Matthew Pederson is the sole advisor at MP3 Finance LLC, an independent firm based in Cameron Park, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has one year of industry experience. Prior to founding MP3 Finance LLC, he worked at Life Time Fitness and Sutter Health. Outside of financial advising, Pederson operates a personal training business and runs an educational YouTube channel. MP3 Finance LLC offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, coaching, and SEP IRA services for individuals across various life stages. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a focus on long-term holdings in stocks, bonds, and ETFs, incorporating options strategies and limited use of digital asset ETFs and margin for suitable clients.

Kathleen Faulkner is the principal of Faulkner Financial Planning, LLC, an independent advisory firm, with 27 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has operated her firm since 2012. In addition to her advisory work, she owns Divorce Advisory Services, LLC, which provides financial analysis and mediation related to divorce, and serves on the board of directors for Summitview Child Treatment Center. Faulkner Financial Planning primarily serves individual and household clients, as well as high-net-worth and corporate clients, offering comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs a non-discretionary approach by creating individualized plans and selecting third-party asset managers to implement and adjust portfolios, while maintaining ongoing investment oversight and client reviews.

Blake Fischer is a financial advisor with Fiduciary Wealth Partners in Citrus Heights, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has six years of experience with Fiduciary Wealth Partners. Outside of his advisory role, he works as a financial program manager at Pacific Gas & Electric, providing financial analysis to Electric Operations leaders. Fiduciary Wealth Partners offers customized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, small businesses, charitable organizations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm employs an asset-allocation driven investment process informed by macroeconomic analysis and valuation, with an emphasis on cost-effectiveness and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Matthew Curtis is a financial advisor with Alpha Retirement Wealth, LLC in Gold River, CA, holding a Series 65 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked with Alpha Retirement Wealth since 2015 and also serves as an area manager for Asurea Insurance Services, where he sells life insurance and annuities. Alpha Retirement Wealth, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals and business entities. The firm utilizes a risk-parity framework and Modern Portfolio Theory in its investment approach, primarily implementing strategies through exchange-traded funds and model portfolios.

Tiffani Sharp is the principal of T. Sharp Wealth Management and holds a Series 65 credential with two years of industry experience. She previously worked as an attorney for over 17 years and currently operates T. Sharp Legacy & Wealth Counsel, where she provides estate planning, probate, business formation, and real estate investment legal services. T. Sharp Wealth Management, LLC offers fee-only financial planning and investment consulting to individuals and families, focusing on long-term, globally diversified passive investment strategies utilizing low-cost ETFs and index funds. The firm emphasizes financial planning services such as cash-flow analysis and goals prioritization, delivering advice primarily through fixed-fee or hourly arrangements.

Kimberly Tucker Knotts is the principal advisor at Kim Knotts, RIA with 27 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at SCF Investment Advisors, Inc. and SCF Securities, Inc. Outside of investment advising, she owns and operates a real estate and mortgage lending business as well as a tax preparation and consulting service, and is also licensed as an insurance agent. Kim Knotts, RIA provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer plan sponsors. The firm employs individualized, non-discretionary asset-allocation strategies and integrates related services in real estate, tax, and insurance under separate agreements.

Dorete Ben David is a CFP® professional with 9 years of industry experience. She has operated Ben-David Financial Planning since 2003. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, couples, families, and business owners. Serving a small client base, the firm delivers customized, goal-oriented advice and primarily uses no-load mutual funds alongside individual bonds and alternative investments, operating largely on a non-discretionary account management basis.

Vikas Salgia is the sole advisor at Nuna Investments, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. He has prior work history at Hinge Health and Sutter Health. Nuna Investments provides discretionary investment management primarily to pooled and institutional clients, including pension plans and charitable organizations, and offers financial planning and consultation services on an hourly or fixed-project basis. The firm follows a bottom-up fundamental investment approach focused on undervalued common stocks and employs a combination of traditional asset-based and performance-based fee arrangements.

Mark Harris is the sole advisor at Mark Harris Services in Cameron Park, CA, holding a Series 66 designation with 5 years of industry experience. He has operated Mark Harris Services since 2001. The firm provides continuous investment supervisory services and incidental financial planning to individuals, high net worth clients, and a range of institutional clients including charitable institutions and municipalities. Its investment process combines fundamental and technical analysis with a 12- to 18-month time horizon, generally operating on a non-discretionary basis and tailoring programs to client objectives and restrictions.

Joseph Voska is the principal advisor at Voska Wealth, an independent firm based in Rancho Cordova, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has experience in financial advising since 2026, following seven years with Accenture. In addition to his advisory role, he operates a separate online financial-education business. Voska Wealth is a fee-only independent investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with retirement and pre-retirement wealth management and financial planning. The firm employs a combination of passive and active strategies, including options, and emphasizes asset allocation, risk management, and client-imposed investment restrictions.

