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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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Staff

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.


Cliff W. Burgett, Esq.

Cliff is the Operations Officer for Nye Financial Group, reporting directly to Rick Nye.  He oversees operations for Nye Financial Group and affiliated companies, and also coordinates Information Technology. Cliff holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from John Carroll University, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Akron School of Law.  He also holds an Executive Certificate in Financial Planning from John Carroll University. Cliff and his wife Karen reside in Westlake, Ohio and have five children, Michelle, David, Chris, Eric, and Ashley.

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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 Meridian United Capital, a FINRA registered broker/dealer, 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.


Barbara Macgregor
Barbara, a licensed agent, has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has been with Nye Financial Group since 1997. She is the administrative coordinator for our Westlake office where she is responsible for office operations, scheduling and tracking appointments as well as assisting with all seminars. She is a Certified Notary Public for the state of Ohio. Barbara lives in Lorain, Ohio, has two sons, Doug Scott and is very active in her community.


Amitabh "Sam" Rao
Amitabh "Sam" Rao grew up in New Delhi, India. Son of educators, he was encouraged to pursue a broad based education in the liberal and fine arts during childhood and adolescence. A full merit scholarship and several grants from international foundations brought Sam to study at Oberlin College where he continued his education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Upon graduation, he launched several entrepreneurial ventures before focusing his attention on the financial services industry. He is concurrently enrolled in the course for Financial Planners offered through Boston University and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program as he hones his skills at security analysis and portfolio management.

In his spare time, Sam pursues his other passion: classical music. He has studied and performed at some of the most prestigious institutions in the world most notably, the Aspen Music Festival in Aspen, Colorado. In October of 2008, Sam will be a guest of the City of Nicolaev, Ukraine where he will conduct the Nikolaev Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of American and Ukrainian music. Sam is blessed with a beautiful daughter, Sophia.


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.

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