2016 PLANSPONSOR National Conference

Anne F. Ackerley is a senior executive in financial services. She is the head of BlackRock’s US & Canada Defined Contribution (USDC) Group and a member of BlackRock’s Global Operating Committee and the Human Capital Committee. She has been with BlackRock since 2000 and has held various leadership positions before assuming her current role in 2015. Prior to joining BlackRock, Anne spent 15 years at Merrill Lynch, including as the chief operating officer for the mergers and acquisitions department. Anne served on the board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute from 2002 to 2005, the board of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School from 2011 to 2013 and the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Schools Committee for over 25 years. For her work in advancing gender equity, Anne was honored by the YWCA Academy of Women Leaders in 2013 and was named a 2013 trailblazer by the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW). Anne earned a BA degree, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in economics from Harvard College in 1984, and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 1988.

Alex is the Managing Principal and Lead Adviser for AFS 401(k) Retirement Services. Joining the firm in 2006, he specializes in the design, implementation, and management of retirement plans for mid-sized corporations, non-profit organizations, and trade associations. Alex received his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from West Virginia University and holds the FINRA Series 7, Series 63, and Series 66 securities registrations, as well as the Accredited Investment Fiduciary ® (AIF®) professional designation.

Lisa Bebbs has over 20 years of human resources benefits experience within both large (65k employees) and small company (250 employees) environments. She has a strong knowledge of Health and Welfare and Retirement benefit area compliance, rules and regulations, benefits benchmarking and analysis. Her major passion is wellness – both physical and financial with the goal of educating employees how to better utilize their benefit programs to their advantage, especially the retirement plan. Lisa has a love of working with people and prides herself on providing exceptional customer service to her customers – her employees.

Beryl has over 25 years of experience in the Retirement Services Industry and joined the Richmond District office, following an extensive management career focusing on Retirement Services and Institutional administration for SunTrust Bank-Mid-Atlantic, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. While at SunTrust, Beryl was responsible for the management of over 700 401(k) and pension plans with over $11 billion in assets. Beryl brings her expertise in plan design, fiduciary services, plan investments, and client service to her role as a plan advisor with CAPTRUST. She focuses on providing fiduciary services, including independent advice on plan design, investment due diligence, fee-benchmarking, and investment education to plan sponsors. Beryl is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Richmond. Beryl was honored and recognized among the 300 Most Influential Advisors in Defined Contribution for 2010 / 2011 by 401k Wire. Beryl was recognized in 2015 by the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) as one of the Top 50 Female Advisors in the U.S.

Lisa H. Barton, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP – Boston, Massachusetts. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is one of the largest global law firms with 28 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm is comprised of more than 2,000 legal professionals, including lawyers, patent agents, employee benefits advisers, regulatory scientists, and other specialists. Ms. Barton advises clients in designing, drafting, and operating tax-qualified retirement and health and welfare plans, as well as nonqualified deferred compensation and equity compensation plans. She counsels companies on complying with the US Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, COBRA, the Affordable Care Act, and other state and federal laws pertaining to benefit plans and programs. Ms. Barton also provides support in transactional matters, including assessing benefits and liabilities during the transaction and integrating benefits following the close of the transaction. Ms. Barton represents clients before the federal agencies responsible for regulation of employee benefit plans and programs, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Her clients come from such industries as retail, manufacturing, life sciences, energy, and information technology. Ms. Barton serves as a co-chair of the firm’s Plan Sponsor Task Force, which represents the most significant portion of the Morgan Lewis employee benefits practice.

Brian Bender is the vice president of national business development & consultant relations for Schwab Retirement Plan Services. In this role he has responsibility for the sales, consultant relations, and business development teams. Mr. Bender has 19 years of experience in the retirement plan services industry and began working with Schwab in 1997. Prior roles with Schwab included counseling individual investors in our Cincinnati branch, working as a relationship manager for corporate clients, and serving as the sales manager of the Central and East regions for Retirement Plan Services. He also spent two years working with Fidelity Investments where he was responsible for business development in the Midwest. Mr. Bender has a bachelor of science in finance and marketing from Miami University. Additionally, he holds FINRA Series 7, 24, and 63 securities licenses.

Drew Carrington is a Senior Vice President, and leads Franklin Templeton’s defined contribution business within the U.S. institutional large market segment. His responsibilities include presenting the firm’s capabilities to existing and prospective DC clients and their consultants, as well as understanding and communicating the complex, evolving regulatory landscape of DC plans. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in 2013, he served as head of the Defined Contribution and Retirement Solutions Group at UBS Global Asset Management, focused on developing investment solutions for large DC plans, particularly in the target date and retirement income categories. He joined UBS in 2005, as a senior fixed income client portfolio manager for UBS, where he worked closely with their Asset-Liability Investment Solutions team to design and implement the fixed income and duration overlay portions of asset-liability management strategies. Before joining UBS, he was a principal at Mercer Investment Consulting, where he worked with both public and private DB and DC clients. He began his career in the financial services industry in 1988. Mr. Carrington is former chair of the Retirement Income Committee and current member of the Retirement Research Board of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA), a nonprofit association dedicated to enhancing the retirement security of American workers. He is a frequent speaker at DC industry conferences on retirement income, diversification opportunities and risk mitigation. Mr. Carrington holds Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations, is Series 7 and 63 licensed and holds a bachelor of arts from Harvard University.

Vice President of Total Rewards and HR Shared Service, Dawn Foods Brian has been with Dawn Food Products for 9 years. Dawn Food Products, Inc. Under Brian’s leadership, Dawn was recognized by Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (and has earned TrendBender status (keeping the average cost increase near 0%) for 8 consecutive years. Dawn was recognized by Employee Benefit News as the 2015 Judges Choice Benny Award winner and in 2015 and 2016 a finalist for the PLANSPONSOR Magazine Plan Sponsor of the Year Award. Brian has 25 years of experience in Human Resources and has expertise in Business Integration, Human Resource Technology, Employee Relations, Organizational Development, Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Business Operations, Payroll and Change Management. Prior to joining Dawn, he has held positions at Trinity Health, Accenture (Anderson Consulting) American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc.. Brian is a strong believer in giving back to the community and is a guest speaker at his alma mater is a Scoutmaster and Order of the Arrow advisor with the Boy Scouts. Brian has a B.A. degree from Eastern Michigan University, where he majored in Human Resources.

Joe has dedicated the past 15 years to helping organizations improve and enhance their retirement programs. His long-term track record of success is a result of working with hundreds of employers in implementing prudent processes designed to reduce fiduciary liability and plan expenses, meet specific plan objectives and significantly improve participant outcomes. Joe is a frequent and nationally recognized speaker and presenter to many employer and industry groups. He has conducted hundreds of retirement plan workshops educating employers on the key elements of successful retirement plans. Joe was recently named the 2014 Retirement Plan Advisor of the Year by PlanSponsor. He holds the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) Series 7, 8, 9, 26, 63 and 65 licenses and is a Registered Investment Advisor with Sikich Financial.

