Expertise

An attorney and certified public accountant, Brian was formerly legislative counsel to the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation where he provided policy and technical analysis relating to pensions and employee benefits, health care, and Social Security to members of Congress. While working for Congress, Brian participated in the development of legislation, including the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Brian was associated with the Washington, DC, law firm, The Groom Law Group, which specializes in employee benefits.

Brian has served as a delegate to all of the White House/Congressional National Summits on Retirement Savings. He is also a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Employee Benefits Committee and serves on the board of the Small Business Council of America. Brian has testified several times before Congress and the DOL ERISA Advisory Council on issues affecting national retirement income policy. He is a frequent speaker at various national employee benefit conferences.

In 2006, Brian was named as Institutional Investor News’ Washington Impact Player of the Year. He is also one of 401k Wire’s "50 Most Influential Persons in the 401(k) Industry."

Brian received his doctoral degree in law, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Philadelphia. He holds a bachelor of science in accounting with distinction from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

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Fred Reish is a partner of the law firm Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP.. He specializes in employee benefits law. He is a member of the bar in the State of California, the State of Arizona and the District of Columbia.

Professional Experience
Fred has practiced employee benefits law since 1973. His practice includes representation of both private and public sector entities and their plans and fiduciaries; consulting with employers and fiduciaries on the management and operation of retirement and health and welfare plans; providing technical advice to administrators and actuaries; representation of plans, employers and fiduciaries before the governing agencies (e.g., the IRS and the DOL); and consulting with banks, trust companies, insurance companies and mutual fund management companies on 401(k) investment products and issues related to plan investments. Fred has been engaged to serve as an expert witness in state courts, federal courts and arbitration proceedings involving issues as diverse as legal malpractice, fiduciary liability, fiduciary status of brokers, prohibited transactions, plan interpretation, distribution of benefits, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and bankruptcy issues for ERISA plans.

Fred was recently appointed as a member of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Pension Editorial Advisory Board. He is also a Charter Fellow of the American of Employee Benefits Counsel. He has served as the Chair of the Employee Benefits Subsection of the Los Angeles County Bar Association; served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Tax Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association; taught "Pension and Profit Sharing" at the Masters of Business Tax Program at the University of Southern California; and served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA), as well as Co-Chair of the Government Affairs Committee of that organization.

Fred also served as Co-Chair of the Los Angeles IRS Benefits Conference for over 10 years; was a Co-Founder of the 401(k) Summit Conference; and has served as a member of the Executive Committee for the National Conference of the Employee Benefit Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor.

He also serves as a member of the Panel of Advisors for the Nationwide Retirement Education Institute, which focuses on participant education in public sector and private section retirement plans.

On behalf of ASPPA, he has co-authored amicus curiae briefs with the Supreme Court of the in the case of Patterson v. Shumate and with the Tax Court in the case of Citrus Valley Estates v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Fred has received a number of awards for his contribution to benefits education, communication, and service, including:

Recognition by 401kWire as the 401(k) Industry's Most Influential Person for 2007.

The IRS Director's Award and the IRS Commissioner's Award for his contributions to employee benefits education.

The 2004 Eidson Founder's Award from ASPPA for his significant contributions to that organization and to the benefits community.

A 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from Plan Sponsor Magazine.

The 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from Institutional Investor for his contributions to the benefits community.

Recognition as one of "The Best Lawyers in America" and as a "Super Lawyer" in Southern California .

The Alumni Service Award from Arizona State University .

Publications
Fred has written four books and over 350 articles on employee benefits, IRS and DOL audits, and pension plan disputes. He authors a monthly column on 401(k) fiduciary responsibility for Plan Sponsor magazine, as well as a quarterly column on that subject for the Journal of Pension Benefits. He has authored or co-authored most of the IRS plan correction articles published by the Journal of Taxation and the Journal of Pension Benefits. Fred also serves on the editorial boards of several benefits publications.

As an expert on benefits matters, Fred is frequently quoted by both professional and public publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, Inc., CFO Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Business Journal, Legal Times, Institutional Investor, Plan Sponsor, Pension World, Tax Notes, CCH Pension Plan Guide, BNA Pension and Benefits Reporter, Pensions & Investments, Compensation and Benefits Alert, BNA Daily Tax Report, and RIA Pension and Profit Sharing.

Presentations
Fred is a nationally known speaker on fiduciary responsibility, technical compliance matters, and litigation issues. He has spoken at the annual conferences of the American Bar Association, the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, the Western Pension and Benefits Conference, the Enrolled Actuaries Conference, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, and the National Institute of Pension Administrators. Topics of those programs have included "401(k) Lessons from the Bear Market," "Fiduciary Responsibility," "Professional Liability for Plan Service Providers," "IRS Plan Audits: VCR and CAP," "Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor Audits," "Retirement Plans and Bankruptcy," and "ERISA Litigation."

Education
Fred received a B.S. from Arizona State and a J.D. from the University of Arizona.

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Edward Siedle has been referred to as "the Sam Spade of Money Management," “the Financial Watchdog” and "the Pension Detective." He began his career in law with the SEC's Division of Investment Management, which regulates money managers and mutual funds; he later served as Legal Counsel and Director of Compliance to Putnam Investments, one of the largest international money management firms. Since 1989, Siedle has founded and managed firms offering specialized services to municipalities, pension funds and money managers.

In 1999, Mr. Siedle founded Benchmark Financial Services, Inc., which provides “enhanced integrity” money management, fiduciary consulting and investigative services to institutions, law enforcement, regulators and wealthy individuals. The firm has pioneered the emerging field of forensic investigations of the money management industry and has conducted investigations worldwide involving in excess of $1 trillion in assets under management.

He is nationally recognized as an authority on investment management and securities matters. He has testified before the Senate Banking Committee regarding the mutual fund scandals and the Louisiana State Legislature regarding pension consultant conflicts of interest. He was a testifying expert in various Madoff litigations. Articles about him have appeared in publications including Time, BusinessWeek, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Barron's, Forbes, USA Today, Boston Globe, and Institutional Investor. He widely lectures and has appeared on CNBC, Wall Street Week, and Bloomberg News. He recently appeared in a Bloomberg special on "Hidden 401k Fees" which earned Bloomberg its first Emmy Award. He writes a “Financial Watchdog” column for forbes.com.

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As Managing Partner for Sinclair Capital, a strategic alternative asset management consultancy, Jon Lukomnik has advised asset managers on product development, acquisitions, risk management, distribution, and how to fix broken products and processes. He often acts in various outsourced senior management functions. He has also provided due diligence, fund selection and portfolio construction services for various institutional investors, including current service on three investment committees.

 Sinclair also has a corporate governance specialization. Mr. Lukomnik’s independent fiduciary work, corporate governance consulting and engagement assignments have included service on the WorldCom, Adelphia and Dana official creditors committees and several board memberships, as well as advising a number of activist hedge funds. He also created corporate governance tools for the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank, co-founded the International Corporate Governance Network, and chaired the executive committee of the Council of Institutional Investors.  

 Mr. Lukomnik currently serves as a Director of Sears Canada and the Van Eck family of mutual funds. As Deputy Comptroller for the City of New York from 1994-1998, he was investment advisor for defined benefit plans with some $80 billion in assets, as well as being responsible for investing the City’s treasury assets. The City’s pension funds materially outperformed the average large pension fund in America during his tenure.  Mr. Lukomnik then served as Managing Director, Head of Strategic Planning and Business Development for CDC Investment Management Corporation (a top ten hedge fund at the time) where his team increased assets under management from $1.3 billion to $3.5 billion in less than two years.

He is the co-author of the award-winning book, “The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors Are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda”, (Harvard Business School Press, 2006), writes a column for Compliance Week, and has authored numerous articles for both the trade and the academic press.  He is currently co-chairing the Conference Board’s working group on hedge funds.

 

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Blaine Aikin is Executive Chairman of fi360, which provides training, tools, and resources in support of our mission of promoting a culture of fiduciary responsibility and improving the decision making processes of investment fiduciaries.

Previously the Chief Knowledge Officer and Director of Training for fi360, he is the primary architect of the AIFA program and a major contributor to the development of the Fiduciary Excellence concept that is at the heart of our products and services. He is the author of numerous articles on the subjects of fiduciary responsibility and investment management, and the author of the monthly Fiduciary Corner column in InvestmentNews magazine. In 2011, he was named to Investment Advisor magazine's IA25 list of the most influential people in the investment advisory community.

Blaine received his Master of Public Management and Policy degree from the Heinz School of Carnegie-Mellon University. Upon graduation from CMU, he was selected for the prestigious Presidential Management Intern Program which involved management assignments in the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Senate. He subsequently served as Budget Officer for Prince William County, Virginia. Blaine then entered the private sector in professional financial management. He earned the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designations and served as a principal and Chief Investment Officer of Allegiance Financial Advisors. After providing contract training and consulting services for PNC Financial Services Group, Blaine became a Senior Vice President and Director of Product Development and Management for PNC Advisors. For several years, he also served as an adjunct faculty member of the College for Financial Planning; providing instruction in investment planning and other subjects leading to the Certified Financial Planner designation.

