Blanca Intriago is a CFP® professional with over 32 years of experience in the financial industry. She has been with Centaurus Financial, Inc. since 2017 and previously worked at LPL Financial for eight years. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a wide range of clients 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 management of annuity and variable life sub-accounts.

Darren Grossman is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. since 2017. His prior experience includes roles at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and MetLife Securities Inc. He is also principal of CGM Risk Management and Insurance Services LLC, where he engages in property and casualty insurance services and carrier trainings. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, businesses, and institutional entities. The firm offers a range of financial planning and portfolio management solutions through platforms such as CLASSIC Plus, with discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements tailored to client needs.

Kylee Bowden is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors who holds a Series 66 designation and has six years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance, and Wells Fargo Advisors. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both brokerage and fee-based advisory services, employing a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies alongside financial planning and business consulting.

Grant Hansen is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, where he has worked since 2016. He has 16 years of industry experience. Outside of his advisory role, he is a joint owner of residential and vacation rental properties with his wife. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers brokerage, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services, utilizing multiple advisory programs through its national network of Investment Adviser Representatives.

Joseph Gieser is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC and has four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Independent Financial Group in 2023, he worked at Crown Capital Securities and Xanterra, and he holds a role as Vice President of CAPS Management, where he is involved in tax preparation and accounting services. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of advisory programs through its AccessPoint platform and third-party asset managers, managing approximately $11.3 billion in regulatory assets.

Benjamin Wada is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and 25 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Householder Group Estate & Retirement Specialists and LPL Financial. He is also an insurance agent with SB Group, Inc. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment approach combining passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee and quantitative and fundamental research.

Kevin Mcdaniel is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Orange, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 34 years of industry experience. His professional background includes roles in estate planning, mortgage lending, and insurance sales, along with educational positions such as adjunct business management instructor at Platt College Los Angeles and instructor at International Education Corporation. He also works with online estate planning and health insurance services through affiliated companies. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers advisory and broker-dealer services featuring proprietary and third-party model portfolios, with discretionary and non-discretionary options, and manages over $2 billion in client assets.

Karen Lomas is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. She is currently with Principal Financial Services, where she has worked since 2021, following five years at Securian Financial Services. Outside of her advisory role, she holds leadership positions in several organizations, including serving as Chairperson for Business Owner Education at the Santa Fe Springs Chamber of Commerce, Membership Chair for Women in Manufacturing–Los Angeles, and President of the Rotary Club of Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs. Principal Securities offers brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm’s advisory services emphasize direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions delivered through various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Joan Huang Evans is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Irvine, CA. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 35 years of industry experience. She has been with Eagle Strategies since 2016 and has been associated with New York Life and NYLIFE Securities LLC since 2015. Outside of her advisory work, she invests personally in cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm provides multiple program types tailored to client objectives and emphasizes a predominantly non-discretionary asset management approach.

Clifford Kim is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with 24 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His career includes 14 years at Prudential Insurance Company of America and recent roles at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with a range of brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs.

Whitney Massey is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC in Newport Beach, CA, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Integrated Wealth Concepts, Massey worked at Level Four Advisory Services LLC and LPL Financial, LLC. Massey is also involved in several business activities, including a non-investment-related entity for tax and investment purposes. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing a primarily long-term investment approach using customized portfolios comprised of mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed income.

Lance Britt II is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs since 2021, following nine 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 individual and high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and a range of discretionary and non-discretionary managers, offering specialized programs such as Executive Wealth, Private Family Office support, and retirement plan education.

Douglas Eaton is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. since 2015 and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC since 2009. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management serves both individual and institutional clients, offering a wide range of advisory programs including tailored financial planning through its Financial Advisors and Estate Planning Strategies Group. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and uses structured planning tools and investment models to support its financial planning services.

Christopher Caira is a financial advisor with MassMutual Investors Services in Los Alamitos, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked with MML Investors Services and MassMutual Life Insurance Company since 2003. Outside of his advisory role, he is a co-owner of rental property businesses with his brother. MassMutual Investors Services is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers. The firm provides financial planning, asset management, and educational seminars, emphasizing collaborative, goal-based planning and offering a variety of investment and insurance solutions.

Kenneth Ibbetson is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing in Brea, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is the sole owner of Nature's Realm, a business unrelated to his investment work. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients with investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services. The firm offers a broad range of brokerage and advisory solutions supported by research and analytics, managing approximately $671 billion in assets with more than 14,000 financial advisors.

Tewodros Lamma is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Clearing with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at JP Morgan Securities, LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank. Outside of his advisory role, he is a 50% owner of an online retail business, Addis T & B, LLC. Wells Fargo Clearing provides retirement plan consulting services to qualified ERISA plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services. The firm’s advisory approach is IPS-driven and incorporates a broad range of financial products, including insurance-related vehicles and bank deposit sweep options.

Michael Kish is a financial advisor with OSAIC, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He previously worked for Lincoln Financial Advisors for 15 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is also involved in residential real estate sales and provides fixed insurance products including life insurance and annuities. OSAIC serves a broad mix of retail and institutional clients through a large network of affiliated financial advisers and multiple advisory platforms. The firm offers integrated brokerage and investment advisory services, financial planning, and access to third-party money managers.

John Herzog is a financial advisor with OSAIC holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Liberty Capital Strategists, Inc., Doma, Inc., and other firms. Outside his advisory work, he is the founder and CEO of Herzog Investment Management, where he provides personalized financial planning and investment management services, and he also works as an independent Uber driver. OSAIC serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and charitable investors through a broad network of advisors and offers integrated brokerage and advisory services, financial planning, and access to multiple third-party investment platforms.

Huan Bin Lee is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley, holding a Series 66 designation and 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney since 2021, and previously at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing from 2009 to 2021. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, including tailored financial planning supported by firm-approved tools and methodologies. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and offers services both directly and through corporate financial planning agreements.

Shelley Chidley is a financial advisor with Charles Schwab, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. She has been with Charles Schwab and Charles Schwab Bank since 2005. Outside of her advisory role, she serves on the board and the development and financial committee of Saints Simon and Jude School in Huntington Beach, CA. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. serves primarily high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals through its Schwab Wealth Advisory wrap fee program and affiliated managed-account and financial planning services. The firm offers both non-discretionary and discretionary investment options supported by multi-asset model portfolios and centralized operational infrastructure.