Mr. Dial is the Head of Retirement Strategy for Allianz Global Investors. He previously held senior-management positions with JPMorgan and Ceridian. Mr. Dial holds three patents as the co-inventor of the “method and system for evaluating target-date funds” and is also credited with developing the target-date fund category system commonly referred to as “To versus Through.” He is the author of a monthly newsletter titled, “Dialed In to Retirement.”Glenn is one of the 100 Most Influential People in the Defined Contribution industry according to the 401kWire.com survey in 2013, 2014, 2015.

John Doyle is a senior vice president focused on defined contribution in the Retirement Strategy Group at American Funds, part of Capital Group. He has 28 years of investment industry experience and joined Capital Group in 2013. Prior to joining Capital, John was executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Hartford Investment Management Company. Before that, he worked as head of marketing and product at T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services and as a vice president of marketing at Fidelity Investments. John is a frequent speaker on issues and topics important to the success of the DC retirement system. He holds an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Georgetown University. John is based in New York.

Jim joined CAPTRUST in 2015 as a Principal, Financial Advisor with the firm’s merger with MFP Strategies and is responsible for providing retirement plan advisory services and executive benefit services. Prior to the merger, Jim served as partner for MFP Strategies and has worked in the industry for over 15 years. Jim holds the designations of Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®) from the Center for Fiduciary Studies. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from King’s College

Jamie Fleckner is a partner in Goodwin Procter’s Litigation Department and Chair of its ERISA Litigation Practice. Mr. Fleckner represents clients in a wide array of complex commercial litigation, with a focus on financial services and products, including investment management. He regularly litigates class and derivative actions under ERISA, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and related federal and state laws. His practice also focuses on regulatory investigations and governmental proceedings, and has represented clients before the U.S. Department of Labor, Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and state authorities. Mr. Fleckner’s success in litigating cutting edge legal issues has been profiled in The American Lawyer, Big Suits. According to The Legal 500 United States, Mr. Fleckner “is particularly strong, and is fast becoming a leader in ERISA fiduciary litigation involving financial products.” He has also been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and since 2015 has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the list of Who’s Who Legal: Pensions and Benefits.

Laura Gaynor is Senior Vice President, Corporate Plans Practice Leader for Transamerica Retirement Solutions (Transamerica). Ms. Gaynor is responsible for working with plan sponsors, consultants, and financial advisors seeking to improve and streamline plan sponsors’ Defined Contribution retirement plans. Ms. Gaynor began her career in 1988 as an Assistant Actuary with Transamerica and soon after, transferred to the Compliance Department where she spent 22 years managing the consulting group and working with some of Transamerica’s largest clients on developing custom merger and acquisition strategies. She has over 28 years of pension experience, specifically in the areas of technical compliance, administration and new business development. Currently Ms. Gaynor leads the company’s corporate sales and product development efforts. She has presented at various industry conferences, including the Mid-Sized Pension Management Conference, American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (“ASPPA”) Conference and Pension and Investments Conference. Ms. Gaynor graduated from Pace University with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.

Amy Glynn, Executive Vice President Global Retirement Partners Advisor Alliance (GRPAA) Amy leads the development and deployment of best in class worksite solutions and programs for GRP Advisors and GRP Alliance members. Advisor services range from investment analytics and business management tools, financial wellness and rollover platforms, GRP products including collective trusts, and ongoing access to GRP conferences, programs and training. Amy has played an active role on the in the retirement plan marketplace for over 20 years in corporate, entrepreneurial and volunteer capacities. Prior to joining GRPAA, Inc., Amy served as President of Retirement Services at Calton & Associates, Inc., where she built a cutting edge hybrid ERISA platform. She founded the Pension Resource Institute (PRI), a nationwide firm assisting broker/dealers with outsourced sales and compliance management systems. Other roles have included; building out a hybrid Retirement Services Platform at Commonwealth Financial Network as Director of Retirements; managing Northeast Institutional Sales as VP of Sales at NY Life and helping them shift from a direct to an indirect model; CEO/Founder of the Women’s Executive Network – recognized as “Start Up of the Year”(2000), Womens Business Journal; and Divisional Director of Retirement Sales at Smith Barney running the number one producing sales territory in the US for 5 consecutive years. A recognized thought leader, Amy has been frequently published, is active on the national speaking circuit and has been nominated for 401kwires top 100 most influential people for six consecutive years, ranking #39 in 2010. She has served on the NAPA 401(k) Summit Steering Committee from 2012-2014 and is currently President of the Women in Pension Network’s Board of Directors where she chaired the development of the National Mentoring Program from 2012-2014. Presently, Amy is Founding Co-Chair of the American Retirement Association’s Women’s Advisor Council. Amy is a graduate of Colgate University with a B.A. in English and Women’s Studies.

Kati Godersky has spent the past 7 years with MillerCoors LLC working on both the investment management side of the company’s pension and 401(k) plans and more recently on plan design and administration. As Manager, Retirement Benefits, Kati is responsible for the implementation, administration and compliance related to all company retirement programs, ensuring all plans meet corporate retirement benefit plan design and cost objectives, are administered in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and are communicated effectively to employees. Kati is also responsible for evaluating the functional requirements and capabilities of both internal systems and those provided by outside vendors, managing all outside vendors used to administer the company’s retirement benefit programs, providing year-end accounting information for financial reporting and disclosure purposes, collecting and maintaining all employee data for actuarial valuations, defined contribution plan recordkeeping and discrimination testing analyses, and providing cost analyses and design recommendations for union negotiations. She works very closely with the MillerCoors LLC Benefit Plan Governance Committee as a member of the Investment Subcommittee. Prior to joining MillerCoors Kati was an account executive and lead analyst for a firm that designed non-qualified retirement plans for highly compensated executives. Kati received her undergraduate degree from Carroll University and her MBA from the University of Chicago.

David Godofsky is the leader of the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, which was named “Law Firm of the Year” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® for ERISA Litigation in 2016 and Employee Benefits (ERISA) in 2015. His team of litigators represents major employers in cutting-edge class action and other bet-the-company litigation matters nationwide, including the Supreme Courts of Florida and Illinois. David’s ability to integrate legal analysis with cost, funding, administration and benefit design considerations is informed by his years of experience as an actuary and consultant. David is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Enrolled Actuary, former director of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries and former vice chairman of the Education & Examination Committee of the Society of Actuaries. He currently serves on the program committee of the Enrolled Actuaries Meeting. In response to his comment letters, the U.S. Department of the Treasury corrected an error in pension funding regulations and changed the rules for determining whether cash balance plans satisfy the backloading requirements. Before joining the firm, David spent 18 years designing, implementing and administering employee benefit plans, determining costs and helping employers control costs and get the most for their employee benefits budgets. His clients seek his advice for practical, workable solutions to complex problems and for the ability to make highly technical concepts understandable to executives, employees, judges and arbitrators.

