Board of Managers

Our Board of Managers Include:

John D. Blossom, Jr.
John Blossom is President of Alliance Benefit Group,LLC. Mr. Blossom is also President and CEO of Alliance Benefit Group of Illinois, inc., the ABG licensee for Illinois, with a branch office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. The office serves over 800 retirement plans with participants in 42 states and assets of more than $1.2 billion. John has been in the benefits field over 40 years. He is a full "Member" of the American Society of Pension Actuaries. He is a CLU and life member of the life insurance industry's Million Dollar Round Table. He is a founder of Retirement Administrators and Designers of America (RADA) a resource-sharing group for retirement plan administrators with a history of more than thirty years. He has received the Professional Plan Consultant™ (PPC™) designation through Financial Service Standards, LLC. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Society of Plan Administrators and Recordkeepers (SPARK). He currently is serving on the Charles Schwab TPA Advisory Board. Blossom attended the University of Colorado, majoring in economics and finance and earned the Master of Business Administration degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation in January 1995.

Bradley K. Arends, J.D
Brad Arends is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Benefit Group Financial Services, Corp. and ABG Investment Services, Inc.; an officer and principal in Alliance Benefit Group North Central States, Inc., Alliance Benefit Group Payroll, Inc., and Alliance Benefit Group Kansas City, Inc.; and is an officer and on the Board of Directors of Alliance Benefit Group National. Mr. Arends has worked in the ERISA and investment areas for over 19 years, concentrating on the design, communication and funding of defined contribution plans, IRC Section 125 flexible benefits plans, health savings accounts, and executive compensation programs. Mr. Arends has been instrumental in negotiating strategic alliances with mutual fund companies and custodians for the funding of participant-investment-directed 401(k), 403(b), 457, profit sharing, and money purchase pension plans. Likewise, he has extensive knowledge and experience in designing and implementing effective employee communication / education strategies for salary reduction retirement programs, medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, and multi-tiered health programs, for which the firm has received national recognition. Mr. Arends is on the TPA Advisory Council for Fidelity Investments Institutional Brokerage Group out of Boston, Massachusetts, the Advisory Council for Corbel, a member of the Employee Benefit Section of the Minnesota Bar, and the former President of Retirement Administrators and Designers of America (RADA). He is involved in various local volunteer organizations, including positions on the Board of Directors of the YMCA and JOBS, Inc., and works on the Albert Lea Lake Restoration Committee and United Way. Previously, he worked as a legislative assistant in Washington, D.C., for a United States Senator and his position on the Senate Finance Committee. He graduated from Washington University School of Law with an emphasis in tax, and holds the following securities and insurance licenses:

Series 6 - Mutual Funds and Variable Annuities
Series 7 - Individual Securities
Series 63 - Blue Sky Securities Law
Series 65 - Uniform Investment Advisor
Life and Accident / Health Insurance

Kenneth G. Ingham, AIFA®, EA, MAAA, MSPA
Ken Ingham is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingham Retirement Group which is comprised of Ingham & Company—the parent organization; Ingham-Russell Investment Advisors, Inc; and Ingham Financial Corporation. Over the years the office has administered over 7,000 plans in 40 states. Mr. Ingham started in the Retirement Industry in 1972. Mr. Ingham became an Enrolled Actuary in 1976 and is a member of the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries. Mr. Ingham was awarded his Accredited Investment Fiduciary AuditorTM and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst TM designations from the Center for Fiduciary Studies. He is a Board Member of Alliance Benefit Group, Member of American Society of Pension Actuaries (ASPPA), Policy Board member of Investment Fiduciary Leadership Council (IFLC), and a member of ASPPA Government Affairs DOL Sub-committee. Additionally, he is the past President of the South Florida Employee Benefit Council. Mr. Ingham holds a BBA in Business Administration from the University of Miami and holds the following licenses:

Series 6 – Mutual Funds and Variable Annuities
State of Florida: Life, Health and Variable Annuity Insurance
State of New York: Non-Resident Life, Health and Variable Annuity Insurance

Lawrence B. Raymond, CLU, ChFC, CPC, CFP
Larry Raymond is President of the Alliance Benefit Group of Michigan a pension administration and consulting firm located in Bingham Farms, Michigan. Larry holds a B.A. and MBA from the University of Michigan where he majored in Actuarial Science. With over 30 years in the pension/insurance industry, Larry is a licensed Insurance Counselor and a Registered Representative of FINRA/SIPC. Larry has spoken at numerous venues on Qualified and Non-Qualified plan opportunities. In 2006, Larry was awarded the “E.H. Meyers Jr. Memorial Award” for outstanding service to the life insurance industry. In addition to serving on the Executive Committee of AALU, he is a member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA), Great Lakes TE/GE Council, Financial & Estate Planning Council of Oakland County, the Financial Planning Association, and the Society of Financial Service Professionals (SFSP).

W. Jeffrey Zobell, QKA, QPA
Jeff Zobell is Vice President of Alliance Benefit Group - Rocky Mountain (ABGRM). Jeff started his career in the ERISA qualified plan area in 1990 with a focus on the consultation, administration, and recordkeeping of Defined Contribution Plans. In 1992, Jeff became an owner in Rocky Mountain Employee Benefits, Inc. which was the largest independent TPA in Utah at the time. He served as departmental manager for over 12 years in the DC area. In 1996, Rocky Mountain Employee Benefits joined the Alliance Benefit Group (ABG). ABG is a national consortium of independently owned and operated third party administration, investment, payroll, consulting, and document service providers regionally located across the United States. About the same time, two new companies were created, Zions Employee Benefit Services, a joint recordkeeping and administration partnership with Zions Bank focusing on daily valuation open architecture, and Alliance Benefit Group-Western States, a TPA office housed in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2004, Jeff helped establish ABG Consulting, an investment and advisory firm located in Salt Lake City, Utah. This RIA firm does direct advisory work, as well as assists outside brokers and advisors in rounding out their offerings to their clients. In 2006, ABGRM, acquired American Benefits Consulting Group located in Great Falls, MT. It was at that time that Jeff began oversight of the Defined Benefit area for ABGRM. In 2009, Jeff was named to the National Board of Directors of the Alliance Benefit Group. ABG National accounts for almost a half million participants, 8500 retirement plans, and over 15 billion dollars in retirement assets. In 2010, Jeff was also appointed chairperson of the National Marketing Committee of ABG to serve in an advisory position.