Irvine, CA

Shannon Main began her career in the financial services industry in 1995 and works exclusively with corporate retirement plan sponsors, designing plans to meet the most critical fiduciary standards in an increasingly stringent regulatory environment. She is a Regional Growth Leader for Pensionmark’s West division, having built on her extensive experience managing her retirement plan practice and working with corporate retirement plan clients at USI and Morgan Stanley.

She is currently a member of the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) and serves as President of the Western Pension & Benefits Council Governing Board and as Past President of the Western Benefits & Pension Council, Orange County Chapter. Shannon has spoken at national conferences and local industry events on a variety of retirement plan focused topics. She was selected as a delegate to the NAPA DC Fly-In Forum from 2015 - 2021, where the nation’s leading retirement plan advisors brief congressional leaders on the importance and future of workplace retirement plans. She was named among the Financial Times 401 Top Retirement Plan Advisors in 2016 and 2017 and was designated as a Captain in NAPA’s roster of Top Women Advisors from 2015 - 2022, an award granted to only 50 women nationwide.

Shannon earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. She holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER credential and the Accredited Investment Fiduciary designation. Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER TM and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements. The Center for Fiduciary Studies owns the marks AIF® and AIFA®, which it awards to individuals who successfully complete initial and ongoing accreditation requirements.

The 2017 NAPA Top DC Advisor Firms is a compilation of leading individual advisor firms, or teams, ranked by DC assets under advisement. Nominees are selected via survey submitted to NAPA.

The Financial Times 401 Top Retirement Plan Advisors is an independent listing produced annually by the Financial Times (September 2017). The FT 401 is based on data gathered from advisors, regulatory disclosures, and the FT’s research.

The NAPA Top Women Advisors list was established in 2015 and nominations from the list were provided by NAPA Broker-Dealer/RIA Firm Partners. Nominees had to be women, had to be retirement plan advisors with their own book of business. Nominees were required to submit responses to an application comprised of a series of quantitative and qualitative questions about their experience, size and composition of their practice, awards and recognitions, and industry contributions, which were then reviewed by a panel of senior advisor industry experts, who, based on those criteria, and following a broker-check review, selected the top women advisors. The list is created and conducted by the National Association of Plan Advisors, an affiliate organization of the American Retirement Association, a non-profit association. No fee is charged to participate.

David’s focus is primarily on defined contribution plans. He has been representing sponsored retirement plans and working with families to help reach their retirement goals since 2004. He believes that protecting the fiduciary interests of retirement plan committees is just as important as helping their employees reach a successful retirement.

Ryan has been in the financial services industry since 2005. He spent the first 4 years helping businesses design and implement tax-saving benefits such as section 125 POP, FSA, and HSA; as well as Simple IRAs, and 401K plans. Starting in 2009, his focus narrowed to retirement plans in the mid to large market, but with continued attention toward incorporating tax-saving healthcare benefits within the scope of overall retirement planning and financial wellness. Ryan brings a deep understanding of the challenges facing today’s plan sponsors, and a determination to help improve the retirement outcomes of plan participants.

Jonathan began his career in financial services over a decade ago and has worked directly with retirement plan clients, providing plan governance and administrative support, ensuring Plan Sponsor compliance with Department of Labor (DOL) best practices, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) mandates.

He earned the Qualified 401(k) Administrator (QKA) credential through ASPPA, which demonstrates proficiency of retirement plan administration, design, and operation. Jonathan provides plan administrative support and plan design benchmarking. He helps clients understand complex plan design concepts so they can make better and informed decisions.

Jonathan graduated from California State University Fullerton, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Finance. He holds an Accredited Investment Fiduciary designation, Series 65 registration, and California Life & Health Insurance licenses.

Nancy joined Pensionmark in February of 2016 and currently serves as a VP of Client Success. She works as a liaison between clients and the 401(k) providers to keep things running smoothly at a plan level. This includes changes to the plan design, investments, and platform providers. Nancy also provides financial wellness education to participants in English and Spanish. Her mission is to improve the financial health of participants by encouraging them make wise decisions with their money.

Nancy currently holds her Series 7, 63, and 65. Nancy Graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a double major in Economics and Feminist Studies along with a minor in Spanish.