Peter Gordon is Chief Executive Officer, John Hancock Retirement Plan Services, part of John Hancock Financial, the U.S. division of Toronto-based Manulife Financial Corporation. John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (JHRPS) is an industry leader1 in helping individuals realize the retirement futures they have promised themselves. JHRPS offers retirement plans to organizations ranging from start-ups to providing total retirement outsourced solutions to very large businesses around the United States. Before taking on his current position in 2011, Mr. Gordon was the president of John Hancock Financial Network, the company’s national network of independent firms, and its broker-dealer, Signator Investors, Inc. Mr Gordon has spent the majority of his 30 years with the company in the retirement plan business, first joining Manulife in 1985 as a Pension Sales Representative in Los Angeles. In 1991, he became the Southeast Regional Sales Manager and later the National Sales Manager responsible for overall retirement plan sales in the U.S. Mr. Gordon graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a B.A. in Economics.

Since joining CapTrust in January 2005, Jeb has focused on providing institutional investment consulting services to retirement plan committees in the private sector, and to non-profit and higher education institutions. Jeb earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Central Florida and his MBA from the University of Tampa. He completed the Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) program offered by the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. Jeb also carries the designation of Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS), through the International Foundation of Employee Benefits in conjunction with Wharton. Jeb has written articles featured in numerous industry publications and is regularly invited to speak at national conferences on investment and fiduciary issues related to retirement plans. Jeb is past chair of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA®) Government Affairs – Investment Regulations Committee and is a former member of the Securities Industry Association’s (SIA) Retirement and Savings Committee. In addition, Jeb was conferred as the PLANSPONSOR 2013 Retirement Plan Advisor of the Year.

Will Hansen is the Senior Vice President of Retirement Policy for The ERISA Industry Committee. Will is leading ERIC’s efforts to develop and advocate for retirement and compensation public policies priorities for ERIC member companies. Will joined ERIC from the Holland America Group where he served as Senior Manager of Global Employee Benefits overseeing employee benefit programs for five cruise brands under the Carnival Corporate umbrella. Prior to joining Holland America, he was the Manager of Global Employee Benefits at Princess Cruises. Will also served as the Executive Director of the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee, as well as Legislative Counsel for Senator Robert Casey, Jr. (D-PA), advising the Senator on tax, pension, budget, and social security issues as well as the Affordable Care Act, Dodd-Frank Financial Reform, and the Payroll Tax Conference of 2012, and as Legislative Director for Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). As an employee benefits attorney with McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Will supported the litigation department on ERISA cases, including the unanimous Supreme Court decision in Beck v. Pace International Union. Will received his law degree and LL.M. in Employee Benefits from The John Marshall Law School and his undergraduate degree from Murray State University.

David Hinderstein leads Strategic Retirement Group’s consulting practice, which assists plan sponsors and participants in responding to the many challenges in managing their retirement programs. David has extensive background and significant expertise in helping not-for-profit, corporate, healthcare, and higher education plan sponsors meet their fiduciary responsibilities and manage and optimize their investment provider relationships. As a retirement benefit veteran, David has been recognized by several industry organizations for his leading experience and expertise. He is also a frequent keynote speaker at industry conferences, and an instructor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management Executive Education TRAU- The Retirement Advisor University, where he instructs on the not-for-profit retirement marketplace. Previously, David held multiple positions with CitiStreet (formally the Copeland Companies), where his emphasis was consulting and servicing large defined contribution plans for healthcare and not-for-profit institutions. David earned his BS degree in Finance from The American University in Washington, D.C., and has achieved the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) designation. He also is an Investment Advisor Representative of Strategic Retirement Group, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisor and a Registered Representative with LPL Financial.

Brock Johnson President of Retirement Solutions Brock Johnson leads the efforts around Morningstar’s global retirement strategy and initiatives. In this role, Johnson is responsible for setting the direction both domestically and overseas for the retirement solutions Morningstar offers to the market. Some of his key responsibilities include strategic positioning, solution development, marketing, account management, and product development/oversight for Morningstar’s institutional investment products and services. Prior to the latest expansion of his role, Johnson led the retirement solutions group of Morningstar’s Investment Management group. He has held various positions across Morningstar including the institutional investment consulting group, the Advice business unit, and the Institutional Service Group. Before joining Morningstar in 2000, he was director of consultative products for Key Asset Management in Cleveland, OH. Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree in business and economics from Wheaton College and a master’s degree in business administration with a dual concentration in finance and policy management from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management

Michael M. Kane, CLU, ChFC, AIFA, CBFA is the Founder and Managing Director of Plan Sponsor Consultants. Mike has spoken at many industry forums over the years on fiduciary and financial wellness/retirement readiness topics. Mike has been published in a number of industry publications and professional journals. His article, Tips on IPS: Refining your 401(k) IPS and Other Fiduciary Tips appeared in the Employee Benefit News. Most Common Non-Conformities and Opportunities for Improvement in 401(k) Plans Found in Fiduciary Assessments was published in the Spring 2011 issue of the Journal of Pension Benefits (JPB). His most recent article Overcoming Obstacles to Retirement Plan Success: Inertia, Myopia and Loss Aversion appears in the Winter 2014 issue of the JPB. Mike has been recognized by PlanAdviser Magazine in 2010 as a Finalist for Retirement Adviser team of the Year, in 2013 by ASPPA/NAPA as a Finalist for the 401K Advisor Leadership Award, in 2015 by Financial Times as Top 401 Retirement Advisor, also in 2015 by Atlanta Magazine as Five Star Wealth Manager, and in 2016 his team was recognized by PlanAdviser as a Top 100 Adviser Team. Before entering the profession, Mike served as a Naval Officer. Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Mount Saint Mary’s University. He performed his graduate work at George Washington University School of Business.

Kathleen Kelly, originally from Saratoga, NY, received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Wake Forest University. She is a Founding and Managing Partner of Compass Financial Partners, LLC, and a 20 year veteran of the financial services industry, specializing in the areas of retirement plan consulting & investment advisory services for qualified retirement plans and executive benefit planning. Ms. Kelly has achieved the Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist (CRPS) designation, the Global Financial Steward (GFS) designation, and the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA) designation through the Center for Fiduciary Studies. She is a member of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA), the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA), and the Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA), was named to 401kwire.com’s 2011 listing of the “300 Most Influential Advisors in Defined Contribution”*, and represented Compass Financial Partners as the recipient of the “2014 401(k) Advisor Leadership Award” (Sponsored by NAPA/ASPPA).** The team at Compass Financial Partners was named to Barron’s 2015 inaugural ranking of Institutional Investing Consultants***, the 2013,2014 and 2015 Pension & Investments Top Consulting listing****, the PLANADVISER 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisers listing and was selected as a finalist for the 2015 & 2016 PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser Team of the Year***** Award. In further recognition of Kathleen’s leadership within the retirement plan consulting community, she has been selected to serve on the Principal Financial Professional Advisor Council, the Prudential Advisor Council, the MassMutual Retirement Partners Council, the Transamerica Retirement Solutions RIA Advisory Board, the JP Morgan DC Advisor Council, the Fidelity Workplace Investing Advisor Council, and the Retirement Advisor Council. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and regularly quoted in trade publications. Ms. Kelly was appointed to the Wake Forest Board of Visitors and has served on the Greensboro College Board of Visitors. She was a member of Leadership Greensboro, Class of 2002, was selected as one of the Triads “40 Leaders Under 40,” (based on success in field coupled w/civic & philanthropic efforts) and was awarded a “Women in Business” Award (based on successful entrepreneurship) through the Triad Business Journal. Community involvement has included work with Operation Smile, founding membership in the Steering Committee for Women’s Programming with the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Directors of the Peaks to Piedmont Girl Scout Council, and her current position on the United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Tocqueville Strategy Team. Ms. Kelly also completed her 1-year term as the 2011 American Heart Association Guilford Heart Ball Chair, having achieved both fundraising and attendance numbers representing new records. In her spare time, Ms. Kelly enjoys playing golf and tennis and spending time with her Husband, two children, Libby and George, and their golden retriever Willie.

