2018 PLANSPONSOR / PLANADVISER Excellence in Retirement Awards Dinner
2018 Plan Sponsor of the Year Finalists
2018 Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year Finalists
2018 Service Star Winners
Corporate 401(k) < $10MM
- Negwer Materials, Inc.—Ferguson, Missouri
- PolyQuest, Inc.—Wilmington, North Carolina Winner
Corporate 401(k) >$10MM to $50MM
- Midwest Family Mutual Insurance Company—Chariton, Iowa
- Restek Corporation—Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
- United Hardware Distributing Company—Plymouth, Minnesota Winner
- Uponor North America—Apple Valley, Minnesota
Corporate 401(k) >$50MM to $100MM
- Enterprise Bank—Lowell, Massachusetts
- Hendrick Motorsports—Charlotte, North Carolina Winner
- SURVICE Engineering Company—Belcamp, Maryland
Corporate 401(k) >$100MM to $800MM
- Golder Associates Inc.—Atlanta, Georgia
- Great River Energy—Maple Grove, Minnesota
- Nu Skin Enterprises—Provo, Utah Winner
- Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc—Lexington, South Carolina
Corporate 401(k) >$800MM
- Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.—Matthews, North Carolina Winner
- Humana Inc.—Louisville, Kentucky
- Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.—Raleigh, North Carolina
Public DC
- City of Plano—Plano, Texas Winner
- North Carolina Supplemental Retirement Board of Trustees—Raleigh, North Carolina
Nonprofit DC Plan <$100MM
- Illinois Health & Hospital Assoc.—Naperville, Illinois Winner
- Saint Anselm College—Manchester, New Hampshire
- The First Church of Christ, Scientist—Boston, Massachusetts
Nonprofit DC Plan >$100MM
- Boston Medical Center—Boston, Massachusetts Winner
- Northwell Health—Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- TriHealth—Cincinnati, Ohio
Total Retirement Offering
- Landscape Structures, Inc.—Delano, Minnesota Winner
- UCB Inc.—Smyrna, Georgia
- RLI Corp.—Peoria, Illinois
Individual
- Joe Brummel, Wealth Enhancement Group in Burnsville, Minnesota
- David Griffin, Atlanta Retirement Partners in Atlanta, Georgia
- Christopher D. Kulick, Jr., CAPTRUST in Doylestown, Pennsylvania Winner
Small Team
- Graystone Consulting | Cincinnati, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Greenspring Advisors in Towson, Maryland Winner
- LHD Retirement in Indianapolis, Indiana
- MHK Retirement Partners in Middleton, Wisconsin
- UBS Retirement Plan Consulting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Large Team
- Ascende Wealth Advisers, Inc. in Houston, Texas
- Francis Investment Counsel in Brookfield, Wisconsin Winner
- The J&R Group of Merrill Lynch in Chicago, Illinois
- Plan Sponsor Consultants in Alpharetta, Georgia
Mega Team
- Everhart Advisors in Dublin, Ohio Winner
- MRP in Denver, Colorado
- Sentinel Pension Advisers, Inc. in Wakefield, Massachusetts
2018 PLANSPONSOR Service Star Individuals
- Cristy Wilson, Nationwide
- Robert Martino, T. Rowe Price
- Bruce Dale, Empower Retirement
- Paula Hoover, Securian Financial Group
- Joseph Michael, OneAmerica
- Brandon Trippe, Newport Group
2018 PLANSPONSOR Service Star Teams
- Ascensus, Shannon Corin, Deann Lentz
- Charles Schwab, Katie Lee, Rebecca Clark, Margarita Hughes
- VALIC, Daniel Knox, Nahed Alsous, Alex Gracia
- CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions, Eric Swiggum, Dave Mohammed
- Prudential Financial, Inc., Ann Cashman, Jessica Quimby, Michael McCann
