Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year Finalists
In the last issue, we highlighted some of the nation’s most successful retirement plan advisers (see “Most Successful Advisers of the Year,” PLANADVISER, November-December 2009). This issue, we unveil the finalists for sister magazine PLANSPONSOR’s Retirement Plan Adviser and Retirement Plan Adviser Team of the Year.
This is the sixth year that PLANSPONSOR has recognized the efforts of the nation’s best retirement plan advisers, and the fourth that it has acknowledged the efforts of retirement plan adviser teams. On the pages that follow, we will introduce you briefly to the men and women who have demonstrated the kind of leadership and commitment to excellence that have been hallmarks of these awards. That commitment is evidenced by the impact these advisers have had on participation rates, deferrals, asset allocation, and a better understanding and appreciation of these programs—despite a difficult economic environment. It is striking how committed they are, as a group, to the creative application of the tools embedded in the Pension Protection Act—automatic enrollment, accelerated deferrals, asset-allocated default funds—and yet how equally committed many are to the time-honored one-on-one approach to helping participants (and plan sponsors) make thoughtful, prudent choices.
We will announce the winners of this year’s awards at the annual PLANSPONSOR/PLANADVISER Awards Dinner on March 25, 2010, in New York, and I hope some of you will be able to join us. These really are the best of the best. We’re honored to play a role in highlighting their contributions.
TEAM FINALISTS
The Dallas Office of Lockton Financial Advisors/Lockton Investment Advisors
David W. Altimont, Lucas M. Barton, Courtney Stroope, Erika Chavez, Kim Pacheco
Dallas, Texas
Plan Sponsor Advisors
Jennifer Flodin, Don Stone
Chicago, Illinois
Precept RPS
Linda Bright, Doug Igel
Irvine, California
The Prince Group
Douglas Prince, Brea Dantin, Deana Harmon, Jillian Grimm, Joe Copeland, Ben Donathen, Sue Platt
Indianapolis, Indiana
Michael M. Kane and Associates, an NRP member firm
Michael Kane, Mary Kane, Ashley Black, David Robinson
Alpharetta, Georgia
INDIVIDUAL FINALISTS
L. Rita Fiumara
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
Timothy Black
Mosse & Mosse Associates
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Jennifer San Fillippo
La Bri Group,
First Allied Securities
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Attila Toth
Portfolio Evaluations
Warren, New Jersey
Rick Wedge
Northgate Benefits, an NRP member firm
Novato, California