Rob Kieckhefer has seen many changes in the retirement plan industry and has evolved with those changes. One thing that has not changed however is Rob’s commitment to his plan sponsors and his plan participants. Rob is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) & Plan Sponsor Retirement Professional (PRP). Both designations are retirement plan specific and recognized by FINRA. He is a member of the Retirement Leadership Council, as recognized by the Organization of Retirement Leaders. Rob sits on Wisconsin’s 529 College Saving Board and is Chairman of the Investment Committee. Wisconsin’s 529 Plan has over $4 billion in assets and over 260,000 participants. As a previous industrial business owner, Rob recognizes and understands what businessmen and women need from deferred compensation plans and as a result he has become one of the foremost national authorities on nonqualified deferred compensation plans, target date funds, and stable value funds. Rob has been a panelist and lecturer on Nonqualified Deferred Compensation plans, he has developed a process for how to screen target date funds using multivariable optimization analysis and he documented his criteria for selecting the right stable value fund. In 2013, Rob was featured in a USA Today column titled 10 Steps to Pick a Target Date Fund. In the article, the writer details each of Rob’s recommended 10 point processes to analyze and pick Target Date Funds for their employees. Rob has over 50 plans with assets under advisement of over $1.4 billion. Rob and the Kieckhefer Group are actively involved in charities and service groups in the state of Wisconsin where he resides. They work closely with Hear Wisconsin, Children’s Outing Association, and numerous inner city grade schools. Rob strives to make Retirement Readiness a realistic goal for his plan participants and takes a hands-on approach to education and Financial Wellness. Rob and The Kieckhefer Group are making a difference in the lives of their plan sponsor clients, plan participants, and the community.

As a Senior Director in the Consulting Research Group of CAPTRUST Financial Advisors Phyllis and has overall responsibility for fiduciary issues, ERISA technical and regulatory issues and Participant Advice Services. Phyllis has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse and has over 30 years of retirement plan industry experience, including plan design consulting, investment advisory support and fiduciary expertise. Phyllis is certified with the PRP (PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Specialist). CAPTRUST has over 20 offices nationwide providing services to over 1400 retirement plan clients representing over $180 billion in plan assets.

Ricki Koppel payroll manager and 401K administer at PATH. PATH is an international non-profit saving lives and improve heath, especially among women and children. PATH accelerates innovation across 5 platforms: vaccine, drugs, diagnostics, devices and system and service innovations. Ricki has worked at PATH for 32 years, all of them in payroll and for 25 years in 401K administration. She has been a CPP (certified payroll professional) since 1991.

Michael P. Kreps is a principal at Groom Law Group, where he counsels employers, plan sponsors, financial institutions, trade associations, and coalitions on retirement, health, tax, and employment matters. Mr. Kreps specializes in issues relating to public policy, fiduciary responsibility, and plan funding and restructuring. rnPreviously, Mr. Kreps served as the Senior Pensions and Employment Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions from the 110th through the 114th Congresses. In that role, he managed all aspects of the Committee’s retirement agenda and had primary staff responsibility for pension legislation, including the pension investment provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the funding stabilization and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation reform provisions of the MAP-21 Act of 2012, the Pension Relief Act of 2010, and the CSEC Pension Flexibility Act. He also led the Committee’s oversight of regulatory activities involving employee benefit plans.rnMr. Kreps is a frequent speaker and writer on retirement and health policy. He holds a JD, with honors, from The George Washington University Law School and a BA, with distinction, in history and art history from the University of Colorado. He is active in his local community as a member of the Alexandria Commissions on Aging and Human Rights and is member of the Sorensen Institute Political Leaders Program’s class of 2015.

Shale is a graduate of the University of South Florida where he received his Bachelor of Science in Finance with a minor in Management Information Systems. Shale also holds a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Liberty University. Shale has over 13 years of investment industry experience. Shale began his time with CapTrust in 2003 and was placed in charge of all quarterly reporting as well as research and analysis for the retirement plan practice. This role also involved assisting with plan design, employee education and mutual fund due diligence. Shale spent quite a bit of time on the road meeting with mutual fund managers and plan providers to ensure their investment mandates and retirement operations were in-line with client objectives. Shale’s current role involves working directly with clients assisting them with all aspects of their retirement plan and offering recommendations as to where they can make improvements. In addition to his role servicing clients he also remains involved in employee education as well as fund and provider due diligence. In 2016 Shale was named one of the top 50 Retirement Plan Advisors in the country under the age of 40 by the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA).

David N. Levine is a principal at Groom Law Group, Chartered. He advises plan sponsors, advisors, and other service providers on a wide range of employee benefits matters, from retirement and executive compensation to health and welfare plan matters. Mr. Levine’s areas of service include: the redesign of complex retirement, executive, and health and welfare plans; ongoing, day-to-day counseling of plan sponsors; in-depth compliance reviews of corporate and governmental benefit programs; and representation of tax-exempt organizations with respect to issues involving corporate governance, executive compensation, and unrelated business income tax liability. Mr. Levine was previously the Chair of the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (2011-2013) and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association and serves in a number of leadership roles in the American Bar Association Tax Section’s Employee Benefits Committee. Mr. Levine regularly speaks on plan design, fiduciary governance, and legislative issues and contributes a recurring column to NAPA Net — The Magazine. He is recognized in The Legal 500 and USA Chambers guide for Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation. Mr. Levine received his J.D., from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and his B.A., with general and departmental honors, from Johns Hopkins University.

Dave Liebrock is a retired Financial Advisor and Retirement Plan Consultant for corporate retirement plans and retirement plan fiduciaries who joined CAPTRUST in 2008. Prior to joining CAPTRUST, he spent 16 years as Executive Vice President with Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company where he was responsible for Fidelity’s Defined Contribution product, sales, and services. Dave also performed extensive due diligence on the problem of retirement savings leakage due to loan defaults. He has assisted Custodia on the final development and refinement of the program and continues to advise on future program improvements. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Finance from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.