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Chris Stroud is President of Simoneaux & Stroud Consulting Services (SCS), located in Marco Island, FL, which offers consulting services to companies providing retirement services and to non-profit organizations. The firm specializes in strategic business planning, general business consulting, industry and market research, professional skill building and offers assistance to TPAs to help them prepare for the ASPPA Recordkeeper Certification program.

Chris has worked in the retirement services industry since 1978. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Mathematics and a minor in Education. Her professional designations include Member of the American Society of Pension Actuaries (MSPA), member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA) and Enrolled Actuary (EA). Chris is also a member of the ASPPA Benefits Council of South Florida and of the National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA).

Chris served as President of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) in 2006-2007 after serving on the ASPPA Board of Directors and ASPPA Executive Committee for a number of years. She is currently the Editor of The ASPPA Journal, serves as an ASPPA Educational Programs Advocate and serves on the ASPPA Recordkeeper Certification task force. Over the years, Chris has volunteered her services in various capacities to assist ASPPA, including Chair of the Technology Committee, Chair of the ASPPA Journal Committee, Treasurer of the Finance & Budget Committee, Chair of the ASPPA Management Team, Chair of the ASPPA Nominating Committee and Co-Chair of the The ASPPA 401(k) SUMMIT. She also served on the American Institute of Retirement Education (AIRE) Board of Managers.

Chris was employed for over 20 years by Financial Data Planning Corporation (FDP), a software firm in Miami, FL, specializing in software for the retirement services, life insurance and financial planning industries. In later years at FDP, she served as a Corporate Officer and as Vice President of Pension Sales and Marketing, where she oversaw all sales and marketing functions for the employee benefits software division. FDP entered into a merger with SunGard in 1999, and Chris remained employed by SunGard until forming her own company in 2000. She continued her relationship with SunGard by providing consulting services to them for several years.

Chris has published articles and spoken locally and nationally on various topics related to retirement plans, actuarial science, software systems and TPA best practices, as well as on topics related to customer service, client management, strategic planning, leadership and teambuilding. Her years of experience include management experience in a private corporation environment and a public corporation environment and volunteer and leadership experience with several professional organizations. Prior to her career in employee benefits and actuarial consulting, Chris taught mathematics for two years. Subsequently, she has volunteered time as a “Literacy Buddy,” tutoring children in mathematics and speaking in schools regarding career opportunities in mathematics, actuarial science and employee benefits.

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Mr. Vriesenga is the Chief Rating Officer for CEFEX. He is also a fiduciary risk consultant whose clients include: the Institutional Money Market Fund Associaton (IMMFA), where VriesPort developed best practice standards for European institutional money market funds; Scope Group, a Berlin-based rating agency developing an analytical model for assessing Life Settlement service providers; and HSBC Asset Management, developing a market analysis on the global money market industry.

Mr. Vriesenga has also held positions at Moody’s Investors Services in New York, London and Frankfurt where he was responsible for the development, oversight, assignment and monitoring of Moody’s European and Asian managed funds business. He managed 10 rating professionals located in London, Paris, Milan and Tokyo, and developed new analytical products for investment managers and their institutional clients. Actively involved in consulting both institutions and regulators on risks in the worldwide mutual fund industry.

Prior to that, as Sr. Vice President & Sr. Credit Officer, Global Fund Ratings, he was responsible for assigning and monitoring credit and market-risk ratings to mutual funds, unit trusts and investment trust companies in Dublin, France, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. He developed Moody's mutual fund rating business in the U.S. and Europe.

Mr. Vriesenga has held various positions at Fidelity Investments, Coopers and Lybrand and Peat Marwick, Mitchell & Co. A CPA, David has taught various college level and professional development courses. He has given various speeches, worldwide on risk in mutual funds and asset management companies. He served on the advisory boards of the London School of Economics’ "Analyzing Finance" publication and the London-based Institutional Money Market Fund Association (IMMFA).

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Rich Lynch is Director, fi360, which delivers training, tools and resources for investment fiduciaries. As one of the main instructors for fi360 Training, he is instrumental in providing investment education and training programs that award the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA) professional designations. He also provides oversight to fi360 Tools, which has developed sophisticated Web-based tools and reporting, including the innovative fi360 Fiduciary Score and the Fund Family Fiduciary Rankings for trustees and investment professionals.

Rich assisted with the development of the industry's fiduciary handbook series, Prudent Practices for Investment Fiduciaries.

Rich graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy with high honors in Economics-Management, where he received the Superintendent's Award for leadership at graduation. During his twenty-year Coast Guard career, he served aboard three ships as Operations Officer, Executive Officer and Commanding Officer respectively. In addition, he held various senior-level financial management positions, including an assignment to the National Pollution Funds Center, a newly established Coast Guard unit responsible for managing the $1 billion Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Rich received his Master's degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Operations Research from George Washington University.

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Laura S. Moskwa is the Principal of Laura S. Moskwa Consulting, providing services to retirement plan providers focusing on business development efforts primarily focusing on TPA service and product solutions.

With over 25 years in the pension industry Laura has accumulated a broad range of experience. Most recently she worked for Transamerica Retirement Services as Vice President and Director of TPA Services. Laura was hired to develop and grow the TPA Channel which included building a presence for the company in the Channel and Industry as a committed partner, a TPA Services Department and Program, as well as product and services specifically designed for TPAs. Laura also has eighteen years of experience as a TPA which encompassed many roles as well as ownership and a couple of years of experience at a Broker Dealer/RIA Firm as Director of Retirement Services.

Laura has been a member of the American Society of Pension Professional and Actuaries (ASPPA) for over 20 years. She currently sits on the Board of Directors and is Chair of the Marketing Committee. Laura has also served on the Executive Committee as Vice President, the Education and Examination Committee, the Conferences Committee and numerous taskforces. She has also spoken at industry conferences and lead exam study sessions.

Laura received a Bachelors Degree in Economics and Finance from Douglas College, Rutgers University. She earned the Certified Pension Consultant (CPC) and the Qualified Pension Administrator (QPA) designations from ASPPA. Laura also holds Series 7 and 63 Security Licenses.

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Richard is the founder of the Technical Answer Group, Inc (TAGdata.com), now owned by Wolters Kluwer Law and Business. In the 10 years he operated TAG, he developed over 2,000 customer relationships with accounting firms, law firms, insurance companies, mutual fund companies and more than 1,500 third party administration (TPA) firms.

Prior to founding TAGdata.com, Richard was formerly the Senior Manager in charge of the Florida employee benefits consulting practice for Deloitte & Touche.

He has an MBA with an emphasis in Finance from the University of South Florida. He earned the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) from the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS) and Certified Pension Consultant (CPC) from the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA).

Richard was an instructor for the CEBS program and is a frequent national speaker on the design and administration of 401(k), 403(b) and other qualified deferred compensation arrangements. He has also spoken on pending legislation affecting the qualified retirement plan industry as well as preparing small to medium size businesses for acquisition.

Richard entered the pension business in 1978. Richard drafted a white paper describing the opportunities available with the pending legislation of section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. When section 401(k) was added as part of the Revenue Act of 1978, the firm was in a strategic position to be one of the first in the 401(k) marketplace. He installed his first 401(k) plan in November of 1981, two weeks after the issuance of the first proposed 401(k) regulations. His clients have included Price Waterhouse, Office Depot and Alamo Rent A Car.

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Allan Henriques, AIFA®
Smart Investor
Registered Financial Consultant
Accredited Estate Planner
Certified Investment Specialist
Investment Advisor Representative
Californial Life and Health Insurance License

Allan Henriques established Smart Investor in June of 2001 and currently serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for the firm. In this role, Allan is responsible for the implementation of the firm’s business plan, the management and oversight of company operations, and creating and maintaining client relationships.

Allan is a former attorney, a Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst®. He works with individual and institutional clients throughout the United States. For over 25 years, Allan has drawn on his legal and financial services experience to help clients meet their financial objectives while legally reducing potential tax liabilities and protecting their estate values. His professional mission is to assist his clients achieve financial security and live a financially balanced life.

Allan is actively involved in the community and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Auburn and the Sutter Roseville Medical Center Foundation. Allan and his wife, Linda, live in Auburn, CA. In their free time, the couple enjoys traveling and spending time with their five adult children and fourteen grandchildren.

Education includes:
B.A. Political Science, University of California Davis
J.D. McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific

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Arnold T. Beck, Jr. AIFA, President Financial Management Associates, LLC.

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B. Heath Grubbs, AIFA(R)
Vice-President
Financial Management, Inc.
Vice-President of Financial Management, Heath originally joined FMI in 1997. In December of 2001, Heath was called to active duty by the U.S. Navy and spent a year in Bahrain in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. After completing his military service, he spent six years working as a sales manager for a Fortune 100 company and rejoined the firm in 2009. Heath has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and a MBA with an emphasis in international business from Webster University. Heath is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary AnalystTM in association with the Center for Fiduciary Studies in Pittsburgh, PA. Heath’s primary role is marketing and new business development.

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Barry M. Corkern, AIFA, President, Barry M. Corkern & Co., Inc.

The College for Financial Planning – Mr. Corkern received his CFP® designation in 1983. A Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) is a member of a distinguished profession dedicated to serving the financial needs of individuals and businesses. The designation of CFP® is obtained by passing six examinations in various disciplines of financial planning. These disciplines include investment, tax, estate, risk management, and retirement planning.

