Pauline Wong is a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Kestra Advisory since 2019, with prior roles at Oxford Guzman Financial Services and Axis IELTS Test Center. Outside of her advisory work, she is the owner of Cornerstone Accounting Services, a tax and accounting firm. Kestra Advisory provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting services to a diverse client base, including institutional and individual investors. The firm offers a range of services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, and investment advice, serving clients that include large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Charlotte Huang is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Wells Fargo Bank prior to joining Citigroup. Huang is based in Fountain Valley, California. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and operates with significant institutional scale, including in-house research and roles as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Sergio Dominguez Florencio is a Series 66 licensed advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, based in Newport Beach, CA, and has four years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Wells Fargo and The Boeing Company, as well as academic positions at California State University, Long Beach and Glendale Community College. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and model portfolios, offering tailored solutions such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support within a large integrated financial group.

Michael Andrews is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory, where he has worked since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at Charles Schwab and USAA Financial Planning Services. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, delivering recommendations based on Schwab’s asset allocation models and research tools while leaving final trading decisions to clients.

Steven Williams is a financial advisor with Cerity Partners LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Cerity Partners since 2020 and concurrently with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. since 2015. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors, managing approximately $126.9 billion in client assets. The firm offers a range of services including investment management, financial planning, and access to alternative and private-market investments, emphasizing diversified asset allocation and customized portfolios.

James Eberhardt is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Anaheim, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Centaurus Financial since 2003 and also has extensive experience with Pension Services Corporation and United Pension Consultants, Inc. Outside of his advisory roles, he serves as president of Imprimis Financial & Insurance Services, a pension design and consulting firm. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management through its CLASSIC Plus platform, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements with a combination of fundamental and technical investment analysis.

Anh Nguyen is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience, currently serving at Principal Financial Services in Irvine, CA. He has been with Principal Securities Inc. since 2016 and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2010. His additional business activity includes selling fixed life insurance, fixed annuities, long-term care insurance, and disability insurance through various carriers. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Ronald Perez is a financial advisor with Lincoln Investment, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has worked at Lincoln Investment since 2017 and previously spent 16 years with Legend Equities Corporation. The firm serves individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, with a focus on educators and 403(b)/457(b) participants. Lincoln Investment provides a range of financial planning and investment management services, utilizing both strategic and dynamic approaches overseen by its Investment Management & Research team.

Cathryn Jane Javier is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services in Newport Beach, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Ayco/Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning and portfolio management to a diverse client base, including individual investors, executives, plan sponsors, and institutional clients. The firm offers tailored investment strategies, Private Family Office services, and specialized wealth programs, leveraging extensive resources across the Goldman Sachs network.

Banqi Yang is a CFP®, CFA®, and holds a Series 66 license with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Creative Planning, LLC and previously worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment process emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a broad range of affiliated non-investment businesses such as an affiliated law firm, trust company, and retirement plan recordkeeping services.

Kenneth Di Fiore is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs since 2021 and previously spent 14 years at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm offers tailored wealth solutions and integrates centralized investment resources with a variety of discretionary and non-discretionary managers across its broad range of services.

Rui Hu is a ChFC® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with four years of industry experience. He currently works at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and is concurrently a Bank Officer with HSBC Bank (USA) N.A., an affiliate of the securities firm. His prior experience includes roles at MML Investors Services LLC and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. offers managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, providing a variety of client-directed and fully discretionary investment options. The firm’s investment approach integrates strategic and tactical asset allocation with ongoing fund due diligence and monitoring, servicing a substantial portion of assets through non-discretionary client-directed portfolios.

Ross Christiansen is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. He has six years of industry experience, including roles at Guardian Life, Park Avenue Securities, and Northwestern Mutual. Christiansen previously owned Rocketology LLC and currently receives residual income from the sale of that company. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs. The firm combines proprietary and third-party models and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory relationships.

Myron Mc Donald is a ChFC®-designated financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Irvine, CA, and has two years of industry experience. He has held roles at multiple entities affiliated with New York Life since 2023 and previously worked in education and public administration. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional plan sponsors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers a variety of program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Elmer Sarmiento is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets who holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has 14 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at J.P. Morgan Securities and JP Morgan Chase from 2012 to 2025. Outside of his advisory work, he owns and operates Run It Back Clawcade LLC, a claw machine rental business in Long Beach, CA. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs that implement multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with internal oversight. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including serving as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant, and provides bespoke discretionary solutions for high-net-worth clients.

Daniel Helms is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs since 2022, following a year at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Prior to his financial career, he served in the United States Marine Corps and worked for the Utah County Fire Department. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm leverages centralized investment resources and offers tailored services such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support within a large integrated financial group.

James Barnes is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Equity Services, Inc. since 2021 and previously held roles at National Life Group, MML Investors Services LLC, and MassMutual. Barnes is a managing director and partner at True Path Financial and Insurance Services, where he recruits, trains, and develops advisors alongside personal production. Equity Services, Inc., operating as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers multiple advisory platforms, often utilizing third-party asset managers and model portfolios, and manages a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary client accounts.

Brian Tu is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with HPM Partners LLC since 2012. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporations, charitable institutions, and other institutional investors. The firm manages approximately $126.9 billion in client assets and offers customized portfolios with diversified asset allocation, combining proprietary quantitative screening and third-party managers, along with a range of services including investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Erwin Prieto is a financial advisor with Equity Services, Inc. in Irvine, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at National Life Group, MML Investors Services LLC, and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. He is also involved in insurance sales, educating clients on life, disability, long-term care, fixed annuities, and health insurance products. Equity Services, Inc., operating as ESI Financial Advisors, offers financial planning, consulting, and asset management to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides multiple advisory platforms, often utilizing third-party asset managers and model portfolios, and combines various investment strategies with both discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Jeffrey Huston is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 38 years of industry experience. He previously worked at LPL Financial Corporation and has been involved with Central Life Assurance Co. for over five decades. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in life, health, disability, and long-term care insurance sales and co-owns an office building with his wife. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients using a range of portfolio management and financial planning services.