Chris is the Vice President of Strategy, Marketing, and Investments for ADP Retirement Services. ADPRS is a leading retirement services provider with more than 50,000 clients, exceeding 1.4 million participants, and over $50 billion in assets under administration. With more than 20 years of experience in the human capital management and retirement services industries, Chris is committed to utilizing his industry knowledge to lay the groundwork for ADPRS to have the tools necessary to support a superior level of service, enhance marketing strategies to convey messaging, and provide insight and direction to develop programs to improve the customer experience for clients, participants, and advisors. Joining ADP in 1995 Chris has held various roles within multiple Business Units. Prior to moving into this current role, he served ADP Retirement Services for nine years in a sales leadership capacity. Most recently he was Divisional Vice President for the Major, National, and Internal Wholesale teams. Chris began his career as an accountant with a small CPA firm and as an internal auditor for the County of Chester in Pennsylvania. A graduate of West Chester University in Pennsylvania, he became a Certified Public Accountant in 1996 from the State of Maryland. He currently holds a Series 6, 63 and 26. From plan design and implementation to driving participation, improving plan health and beyond, ADP Retirement Services provides the support, tools and access needed to help plan sponsors, their employees and advisors navigate the journey to retirement success. ADP’s retirement plan solutions are aimed at providing plan sponsors with a solution that is easy to manage, aligned with their interests, and focused on the retirement readiness of their participants.

Robert Massa is a retirement professional with more than twenty years of retirement industry experience. As the Director of Retirement, his primary responsibilities with Ascende include retirement plan investment strategy, plan consulting, employee education and financial wellness strategies and oversight of client relationships and engagements. Rob and his team have been named one of the Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisers in US by PlanSponsor Magazine for 2014, 2015 and 2016 as well as being named one of the finalists for Adviser Team of the Year in 2014. Mr. Massa has a Bachelor of Arts in public administration and a minor in mathematics from the College of New Jersey. He is a licensed life/health representative, has passed the Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 securities exams, is a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS), an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) and Cash Balance Consultant (CBC). Rob taught employee benefits at St. Thomas University for the Certified Financial Planner© program. He has also been interviewed for various articles in The Motley Fool, Houston Business Journal, Institutional Investor, the Fiduciary News and TheStreet.com and spoken at several regional and national conferences.

As a Senior Director and Defined Contribution Practice Leader at CAPTRUST Financial Advisors in Raleigh, North Carolina, Scott is responsible for leading the development of defined contribution services to address the needs of CAPTRUST’s plan sponsor clients and their participants. Scott manages several dozen of CAPTRUST’s subject matter experts, including investment research professionals that specialize in defined contribution investment options and menu design, plan design specialists, fiduciary support specialists, vendor benchmarking /due diligence and participant advice professionals. The work Scott and his team produce serves as the basis for the advice dispensed by CAPTRUST to over 1,400 plan sponsors located in 48 states representing an estimated 2 million defined contribution plan participants with assets of over $148 billion. Prior to joining CAPTRUST in 2007, Scott worked as an institutional salesperson on a fixed income trading desk for Citigroup’s Global Markets in New York City. In his more than seventeen-year career in finance, he has also worked in corporate finance with Wachovia Bank and was an auditor for Larson, Allen, Weishair & Company, LLC. Scott received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Appalachian State University and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Investment Management from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Scott is a CFA charterholder and licensed CPA in the states of North Carolina and Alaska. Scott also holds his Series 3, 7, and 63 FINRA licenses. Scott is a frequent speaker at retirement industry events, is often quoted in industry press, has authored multiple retirement-relevant white papers and is a routine author for his firm’s quarterly research report. Additionally, Scott serves in an active leadership role on the National Association of Plan Advisors’ Government Affairs Committee, where he chairs the Communications Subcommittee. In addition to his industry involvement, Scott is a board member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the North Carolina CFA Society, is a board member of the Inspire Media Network, is a past board member and chair of various committees at his church, and held various elected leadership positions in both undergraduate and graduate schools.

Tim McCabe is the National Sales Director, Retirement and responsible for Sales and Distribution of Stadion’s Retirement Products and Services. He joined Stadion in 2003, assuming responsibility for the distribution of Stadion’s discretionary 401(k) management service, Stadion Retirement, formerly known as 401k Toolbox.Tim has over 25 years’ experience in the institutional investment business, having spent the early part of his career as a defined contribution consultant before segueing into sales and marketing where he became a Vice President for Fidelity Investments, taking responsibility as Manager for the Southeast Region for Fidelity’s Institutional Retirement Services Company (FIRSCO).Tim received his BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia and a Master’s of Science in Risk Management from Georgia State University. Tim has also served as the President for the Southern Employee Benefits Conference and is an active member of ASPPA.

Sean S. McLaughlin is head of Client Relations & Business Development for Prudential Retirement. In this role, McLaughlin oversees relationship management, key account management, actuarial consulting, and retail and rollover sales and support. He is responsible for driving strategies to deepen and strengthen Prudential Retirement’s relationships with its existing clients, increasing the company’s market share and positioning it as a leader in transforming the U.S. retirement landscape. Prior to leading the Client Relations & Business Development organization, McLaughlin was head of Strategy, Planning, Communication & Risk Management for Prudential Retirement. In this role, he oversaw enterprise-wide strategy, planning and risk management across all business lines, and managed Prudential Retirement’s strategic communication efforts, including legislative and regulatory initiatives. McLaughlin joined Prudential from the strategy consultancy McKinsey & Company, where he served as an engagement manager in McKinsey’s New York-based financial institutions group. In this capacity, he helped insurance companies, private equity firms and other financial institutions overcome critical strategic and organizational challenges. Earlier, McLaughlin spent seven years in the logistics industry, where he had profit-and-loss responsibility for sales and operations, leading a team of more than sixty associates. McLaughlin earned an AB in Psychology from Harvard College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is based in Hartford, CT.

Cody is the Director of the Investment Services and RetireAdvisers® teams at Pension Consultants. His team conducts in-depth quantitative and qualitative proprietary research to identify, select and monitor top performing investment managers. This exhaustive research includes numerous personal interviews with portfolio managers and on-site due diligence trips. This allows his team to deliver top-performing retirement plans for Pension Consultants’ plan sponsor clients. Cody also guides the RetireAdvisers® team, which is responsible for delivering employee-participant goal-oriented results. By focusing on plan sponsor client goals and metrics achieved, the RetireAdvisers® team works diligently to improve the future financial security of the American workers employed by the plan sponsors Pension Consultants serves. In addition to leading these two teams, Cody works closely with plan sponsor clients and their participants as he provides investment consultation and participant education for numerous clients. This close relationship with plan sponsors and their participants allows him to stay relevant and in-touch with his clients. Cody serves on Pension Consultants Investment Committee, which oversees nearly $2.7B in AUM/AUA. Cody holds an MBA from Missouri State University, and is a certified financial planner™.

Marty has been working in the insurance and employee benefits industry for more than 25 years. Prior to joining Pacific Life, Marty held a variety of consulting positions for firms such as Prudential, Mullin/TBG, Marsh & McLennan, Merrill Lynch and MetLife.