The University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business – Mr. Corkern received his ACCREDITED INVESTMENT FIDUCIARY AUDITOR™ (AIFA®) designation in 2003 from the Center for Fiduciary Studies, a nationally recognized training organization for fiduciaries. AIFA® designees have completed a classroom or custom training program; have passed a comprehensive exam on investment fiduciary practices as defined by the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies; and are certified to conduct investment fiduciary audits and reviews. Mr. Corkern is the first and sole AIFA® in the state of Arkansas. The Center for Fiduciary Studies is a first full-time training and research facility for fiduciaries for fiduciary standards of care and investment best practices designed for trustees and investment professionals.

The American College, Solomon Heubner School - Mr. Corkern received is Chartered Life Underwriter designation in 1983. The designation of CLU is obtained by passing ten examinations relating to investment, tax, estate planning, insurance and investments.

The University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School – Private Wealth Management Professional Track – Mr. Corkern received 23 credit hours for attending a special course previously only offered to private investors but in 2005 was opened up to professionals with a virtually identical program. Mr. Corkern was one of 23 students allowed to attend this course. Candidates are selected on their ability to benefit from and contribute to the program. The course allows participants to increase their depth of knowledge in key areas of wealth management while having the unusual opportunity to meet and work with others who serve families with substantial assets and come from different disciplines such as law, accounting or investments. The case study for the program is directly related to private wealth management and requires a multi-disciplinary approach.

Mr. Corkern is the founding president of the Arkansas Chapter of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and past chair of that organization. The Financial Planning Association presented Mr. Corkern The Lifetime Achievement Award for 2004 For two years, he hosted a radio program on financial planning for KARN, Little Rock, Arkansas. In the November 1987 issue of Money Magazine, Mr. Corkern was designated as one of the best 200 financial planners in the United States. In the August 2002 edition of Bloomberg Wealth Manager magazine, the Firm was rated 54th in a list of the 150 top wealth managers in the United States. Bloomberg Wealth Manager magazine has rated Mr. Corkern’s practice in the top 250 for the past five years.

Mr. Corkern’s comments and opinions have been quoted in Medical Economics, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, USA Today, Physicians Financial News, Investment Advisor Magazine, Good Morning Arkansas, Active Years, Boston Globe Online, Bloomberg Wealth Manager, and Journal of Retirement Planning. Mr. Corkern is now a recurring public figure delivering financial information via television appearances with KKYK and KHTV in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Corkern is a co-author of Widowed - Beginning Again Personally and Financially published in 1999. Profits from the sale of this book are donated to nonprofit organizations that assist widows.

Although Mr. Corkern is not currently securities licensed, he has held the NASD General Securities representative and principal, variable annuity/variable life, mutual funds and direct participation licenses.

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Carolyn E. Kling, Representative Johnson Financial Group
Twenty plus years of investment consulting to financial institutions, multi and single family offices, individuals and foundations. Carolyn E. Kling, AIFA® has earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ (AIFA®) professional designation, awarded by the Center for Fiduciary Studies, which is associated with the University of Pittsburgh, and certifies Carolyn to conduct investment fiduciary assessments.

Carolyn E. Kling is dedicated to the stewardship of families, family offices and private foundations. Carolyn provides an institutional approach to client relationships through the leverage, strength and services of leading global wealth management firms and trusted advisors, as well as an objective due diligence bridge to align client’s objectives with customized solutions.

Carolyn collaborates with trust and estate planning attorneys, tax strategists and family business advisors to integrate tailored investment solutions for individuals, families and private foundations. Carolyn’s experience includes investment consulting and comprehensive wealth management and trust services with Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management, an integrated comprehensive Private Wealth Management Trust Company and subsidiary of London and Atlanta based AMVESCAP. Previously, Carolyn was a founder and managing partner of Investment Consulting Group, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor and investment consulting firm; as well as a founding partner and member of Mount Yale Partners, LLC, a hedge fund of funds investment management firm.

Carolyn brings her extended investment consulting experience with financial institutions as an executive with Portfolio Management Consultants, Transamerica Asset Management, Putnam Investments and Continental Insurance Corporation Asset Management (CICAM).

Carolyn has a BA degree in foreign languages and business administration from Las Universidad De Las Americas in Mexico City and remains an active member with the following industry associations: Institute for Private Investors (IPI), Family Office Exchange (FOX), Family Firm Institute (FFI), Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), Financial Planning Association (FPA), and actively sits on the Grants, Finance, Education and Membership Committees for the San Diego Women’s Foundation (SDWF) as well as a member of the Board of Directors for the Del Mar Foundation. Carolyn is a Registered Investment Advisor, holds a California Real Estate license and resides in Del Mar, California.

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Christine L. Denton, AIFA, Senior Vice President, Roland Criss Fiduciary Services

www.rolandcriss.com

Christine L. Denton is Senior Vice President of Roland/Criss. She manages its investment fiduciary audit and CEFEX certification assessments. She has extensive experience in advising qualified plan fiduciaries on ERISA related issues. In addition to managing investment fiduciary review and audit assignments, Ms. Denton oversees Roland|Criss’ co-fiduciary services to investment committees. Christine has over 10 years experience in the Roland|Criss organization helping qualified plan and endowment fiduciaries fulfill their legal obligations through sound processes.

Christine has been active in the field of fiduciary counsel since 1994. Prior to joining Roland|Criss she was a financial analyst with LFG/Sky Chefs Corp. in its investment group. During her tenure with Roland|Criss, Christine has served as the Executive Director of the Trustee Training Institute. She has acted as an expert witness in disputes representing both defendant and plaintiff positions. She is also a guest lecturer at trade conferences and workshops. Christine guided the development of the software solutions used in Roland|Criss’ fiduciary quality management program named FiduciaryPLUS™.

Christine earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Baylor University. She holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (“AIFA®”) designation as bestowed by the Center for Fiduciary Studies, Katz School of Business, and University of Pittsburgh. In addition, she has obtained licenses as both a registered investment advisor and a general securities representative from the National Association of Securities Dealers.

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David R. Boone, President of Atlanta Wealth Management, Inc.
www.atlantawealth.com

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Donal K. Ford, AIFA President Pinnacle Financial Services, Inc.

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Donald K. Denton, AIFA, QKA

www.rolandcriss.com

Don is a lead Analyst for CEFEX/ASPPA Recordkeeper certification assessments. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer with a Dallas, Texas-based services company. He has a wide range of experience in financial reporting, audit methodologies, pension plan administration, asset-liability management, and investment fiduciary standards of care. Don earned his BA Degree in Finance from Baylor University. He is also an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ (AIFA®) and holds the QKA designation issued by ASPPA. Together, the AIFA® and QKA qualify him to conduct and supervise certification audits of recordkeeping firms that seek registration under ASPPA’s program.

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Duane R. Thompson, AIFA®, President, Potomoc Strategies, LLC.

Duane Thompson is president of Potomac Strategies LLC, a legislative and media relations consulting firm in the Washington, D.C. area. He also serves as Senior Policy Analyst at fi360, a fiduciary training organization for the financial services industry.

Thompson has 20 years of experience lobbying on business issues in both Washington and more than two dozen state capitals around the country. In 2005 Thompson managed an aggressive media, lobbying and litigation campaign for the Financial Planning Association to overturn a controversial SEC exemption that allowed stockbrokers to provide financial planning advice under a lower regulatory standard. Two years later a federal court of appeals vacated the so-called “Merrill Lynch Rule,” forcing brokers to convert $300 billion in customer assets to fiduciary accounts under the jurisdiction of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

Thompson has been quoted extensively on the financial services industry in national media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, Financial Times, The Nation, and CBS MarketWatch. He also speaks frequently to trade and professional groups on financial service industry issues, and writes several blogs on current policy topics.

Thompson holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst® designation, which qualifies him to conduct independent fiduciary assessments of investment management firms and ERISA retirement plans, private trusts and foundations. Thompson also holds a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and a Bachelor of Arts in history and studio art from Principia College in Illinois. He resides in Kensington, Maryland, with his two children, Jon and Jenny.

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Gerald Wernette, Principal/Director of Consulting Services, Rehmann Financial Group

Gerald Wernette is Director of Consulting Services for Rehmann Retirement Builders. He believes that by listening to his clients and being proactive toward meeting their needs, he can assist them in achieving their business goals.

Since 1984, Gerald has provided retirement plan strategies to industries ranging from professional services to manufacturing, and from one-person firms to organizations with over 15,000 employees. His scope of services has taken him from plan design through a vast array of fiduciary oversight consulting services, including investment advisory, administration and guiding clients through the plan termination process. Gerald combines his strong technical skills with a solid set of communication skills to deliver the high level of service needed in today’s business environment.

Prior to helping to form Rehmann Retirement Builders, Gerald worked in the tax department of Rehmann and practiced extensively in the Federal Tax area.

Gerald is a graduate of Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He has also earned his designations as a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (through the Wharton Business School), and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™. He holds an Accident, Health and Life Insurance license and is an Investment Advisor Representative. Gerald has spoken at various local and national conferences, served for many years as an assistant scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America, serves on the Great Lakes Boy Scout Council’s Executive Board and Executive Committee and has taught and mentored in local youth programs and served as a board member on a local adoption charity.

