The Team
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Principals

John B. Nye, Jr.

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Eric A. "Rick" Nye
CLU, ChFC, CASL
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J. Randall "Randy" Nye
JD, MT, CLU
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Gary F. Raab

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John ("Jack") R. Reynoldson

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Staff

Jim Mullins

James (Jim) M. Mullins joined Nye Financial Group in the late 1980's as a telemarketer and quickly obtained the education, licensing and certifications necessary to become a key contributor to Nye's growth efforts throughout the 1990's. In 1996 Mr. Mullins spearheaded the establishment of the St. Petersburg regional office and subsequent Florida satellite offices in Sarasota, Clearwater, Ft. Myers, Naples and The Villages. Among his numerous responsibilities as Regional Director of Operations and National Director of Marketing, Mr. Mullins is currently the principal counselor for The Villages office.

Mr. Mullins attended Kent State University and holds his Series 6 and Series 7 licenses as a Registered Representative with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD now FINRA). He is also licensed to counsel on life insurance, annuities and variable annuities. Additionally, Mr. Mullins earned citations from The Life Underwriter Training Council (LUTCF) for Financial Planning as well as Personal Estate and Retirement Planning.

Jim and his wife Marianna reside in St. Petersburg, FL with their two children Maria and Demetri; ages 7 and 3 respectively. Jim enjoys singing, weight lifting and most of all spending time with his family.

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Dana Hamann Plesz

Dana is the personal assistant to John B. Nye and oversees the development and management of client relationships. She serves as a liaison for clients and professionals and is responsible for visual presentations for individual clients. Dana has been with Nye Financial Group since 1999 and has worked with John Nye through associate firms for 25 years. She is a licensed agent with 20 years of experience in the financial service industry and a Certified Notary Public since 1994.

Carol Kramer

Carol Kramer has been with Nye Financial Group since 1992 and is the Customer Service Administrator for our clients. Her responsibilities range from servicing day to day policy needs such as beneficiary and ownership changes, to compiling information for review appointments. She also assists the Case Management/New Business Department and completes pending status calls and also obtains additional information from clients as needed. In her spare time, Carol, loves to cook, sing and is the Assistant Coach of the speech team at her daughter's high school.

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Claudia Miller

Claudia has been with Nye Financial Group since 1999 and is in charge of the Accounting Department at Nye Financial Group. Her responsibilities include all facets of office accounting, along with the management and coordination of seminar reservations for the 30+ seminars we conduct throughout the year. Claudia's role consists of personally speaking to each attendee, gathering information for attendance and providing any assistance needed. She also serves as front desk receptionist along with providing support to the other administrative teams. Claudia resides in nearby Stow with her husband Monty and their three daughters.

Melissa "Missy" Walker

Missy is the personal assistant to Eric A. Nye and the new business case manager at Nye Financial Group. Missy oversees the development and management of client and professional relations and has an array of responsibilities at NFG including the production of visual presentations for individual clients, along with the development of NFG seminar presentation materials. She is the licensing liaison for NFG and its representatives with outside insurance companies and state regulators, along with managing incoming and outgoing commissions.Additional responsibilities include database management and the coordination of various office operations. She has been with Nye Financial Group since 1992 and holds an Associates degree in Legal Administrative Assisting. Missy and her husband, Jason, reside in Diamond, Ohio with their three children, Morgan, Mykenzie and Mason.

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Sarah Schofield

Sarah is the personal assistant to J. Randall Nye. Sarah assists Randy in managing affiliated entities such as Nye Co., L.P.A., and Meridian United Trust Company. Sarah is the client relationship manager for Randy's "Private Client" planning activities, and project manager for our risk management consulting efforts (including property and casualty insurance placement when needed). Prior to coming to NFG, she worked for Raymond James Financial Services for four years. She graduated from the University of Akron with a Bachelors degree in Finance. Sarah holds the property & casualty insurance license. Sarah and her husband David reside in Ravenna, Ohio with their twin daughters Lillian & Abigail.

Brandi McBride

Brandi has been a licensed agent since 2006. She has recently joined Nye Financial Group as support for Dana Plesz, John Nye's case manager. She assists Dana in areas of case management and design where she is also responsible for initiating, processing and tracking paramedical examinations and attending physician statements for John Nye's client base. Along with sharing responsibilities for maintaining coordination of our client files, she greets and directs our callers. In her spare time, Brandi enjoys spending time with her family and her dog, Harley.

Dan Griffin

Dan Griffin joined Nye Financial Group, in February 2009, as Director of Life Settlement Marketing. In this new role, based at our Hudson, OH headquarters office, Dan reports directly to Rick Nye and is charged with developing and leading our life settlement business operation with the objective of maximizing value for Nye clients who are considering or pursuing a life settlement transaction.

Prior to joining Nye Financial Group, Dan was Senior Sales & Marketing Manager for one of the country's most respected life settlement providers, where he managed the sales and case management functions and, through working with a nationwide network of life settlement brokers and agents, gained in- depth experience and knowledge of the emerging life settlements marketplace and established a broad network of valuable relationships.

Prior to joining Life Equity, Dan was vice president/part owner of a start-up business where he lead the marketing and business development functions and has over 20 years experience in sales, marketing and advertising leadership roles for privately-owned and publicly-traded, national, regional and local chain-store operations, in a variety of industries.

Dan and his wife, Linda, reside in Hudson, OH with their two children, Danny and Delaney, ages 20 and 14 respectively. Dan's oldest daughter, Erica, her husband and their two children also live nearby. Dan enjoys playing soccer & softball, rooting for all of Cleveland's professional sports teams and spending time with his family.

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