2007 Plan Adviser of the Year Finalists: The Most Successful

There were nearly 300 nominations for this year's award, culminating in the collection of 182 advisers, 110 of whom were eligible to compete for the award
Reported by PLANADVISER Staff

Most Plans under Advisement 

120+
Michael Balasco
The Meridien Team Meridien Benefits Group, Inc.
Providence, RI
 

Nancy Barrette PRP
Wachovia Securities
Birmingham, MI
 

William Beale PRP
Henderson Brothers
Pittsburgh, PA
 

Eric Endress
CBIZ Financial Solutions, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
 

Vince Giovinazzo
401(k) Advisors
Aliso Viejo, CA
 

David Kulchar PRP
Oswald Financial, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
 

Andrew Prevost
Meltzer Group
Bethesda, MD
 

Wade Walker
Walker/Bafs Retirement Group
Merrill Lynch
Indianapolis, IN
 

100-119
J. Brian Blalock
Fifth Third Bank
Evansville, IN
 

Jean Duffy
Retirement Plan Division
Holmes Murphy Financial Services
West Des Moines, IA
 

Jon Geller PRP
The Bostonian Group
Boston, MA
 

Troy Hammond PRP
AmeriFlex Financial Services
Santa Barbara, CA
 

Vincent Morris PRP
Bukaty Companies Retirement Plan Services, a member firm of NRP
Leawood, KS
 

Brian Ward
Ward Financial Advisory
Brentwood, TN
 

71-99
Howard M. Duvall IV, Andrew Jackel
The Duvall Jackel Group
Merrill Lynch
New York, NY
 

Aaron Hagwood
The Hagwood Tomoda Group
Morgan Stanley
Wellesley, MA
 

Joseph M. McLaughlin PRP
The Kelliher Group
Smith Barney
Hingham, MA
 

William M. Peragine III
UBS
Huntington, NY
 

Brannan Vaughan
Traum & Vaughan
Morgan Stanley
Palo Alto, CA
 

Individual Advisers with More Than $500MM in AUM

 

AUM >$3B Brent Glading
Glading Group
Montclair, NJ

Danford Meischen
Merrill Lynch
Houston, TX
 

Nathan E. Skow
Merrill Lynch
Seattle, WA
 

>$1B – $3BNeil Garrett PRP
HRH Investment Advisors, LLC
Aliso Viejo, CA
 

Jon Geller PRP
The Bostonian Group
Boston, MA
 

Gary Handler PRP
RBC Dain Rauscher
Beverly Hills, CA
 

Tom Noble
Noble Retirement Group
Sugar Land, TX
 

John A. Pickett PRP
RBC Dain Rauscher
Dallas, TX
 

>$500MM–$1B
Nancy Barrette PRP
Wachovia Securities
Birmingham, MI
 

Steven Dimitriou PRP
Mayflower Advisors, LLC
Boston, MA
 

David M Kulchar PRP
Oswald Financial, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
 

Chad J. Larsen PRP
Moreton Financial Solutions, a member firm of NRP
Denver, CO
 

Andrew Prevost
Meltzer Group
Bethesda, MD
 

John T. Taylor Jr
Diversified Investment Advisors
Newton, MA
 

Adviser Teams with More Than $500MM in AUM 

 

>$3BMichael J. Francis
Francis Investment Counsel LLC
Hartland, WI
 

Bruce Gsell
Gsell Group
Merrill Lynch
Edison, NJ
 

Vince Giovinazzo
401(k) Advisors
Aliso Viejo, CA
 

Tetsu T. Tanimoto
Tanimoto/del Valle Group
Merrill Lynch
Los Angeles, CA
 

James E. Wallace
Global Corporate & Institutional Advisory Services Group
Merrill Lynch
Atlanta, GA
 

>$1B – $3B
Darrell T. Alford PRP
Alford-Jungers Financial & Insurance Services, Inc.
San Diego, CA
 

Michael L. Balasco
Meridien Team
Meridien Benefits Group, Inc.
Providence, RI
 

Jean Duffy
Retirement Plan Division
Holmes Murphy Financial Svcs
West Des Moines, IA
 

Eric Endress
CBIZ Financial
Solutions, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
 

Tony Franchimone PRP, Larry Deatherage PRP
DFI Advisors, Inc., a member firm of NRP
La Jolla, CA
 

Gary S. Josephs PRP
Castner Josephs Retirement Group, a member firm of NRP
Costa Mesa, CA
 

Michael W. Kozemchak PRP
Institutional Investment Consulting
Bloomfield Hills, MI
 

Randall C. Long, Jon Upham Long,
Upham SageView Advisory Group, a member firm of NRP
Irvine, CA
 

Joseph M. McLaughlin PRP
The Kelliher Group
Smith Barney
Hingham, MA
 

Erik Scaranuzzo
The Beirne Group
Merrill Lynch
New Haven, CT
 

Bill Talmage
Kenwood Associates
UBS Financial Services
Cincinnati, OH
 

Brian Ward
Ward Financial Advisory
Brentwood, TN
 

$500MM – $1B
Richard R. Applegate
First Commonwealth Financial Advisers, Inc.
Wexford, PA
 

Glenn A. Blachman
Gateway Wealth Management Group
Merrill Lynch
Newark, NJ
 

Barbara Delaney PRP
FFoA, a member firm of NRP
Pearl River, NY
 

Stephen D. Wilt
The Star Group
Merrill Lynch
Akron, OH
 

 

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