Gerald is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists, former Chairman Detroit Area Chapter; the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, former Chairman Employee Benefits Committee; and the Center for Fiduciary Studies. Gerald was voted in 2009 and 2010 as one of 300 most influential advisors in the defined contribution space and was voted by his peers in 2011 as of the 60 most influential advisors in the defined contribution space. He is also a founding lecturer at The Retirement Advisor University at UCLA’s Anderson School of Executive Management.

Rehmann Retirement Builders provides plan design, consulting and administration services to over 1280 plans and provides fiduciary consulting, investment advisory services to over 360 plans with over $1.8 billion in assets. Rehmann Financial also services many wealth management clients while providing comprehensive financial services and in total oversees approximately $3.0 billion for all our clients. Rehmann Financial is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Rehmann Group which is a large accounting/consulting, wealth management and corporate investigative services firm with over 650 associates and offices in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Florida.

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H. Earle Garvin, E.A., M.A.A.A., M.S.P.A, AIFA, QPFC, President, Pension Financial Services

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J. Kevin Stophel, Concert Wealth Management DBA Kumquat

J. Kevin Stophel is a member of the Stophel Family that has been providing expert legal, tax and financial advice to the community for over 40 years.

Kevin has a B.A. degree in Economics and a Masters degree in Personal Financial Planning. Additionally, he is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® certificant, a Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist®, a Certified Investment Management Analyst®, an Accredited Investment Fiduciary® and an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst®.

Kevin brings a unique set of skills to the table and provides an innovative perspective while delivering expert, integrated solutions for his clients. He is also an international consultant to companies in the financial services industry on myriad topics with clients in New York, Boston, Chicago, Shanghai and Seoul.

Kevin believes in his community and is actively a part of it volunteering significant amounts of his time to it. Aside from civic involvement in various non-profits in the city at both the board and volunteer levels, he coaches middle and elementary school soccer at Silverdale Baptist Academy. He is a member of the UTC College of Business Advisory Board. He is also active in the Downtown Rotary Club and supports its role in the community. He is a member of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center Advisory Board and the UTC College of Business Advisory Board.

He is blessed to have Nikki as his wife and also three children, Jake, Christian and Elizabeth. He continues to play soccer and has a passion for financial research, apologetics, and marine aquariums.

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Jaqueline M. Hummel, Hardin Compliance Consulting, LLC
www.hardincompliance.com
Jaqueline M. Hummel, Esq. is a securities attorney and regulatory compliance consultant and is licensed to practice law in Ohio and Massachusetts. She has extensive experience as an in-house attorney in the areas of investment adviser, broker-dealer and investment company regulation and compliance. Jaqi counsels clients on a wide variety of investment management issues including risk management, compliance with SEC regulations, and evaluation of compliance programs. Ms. Hummel also performs due diligence, compliance reviews and mock SEC examinations for registered investment advisers, private funds and registered investment companies. Most recently, Ms. Hummel began performing fiduciary assessments to assist clients in meeting their obligations under ERISA. Prior to joining Hardin Compliance Consulting LLC, in January 2011, Ms. Hummel held the position of Chief Compliance Officer for investment adviser affiliates of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and National City Corporation. Ms. Hummel also spent thirteen years as in-house counsel in the finance services industry. From 1993 to 2001, she worked as an attorney advising the investment management division of MassMutual Financial Group, a diversified financial services organization with more than $200 billion in total assets under management. From 2001 to 2004, she acted as in-house counsel for National City Corporation's investment advisor and broker dealer affiliates. Ms. Hummel holds the designations of Investment Adviser Certified Compliance Professional from National Regulatory Services, Inc. and the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ (AIFA®) from the Center for Fiduciary Studies™, the standards-setting body for fi360. She received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986, and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 1989.

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John Wierenga, II, AIFA®

President
Pilgrims Capital Advisors, Inc

John Wierenga is the Founder and President of Pilgrims Capital Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm that he founded in January of 2002 located just south of Grand Rapids, Michigan. John is responsible for executing the firm’s business plan, overseeing the company’s operations, and for creating and maintaining all client relationships. He specializes in asset allocation and long term financial planning.

Professional Experience

John is a US Naval veteran and started offering investment advice shortly thereafter in June of 1990. His firm specializes in financial planning and asset management, fostering transparent relationships with all clients to ensure the highest standards are met as fiduciaries to both families and retirement plan sponsors.

Just a few years after returning home to Michigan, John started his financial services career as a licensed, captive agent for an insurance company. John then worked as an investment consultant inside Old Kent Bank and Brokerage, where he took and passed the NASD/FINRA licensing examinations, Series 6, 7, 24, 63 & 65. In 1995, he was hired by a national firm to build and manage investment programs inside smaller regional banks expanding to include several states in the Midwest and the South. In late 1997, AmeriBank hired him to build an investment subsidiary. John served as President of AmeriPlan Financial Services through late 2001, overseeing alternative investments through thirty locations. In January of 2002, John started his own independent, fee-only registered investment advisory firm with the State of Michigan.

John earned his Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®) designation from fi360 ® in January of 2013 and the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA®) in March of 2015. He has remained a member of the National Association of Christian Financial Consultants (NACFC) since 1999 and earned the organizations CFCA® designation in 2005. He was elected to the board of the NACFC in 2010 and served as its President for nearly three years. John also been a member of Kingdom Advisors since 2005 and became a Qualified Kingdom Advisor ® in 2007. John has also served in his community as board President for two non-profit organizations over the last 10 years.

John and Jill, his bride of 27 years, live in Byron Center, just south of Grand Rapids. John has three grown children and one nearing high school. Outside of the office, John enjoys reading and loves experiencing the four full seasons the state of Michigan brings each year by playing golf, gardening in his backyard and taking leisurely walks.

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Joseph M. Gordon, AIFA®, CIMA®, CFP®, APM-ASPPA
Managing Partner
Gordon Asset Management, LLC.

With 30+ years in retirement plan consulting and investment management, Joe has extensive experience and credentialing to help solve complex client issues, having been both an RIA and TPA owner dating back to 1983 and 1984, respectively.

He recently has published numerous white papers on proper plan design for professional service firms when contemplating combo 401(k)-cash balance plan arrangements.

A frequent speaker before professional and civic groups he serves on the Leadership Council of the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA), an ASPPA sub-group, and is an active member of the FPA, ASPPA and IMCA.

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Kathleen M. McBride, AIFA, Founder FiduciaryPath LLC.

Kathleen M. McBride, AIFA®, is founder of FiduciaryPath, LLC, an independent consulting firm that provides education, consulting and assessment of investment fiduciary practices. FiduciaryPath serves the investment stewards of retirement plans, endowments and foundations, investment advisors and investment managers. FiduciaryPath identifies a firm’s investment or procedural risks, and assesses the firm’s fiduciary practices, enabling the firm to improve risk management through conformance to practices that comprise an established fiduciary standard of excellence. FiduciaryPath conducts assessments for CEFEX certification of a firm’s conformance to the fiduciary standard.

McBride is a founder of The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard, and The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing research, education and advocacy on the fiduciary standard’s impact on investors, the capital markets and society.

After beginning her career on Wall Street as a broker, bond trader and later an investment advisor, McBride ran financial new-media startups and developed interactive financial content with major financial and media companies. Prior to founding FiduciaryPath, McBride was a Director at the Institute for Private Investors, Wealth Editor in Chief at AdvisorOne.com, Editor in Chief at Wealth Manager and Senior Editor at Investment Advisor.

McBride is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst ™ with the Center for Fiduciary Studies. She holds BA degree from New York University and has completed the Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management program at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.

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Keith Alden Loveland, JD, AIFA, CIDA

EDUCATION
BA, Philosophy & Pre-Law, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Juris Doctor, William Mitchell College of Law

SELECTED INDUSTRY SERVICE & MISCELLANEOUS
• Certificate in Securities Regulation, Harvard University Law School, Program of Instruction for Lawyers, 1983.
• New York Stock Exchange Series 7 Item Writing Committee, 1983 to 2001.
• Member, Financial Planning Association, 1983 to present.
• Subject Matter Expert, Series 65/66 revisions, North American Securities Administrators’ Association (NASAA) 1990 to present.
• Securities Arbitrator for NYSE, NASD, CBOE, NFA and AAA, 1990 to present.
• Member, SIFMA Compliance and Legal Division.
• American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, and Committee on State Regulation of Securities.
• Adjunct Professor, William Mitchell College of Law, 1978 – 1987.
• Member, Financial Services Auditor Group, The Institute of Internal Auditors.
• Member, Investment Management Council, Center for Fiduciary Studies.
• Member, National Society of Compliance Professionals, 1987 to present.
• Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst ®, Katz Graduate School, University of Pittsburgh, 2001, Valedictorian.
• Certified Investments and Derivatives Auditor ®, Investment Training and Consulting Institute, 2003.
• Board of Directors, Financial Planning Association, 2011 - 2013
• Clean CRD U-4.

SELECTED SECURITIES INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Keith Loveland Consulting; 1978 to present
• Compliance, fiduciary and regulatory audits and consulting for Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers.
• Firm element surveys and educational seminars, including CFP® Ethics Continuing Education.
• Consulting as to Investment Adviser formation and related issues.
• Preparation of Written Supervisory Procedures, Compliance Manuals & Codes of Ethics for broker-dealers and investment advisers.
• Litigation and arbitration consulting & expert witness services.
• Enforcement defense.

