Michael Brimhall is a Series 65-credentialed advisor with five years of industry experience. He is currently with MAI Capital Management, LLC and previously worked at Evoke Advisors and Bel Air Advisors. Prior to his advisory roles, he spent four years at Brigham Young University. MAI Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, integrated wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of investment strategies and combines financial planning with tax and administrative services, managing over $72 billion in assets as of May 2026.

Ryan Wehr is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Glendale, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2003 and is also involved with Agia, providing non-securities insurance products. Wehr is the owner of Wehr-Living, LLC, a company that rents semi-portable homes in areas with housing needs. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-based individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Jennifer Mason is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. She previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Bank, accumulating over a decade of experience in financial services. Outside of her advisory role, Mason is involved as an independent business owner for Amway, focusing on retail sales of health, home, and beauty products. 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 portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and operates as a registered broker-dealer, providing a range of investment and banking services through a Private Advisor model and consolidated investment platform.

Mitchell Fedders is a financial advisor at Lido with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Strategic Group, Elizabeth Park Capital Management, and The Ohio State University Shoemaker Center. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients including individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach with a focus on diversification across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies, managing assets on a discretionary basis and utilizing third-party managers when appropriate.

Bennett Gross is a CFA® charterholder with 35 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mariner since 2026. His prior experience includes roles at NewEdge Advisors, LLC, Jefferies LLC, Sanctuary Wealth, and L&S Advisors, Inc. He also acts as a trustee for the Friedman Testamentary Trust, overseeing the distribution of assets without compensation. Mariner serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm employs a discretionary, customized investment approach supported by in-house research and third-party managers, with a notable integration of tax and accounting resources.

Charleger Santiago is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies and affiliated New York Life entities since 2006. Santiago serves as a board member for Community First Fund. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors and institutional sponsors. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and offers a range of advisory programs, primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Steven Simon is a financial advisor with Equity Services, Inc. in Beverly Hills, CA, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and bringing 44 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Equity Services, Inc. since 1995 and with National Life Group since 1997. Equity Services, Inc., operating as ESI Financial Advisors, 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 that combine long-term strategies with options for shorter-term trading and utilizes third-party asset managers and model portfolios.

Ricardo Ramirez is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Glendale, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has six years of industry experience. Ramirez has worked with Monarch Grove Wealth Strategies & Insurance Solutions LLC and RMR Insurance Solutions & Wealth Strategies, which he owns, brokering non-registered insurance products alongside his advisory role. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, defined contribution and defined benefit plans, and charitable and corporate clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm provides tailored advice through multiple programs and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Shawn Moran is a financial advisor at Lido with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Crawford Investment Counsel for seven years before joining Lido in 2020. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Moran has worked at firms focused on investment management and advisory services throughout his career. 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 diversified investments across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies, managing assets typically on a discretionary basis while utilizing third-party managers and sub-advisers.

Michael Davis is a CFP® professional currently with Lido, based in Los Angeles, CA, and has two years of industry experience. He previously worked at Pure Financial Advisors and GoSite. Lido serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, including family offices and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, and estate services. The firm uses an integrated wealth management approach with diversified asset strategies and options-based implementations, often managing assets on a discretionary basis and collaborating with third-party managers.

Gregory Meyer is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC since 2022. He previously worked for Pash & Benson International Ltd Inc for 19 years and NPB Financial Group, LLC for 16 years. Meyer also engages in insurance sales, offering life, health, disability, and long-term care insurance outside of his role at Independent Financial Group. Independent Financial Group is a large, integrated advisory and brokerage firm that provides investment advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and business owners. The firm combines in-house and third-party investment models and operates both as a registered investment adviser and an active broker-dealer.

Kittiwat Sripom is a CFP® professional at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Focus Partners, he worked at The Colony Group, LLC and HoyleCohen, LLC, accumulating seven years of experience at the latter. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, corporations, retirement plans, and institutions. The firm utilizes a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that incorporates fundamental and quantitative analysis along with access to third-party managers and alternative investment strategies.

Michael Karsa is a financial advisor at Lido with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Lido Advisors, LLC since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he owns several holding companies related to private investments in sectors including online retail, restaurants, and cryptocurrency. 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 a range of services including investment management, financial planning, family office services, and estate planning, employing an integrated wealth management approach that emphasizes diversification and options-based strategies.

Nils Dillon is a financial advisor at Lido with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Pegasus Partners and Heck Capital Advisors. 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 services including investment management, financial planning, family office services, and retirement and estate planning, using a diversified approach across multiple asset classes and options-based strategies.

Jessica Vongsaphay is a financial advisor at Lido with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. She previously worked at Sequoia Financial Group, LLC for seven years and has an academic background from the University of Akron. Lido advises high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles, offering services including investment management, financial planning, and estate planning. The firm employs an integrated wealth management approach with diversified strategies across various asset classes and manages assets on a discretionary basis using both internal and third-party managers.

Alan Scott is a CFP® with 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is affiliated with PlanMember Securities Corporation and has concurrent experience as an independent insurance agent and a real estate sales agent since 2004 and 2012, respectively. His activities include acting as a real estate agent primarily for residential homes. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, serving as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans and offering participant-level investment options through its proprietary asset allocation portfolios. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes a top-down strategic asset allocation with risk-based mutual fund portfolios and incorporates education and support services for plan sponsors and participants.

Samuel Waltman is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC since 2016. Kayne Anderson Rudnick provides discretionary investment management and sub-advisory services to institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, insurers, banks, family offices, endowments, registered investment advisers, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm emphasizes fundamental company-level research and incorporates proprietary governance and sustainability assessments into its investment process.

Ashley Calderon is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and previously worked at Merrill for seven years before joining Rockefeller Financial in 2019. Since 2024, she has also been affiliated with ROCKEFELLER Capital Management. 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 portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting through a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform, while also operating as a registered broker-dealer providing securities transactions, insurance products, and investment banking services.

Carina Berlin is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 10 years of industry experience. She currently works at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC, where she has been since 2022. Prior to that, she was employed at Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. and Capital Bank and Trust Company. Kayne Anderson Rudnick provides discretionary advisory and sub-advisory investment management to a diverse client base, including institutions, charitable organizations, corporations, family offices, registered investment advisers, pension plans, and individuals. The firm emphasizes fundamental, quality-oriented equity research and offers a range of strategies across market capitalizations and sectors, combining institutional-scale sub-advisory capabilities with a Wealth Advisory division.

Aplavya Gupta is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at SB Capital Management, Inc. for six years. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios and offers a range of investment solutions alongside financial, retirement, tax, and estate planning services.