The 20 Rising Stars of Retirement Plan Advisors

10-22-2007 | Source: Institutional Investor News

Institutional Investor News’ inaugural issue of Rising Stars of Retirement Plan Advisors has turned up some amazing retirement plan advisors from across the nation who work directly with 401(k) and defined contribution plans.

On average, our 20 Rising Stars have just under $1 billion in advisory assets under management. Some are specialists in Health Care Savings Accounts, municipalities and nonprofits and their expertise ranges across all plan sizes.

All our stars are college educated, one has an MBA and one has a juris doctor. In industry credentials, 14 stars have the PLANSPONSOR Retirement Professional designation, 11 have the Accredited Investment Fiduciary designation, three are Certified Financial Planners, one is a Chartered Financial Analyst, one is a Certified Public Accountant, one is a Certified Investment Management Analyst and one is a DALBAR Certified Fiduciary Advisor; two have no industry designations.

Here are some other noteworthy points about this year’s nominees:

• the average age is 38 (the youngest is 34 and the eldest 40);
• women represent 10% of the overall group;
• 55% co-founded their companies;
• 10% founded their companies;
• 40% work in the Midwest; 30% work in the Northeast; 20% work on the West coast; 10% work in the south;
• one nominee is a third-generation retirement plan advisor.

Our stars are nominated by the industry. We select our stars on the following attributes: they are 40 years of age or younger and have credentials and experience and a career consistency that indicates they will be the ones to watch as leaders and trend setters in the industry going forward.

Many outstanding, well-qualified individuals were recommended for the list. We thank the nominees and those who did the nominating for making this list possible. We look forward to charting the professional progress of these rising stars in the years to come.

Please note a special feature at the back of the book called our Mentors’ Page—a place where II News shines a spotlight on those senior professionals who fostered our nominees’ skills and careers.

Without further ado, here are our Rising Stars, listed alphabetically by surname.

For more information and an editorial calendar please contact: Jessica Sommar, Editor of Business Publishing, II News, 212.224.3272 or jsommar@iinews.com.

To make a nomination please contact us at risingstars@iinews.com.