• Chief Operating Officer / Chief Compliance Officer; Larson Allen Private Financial Advisors, 2000 – 2001; an SEC Registered Investment Adviser

• Executive Vice-President & Chief Compliance Officer; Washington Square Securities, Inc., 1999 – 2000; a Registered Investment Adviser & Broker-Dealer.

• Chief Compliance Officer – Chief Legal Officer; Offerman & Company / Marquette Investment Services, 1992 – 1994 and 1997 – 1999; a Registered Investment Adviser & Broker-Dealer.

• Chairman of the Investment Committee; IRI Asset Management; 1987 – 1989; a Mutual Fund Sponsor & Registered Investment Adviser.

• Chairman of the Board; Capital Management Associates, 1982 – 1987; a Registered Investment Adviser & Broker-Dealer.


LICENSES
Mr. Loveland has taken and passed the following securities industry licensing examinations:
Series 3, 4-12-84, Commodity Futures Representative
Series 4, 10-27-83, Registered Options Principal
Series 5, 1-19-84, Debt Securities Registered Options Principal
Series 7, 10-15-83, General Securities Representative
Series 8, 1-18-84, General Securities Sales Supervisor
Series 15, 1-20-84, Foreign Currency Registered Options Principal
Series 24, 10-20-83, General Securities Principal
Series 27, 11-19-83, Financial and Operations Principal
Series 53, 11-9-84, Municipal Securities Sales Supervisor
Series 63, 10-19-83, Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
Series 65, 4-2-92, Uniform Investment Advisor Law Examination
Series 66, 4-22-97, Uniform Combined State Law Examination

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Ken L. Mathis, AIFA
Ken L. Mathis, AIFA® serves as COO and CCO of Hardy Reed, LLC. He is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ (AIFA®). Ken has over thirty years of experience in working with retirement plans and investment stewards. He provides consulting and fiduciary guidance to investment stewards that identify and solve fiduciary issues in the management of retirement plans.

Ken previously founded and was President of Ken Mathis & Associates, a Financial Services Industry specific consulting firm working with organizations to maximize their business potential. Prior to this, he was COO, Founder and Managing Partner of an institutional asset management firm. Ken joined a major regional financial services firm in 1999 as Director of Investment Management Consulting before becoming Director of Institutional Asset Management at the firm. In 1988, Ken was a Director of an asset management firm for eleven years. He previously served as Director of Investment Management Consulting at a major regional financial services firm which was part of one of the nation’s largest firms. Ken began his career with Merrill Lynch in 1981 focused on investment management consulting.

Ken received his Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ (AIFA®) designation from the fi360, a nationally recognized training organization for fiduciaries in conjunction with The University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. The AIFA Designation signifies the ability to perform fiduciary assessments measuring how well investment fiduciaries are fulfilling their duties to a defined standard of care. Fi360 is a first full-time training and research facility for fiduciaries for fiduciary standards of care and investment best practices designed for trustees and investment professionals. AIFA’s have acquired a thorough knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and can be an invaluable resource to investment fiduciaries and individual investors alike.

Ken received a B.B.A. from the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis and has completed the Pension and Investment Management Program at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania.

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Ken Parkinson, Director Retirement Services, Hardy Reed Capital Advisors

Ken Parkinson is Director of Retirement Plan Services for Hardy Reed Capital Advisors, LLC. A native of Georgia, Ken is a graduate of Berry College in Rome, Georgia, with a double major in economics and psychology. Ken is an Investment Advisory Representative (IAR) and holds the Professional Plan Consultant™ (PPC™), and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst® (AIFA®) designations.

Prior to joining Hardy Reed Capital Advisors, LLC, Ken was a 14 year veteran with one of the countries largest retirement planning firms. Specializing in group plan design, employee education and holistic financial planning, Ken has served corporations, healthcare, governmental, and university employers in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia.

The Retirement Plan Services Division completes retirement plan assessments for organizational conformity with the Global Standards of Fiduciary Excellence as established by the Center for Fiduciary Studies. This assessment can help Plan Fiduciaries enhance their compliance with the Department of Labor, ERISA, and Pension Protection Act of 2006 rules of fiduciary conduct. Additionally, we can help manage plan operation and due diligence processes on an ongoing basis or on a special project basis.

Ken serves on the board of Lafayette-Oxford Foundation for Tomorrow (LOFT), a community affiliate of the CREATE Foundation, and Oxford Endowment for Public Education. Ken is also outgoing Stewardship Chair and Finance committee member of Oxford-University United Methodist Church. A clean water advocate, Ken is a trained volunteer for Living Waters for the World whose Oxford team recently installed a community water purification system in Yucatan region of Mexico.

Ken and his wife, Laura, a native of Fulton, reside in Oxford with their daughter and son. He enjoys reading, building projects, tennis and time in the outdoors.

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Kevin W. Pinkley, AIFA®, CDFA™, CIMA®, Wealth Management Group

www.mywealthmanagementgroup.com

Kevin began his financial services career in 1999 at PaineWebber. In 2004 he resigned when MP Wealth Management Group LLC (Wealth Management Group) was formed, an independent advisory practice affiliated with LPL Financial, the largest independent broker dealer in the country (as reported in Financial Planning magazine, June 1996-2009, based on total revenues).

Kevin helps retirement plans, endowments, foundations, trust and high net worth individuals who want to verify that their assets are being invested and monitored prudently. He serves as an independent resource that provides investment advisory service.

Kevin has earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™, (AIFA®) professional designation from Fiduciary 360 and certifies him to conduct investment fiduciary assessments. Kevin is also the holder of the Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA™) credentials; a specialized educational program in professional financial divorce planning.

Kevin holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) designation, administered by Investment Management Consultants Association and taught in conjunction with The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

In 1991 Kevin graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration. Kevin and his wife Elizabeth have been married for fifteen (15) years and they have two (2) children. He is a member of Investment Management Consultants Association, Inc. (IMCA), The Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts and The Collaborative Law Institute of Texas.

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Larry E. Crocker, AIFA, CRPS, AAMS, PRP, PPC

Larry E. Crocker is the CEO of Fiduciary Consulting Group, Inc., an independent fiduciary governance, compliance and prudent practice consulting firm. The firm is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and serves advisors, retirement plan sponsors, fiduciaries and institutional clients all across the eastern half of the United States.

Mr. Crocker holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business. He also holds the Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist™ and the Accredited Asset Management Specialist™ designations from the College for Financial Planning; the PLANSPONSOR Retirement Professional™ designation from the PLANSPONSOR Institute, the education arm of PLANSPONSOR, the nation’s leading resource for pension and benefits related news and information; and the Professional Plan Consultant™ designation accredited by Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh.

Mr. Crocker has over 20 years experience in the financial services industry. In the late 1990’s he began an in depth study of retirement plan governance and compliance. In 2004 he made the decision to transition from advisor to consultant and focus his efforts on the development and implementation of systems and methods that identify and solve procedural prudence problems in the management of retirement plans. Mr. Crocker and his team work with advisors, service providers, retirement plan sponsors, fiduciaries and institutional clients on a fee-for-service or retainer basis.

One of Mr. Crocker’s passions is the education of industry professionals that sell and service retirement plans as well as the individuals with the responsibility for management of those plans. He has hosted multiple workshops and training sessions and spoken at multiple venues on the topics of retirement plan governance, compliance, the changing regulatory environment, fiduciary roles and responsibilities, prudent practices, and the new 403(b) regulations.

Mr. Crocker is one of a small number of professionals that will accept an appointment as an Independent Fiduciary under ERISA to professionally and prudently manage a retirement plan.

Mr. Crocker is a member of the American Society for Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA).

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Laura Ann Bartlett, CEBS, AIFA®

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Laura S. Moskwa, CPC, QPA, Principal, Laura S. Moskwa Consulting

Laura S. Moskwa is the Principal of Laura S. Moskwa Consulting, providing services to retirement plan providers focusing on business development efforts primarily focusing on TPA service and product solutions.

With over 25 years in the pension industry Laura has accumulated a broad range of experience. Most recently she worked for Transamerica Retirement Services as Vice President and Director of TPA Services. Laura was hired to develop and grow the TPA Channel which included building a presence for the company in the Channel and Industry as a committed partner, a TPA Services Department and Program, as well as product and services specifically designed for TPAs. Laura also has eighteen years of experience as a TPA which encompassed many roles as well as ownership and a couple of years of experience at a Broker Dealer/RIA Firm as Director of Retirement Services.

Laura has been a member of the American Society of Pension Professional and Actuaries (ASPPA) for over 20 years. She currently sits on the Board of Directors and is Chair of the Marketing Committee. Laura has also served on the Executive Committee as Vice President, the Education and Examination Committee, the Conferences Committee and numerous taskforces. She has also spoken at industry conferences and lead exam study sessions.

Laura received a Bachelors Degree in Economics and Finance from Douglas College, Rutgers University. She earned the Certified Pension Consultant (CPC) and the Qualified Pension Administrator (QPA) designations from ASPPA. Laura also holds Series 7 and 63 Security Licenses.

