Press Release

RPA Continues Growth, Announces Four Staff Promotions

Issued by RPA [Retirement Plan Advisors]

Jan. 6, 2025

Rob Mangano, Tamme Ford, Alex Gault, and Sarah McKinzie assume new titles and functions

Chicago, IL – To support the firm’s accelerating growth, Retirement Plan Advisors (RPA) proudly announces the following staff promotions.

• Rob Mangano, CFP, CPFA, will now serve as RPA’s Vice President of Plan Consulting, focusing on client retention and improving plan participants’ retirement outcomes through consultative plan design. Rob joined RPA in 2019, onboarding new clients and managing their vendor relationships. He also conducts comprehensive plan reviews. During this detailed process, he is able to ascertain where a plan has been and where it stands by focusing on three key areas: participant utilization, investment due diligence, and participant education and services.
• Tamme Ford will now serve as RPA’s Director of Plan Consulting, focused on consultative relationship management and building exceptional rapport with key plan contacts, financial advisors, and internal and external support teams. Tamme brings more than 15 years of group retirement plan experience to her role. Throughout her career, she has managed 401(a), 401(k), 457(b), and 403(b) group retirement plans and helped participants prepare for a financially secure, timely retirement.
• Alex Gault, CFA, will now serve as RPA’s Senior Investment Analyst. Alex plays a key role in supporting RPA’s plan investment menus, investment manager due diligence, performance reporting, asset allocation modeling, portfolio construction, and advisor engagement.
• Sarah McKinzie will now serve as RPA’s Senior Group Plan Operations Specialist. Sarah is essential to educating, enrolling, and servicing public sector group retirement plan participants. Rob, Tamme, Alex, Sarah and the entire RPA team are dedicated to upholding Our Promise to our valued clients.

About Retirement Plan Advisors (RPA)

RPA is an independent federally registered investment adviser specializing in providing customized investment solutions to public sector retirement plans, helping their employees retire better. The firm provides plan and participant investment advisory and fiduciary services to employers of all sizes. Today RPA proudly serves more than 550 unique public sector employers with 80,000+ participants and over $7 billion in plan and individual assets under advisement.

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