James Moyna, President and Founder of JMM, CPA specializes in auditing and providing consulting advice for qualified retirement plan sponsors. For many years James was a Partner in a National accounting firm and also has many years of experience working as a third party administrator. During his time as a third party administrator, James became knowledgeable with respect to qualified plan compliance matters, government reporting and benefit plan administration.In 1998, James combined his past audit and plan administration experience to become an auditor specialized in the audits of qualified retirement plans. His extensive experience working with all aspects of qualified retirement plans has provided a firm foundation as his basis for specializing exclusively in the retirement plan audit industry.

Charles Munsell earned a B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from Purdue University. Since that time he has earned the designation of Enrolled Actuary and is a member of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries. Charles has been with The Nyhart Company for nearly 25 years serving as lead actuary on a wide range of clients. Recently Charles has been focused on Cash Balance Plans and the tax benefits which they can provide. Chuck has spoken across the country and to members of Congress on Cash Balance Plans.

Daniel J. Peluse, C(k)P, CRPS, CPFA, AIF, CBFA Daniel J. Peluse joined the firm in 2013 as Director of Retirement Plan Services and has been working in the financial services industry since 2002. He began his career at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, where he specialized in retirement plans—specifically in the areas of Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit plans. Dan has been recognized for multiple honors by PLANSPONSOR Magazine, including being named a finalist for ‘Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year’ (2014, 2015 & 2016), one of five finalists for ‘Retirement Plan Adviser Team of the Year’ (2011), as well as one of their ‘Top 100 Advisers’ from 2010-2016. Dan graduated from Elmhurst College with a degree in Finance and has earned the designation of Certified 401(k) Professional (C(k)P) from The Retirement Advisor University and the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist (CRPS) from the College of Financial Planning, Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) from the Center for Fiduciary Studies, and Certified Behavioral Finance Analyst through Allianz Investments and Professor Shlomo Benartzi of the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. Dan holds FINRA Series 7, 63, and 65 Licenses, as well as Illinois Life and Health Insurance Licenses. He resides in Winfield, Illinois with his wife Ashley.

Jim Phillips, President of Retirement Resources, has been in the investment industry for more than 38 years, the past 20 of which have been focused on 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans. Phillips has contributed to two books on 401(k), his articles have appeared in a variety of industry publications, and he has been a frequent speaker on retirement plan issues at national conferences. His work has been acknowledged with multiple Signature Awards from the Plan Sponsor Council of America, he has been named to the 2012, 2013 and 2015 lists of Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisors, he was a finalist in the 2012 Morningstar/ASPPA 401(K) Leadership Award and he received the 2015 NAPA 401(k) Leadership Award. Jim can be reached at: jim@ret-res.com His company’s website is: RetireWithMore.com

Andrew Prevost joined the Meltzer Group in 2002 and is President of Meltzer Retirement Plan Division. Over the last twelve years, Andrew has grown Meltzer Retirement Plans from fifty million dollars of assets to more than four billion dollars. The division serves both large national corporations and small local businesses across the United States. Andrew’s team includes plan design consultants, investment specialists (including a CFA Charterholder), participant education advisors and an ERISA attorney. Andrew and his team are dedicated to helping people reach retirement. Meltzer Retirement Plans offers employers effective, efficient and low?cost retirement plans, and provides an array of services to help participants maximize their retirement savings accounts. A Washington College graduate, Andrew holds a FINRA Series 7 – General Securities Representative, FINRA Series 65 – Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination and is Life & Health licensed. Andrew earned an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) designation, is a Certified Fund Specialist (CFS) and has 17 years experience in retirement plan consulting, management and participant educational services. He is a registered Investment Advisor Representative of NFP Securities Inc.

Christina Proscia is currently the Managing Director for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of Institutional Relationship Management at TIAA. She is responsible for the teams which provide support for the overall institutional relationship and coordinates efforts across business units, ensuring service excellence for all clients She brings with her more than 25 years of leadership in the financial services industry. Prior to rejoining TIAA in 2007, Christina served as regional vice president for the employer retirement markets at Lincoln Financial Group and was responsible for the management of pension service and sales for the Northeast division. She has also held positions at both UNUM and Monarch Resources. Christina earned a bachelor’s degree from New York University and her MBA from Pace University. She is a registered representative with FINRA and has her Series 7, 63 and 24 licenses. Additionally she holds licenses for life, accident, sickness & health, and variable annuity. She holds a CEBS designation from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is pursuing her Certified Financial Planner designation. Additionally, Christina is a current leadership council member at Athena Center for Leadership Studies.

Roberta Rafaloff is vice president, Institutional Income Annuities for MetLife. Institutional Income Annuities (IIA) enables defined contribution plan sponsors to provide guaranteed retirement income to their plan participants to help them achieve successful retirement outcomes. The business also offers specialty annuity products including charitable gift annuity reinsurance and lottery annuities. The division is part of Corporate Benefit Funding, the company’s institutional retirement business, which historically has been responsible for over 20 percent of MetLife’s operating earnings. As head of the IIA division, Rafaloff, who joined MetLife in 1988, has overall profit center and management responsibility, including product oversight and development, underwriting and pricing, and client management. The division is well-known for its leading market position, innovation and history of firsts, such as being the first to introduce longevity insurance, including an institutional qualifying longevity annuity contract (QLAC), into the marketplace. Prior to assuming her current role in 2003, Rafaloff, who has spent her entire career at MetLife, held a variety of sales, client service and management positions in MetLife’s U.S. retirement businesses. Rafaloff earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology from Kenyon College in Gambler, Ohio. She is a FINRA Series 6 and 63 registered representative. Roberta Rafaloff is vice president, Institutional Income Annuities for MetLife. Institutional Income Annuities (IIA) enables defined contribution plan sponsors to provide guaranteed retirement income to their plan participants to help them achieve successful retirement outcomes. The business also offers specialty annuity products including charitable gift annuity reinsurance and lottery annuities. The division is part of Corporate Benefit Funding, the company’s institutional retirement business, which historically has been responsible for over 20 percent of MetLife’s operating earnings. As head of the IIA division, Rafaloff, who joined MetLife in 1988, has overall profit center and management responsibility, including product oversight and development, underwriting and pricing, and client management. The division is well-known for its leading market position, innovation and history of firsts, such as being the first to introduce longevity insurance, including an institutional qualifying longevity annuity contract (QLAC), into the marketplace. Prior to assuming her current role in 2003, Rafaloff, who has spent her entire career at MetLife, held a variety of sales, client service and management positions in MetLife’s U.S. retirement businesses. Rafaloff earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology from Kenyon College in Gambler, Ohio. She is a FINRA Series 6 and 63 registered representative.