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Lee Applebaum, CFP®, CRPC®, AIFA®
Plan Sponsor Consultants

Lee Applebaum, CFP, CRPC, AIFA, is a Senior Vice President of Alabama Operations, with Plan Sponsor Consultants, a Michael M. Kane Company. Plan Sponsor Consultants is a full service independent retirement plan consulting firm, which has been recognized for our expertise, on a national scale, by magazines including Forbes, PlanSponsor, PlanAdviser and 401(K) Wire. Plan Sponsor Consultants assists Plan Sponsors in bringing retirement plans into line with the highest fiduciary standards, then monitor and manage them to maintain these standards. In addition to retirement plan consulting, Plan Sponsor Consultants provides its private wealth management clients with a robust suite of wealth management and financial planning strategies.

Lee is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designee as well as a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC). Lee will be responsible for retirement plan development and servicing in the State of Alabama. Having worked both in a family practice dealing with individual wealth management and financial planning, as well as a financial advisor with a major wirehouse firm working with individuals and corporate retirement plans, Lee brings over 15 years experience with him to Plan Sponsor Consultants.

As a Certified Financial Planner, Lee uses a customized level of service, education and planning to all plan participants, not just business owners; many of whom would be unable to access such planning on their own. He holds a series 7, 31, 66, and Insurance licenses, obtained his CFP® designation in 2002 and his CRPC® designation in 2007, and is a graduate of the University of South Alabama."

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Mario Giganti, CPA, CFP, AIFA, Principal, Cornerstone Capital Advisors

Mario Giganti is an investment expert in procedural prudence, fiduciary standards and best practices that define a prudent investment process. He works with individual clients to integrate the concepts of the financial planning process into their daily lives and also provides investment advisory services to trustees and fiduciaries of qualified plans and endowments. Mario is also involved in creating and teaching investment fiduciary practices to trustees and fiduciaries throughout the country at the Center for Fiduciary Studies in Pittsburgh. Mario serves on Cornerstone Capital Advisors’ Investment Committee.

Mario has a diverse background, having worked for both large and small businesses in the accounting, brokerage and financial planning industries. He has written articles on investment fiduciary responsibility, with his comments appearing in Investment News and the Akron Beacon Journal, among others. He has also published articles that can be found on the 401(k)helpcenter website, a valuable resource to the retirement plan community.

He is heavily involved in different community activities with his alma mater, Walsh University where he earned a BA in Accounting in 1994. He earned his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and his ACCREDITED INVESTMENT FIDUCIARY AUDITOR™ designation in 2003. Mario is a member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA).

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Mark D. Mensack, AIFA, Chief Ethics Officer, Mark D. Mensack, LLC.
www.PrudentChampion.com

Mark Mensack is the Chief Ethics Officer of Mark D. Mensack, LLC. an independent fiduciary consulting practice affiliated with Fiduciary Plan Governance, LLC. Mark began his professional financial services career in 1995 and spent fourteen years working for Wall Street firms. Prior to 1995, he was a Commissioned Officer in the US Army where he served in the United States and South Korea. While he spent most of this time as a helicopter pilot, his final assignment was an instructor of Philosophy and Ethics at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.

Mark has earned a Bachelor’s from the University of Scranton and a Master’s from the University of Pennsylvania, both in Philosophy. His fiduciary designations include Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA®) through the Center for Fiduciary Studies; Global Financial Steward (GFS®) through the Leadership Center for Investment Stewards; and the Certificate in Fiduciary Governance through the Walker Center of Global Entrepreneurship. Mark is also a 2013 nominee for the Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council, and is included in 401kWire’s 2013 Top 100 Most Influential People in Defined Contribution.

In his consulting practice Mark provides fiduciary education and assessments that enable plan sponsors, as well as the trustees of foundations, endowments and non-profit organizations to ensure that they are compliant with fiduciary best practices. As an analyst for the Center for Fiduciary Excellence (CEFEX), Mark is able to provide CEFEX fiduciary certifications. Mark is in training to become an instructor for Fiduciary 360; the organization that grants the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA) designations. He also assists RIAs and brokers to embrace the fiduciary standard in order to best serve fiduciaries and beneficiaries.

Mark focuses on the ethical imperative of fiduciary responsibility to educate plan sponsors and other fiduciaries on their fiduciary duties. He writes the 401k Ethicist column for the Journal of Compensation & Benefits and is a contributor to the Paladin Registry & InvestorWatchdog.com. Mark has written a new chapter for the Employee Benefits Handbook titled the Ethics of 401k Administration to be published in early 2014. He has been quoted in publications such as the Philadelphia Business Journal, Bloomberg & Reuters, and he speaks to national and state organizations on fiduciary and professional ethics issues, including the American Institute of CPAs, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Center for Fiduciary Studies, the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs, the New Jersey Society of CPAs, the Pennsylvania State Society of HR Management (SHRM) and the ASPPA Benefits Council of Philadelphia.

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Mark McCoy, Founder & President, Retirement Fund Management

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Mary Kathryn Campion, Ph.D., CFA, AIFA
Dr. Mary Kathryn Campion, is Founder & President of Champion Capital Research, Inc., headquartered in Houston Texas. The firm is an independent SEC registered investment management company incorporated to provide customized investment policies and portfolio management solutions for institutional pension and retirement fund clientele. Currently, the firm provides fiduciary management consulting services to over $2 billion investment assets.

Dr. Campion has over twenty five years of experience as a financial economist, portfolio strategist, and educator. She is published and maintains an active professional and academic speaking schedule, Campion lectures regularly on fiduciary issues for organizations including the Texas Public Retirement Employees Association (TEXPERs) and Massachusetts Association of Contributory Retirement Systems (MACRs). Campion is an adjunct instructor for the Center for Fiduciary Studies and is a retained speaker for the Investment Management and Research (CFA-AIMR) organization. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIFA®) and passed Series 7 and 63 NASD security examinations.

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Michael A. Pinkley, AIFA, AWMA, Wealth Management Group

www.mywealthmanagementgroup.com

Michael began his financial services career with Rotan Mosle/PaineWebber and later with UBS, which acquired PaineWebber in 2000. He was with PaineWebber/UBS for over sixteen (16) years when he resigned in 2004 and founded MP Wealth Management Group LLC (Wealth Management Group) as an independent advisory practice affiliated with LPL Financial, the largest independent broker dealer in the country (as reported in Financial Planning magazine, June 1996-2009, based on total revenues).

Michael has earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ (AIFA®) professional designation from Fiduciary 360 and certifies him to conduct investment fiduciary assessments. He also completed the Personal Financial Planning Program at the University of Houston. Michael completed the ACCREDITED WEALTH MANAGEMENT ADVISOR^SM or AWMA® Professional Designation Program from the College for Financial Planning located in Denver, CO.

Degrees: Bachelor of Science in Technology, University of Houston and Associate of Arts, University of Houston - Downtown.

Michael has been married to his wife Frances for forty three (43) years and they have three (3) grown children and four (4) grandchildren.

Michael served this great country for over thirty (30) years in the United States Navy and United States Naval Reserve retiring in 1997.

He is a member of Investment Management Consultants Association, Inc. (IMCA) and a member of the Financial Services Institute.

Michael is a Life Member, University of Houston Alumni Association and a Life Member, U.S. Naval Institute.

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Michael M. Kane, CFC, AIFA
* Finalist for PLANSPONSOR Magazine’s National Retirement Plan Advisor Team of the Year for 2010
*Nominated for PLANSPONSOR Magazine’s Advisor of the Year Award for 2008-2012
*Recognized by PlanAdviser Magazine as one of the Most Successful Retirement Plan Advisory Firms for 2008
* 300 Most Influential Advisors in Defined Contribution in 2009 by 401K WIRE
*Cefex Analyst

For more than 25 years in both executive and senior planning positions, Mike has provided effective financial strategies for plan sponsors in qualified, non-qualified retirement and employee benefit programs. Today, Mike focuses his efforts as an independent Retirement Plan Consultant to Plan Sponsors. As an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA) he is certified to conduct Fiduciary Assessments on Investment Stewards, Managers and Advisors and serves as one of only 25 Analysts, worldwide, for CEFEX, The Centre for Fiduciary Excellence and as a Certified Behavioral Finance Analyst (CBFA), he conducts Behavioral Audits with practical behavioral finance solutions on how to improve plan health (90-10-90)

Passionately committed to fiduciary education, Mike has spoken before many groups including the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) where he presented "Emerging Focus on Fiduciary Liability in Today's Climate". Mike also periodically holds CPE workshops on prudent fiduciary practices that comprise a “Global Standard of Fiduciary Excellence for Investment Stewards”. Mike’s most recent seminar was on new Department of Labor Fee Disclosure rules. Mike has served as a Panelist on the Second Annual Future of Asset Allocation Funds Conference sponsored by PLANSPONSOR Magazine, on Business Development Strategies at the Plan Adviser Magazine 2009 Conference, the 2009 National Retirement Partners Conference on Benchmarking Retirement Plans and RFP’s, the 2010 Center for Due Diligence Conference on Fiduciary topics and the SE Employee Benefits Fly In on DOL Regulation 408(b)-2 Fee Disclosure at Georgia Tech. In 2011, he spoke at the Plan Adviser Magazine National Conference on the Next Generation of Target Date Funds. Mike has been published in The Journal of Compensation and Benefits, Society of Human Resource Management, and Gwinnett Magazine. His article, Tips on IPS: Refining your 401(k) IPS and Other Fiduciary Tips appeared in the Employee Benefit News. His article 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. He has been quoted in Institutional Investor’s Fund Action on Plan Sponsor investment and fiduciary issues, in Financial Times Ignites on Target Date Fund/Managed Account issues and service provider issue, in Plan Adviser Magazine on Plan Sponsor and Participant education requirements following the 2008 market meltdown and Forbes Magazine recognized his work in saving Plan Sponsors excess fees in their retirement plans in the article, Fixing Your 401(k). http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/1130/investing-retirement-plans-employment-fix-your-401k.html. Mike has his own Internet Radio Broadcast: The Atlanta Georgia Local Business Leaders Show: http://www.bmbc.tv/shows.php?n=159.

