Katherine Neil is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with two years of industry experience. She is also a partner at Windes, Inc., a CPA firm. Her prior experience includes seven years at Armanino LLP and 23 years at Bolar Hirsh & Jennings LLP. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, 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 long-term approach with customized portfolios constructed from mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed income.

Yan Lan is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with four years of industry experience. Yan previously worked at JP Morgan Securities LLC and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, among other firms. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and brokerage services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies using internal standards and oversight committees, combining large institutional scale with specialized market roles and arrangements.

Michael Friedman is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and previously spent 25 years at Churchill Management Group before joining Focus Partners in 2025. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies under an enhanced open architecture framework, emphasizing long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive portfolio construction.

Ryan Hook is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning since 2017. Prior to this, he worked at SC Distributors, LLC for one year. He also teaches a personal financial planning course for the CFP program at the University of California, Irvine’s Division of Continuing Education. Creative Planning offers investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a large advisory team and integrated non-investment businesses such as estate legal services and trust administration.

Gabrielle Velazquez is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation holding a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining PlanMember, she worked at Grant Thornton and has been involved with the San Clemente United Soccer Club. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm emphasizes a top-down strategic asset allocation framework and manages unitized, risk-based mutual fund portfolios ranging from conservative to aggressive, offering education and support services to plan sponsors and participants.

Alexander Cruz is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving at SPC since 2015. His prior roles include positions at Parkland Securities LLC, OSAIC Services, Inc., and Independent Capital Management. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in providing referral services for estate planning and trust-related matters to law firms. SPC offers investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base that includes individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm supports a large network of advisors delivering tailored, discretionary advice through multiple account programs and maintains partnerships with third-party advisers and service providers.

Tyler Pratt is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at City National Bank, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, and Frontier Financial Advisors, LLC. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, and IRAs. The firm offers a broad range of programs and advisory services across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, delivered through both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches.

John Somerville is a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He focuses on connecting all aspects of clients' financial lives to help them and their families prioritize and pursue the goals that matter most. John's expertise includes family wealth management strategies, liquidity management, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, tax minimization, and retirement income. He works with clients to plan for and fund education, ensure retirement lifestyle and healthcare costs are covered, and create personalized plans to achieve long-term family goals. He emphasizes simplicity and transparency in the wealth planning process. John holds a Bachelor's Degree from California State University - Long Beach and has earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP) and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) designations. He is involved with the Boy Scouts of America. Outside of work, John enjoys adventure sports, baseball, biking, boxing, golfing, hiking, pickleball, skiing, and spending time with his family.

Javonte Hubbard is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory. His prior experience includes roles at Vanguard Advisers, Inc. and The Vanguard Group, Inc. He has also worked in various positions outside finance, including at Yelp Inc. and UC Merced. Schwab Wealth Advisory serves clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory (SWA) program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients, providing non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice, financial planning, and wealth management consultations. The firm’s advice is based on Charles Schwab’s asset-allocation models and research tools, with trades executed only after client authorization.

Evan Kimbro is a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at StoneKimbro and Aggreko. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Propaganda E-Liquid, LLC, a business venture he has managed since 2021. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and institutional accounts. The firm employs a combination of strategic asset allocation, multi-manager portfolios, and ongoing due diligence, offering both active and passive investment exposures through various account platforms.

Peter Zierhut is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with over 43 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has worked with firms including LPL Financial and Level Four Advisory Services. Zierhut is also involved in multiple non-variable insurance ventures and operates a family office. 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, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing customized portfolios and a combination of internally managed and third-party strategies.

Christopher Walsh is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Centaurus Financial since 2009. In addition to his advisory role, he owns a business focused on the sale of fixed life insurance, fixed annuities, long-term care, life, and disability insurance. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers a variety of financial planning and portfolio management services through its CLASSIC Plus platform, employing a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements with multiple analytic approaches and access to third-party money managers.

Pedro Garcia is a Series 65 credentialed advisor at NewEdge Advisors with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining NewEdge Advisors, he held roles at PacificView Wealth Management and various positions in the automotive and racing industries, including Porsche Experience Center LA and Kinetix Racing. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services through a network of independent advisers, utilizing multiple program structures and centralized due diligence to support client needs.

Andrew Corral is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, based in Newport Beach, CA. He has four years of industry experience, including prior work at Reed Electric and Field Services. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base ranging from individual investors to institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized services such as Private Family Office and Executive Wealth programs. The firm integrates its advisory services within the broader Goldman Sachs ecosystem, utilizing strategic allocation models, tax-aware techniques, and access to alternative investments.

Jay Thompson is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Irvine, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and has provided small business consulting at CSU Bakersfield Small Business Development Center since 2010. He also operates a tax preparation service and a small business consulting firm. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a wide range of clients, including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios, with discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Sylvia Ahn is a financial advisor at Principal Financial Services with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including MassMutual Life Insurance Company and Minnesota Life Insurance Company. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in the sale of various insurance products such as life, disability, annuities, and health insurance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs under multiple advisory and promoter arrangements.

Tanya Torres is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with seven years of industry experience, currently with Schwab Wealth Advisory in Irvine, CA. Her prior roles include positions at Merrill and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice, financial planning, and wealth management consultations primarily for clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program or referred by Charles Schwab & Co. The firm uses proprietary asset-allocation models and internal research tools to tailor recommendations to client goals and risk tolerance without exercising discretionary trading authority.

Stephen Pinckney is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Goldman Sachs since 2021, following 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 individual, high-net-worth, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm uses centralized investment resources and model portfolios, offering tailored solutions such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support, and operates within a large integrated financial group with various affiliated entities.

Craig Keller is a CFA® charterholder based in Newport Beach, CA, with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC since 2026 and previously spent 23 years at Litman Gregory Wealth Management. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers and employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Nora Okamoto is a financial advisor with Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. She holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Bankers Life Securities, Inc. and Bankers Life & Casualty, Inc., as well as experience outside finance managing Bagel Cafe Inc. in California. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. primarily serves mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals with discretionary portfolio management, investment consulting, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis methods to create tailored portfolios aligned with clients’ goals and risk tolerances.