMorgan Chase Bank from 2011 to 2017. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers planning and management services that range from model portfolio approaches to customized portfolios managed under client-approved investment policies.

Cory Lescavage is a financial advisor at Mariner with a Series 65 designation. He has prior experience at Hamilton Lane Advisors, LLC, Valuation Research Corporation, Kforce, Inc., and worked at Temple University. Lescavage is based in Los Angeles, CA. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds through investment management, financial planning, and other financial services. The firm offers customized discretionary portfolios supported by an internal team and third-party managers, along with integrated tax, accounting, and financial wellness solutions.

Thomas Connaghan is a financial advisor at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Kayne Anderson Rudnick since 2011, following seven years at Fisher Investments. Kayne Anderson Rudnick provides discretionary investment management and sub-advisory services to institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, insurers, banks, family offices, endowments, RIAs, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm’s investment process focuses on fundamental, company-level research and integrates proprietary governance and sustainability assessments, offering a range of active equity and fixed-income strategies as well as modular wealth advisory services.

Isaac Le is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining GWN Securities and LA Pension Planners, he held roles in education and the food service industry, including Teach For America and Half and Half Boba Co. GWN Securities provides investment advisory services to individual and corporate clients through a variety of managed account programs and financial planning offerings. The firm utilizes a combination of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and applies both asset allocation and tactical market-timing strategies in its portfolio management.

Jeffrey Halbert is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Westmount Asset Management, Telos Capital Management, Raymond James Financial Services, and Morgan Stanley. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains in-house research and unique market roles such as swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Maher Tayara is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Citigroup Inc. since 2022, following six years at JP Morgan Chase Bank and JP Morgan Securities LLC. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across a range of wealth segments, offering investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs, supported by internal standards and oversight committees to select and monitor managers.

Tyler Smith is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Mariner, based in Los Angeles, CA, and has four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mariner in 2026, he held roles at firms including CWM, LLC DBA Carson Partners, Cetera Wealth Services, and Waterstone Private Wealth Management. Outside of advising, Smith is also an insurance agent selling fixed insurance products. Mariner serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds, offering services such as investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party managers. The firm employs discretionary, customized portfolios supported by internal research and external managers, with a notable integration of tax and accounting services, as well as administrative CFO capabilities and financial wellness tools.

Joseph Kuepper is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with three years of industry experience, currently serving at Lido Advisors, LLC. His prior experience includes six years at Colorado Financial Management and one year with the United States Geological Survey. Lido advises high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, family offices, trusts, estates, and other entities, providing investment management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach, utilizing diversified strategies across multiple asset classes and options-based tactics, and frequently acts as a sub-adviser for registered investment companies.

David Lundquist is a financial advisor at Lido with 21 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. He has been with Lido Advisors, LLC since 2017 and previously worked at Ken Stern & Associates and Churchill Management Group. 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 that includes diversification across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies, managing assets on a discretionary basis and collaborating with third-party managers and sub-advisers.

Gretchen Zierolf is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Lido Advisors, LLC since 2024. Her prior experience includes roles at Hightower Advisors and Farr Miller & Washington, 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 an integrated wealth management approach with diversification across various asset classes and implements options-based strategies, managing assets on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers and sub-advisers as appropriate.

Attaii Katayoun is a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Since 2003, she has worked in banking, investing, and wealth strategy, focusing on helping high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients manage and streamline various aspects of their financial lives. Katayoun provides personalized financial planning and investment advice across areas such as college education planning, divorce transition planning, legacy planning, retirement income strategies, and tax minimization. Katayoun holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Bou Ali Sina, a Master's degree from the University of Tehran, and an MBA with a concentration in finance from California Lutheran University. She has earned professional designations including CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™ (CRPC), and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). Fluent in English, Persian, and French, she combines technical expertise with empathy to build long-term client relationships. Outside of her professional work, Katayoun is involved in the Rotary Club Rancho Park. She enjoys biking, hiking, music, reading, traveling, and yoga, finding nature to be a source of serenity and balance that she values sharing with others.

Brooklyn Griffin is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Lido. Prior to joining Lido in 2024, Brooklyn worked at Hightower Advisors, Farr Miller & Washington, LLC, and Clark Financial Advisors. Lido provides wealth management services to 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 investment approach that includes diversification across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies, managing assets primarily on a discretionary basis while utilizing third-party managers and sub-advisers.

Brian Leadley is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Lido. Prior to joining Lido, he worked at Pegasus Partners Ltd. for seven years and Ernst & Young LLP for one year. Lido provides wealth management services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers diversified investment management and financial planning solutions, including family office services and retirement and estate planning, with a focus on integrated and options-based strategies.

Amir Farzin is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 12 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Clearing, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC, and Wells Fargo Bank, NA. He is also a silent investor in a staffing agency, LDRG LLC. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs, execution, and custody services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains distinctive market roles including swap dealing and futures commission merchant services.

Andrew Palmer is a financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at MAI Capital Management since 2025. His prior roles include positions at Evoke Advisors and Bel Air Securities LLC. Outside of finance, he serves as an ambassador for a medical practice focused on promoting health. MAI Capital Management provides a range of investment and wealth management services to individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages $72.3 billion in assets and offers customized portfolio strategies, integrated financial planning, and serves both advisory and product-sponsor roles including managing mutual and private funds.

Jeffrey Ruderman is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. in Los Angeles, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to that, he spent 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, utilizing a multi-manager approach through separately managed account programs, mutual funds, ETFs, and access to private-equity and alternative strategy funds.