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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner16 years in industry

LIA WHISLER SEARA

Advisor at PARALLEL ADVISORS, LLC

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:18 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 19, 2013 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: PARALLEL ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Aug 16, 2010earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 16derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Aug 16, 2010
First registration: Apr 19, 2013
Dual registered: no
Other names: LIA ARIZAGA WHISLER|LIA ARIZAGA WHISLER|LIA ARIZAGA BAGGAO|LIA WHISLER|LIA A WHISLER|LIA ARIZAGA SEARA
IAPD individual key: 5823084

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
PARALLEL ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Apr 29, 2022	n/a	yes	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Current employment
OSBORNE PARTNERS	Independent wealth	Feb 8, 2018	May 6, 2022	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Mar 10, 2015	Jan 25, 2018	no	DENVER, CO\|WALNUT CREEK, CA	Previous registration
STONEGATE CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Apr 28, 2014	Apr 15, 2015	no	SCOTTSDALE, AZ	Previous registration
MRA ASSOCIATES	Former SEC adviser	Apr 19, 2013	Mar 20, 2014	no	PHOENIX, AZ	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
OSBORNE PARTNERS	PARALLEL ADVISORS, LLC	May 6, 2022	Apr 29, 2022	-7	Firm change	RIA to RIA
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	OSBORNE PARTNERS	Jan 25, 2018	Feb 8, 2018	14	Firm change	Other
STONEGATE CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Apr 15, 2015	Mar 10, 2015	-36	Firm change after gap	Other
MRA ASSOCIATES	STONEGATE CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	Mar 20, 2014	Apr 28, 2014	39	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ PARALLEL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 29, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ OSBORNE PARTNERSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 8, 2018 to May 6, 2022factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 10, 2015 to Jan 25, 2018factForm ADV
→ STONEGATE CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 28, 2014 to Apr 15, 2015factForm ADV
→ MRA ASSOCIATESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 19, 2013 to Mar 20, 2014factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 6, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Lia Whisler Seara left Osborne Partners for Parallel Advisors, Llc (registered 2022-04-29)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago