Kenneth Clift is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in San Francisco, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 16 years of industry experience. He previously worked for Schultz Collins Lawson Chambers for 10 years before joining Hightower Advisors in 2020. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach includes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, with offerings that encompass discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to various pooled investment vehicles and private funds.

Jason Guehl is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63, Series 66, and Series 65 licenses and has been with Creative Planning since 2012. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals—including high-net-worth and ultra-affluent clients—as well as pension plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies for long-term goals, supplemented by various indexing and tax strategies, while managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.

Kevin Fung is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience, currently with Citigroup Global Markets. His prior roles include positions at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., and Wells Fargo Clearing. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member for the Hong Kong Association of Northern California, a nonprofit fostering ties between Hong Kong and Northern California. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm generally implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs, leveraging internal standards and oversight committees to select and monitor managers.

Alexander Eisenberg is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation in San Francisco, CA, holding a Series 63 designation and 25 years of industry experience. He has been with PlanMember Securities since 2000 and is also self-employed. Eisenberg is licensed as an insurance agent and sells fixed insurance products. PlanMember Securities Corporation provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, serving as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm offers participant-level investment options through unitized, risk-based mutual fund portfolios and supports clients with education, planning, and counseling services.

Richard Scarpitti is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 19 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior work includes roles at Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, Scottrade, Commonwealth Financial Network, and LPL Financial. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s services are integrated with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and emphasize long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and clients’ savings rates.

Mark Goyne is a CFA® charterholder currently with Cerity Partners LLC, with two years of industry experience. He previously worked at BNY Mellon, First Bank, and US Trust (Bank of America). Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management and related services to a broad national client base, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, business entities, and institutional investors. The firm employs tailored asset allocation, manager selection, and proprietary quantitative screens alongside third-party managers and individual securities.

Anthony Lindner is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Robertson Stephens Advisors, Addepar, and 10x Group. He is based in San Francisco, CA. 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 securities transactions, variable insurance products, placement, and investment banking services, organized around a Private Advisor model with a consolidated investment platform.

Sherman Salangad is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and previously worked at Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough LLC for 16 years before joining Cerity Partners in 2021. Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management and related services to a broad national client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, business entities, charitable organizations, and institutional investors. The firm builds client programs through tailored asset allocation, manager selection, and periodic rebalancing, utilizing proprietary quantitative screens alongside third-party managers and individual securities.

Cyrrus Wyant Fassihi is a financial advisor at IEQ Capital, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at EPIQ Capital Group, LLC. Fassihi’s background also includes roles at the University of Oregon and Hearthstone Assisted Living. IEQ Capital provides portfolio management and investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as trusts, foundations, endowments, and non-profit organizations. The firm’s investment approach is based on centralized macroeconomic research and tailored Investment Policy Statements, utilizing a combination of liquid strategies, third-party Independent Managers, and private alternative investments.

Jeffrey Needham is a financial advisor with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in San Francisco, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and possessing 14 years of industry experience. His career has been primarily with HSBC-affiliated entities since 2016. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. provides managed account programs to individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations through various client-directed and discretionary offerings. The firm’s investment approach integrates strategic and tactical asset allocation supported by global asset management and ongoing fund due diligence, with a notable portion of assets managed in client-directed, non-discretionary portfolios.

Joey Hsu is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Commonwealth since 2013, with a brief tenure at Investors Capital Corp. in 2013 and LPL Financial LLC since 2026. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Logan Dunbar is a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including LPL Financial, Bank of America, Merrill, and Nuveen Securities. Prior to his financial services career, he was associated with CGI Group Inc., Julietta Winery, Saint Mary's College of California, and Dunbar Construction. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic asset allocation with both passive and active management, supported by quantitative and fundamental research and an internal Investment Committee.

Ryan Moore is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in San Francisco, CA. His career includes prior roles at Wealthspire Advisors, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, and AXA Advisors. Before entering the financial industry, he held various positions including work at Hungry Howies and MassMutual. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, nonprofits, and endowments. The firm emphasizes globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios implemented through a variety of investment vehicles and offers specialized services including retirement plan consulting and charitable advisory.

Steve Ching is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities and First Republic Investment Management. Cresset Asset Management, LLC manages approximately $71.9 billion in client assets for a diverse range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on diversified, asset-allocation-driven portfolio construction using both active and passive strategies, supported by a structured due-diligence program and private fund management across multiple asset classes.

Lynda Zwack is a financial advisor with Lincoln Investment in Walnut Creek, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 36 years of industry experience. She worked at Legend Equities Corporation for 23 years before joining Lincoln Investment in 2017. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in selling insurance and annuity products and services a small number of long-term care insurance policies sold previously. Lincoln Investment serves individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, with a focus on educators and participants in 403(b) and 457(b) plans. The firm offers a range of financial planning and investment services, managing a mix of in-house and third-party strategies through both strategic and tactical approaches.

James Stehr is a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Kestra Advisory since 2018, following prior roles at RBI Capital Management and Paragon East Advisors. In addition to his advisory work, Stehr serves as an Assistant Vice President at NFP, supporting client development and private client services. Kestra Advisory provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse range of institutional and individual clients, including very large investors such as sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers services spanning fiduciary consulting, plan design, investment advice, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions.

Colin Shedd is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Schwab Wealth Advisory in San Francisco, CA. His prior experience includes six years at Citigroup and roles at Bank of America and Merrill. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients participating in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, delivering recommendations through Schwab’s asset allocation models and research tools while leaving final trading decisions to clients.

Monica Foy is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with a Series 65 designation and experience in the financial services industry beginning in 2024. Her prior work includes roles at Humphreys Group, Intuit, H&R Block, and First Republic Bank. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as a bookkeeper for an engineering consulting firm. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers customized portfolio management with an emphasis on diversified asset allocation and provides a broad range of services including financial planning, tax and insurance support, retirement plan services, and access to alternative and private-market investments.

Cassie Khuu is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has worked at Citi Private Bank since 2010 and at Citigroup Global Markets since 2007, both based in San Francisco, CA. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains large institutional capabilities with complex market roles and arrangements.

Austin Krewson is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. He has previously worked at LPL Financial, Titus Wealth Management, and held roles at the University of Central Oklahoma and several private clubs. 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, risk-class based investment approach combining passive and active strategies, supported by an internal Investment Committee.