Our Team

Two offices. One firm. The advisor you hire is the advisor you work with.

CWT operates from San Diego and Brea. Each office has its own character — but every client has a single advisor and a single team supporting them.

San Diego Office

San Diego.

Four advisors and three support staff.

3570 Carmel Mountain Rd, Suite 150
San Diego, CA 92130
858.707.7739
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San Diego

Scott Stevens

Practice Lead · CEPA
Business Exit Planning

Two decades guiding founders through the sale of the company they built. Scott focuses on the years before the LOI and the decade after wire day.

DM
San Diego

David Mendoza

Practice Lead · CFP, AWMS
Surviving Spouse & Divorce

Clarity in the hardest financial conversations — widowhood, separation, and the rebuild that follows. Holds the AWMS designation specifically for this work.

HL
San Diego

Hannah Liang

Practice Lead · CFP
Tech Equity & Retirement

Late-career W-2 households at tech companies — RSU schedules, 10b5-1 plans, and a concentrated single-stock position that has to coexist with a real retirement date. M.B.A. — University to confirm.

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San Diego

Keith Brandt

President ·
Firm Leadership

Keith leads the firm's operations, advisor development, and long-term vision — keeping CWT focused on a single discipline: planning around transitions.

Working alongside our advisorsMarcela Ortiz – Client Service Manager·Jordan Reyes – Operations·Duha – Marketing
Brea Office

Brea.

One advisor and two support staff serving Orange County.

3 Pointe Drive, Suite 111
Brea, CA 92821
714.975.9730
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Brea

Tricia Whitfield

Lead Advisor · CFP
Comprehensive Planning

Tricia leads the Brea office and serves households across Orange County, with a focus on multigenerational planning and pre-retirement coordination.

Brea support teamAvery Nguyen – Client Service·Sam Patel – Operations

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