Charles Ho is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Legacy Builders Financial, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Origin Financial, Charles Schwab, and Morgan Stanley. Outside of advising, he is the owner and CEO of two real estate investment corporations. Legacy Builders Financial, LLC is an independent advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers tailored investment management and comprehensive financial planning, utilizing a combination of passive portfolio construction and various analytical techniques, and maintains a co-advisory arrangement with an independent outside manager.

Cliff Leiker is the principal of CJL Quantum Analytics, an independent advisory firm based in Fair Oaks, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has nine years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as a fraternal agent for the Catholic Order of Foresters, focusing on life insurance sales. CJL Quantum Analytics primarily serves small business owners seeking retirement-plan investment guidance and individual bank investors, offering non-discretionary, customized advice on stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds. The firm provides pay-as-you-go online products including bank-specific research, educational webinars, and an economic newsletter, with an investment approach that combines fundamental dividend analysis and technical indicators tailored to each client’s risk tolerance and time horizon.

Kenneth Golden is a CFA® charterholder with 9 years of industry experience and has been with Sierra Financial Management Co. since 1983. He operates as the sole advisor at the independent firm based in Citrus Heights, CA. Sierra Financial Management Co. provides investment management to individuals, foundations, and trusts through separately managed accounts. The firm combines weekly top-down macroeconomic analysis with bottom-up security selection to construct equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, employing a concentrated, individualized management approach.

William Corley is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience and has been the principal at Corley Investment Management since 2012. His prior experience includes roles at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Stonehurst Securities, Pim Financial Services, and OSAIC. He is also an independent insurance agent for various companies. Corley Investment Management is an independent registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals by providing financial planning, retirement consulting, and introductions to third-party asset managers. The firm focuses on client goals, risk tolerance, and asset allocation while offering educational seminars and ongoing supervision of selected managers.

Scott has had an interest in finance and investing ever since his first job delivering newspapers when he was eleven years old. He grew up in the home of a physician and scientist, studied finance and accounting and worked in Silicon Valley for a few years. After all these experiences, he has settled into the profession he always envisioned. He works with individuals and families in the medical, scientific and technology fields to understand their financial goals and dreams and develop a uniquely tailored financial plan. He strives to remove the pain points in his clients' financial lives, increase their confidence about the future and reduce the costs associated with their financial decisions. He loves the opportunity to provide this service. Scott is married and has four children. He enjoys music, along with his wife and daughter, and can sometimes be found building LEGOs with his three sons. He has also lived and traveled various places in the world and loves learning about history and culture.

Brent Ward is a financial advisor at Award Financial Group with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and Foundations Investment Advisors. He serves on the board and finance committee of Elk Grove Adult Community Training. Award Financial Group provides discretionary asset management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm customizes investment strategies using fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, offers direct portfolio management, and employs quarterly reviews with portfolio maintenance including tax-loss harvesting.

Robert Teel is a financial advisor at Kingdom Capital Management with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Microsoft Corporation and Amazon.com, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he spent time as a stay-at-home parent. Kingdom Capital Management is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser that serves individuals and families, focusing on working and middle-income households, young professionals, growing families, and small business owners navigating life-stage financial decisions. The firm offers life-stage financial planning through fixed-fee engagements and employs a diversified, long-term investment approach called “Thirds Investing,” using mutual funds and ETFs supported by fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis.

Tadd Barraclough is a financial advisor with TCM Investment Advisers in Citrus Heights, CA, holding a Series 63 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked with TCM since 2016 and maintains concurrent roles at Lyft, Inc. and United Parcel Service. TCM Investment Advisers serves individual investors focusing on retirement planning and estate/asset management, providing portfolio management and a wrap-fee program. The firm emphasizes a customized retirement-planning approach with various fee arrangements and operates trading and custody through a Fidelity platform.

Marios Gregoriou is a financial advisor at Elite Capital Services, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Elite Capital Services since 2008. The firm offers wealth and portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and financial institutions. Their investment approach integrates fundamental and technical analysis with proprietary models, focusing on capital preservation through diversification and risk management, and utilizes a variety of investment instruments and strategies tailored to a broad client base that includes institutional and retirement plan clients.

Paul Rossi is the sole advisor at Rossi Financial Group in El Dorado Hills, CA, holding the CFA® designation and Series 63 license with 13 years of industry experience. He has led Rossi Financial Group since 2012. Outside of advisory services, Rossi is also a licensed real estate broker in California, an activity that occupies less than one percent of his time and is unrelated to his investment practice. Rossi Financial Group provides financial planning, investment consultation, and supervisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a Core + Satellite investment approach combining index-based core holdings with actively managed satellite positions, primarily on a non-discretionary basis, and offers pension consulting and educational workshops on retirement, estate, and investment topics.