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Segal Advisors Press Releases

Titles and dates of selected Segal Company press releases are listed below in reverse chronological order. To see an entire press release, simply click on the title.

7/23/08 Segal Advisors Promotes New Vice President
3/12/08 Segal Advisors Expands Consulting Staff
2/8/08 Raub Joins Segal Advisors as New Vice President
10/12/06 Segal Advisors, Inc. Hires New Vice President in Cleveland
7/28/06 Segal Advisors, Inc. Promotes Three Executives

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CONTACT: Mary L. Feldman
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
212.251.5029
mfeldman@segalco.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SEGAL ADVISORS PROMOTES NEW VICE PRESIDENT

NEW YORK (7/23/08) - John DeMairo, COO of Segal Advisors, has announced that Rafik Ghazarian has been promoted to Vice President. Mr. Ghazarian joined Segal Advisors’ Boston office in 1996. He works directly with clients in developing investment policy guidelines and objectives, performing asset allocation and portfolio optimization analyses, assisting clients in selection of money managers and providers of master trust or custodial services and evaluating investment performance. Mr. Ghazarian graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science. He also received an MS in Finance from Boston College’s Carroll Graduate School of Management.

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Segal Advisors, Inc., (www.segaladvisors.com) the investment-consulting affiliate of The Segal Company, is registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission and has offered independent investment consulting services since 1969. Segal Advisors is one of the largest investment consultants to Taft-Hartley trusteed pension funds –servicing more than 250 plans with approximately $54 billion in assets.

 


 


CONTACT: Mary L. Feldman
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
mfeldman@segalco.com

CONTACT: 212.251.5029

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SEGAL ADVISORS EXPANDS CONSULTING STAFF

NEW YORK (3/12/08) - John DeMairo, COO of Segal Advisors, has announced the continued expansion of Segal Advisors’ consulting staff. In addition to the recent hiring of Michael Raub as Vice President and Director of Business Development, Mr. DeMairo said that Thomas Pavlik joined the firm’s Boston office and Jeff Snyder joined the New York office.

Mr. Pavlik is providing technical expertise in asset allocation, manager search and performance measurement as well as client service support. He has more than a decade of experience in the investment management field, most recently with Fidelity Research & Management. Mr. Pavlik is a graduate of Boston College. He can be reached at 617.424.7327 or tpavlik@segaladvisors.com.

Mr. Snyder is working as a consultant in the New York office – primarily focused on defined contribution plans. He gained previous experience with SunGard Consulting and T. Rowe Price. Mr. Snyder is a graduate of Hofstra University and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Baltimore. He can be reached at 212.251.5178 or jsnyder@segaladvisors.com.

Mr. DeMairo commented, “As Segal Advisors’ business continues to expand, adding experienced professionals to our client service team underscores our commitment to providing clients with the highest quality and most responsive service possible.”

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Segal Advisors, Inc., (www.segaladvisors.com) the investment-consulting affiliate of The Segal Company, is registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, and has offered independent investment consulting services since 1969. Segal Advisors is one of the largest investment consultants to retirement plan sponsors – with more than 230 clients with $81.3 billion in total assets under supervision.

 


 


CONTACT: Mary L. Feldman
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
mfeldman@segalco.com

CONTACT: 212.251.5029

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RAUB JOINS SEGAL ADVISORS AS NEW VICE PRESIDENT

NEW YORK (2/8/08) - John DeMairo, COO of Segal Advisors, has announced that Michael S. Raub joined Segal Advisors as Vice President and Senior Consultant. He is working out of a newly established office in Portland, Oregon, as well as spending time in the firm’s San Francisco office. In addition to working with clients, Mike is serving as Director of Business Development for Segal Advisors nationally.

Mr. Raub has nearly 20 years of experience in institutional asset management. Most recently, he was a principal in StoneBridge Investment Partners, LLC in Portland, Oregon.

Mr. Raub is originally from the Chicago area where he worked for several asset managers including AmalgaTrust Company as a Managing Director. Mr. Raub also worked with Columbia Management Group in Portland, where he was Senior Vice President, National Director - Taft-Hartley & Public Funds. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame College of Business (BBA in Finance).

Mr. Raub can be reached at 503.594.1708, or mraub@segaladvisors.com.