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. Mike is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA). AIFA’s have completed a rigorous specialized program on investment fiduciary standards of care at the Center for Fiduciary Studies, in association with the University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. AIFA’s have acquired a thorough knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and can be an invaluable resource to investment fiduciaries and individual investors alike.>p> Mike serves as the Managing Director of Plan Sponsor Consultants, which is a member of the most prestigious independent retirement plan network in the US: National Retirement Partners. Mike’s Firm was previously known as Michael M. Kane & Associates. Plan Sponsor Consultants provides fiduciary expertise for corporate retirement programs. Prior to joining NRP, Mike served as the Director of Executive and Employee Benefits Strategies for New England Financial, a MetLife Company, and as Managing Partner.

Previously, Mike served as a member of the Board of Directors of The Buckhead Coalition for 12 years. For 17 years, Mike served on the Board of the Atlanta Community Food Bank and was the Chair during the only Capital Campaign to build the new Food Bank. Mike is member of the Center for Fiduciary Studies (FI360) and the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence.

Mike resides in Roswell, Georgia. His daughter, Addie, is Vice President of Administration and Technology for Plan Sponsor Consultants. He enjoys playing ALTA, T2 and USTA tennis.

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Michael P. Beczkowski, AIF®

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Paul J. Brahim, BPU Investment Management, Inc.

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Peter J. Roland, AIFA, Managing Partner, Canon Capital Investment Advisory Services
TBD

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Richard A. Perry, ChFC, QPA, QPFC, AIFA(R)
Retirement Resource Group, LLC

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Richard L. Hill, AIFA
Richard L. Hill, AIFA® has over twenty years of experience in the financial services industry. He provides consulting and fiduciary guidance to investment stewards that identify and solve fiduciary issues in the management of retirement plans.

Rick began his career in 1991 at a major regional financial services firm which was part of one of the nation’s largest financial firms. He joined Hardy Reed in 2006.

Rick received his Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ (AIFA®) designation from the fi360, a nationally recognized training organization for fiduciaries in conjunction with The University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. The AIFA Designation signifies the ability to perform fiduciary assessments measuring how well investment fiduciaries are fulfilling their duties to a defined standard of care. Fi360 is a first full-time training and research facility for fiduciaries for fiduciary standards of care and investment best practices designed for trustees and investment professionals. AIFA’s have acquired a thorough knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and can be an invaluable resource to investment fiduciaries and individual investors alike.

A graduate of Mississippi State University, Rick earned dual degrees in engineering technology and business management.

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Richard N. Carpenter, CPC, CEBS - President & Founder, USVI Pensions and Consulting

Richard is the founder of the Technical Answer Group, Inc (TAGdata.com), now owned by Wolters Kluwer Law and Business. In the 10 years he operated TAG, he developed over 2,000 customer relationships with accounting firms, law firms, insurance companies, mutual fund companies and more than 1,500 third party administration (TPA) firms.

Prior to founding TAGdata.com, Richard was formerly the Senior Manager in charge of the Florida employee benefits consulting practice for Deloitte & Touche.

He has an MBA with an emphasis in Finance from the University of South Florida. He earned the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) from the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS) and Certified Pension Consultant (CPC) from the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA).

Richard was an instructor for the CEBS program and is a frequent national speaker on the design and administration of 401(k), 403(b) and other qualified deferred compensation arrangements. He has also spoken on pending legislation affecting the qualified retirement plan industry as well as preparing small to medium size businesses for acquisition.

Richard entered the pension business in 1978. Richard drafted a white paper describing the opportunities available with the pending legislation of section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. When section 401(k) was added as part of the Revenue Act of 1978, the firm was in a strategic position to be one of the first in the 401(k) marketplace. He installed his first 401(k) plan in November of 1981, two weeks after the issuance of the first proposed 401(k) regulations. His clients have included Price Waterhouse, Office Depot and Alamo Rent A Car.

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Robert J. Coopman, Attorney, AIFA
Rob has been a practicing Attorney in Georgia since 1994.

Rob co-founded Advisor Financial Services, LLP in Woodstock, Georgia in 1998. In 2003, Rob closed his private practice to work full-time as the General Counsel for the investment firm and served as an investment advisor. He was the firm’s Chief Compliance officer and wrote quarterly legal and investment article for “The Advisor” investment newsletter. Rob chaired a podcast dealing with 401k issues, served on the firm’s investment committee and conducted a monthly retirement planning workshop for the firm’s clients. The firm became a CEFEX Certified Investment Advisor in 2008. Advisor Financial grew to $270 million under management during Rob’s association with the firm.

Rob returned to private practice in September 2010 after retiring from Advisor Financial Services, LLP. Rob’s private law practice in Georgia specializes in estates, trusts and business law.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Art’s degree with co-majors in English and Business from Florida State University (1980), and a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida (1993). He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia (1994), the Fiduciary and Business Law Sections. Rob was awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst designation in 2007 and has various certifications from the Institute of Business and Finance – Certified Fund Specialist and Board Certified in Estate Planning.

Rob retired from the United States Marine Corps Reserves in 2000 as a Lieutenant Colonel. Rob loves military and civilian aviation and has flown the following aircraft: A-4 Skyhawk, F-18 Hornet, L-1011 Tri-Star, Boeing 757, 767, and 777. Rob’s thoughts on aviation and investment management have many similarities; primarily they involve managing risk in a professional manner. Rob serves on a few boards of music non-profit corporations and is the President of the Music Club of Hollywood Florida - its purpose is granting music scholarships to accomplished young musicians. Rob resides in Hollywood, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia.

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Robert R. Patterson, AIFA(R)
Global Fiduciary Consulting, L.C.

Founder and Managing Partner of GFC, Bob brings 25 plus years of experience working with associations, families, endowment, foundations, public entities and international companies in a variety of rolls.

Bob has direct experience in the process of developing investment/spending policies and integrating them with the financial planning process. Both as a professional advisor and as a board member, Bob has experience in vetting investment advisors, modeling asset allocation strategies and monitoring investment portfolios.

Bob graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and received his MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. He chaired a consulting team that advised UBS on their entry into the UK market. He has and continues to serve on a number of Boards and Board Committees in the US and Europe. He was a member of President Reagan's Caribbean Basin Initiative and the US Department of Commerce Advisory Team that advised the Russian Ministry of Pensions in Moscow.

Bob is familiar with the ISO 9000 and ISO 19011: 2002 (auditing) quality control standards that have guided global manufacturers since the 1940's. He knew that a better process to make investment decisions could help these organizations in this critical area of operations. A few years ago, the Center for Fiduciary Studies (now part of fi360.com) at the University of Pittsburgh developed a set of quality control standards which they call the Global Fiduciary Standard of Excellence ("GFSE"). The GFSE itself is based on protocols similar to those found in ISO 19011:2002. Bob immediately saw the applicability of the GFSE became certified as an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®) by fi360. Furthermore, Bob received the support of both the Center for Fiduciary Studies and the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence ("CEFEX") in Toronto. CEFEX is the primary global certifier for those seeking a registered, public certification of conformance to the GFSE.

From the beginning GFC sought to reflect the "gold standard" of the GFSE by establishing a highly qualified Advisory Board whose members represent a broad range of skills, experience and geography. The Advisory Board works closely with Bob in the design, implementation and monitoring of GFC's strategic vision.

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Roger Levy, AIFA, Managing Director Cambridge Investment Fiduciary Management Inc.

www.cambridgefiduciaryservices.com

Roger L. Levy AIFA® has been a member of Cambridge Financial Services Group from its inception and is now joint Managing Director of Cambridge Investment Fiduciary Management, Inc. which provides investment fiduciary consulting and assessment services to the retirement plan and investment community.

As a member of Cambridge Financial Services Group, Mr. Levy has over 20 years experience in guiding investment advisory clients with respect to their fiduciary obligations and how to build a due diligence record of their investment process. Having obtained the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ designation from Fi360, he offers lead analyst services on behalf of those involved in the investment process who are seeking CEFEX registration.

Formally educated in England, Mr. Levy began practicing law in London as a Solicitor in 1970. He joined Taylor & Humbert, one of England's premiere and oldest law firms, where he became a partner. He emigrated to the United States in 1975 and joined Saul Ewing Remick & Saul, a leading Philadelphia law firm. Mr. Levy obtained a Master of Laws Degree from Temple Law School and became the first English solicitor to be admitted to the Pennsylvania bar.