Michelle L. Rappa, Managing Director, joined the firm in 2014. Michelle is focused on formulating and executing the firm’s overall defined contribution (DC) marketing strategy and promoting our institutional DC investment capabilities. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman, Michelle was the director of DC product and strategy at Russell Investments where she was responsible for the strategic product and marketing direction of the firm’s institutional DC business. Before that, she was the director of marketing at Seligman Advisors, Inc., where she was responsible for positioning the firm’s asset management and retirement plan products. Early in her career she was involved in building retirement plan products and marketing strategies at OppenheimerFunds and Oppenheimer Capital. She began her career at Shearson Lehman Hutton. Michelle is a FINRA licensed Registered Representative (Series 7), a Registered Principal (Series 24) and a member of the New York Bar. Michelle earned a BS from the State University of New York at Albany and a JD from Fordham University School of Law.

Jason C. Roberts, Esq. is the Founder and CEO of the Pension Resource Institute (PRI), a firm that delivers strategic consulting, training and technology-based solutions to retirement plan sponsors, service providers and investment companies. He is also a founder and shareholder at Retirement Law Group (RLG) a law firm specializing in ERISA- and investment-related matters. Prior to founding PRI and RLG, Jason was a partner and co-chair of the Financial Services Group at a leading ERISA law firm and the head of the Investment Fiduciary practice for a prominent securities industry legal defense firm. Jason has been repeatedly recognized as one of the “100 Most Influential in Defined Contribution” by the 401(k) Wire and a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine. In 2015, he was selected by Investment News as one of the “Top 40 Advisors and Associated Professionals under 40” in the financial planning industry. Jason has published numerous articles focusing on ERISA and securities compliance, fiduciary best practices and is a frequent speaker at retirement plan and financial industry conferences. He is a contributing author and faculty member for the Practicing Law Institute. Jason is also currently serving a two-year term as an advisor to the finance committee for the Beach Cities Health District. Jason received his B.S.B.A. in Finance & Banking from the University of Missouri and his J.D. from UCLA Law School.

James S. Robinson, CFP, CIMA – Director, Investment Only Sales James covers the southeast Investment Only sales for Principal Funds. Based in Florida, he markets the firm’s investment products to advisors, consultants, ria’s, and other defined contribution investment professionals. James joined Principal Global Investors in 2004 as adirector, senior investment specialist. In this role he marketed the firm’s investment productsthrough the various distribution channels of the Principal Financial Group. Previously, he wasa senior vice president at Berkeley Capital Management. His backround included positions with Phoenix Investment Partners and Raymond James and Associates. He received an MBAin finance and a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Central Florida. James holds the Certified Financial Planner designation and is a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) through the Investment Management Consultants Association. James is a Registered Representative of Princor Financial Services Corp. and has passed the FINRA Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 examinations.

Tod Ruble’s career has spanned a broad array of financial services, including commercial real estate, investment banking, and insurance and benefits. His proven successes in identifying emerging trends, creating strategic vision, and building successful institutional platforms led to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Custodia Financial in 2010. Mr. Ruble and his team have created Retirement Loan Eraser, a comprehensive solution to the systemic problem caused by involuntary loan defaults creating $6-10B of retirement leakage annually due to death, disability, and involuntary job loss. As a thought leader in the retirement and benefits industry, Mr. Ruble is a sought-after public speaker and press commentator. He has a deep understanding of America’s complex financial system and an equally intimate knowledge of policy, regulations and process. Mr. Ruble attended the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association. Mr. Ruble lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and two children.

Tom Schendt is a partner in the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group. His practice focuses on qualified plan compliance and matters before US Federal agencies including the IRS, Department of Labor, PBGC and others. Tom handles audits, civil and criminal investigations, voluntary compliance initiatives, and a variety of other matters before the agencies. Before joining the firm, Tom was employed by the IRS as technical assistant to the associate chief counsel, Employee Benefits and Exempt Organizations (EBEO) for the Office of Chief Counsel. He currently serves as chair of the IRS Liaison Group for the Mid-Atlantic Region and as chair of the Department of Labor’s National Conference. Tom is a frequent speaker on the topic of employee benefits. He has spoken to a variety of groups, including SPARK, ASPPA, ALI-ABA, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Tax Management Institute, Institute for Applied Management and Law and many others. Since 2006, Tom has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Tom is recognized in Chambers USA 2015 as a leading lawyer in Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation.

Tami Simon, JD is a nationally recognized health, wellness and workforce strategy leader. Recently named one of the 25 Most Influential Women in Benefit Consulting by Employee Benefit Adviser, Tami is the Global Practice Leader of Xerox’s HR Services Knowledge Resource Center. The Knowledge Resource Center is responsible for the firm’s cross-practice legal compliance consulting, government relations, thought leadership, publications, research, surveys, and training. She successfully manages all levels of staff with a leadership style of respect, accountability, transparency, quality, collaboration and approachability. Tami has also held the position of Global Practice Leader for the Career Practice, the firm’s compensation, talent management and vendor management team. Tami is a member of the firm’s Diversity Committee and executive sponsor for the Xerox Women’s Alliance DC chapter.Tami is an accomplished and highly sought-after public speaker and has testified before the US Congress and Federal Government agencies. She has served as a faculty member for numerous programs, including those of the Harvard Business School, American Law Institute, American Benefits Council, ERISA Industry Committee, Society for Human Resource Management, and the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists.Tami has authored numerous articles in nationally recognized industry publications such as the Benefits Law Journal, Employee Relations Law Journal and Employee Benefits Journal. She has also been quoted by leading news outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BNA, The Atlantic, Business Week, CFO Magazine, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, MSN Money, US News & World Report, Washington Business Journal, and Yahoo Finance. Tami is on the advisory board of BNA Tax Management’s Compensation Planning Journal and a member of the American Bar Association. Before joining Buck Consultants, Tami worked for Mercer, the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery, Hewitt Associates and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office; she also served as a judicial intern for the Iowa District Court. Tami received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and her law degree, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law, where she was an associate editor of the Law Review. She is a member of the Illinois Bar.

Lee Stevens is the Head of Institutional Product Strategy for Empower Retirement. She is a member of Empower’s leadership team and is responsible for several key initiatives, including aligning Empower’s products, services and investment capabilities with the evolving fiduciary goals of plan sponsors, investment advisors and consultants. Lee also serves as an Executive Sponsor for a number of Empower’s key clients. Lee’s prior sales, business leadership and management experience includes: Head of Sales for the mega corporate and not-for-profit markets; Head of Client Retention; and Head of Consultant Relations for Empower Retirement (and previously for J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services). Prior to her transition to the retirement business, she sold fixed income securities, managed J.P. Morgan’s securities lending business and served as an asset and liability manager in JPMorgan Chase’s treasury department. Lee holds a Bachelor of Arts in urban studies from Brown University, where she graduated magna cum laude. She currently maintains FINRA Series 6, 30 and 63 securities registrations to coincide with a sponsoring broker-dealer qualification. Lee also holds FINRA Series 7 credentials. Lee is a member of the DCIIA Retirement Income Committee and a frequent speaker at industry conferences.