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Segal Advisors, Inc., (www.segaladvisors.com) the investment-consulting affiliate of The Segal Company, is registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, and has offered independent investment consulting services since 1969. Segal Advisors is one of the largest investment consultants to retirement plan sponsors – with more than 230 clients with $81.3 billion in total assets under supervision.

 


 


CONTACT: Mary L. Feldman
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
mfeldman@segalco.com

CONTACT: 212.251.5029

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SEGAL ADVISORS, INC. HIRES NEW VICE PRESIDENT IN CLEVELAND

NEW YORK (10/11/06) - John DeMairo, Chief Operating Officer of Segal Advisors, Inc., has announced that Brett Hazen joined the Cleveland office as a Vice President and Consultant.

Mr. Hazen joins Segal Advisors with 18 years of investment experience, primarily in working with public sector defined benefit plans. Prior to joining Segal Advisors, he spent six years as a Managing Consultant at Portfolio Analytics, a Southfield, MI investment-consulting firm where he was responsible for managing the consulting operation, servicing clients and business development. Brett was also a Principal and the Vice President of Portfolio Analytics. Previously, he spent the majority of his career at two large financial services firms (Paine Webber and Merrill Lynch) where he provided consulting services to institutional clients.

Mr. Hazen earned a Bachelors degree in business administration from Northwood University and a Masters degree in business administration from the University of Detroit-Mercy. He has achieved the designations of Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) from the Investment Management Consultants Association, Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) from The American College, and is currently a candidate for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the CFA Institute.

Mr. Hazen can be reached at 216.687.4411, or bhazen@segaladvisors.com.

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Segal Advisors, Inc., (www.segaladvisors.com) the investment-consulting affiliate of The Segal Company, is registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, and has offered independent investment consulting services since 1969. Segal Advisors is one of the largest investment consultants to retirement plan sponsors – with more than 230 clients with $81.3 billion in total assets under supervision.

 


 


CONTACT: Mary L. Feldman
SVP, Director of Public Affairs, The Segal Company
mfeldman@segalco.com
212.251.5029

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

SEGAL ADVISORS, INC. PROMOTES THREE EXECUTIVES

NEW YORK (7/28/06) — Joseph A. LoCicero, President and CEO of Segal Advisors, Inc., has announced the appointment of one Senior Vice President and two Vice Presidents:

ROBERT A. LIBERTO to Senior Vice President. Mr. Liberto joined The Segal Company's New York office in 1988 as director of the defined contribution services department. He was appointed Vice President in 1990 and transferred to Segal Advisors in 1998. Mr. Liberto is an expert on defined contribution plans and was the architect for DC-Connect® (Segal Advisors' comprehensive defined contribution search and vendor selection service). With more than 25 years of experience in the employee benefits field, he is a nationally-recognized expert on DC plan design and technical administration issues. Mr. Liberto is a delegate to the Profit Sharing Council of America and a member of the Steering Committee for the Society of Professional Administrators and Recordkeepers.

SETH ALMALIAH to Vice President. Mr. Almaliah joined Segal Advisors' New York office in 1999 as an Investment Analyst. He was promoted to Senior Investment Analyst in 2001, and to Associate Consultant in 2002. His current responsibilities include assisting clients in developing investment policy guidelines and objectives, setting asset allocation strategy through portfolio optimization analysis and selecting investment managers and evaluating investment performance. Mr. Almaliah graduated from Hofstra University with a BS in Industrial Engineering and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2003.

GINO REINA to Vice President. Mr. Reina first joined Segal Advisors' New York office in 1997 as an Investment Analyst and was promoted to Associate Consultant in 2000. After a brief time away (1997-2000), he rejoined Segal Advisors as a Consultant in 2003. His primary responsibilities and expertise include providing advice on asset allocation and investment policy, assisting clients in the selection of investment managers and evaluating investment performance. Mr. Reina graduated from Hofstra University with a BBA in banking and finance and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001.

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Segal Advisors, Inc., (www.segaladvisors.com) the investment-consulting affiliate of The Segal Company, is registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, and has offered independent investment consulting services since 1969. Segal Advisors is one of the largest investment consultants to retirement plan sponsors – with more than 230 clients with $81.3 billion in total assets under supervision.

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