MassMutual’s Retirement Services has expanded its sales and relationship management teams to keep pace with its fast-growing Taft-Hartley retirement plans practice and the retirement savings needs of unionized workers.
The addition of three new relationship managers and two new sales consultants means MassMutual has one of the largest staffs dedicated to Taft-Hartley retirement plans in the marketplace, according to Doug DeNigris, National Practice Leader. The firm, with more than 40 years of experience in the Taft-Hartley market, now has eight relationship managers and five sales staff dedicated to Taft-Hartley plans. The new hires are:
- Chad Girard, who was named Sales Consultant, providing internal support and resource management for the sales team. He joins MassMutual from Mercer and has more than 16 years of administrative experience in the market.
- Dan Krause, who was appointed Business Development Consultant and will manage MassMutual’s union construction practice, strengthening relationships with building trade groups and providing event coordination and marketing. He joins MassMutual from International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478, where he was Funds Director for more than 20 years. Krause previously served as Vice President of the Connecticut Coalition of Taft-Hartley Health Funds.
- Ken Sullivan, who was named Relationship Manager for MassMutual’s large Taft-Hartley retirement plan sponsors. He previously served on the Taft-Hartley team at Mercer and has 16 years of relationship management experience.
- Eric Sarrazin, who recently joined the Taft-Hartley relationship management team after supporting MassMutual’s TPA relationship management team for the last five years. In his 17-year career at MassMutual, Mr. Sarrazin has served in numerous capacities, including Taft-Hartley Account Manager and National Accounts Communications Consultant.
- Ron Packingham, who was named Relationship Manager after having worked as a Retirement Education Specialist and Registered Representative for MassMutual for the past eight years. He brings 13 years of experience servicing retirement plan sponsors in the Midwest and will be based in St. Louis.
In addition, MassMutual promoted Joe Carmignani to Assistant Vice President and Manager of the Taft-Hartley relationship management team and John Dolan to Managing Director of the Taft-Hartley sales team.
Prior to the promotion, Carmignani served as Relationship Manager on the Taft-Hartley team for six years supporting some of MassMutual’s largest clients. He has 20 years of experience in the retirement services industry, including seven years servicing Taft-Hartley plan sponsors at New York Life.
Dolan spent the last nine years as a Taft-Hartley relationship manager, including six years as part of MassMutual’s team. Previously, he worked for 12 years at Prudential Retirement serving multi-employer union plans. Dolan is now responsible for growing MassMutual’s Taft-Hartley client base in the eastern part of the United States with Bill Erlandson, continuing to cover the Midwest and West.
