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Connie brings 34 years’ practical experience integrating recordkeeping,
investment management, documentation and participant counseling to our
organization. Having managed tumultuous industry transitions related to ERISA
and the Tax Reform Act of ‘86 as well as helping frightened participants
maintain their financial goals during periods of market volatility like 1987,
1990, 1998 and 2001-2002, Connie’s invaluable perspective supports Plan
Administrators, Companies and participants alike.
Having received training from some of the finest actuarial
firms and then become co-owner of one of the largest retirement plan consulting
firms in the northeast (a firm ultimately sold to a public company), Connie has
also been a Principal and Associated Person of several Registered Investment
Advisors. She is a Qualified Pension Administrator, having completed a
multi-year course covering the administrative and qualification issues related
to Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans. In 2009, she also
received her ERPA designation, which allows her to represent retirement plan
clients in front of the IRS. The wealth of experience
Connie offers NestEggs’ clients is incalculable,
and in her capacity of client relationship manager she is in the perfect
position to apply it.
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2000 - Present: President and Owner,
NestEggs, Inc. Returning
to an ownership role, Connie will save for her own retirement by providing
quality plan services for NestEggs' clients.
1999 - June 2000: Senior Administrator,
LB&A Retirement Plan Services, LLC. Client Relationship
Manager for large block of retirement plans of all types, covering many
thousands of participants. Responsibilities included direct interface with
clients’ senior personnel, start-to-finish administration of retirement plans
including use of Corbel/Quantech and various RDBMs, and investment advisory
& transactional support to participants.
1998 - 1999: Senior Administrator, Data
Plans, Inc. Client Relationship Manager for over 90 complex
retirement plans, covering approximately 7,500 participants. Responsibilities
included direct interface with clients’ senior personnel, start-to-finish
administration of retirement plans including use of Quantech, and handling of
relationship with referral sources (e.g., insurance agents, attorneys and
accountants).
1987 - 1998: President, Co-Founder and
Owner Benecon, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida Benecon Inc.
provided retirement plan consulting and outsourcing services to mid-sized
companies whose needs have outgrown the experience of in-house staff.
Ultimately merged into LB&A Retirement Plan Services, LLC. Connie’s role
was to implement, administer, communicate, enroll and insure government
compliance for a wide range of retirement plans, including Defined
Contribution, Daily Valuation and “New Comparability.” She also provided
guidance and testing under IRC 401(a)(4), 415, 410(b), and 401(k). Finally, as
a Principal of the Registered Investment Advisor, Connie guided participants in
the allocation of their account among various investment options and operated
the electronic trading and execution through interfaces with the institutional
arm of Fidelity Investments and in-house portfolio management system. Critical
to Connie’s success was the ability to manage and balance the needs of the many
parties involved with a retirement plan - employer, participant, sales
personnel & other supporting professionals and the government.
1979 - 1987: Vice President and Co-Owner
Future Planning Associates, Inc., Burlington, Vermont
Connie co-founded Future Planning Associates, a retirement and benefits
consulting firm which grew from 2 to 35 professionals in its first four years
of operation, making it one of the largest privately-owned practices in New
England. FPA handled all types of retirement and compensation plans for over
500 clients and 35,000 participants. Connie was responsible for managing a
12-15 person professional staff, insuring that client relationships were
maintained, participants were oriented and enrolled, questions and problems
resolved and ongoing communication and technical compliance were effective.
Connie played an active role in the firm’s two acquisitions and divestiture,
providing her with insight as to the difficulty and opportunity in merging
businesses. In her management and entrepreneurial role Connie learned to “put
herself in the shoes of her clients,” enhancing her ability to help those
clients make more effective use of their retirement plans for recruiting,
retaining and rewarding employee service.
1976 - 1979: Senior Benefit Plan
Administrator, Hackett & Company, Inc., Burlington, Vermont
Connie provided recordkeeping and trust accounting for retirement plans, as
well as health insurance programs for clients such as Vermont College. She
solved participant problems and acted as financial and administrative liaison
between participants, clients, her employer and various insurance companies.
1974 - 1976: Senior Pension Plan
Administrator, New England Life Insurance Co., Burlington, Vermont
Connie oversaw the conversion of this office’s retirement plans to ERISA
status, as well as processing participant enrollment and applications.
1971 - 1974: Senior Plan Administrator,
Lambert-Huppeler Agency, New York, NY Connie administered
Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Retirement Plans for, as well as
receiving extensive, in-depth training from this prestigious insurance and
actuarial firm.
1970- 1971: Benefit Analyst, New England
Life Insurance Co., Boston, MA Connie received initial
actuarial and benefits training at New England’s Home Office and was
responsible for performing benefit calculations for group pension plans.
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