Subsequently, Mr. Levy established his own practice specializing in international business before joining the Law Offices of Robert M. Gottschalk, in New York City, a firm specializing in international business and trade. Prior to joining Cambridge, he served as Counsel to Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen PC in New York City.

Mr. Levy lives in Scottsdale, Arizona where he manages Cambridge’s Scottsdale office. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Trigeminal Neuralgia Association.

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Ross Fowler, AIFA, Managing Director, fi360 Australasia

Ross is Managing Director of fi360 (Australasia) Limited, with responsibility for the practical implementation of services in New Zealand and Australia, in conjunction with the Center for Fiduciary Studies (Pittsburgh). This has involved establishing and teaching the AIF® course (provided in association with Massey University), the development of technical support to AIF® designees and consulting services to fiduciaries, including legal and accounting firms, financial adviser groups, investment committees and boards. As Managing Director his primary focus is the ongoing development of both the AIF course material and fi360 services to ensure relevance in the NZ and Australian financial intermediary environments. Ross graduated from Auckland University having studied Urban Valuation and completed post graduate studies at Lincoln College in Rural Valuation and Farm Management. Initial years in valuation practice were followed by 15 years of consulting on property development and investment with corporate clients. He then completed his Diploma in Business Studies (Personal Financial Planning) through Massey University. Ross has assisted professionals, trustees, and investment advisers to keep pace with new standards and gain access to advanced investment solutions and decision making technology, thus enabling them to discharge their responsibilities and bring genuine value to their clients and beneficiaries.

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Scott Reed, CIMA, AIFA, CEO Hardy Reed Capital Advisors, LLC.

Scott Reed is the CEO of Hardy Reed Capital Advisors, LLC. Hardy Reed Capital Advisors is a firm dedicated to the development and implementation of a superior consulting process, free of the conflicts of interests common to the industry. He has been in the investment industry since 1985. Scott spent the first twenty one years of his career with Hilliard Lyons, spending the last five running their Mississippi operations. He began as a stock broker, but by the late 1980’s he and John C. Hardy, his business partner since 1987, began to develop a consulting practice. Over the next decade they developed their own proprietary process for money management. Opening Hardy Reed Registered Investment Advisory firm was the next step in an evolution that is designed to be client centered and completely objective.

Scott is a Certified Investment Management Consultant® and an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst®. He is a graduate of the inaugural class of the Endowments and Foundations Certificate sponsored by the Investment Management Consultants Association® and held at the Wharton School of Business in 2006. He specializes in consulting with a select group of private clients, corporations, foundations and endowments on developing a customized and comprehensive investment process. He is a member of The National Council on Planned Giving, the Planned Giving Council of Northeast Mississippi, and the Investment Management Consultants Association. Scott has served on the advisory board for Investment Advisory Magazine’s Wealth Management Summit, the advisory board of the Mississippi Women’s Money Conference, and a 2003 graduate and class spokesperson to the board of the Securities Industry Institute.

In 1995, Scott began writing a financial column that is still in syndication today. He appears regularly as an analyst for local newspapers and television stations in North Mississippi. He also has been an instructor on financial issues at the University of Mississippi.

Scott is a graduate of Vanderbilt University. In 1992, he was chosen as a Rotary Ambassador to Australia and in 1997 he was honored as a “Top 40 Under 40” in the State of Mississippi by the Mississippi Business Journal. He is a life long resident of Tupelo, Mississippi, and an avid lover of sports. He and his wife, Annette, are active supporters of the community where Scott currently serves on the boards of the North Mississippi Medical Center, The United Methodist Foundation where he serves as vice-chairman of the investment committee, and The Yocona Area of the Boy Scouts of America where he serves as chairman of the budget committee. He is chairman of The Frank and Calla Bell Foundation as well as chairman of the BancorpSouth Arena Commission. He is a past president of the United Way of Northeast Mississippi and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of North Mississippi. Scott and Annette have two wonderfully active girls.

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Scott S. Ciullo, AIFA®, CFS
Plan Sponsor Consultants

Finalist for PLANSPONSOR Magazine’s National Retirement Plan Advisor Team of the Year in 2010 Recognized in 2007 as one of the Most Successful Retirement Plan Advisors by PLANSPONSOR magazine.

Scott is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst(AIFA®). AIF designees have acquired a thorough knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and can be an invaluable resource to investment fiduciaries and individual investors alike. An AIF designation represents that person’s knowledge of a Global Fiduciary Standard of Excellence, which comprises the 22 Prudent Fiduciary Practices, and their application of the global standard into their own practice. The 22 Prudent Fiduciary Practices are based on legislation, case law and regulatory opinion letters.

Scott is also a Certified Fund Specialist (CFS). With this designation, a CFS is able to evaluate and compare financial measurements and benchmarks when constructing a portfolio. With this designation and knowledge, Scott brings an added level of fund review to the Plan Sponsor Consultants team and the “blue ribbon fund” list that is maintained through their legacy with National Retirement Partners, now LPL Retirement Partners.

Scott began his career in financial services in 1984. With over 25 years of experience, he uses his wealth of knowledge to assist Plan Sponsors as well as their employees to find the best retirement solution for them while reducing the plan sponsors fiduciary liability. With Plan Sponsor Consultants, Scott is even better equipped to help plan sponsors make the important decisions that they must face on behalf of their employees.

Scott’s article on the realities of retirement was published in PlanAdviser Magazine in 2009. His article was then cited by Texas Tech in their how-to guide titled “Reality Check.”

To learn more about Scott please visit www.plansponosorconsultants.com

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Steff Chalk, AIFA, Managing Partner, Fiduciary Consulting Group

Mr. Chalk holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary AuditorTM designation from the University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business, Center for Fiduciary Studies, and degrees from The American Institute of Banking, The Kentucky School of Banking and The National Trust School. He has been an active member of State Banking Associations - serving in a variety of positions - including chair of the Trust and Investment sub-committees. He has also served on the Communications Committee for the 401(k) / Profit Sharing Council of America. He currently serves as adjunct faculty to the Finance Department at Northern Kentucky University where he was awarded a professional development stipend for the establishment of The 401(k) Advisory Index. Mr. Chalk has also served on the faculty of the Midwest Trust School, as founding faculty for the Economics/Finance Camp of Northern Kentucky University and on the Social Security Choice.org Advisory Board.

Mr. Chalk obtained his Masters and Bachelor of Business Administration Degrees from Central Michigan University. Mr. Chalk also obtained an Associate of Applied Science Degree from Northern Kentucky University.

Mr. Chalk has over 23 years experience in the financial industry, specializing in Investment Management, Strategic Management, Marketing, Trust, On-line Systems, Investment Banking and Commercial Banking. He has also served as consultant to a global consultancy and Fortune 500 Companies. He has conducted domestic original research on a variety of Investment and 401(k) Plan related topics. He has authored several articles concerning Investment Management and Retirement Services. He has been a speaker for State Public Employee Retirement Systems, Finance Officers Associations, Bar Associations, Human Resource Associations, the Securities Industry Association, Actuarial Associations and both national and regional 401(k) Symposiums.

Mr. Chalk has addressed business leaders and governmental and social policy makers in Africa, Asia and Europe and has appeared on business broadcasts and CNN.

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Todd Zempel, Q.K.A., AIFA(R)
Gordon Asset Management
ERISA Operations Manager

Gordon Asset Management, LLC., provides Investment Advisory services and Fiduciary Consulting to individuals and businesses.

Todd began his career as a licensed Financial Advisor in Michigan after graduating from Northwood University with degrees in Banking & Finance and Business Management. He then transitioned to a national 401(k) record-keeper where he served as an Institutional Account Manager; overseeing the operations of 150 retirement plans. Prior to joining Gordon Asset Management, LLC., Todd served as a Third Party Administrator, where he assisted clients with all aspects of retirement plan administration including contributions, distributions, compliance testing, EPCRS consulting, conversions, and new-plan setup.

Todd is a member of the National Association of Plan Advisors, and the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries where he serves on the Government Affairs Committee.

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Virginia Nichols, AIFA®
Virginia Nichols

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Wayne B. Titus III, CPA, AIFA, President AMDG Financial Services

Mr. Titus owns a Registered Investment Advisor, AMDG Financial, which has been providing fee-only fiduciary advice to families, small businesses and plan sponsors since 2002. AMDG Financial is a CEFEX registered firm since 2007, one of the first 8 Registered Investment Advisors registered by CEFEX in the United States. Additionally, he owns a CPA practice and also has received the Personal Financial Specialist designation from the AICPA and the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ designation from fi360.

Mr. Titus has a BA in Business Administration from Grove City College, PA and BS in Accounting from the University of South Florida. Currently he is a Masters candidate in Employee Benefits Law from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL. He has been an active member of Michigan Association of CPAs serving on the Financial Literacy Committee and was a contributing author to the MACPA's Financial Affairs at the End of Life, a resource for hospice patients and their families.

Mr. Titus has over 10 years experience in the financial industry, specializing in Wealth Management, including over 20 years in Public Accounting and tax preparation. Prior to starting his private practices, he worked as a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers with their financial and information systems audit practices, where he also contributed to integrating the global audit approach of the merged firm with a team in London, England and also served as a systems audit consultant to Fortune 50 Companies.

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