Karin brings over 15 years of corporate experience to the firm and has been a key component to our growth. As a Senior Relationship Manager, Karin is responsible for supporting our largest institutional clients.rnrnPrior to joining Millennium Trust, she held management roles at Harris Associates, Northern Trust, and several non-profit organizations.rnrnKarin holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin.

Joe is proud to represent Francis Investment Counsel, who was recognized as a finalist for PLANADVISER’s 2016 Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year in the “Large Team” category. He leads the Firm’s business development efforts. A Certified Public Accountant since 1985, Joe has over 30 years of progressive financial management experience. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of a Wisconsin printing operation, providing a valuable organizational perspective to his business development efforts. Joe is an active member of Metro Milwaukee Society for Human Resource Management (MMSHRM) and served on the Board of Directors of Wisconsin Retirement Plan Professionals, Ltd. (WRPPL). His previous speaking experiences include presentations to the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants (WICPA), Financial Executives International (FEI), MMSHRM, and the Wellness Council of Wisconsin.

Attila has twenty-six years of consulting experience working with a broad range of clients. His primary responsibility is advising retirement plan committees of participant and trustee directed plans on all phases of the fiduciary process. Attila is a regular speaker at regional and national conferences and has authored several articles for the firm.

Joe is the Vice President of Advisory Services and a financial consultant with more than 20 years of experience. He specializes in providing professional management of corporate retirement programs, including investment advisory management and consulting services. Working closely with his clients, he focuses on organizing, formalizing, implementing and monitoring programs designed to meet their ERISA fiduciary responsibilities. Certified as a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and an Accredited Investment Fiduciary®, Joe has advanced training, education, and knowledge in both the holistic financial planning process as well as fiduciary standards of care and their application to the investment management process. Outside of the office, Joe volunteers at his children’s school and church. He also enjoys coaching youth soccer for St. Louis Scott Gallagher.

Joshua is a Director in Morgan Stanley’s Corporate Client Group and holds the Senior Institutional Consultant designation, in addition to being a Senior Vice President. Joshua received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business from Lewis and Clark College. He went on to get his CIMA through the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a certificate in Risk Management from the New York Institute of Finance. Mr. Ulmer is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. He holds several other professional designations/accreditations, including the Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist through the College for Financial Planning, the Accredited Investment Fiduciary through the Center for Fiduciary Studies, and the Certified Behavioral Finance Analyst through the Allianz Global Investors Center for Behavioral Finance. Joshua has been the recipient of various forms of industry recognition, including but not limited to: 2016 PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year Finalist; Barron’s 2016 Top 1,200 Financial Advisors in America; Financial Times 2015 Top 401 Retirement Plan Advisors; Delegate 2014 and 2015 National Association of Plan Advisers (NAPA) DC Fly-In Forum.

Senior Director of Total Rewards, Dealertrack Technologies Karen has been with Dealertrack Technologies for 9 years. In 2016 Dealertrack was a finalist for the PLANSPONSOR Magazine Plan Sponsor of the Year Award. Karen has 20 years of experience in Human Resources and has expertise in Compensation, Executive and Equity Compensation, Benefits and HR Systems. Prior to joining Dealertrack Technologies, she held positions at TIAA-CREF, Revlon and NEC America, Inc.. As a former collegiate athlete playing Field Hockey and Lacrosse Karen enjoys giving back her time to mentoring college athletes and coaching local PAL teams. Karen holds a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from Hofstra University and a master’s degree in Human Resources from Fordham University.

Mike Webb has been a member of our firm since 1991. For over 20 years, he has provided retirement plan operational compliance consulting services for tax-exempt industries, including healthcare, colleges and universities, cultural institutions, and social service entities. Mike is a nationally recognized subject matter expert on non-profit retirement plan fiduciary issues with a passion for best-in-class practices. A frequent contributor to the firm’s thought leadership, Mike also serves as the co-author of PLANSPONSOR’s “Ask the Experts” column for 403(b) plans. Mike received a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University, and a Master of Professional Studies degree from Syracuse University. PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Co-moderator of PLANSPONSOR’s “Ask the Expert” column for 403(b) plans Author of Cammack Retirement’s Top of Mind blog Featured columnist in PLANSPONSOR Magazine Author of articles in Higher Education Consortia magazine, The Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America’s Defined Contribution Insights Frequent contributor to publications such as Employee Benefit News, Planadviser, Benefits and Compensation Digest, Defined Contribution Insights, 403(b) Advisor, Higher Education Consortia and The Society for Human Resources management (SHRM) Featured speaker at national and regional conferences and webinars, including the PLANSPONSOR National Conference and the NTSA National Conference.

Rachel Weker is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. As a senior manager in the Product Management Group, she is responsible for market-driven innovation and emerging products and services. Prior to this role, she worked in Product Development and was responsible for multiple development strategies, including automated solutions, statements and personalization, advice and guidance, participant Web and mobile experience, and production on-demand solutions. She also serves on the executive committee for the Board of PACT, a nonprofit organization serving Maryland’s medically fragile children. Prior to joining the firm in 1998, Rachel was an assistant vice president at Boatmen’s Trust Company. She earned a B.S. in finance from the University of Illinois and also holds the designation of certified employee benefits specialist. She is a Series 7 registered representative.

Stephen Wilkes, Of Counsel, The Wagner Law Group. Steve’s experience includes practicing as a partner in major national law firms, in-house counsel at major financial institutions as well as a Fortune 500 company, and now serving as a senior Of Counsel with The Wagner Law Group, a nationally recognized ERISA/employee benefits law firm. Steve has advised plan sponsors, financial institutions and investment professionals in connection with all aspects of qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, as well as the delivery of investment products and services in the retirement plan marketplace. Among Steve’s areas of concentration are the tax-law and ERISA Title I (fiduciary) laws governing retirement plans, as well as the applicability of federal and state securities and banking laws such as the Investment Advisers Act and FINRA rules to the distribution of retirement plan products and services.

Tina Wilson is Senior Vice President and head of the Product organization within MassMutual Retirement Services. In this role, she is responsible for Development, ongoing Management and supporting Competitive Intelligence for our suite of products and solutions for all core and niche markets, as well as all plan sizes and distribution channels. Prior to this role, Tina was Managing Director, Product & Investment Management for MassMutual International LLC. In that role, she was responsible for development of innovative life, annuity, retirement and investment products. She also led the development of MassMutual International’s Global Wealth Management business. Prior to joining MassMutual International, Ms. Wilson was responsible for the Fund Strategy within MassMutual’s Annuities and Retirement Services businesses. She has been associated with MassMutual since 1996. Prior to joining MassMutual, she was an Investment Officer at Connecticut Mutual. She graduated with a BS degree from the University of Connecticut, with a double major in Finance and Management Information Systems. Ms. Wilson has both the FINRA series 7 and 24. She is also a member of the Hartford CFA Society and the CFA Institute (formerly AIMR). Ms. Wilson has earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary and Chartered Financial Analyst designations. Ms. Wilson is a member of the School of Business Advisory Board of Western New England University, Connecticut Insurance and Financial Services Cluster and the SPARK Advisory Board.