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Robert Friedlander


Friedlander Benefit Services, Inc.

Robert S. Friedlander is Owner and President of Friedlander Benefit Services, Inc. Robert is a Certified Financial Planner and with over 37 years of experience providing comprehensive financial planning for his clients.

As a Certified Financial Planner, Robert takes his clients through all steps of the financial planning process including reviewing of their savings, investments, insurance, long-term care, retirement and estate planning needs. Robert assists his clients in creating a solid and sound financial foundation that they can build upon during their working years and benefit from during their retirement years. He is able to provide the most current information and products available based on individual needs. He prides himself in offering an easy explanation and understanding of financial products and concepts.

Robert services and advises over 800 clients throughout the country. He has been selected to represent the members of the Maryland State Troopers Association, as well as employees of various physician and dental offices, nursing homes, universities, accounting firms and businesses. Specializing in working with organizations, business owners, professionals and their employees, Robert is able to assist them with saving additional money to supplement their retirement as well as saving money on their income taxes. He helps guide his clients through all their employee benefit and insurance planning.

Filed Under: 2020 Directors Council Members

Tim Gelinas

Senior Financial Planning, LLC

With more than 20 years of experience, Tim specializes in helping retirees preserve and protect their assets. His personalized service has won him numerous awards and national recognition. Tim led The Leaders Group in production 3 years in a row (2012-2014) and is currently amongst the top-ranking reps for The Leaders Group for 2019. He has received the 2008 & 2009 Five Star Best in Client Satisfaction Award for Wealth Managers and the 2011 through 2019 Five Star Wealth Manager Award as seen in Atlanta Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. He was also awarded the Top 40 Advisors Under 40 by NAIFA’s Atlanta chapter in 2011 and 2012. He was named to the Advisors Council by Fidelity Investments in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and has been a member of TLG President’s Club since its inception. He is also an inaugural member of the Advisor Council for Starlight Portfolios.

Filed Under: 2020 Directors Council Members

Robin Robertson, CLU


Principal | Pacific Peak Advisors

Robin Robertson, principal of Pacific Peak Advisors, has been in the financial services industry for over 30 years. She specializes in designing plans tailored to the goals, dreams and needs of each individual, business and family with whom she works.

At Pacific Peak Advisors, we meet with each client to determine their objectives and concerns regarding all of their financial issues. We then design and implement creative solutions to business, personal and investment concerns which are customized to each client. We take the time to explore all the options available in this market, completing a “real time” financial plan and analysis to address the feasibility of each idea.

Robin is approved with the State of California to provide Continuing Education on Estate Planning, Business Continuation, Executive Compensation, Pension Planning and Retirement Planning.

Robin is a Past President of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors; Orange County and a sought-after speaker at industry events.

Her passions are golf, skiing, hiking, reading, travel and her family.

Filed Under: 2020 Directors Council Members

Sal Palazzolo


Resource Insurance and Financial Group, LLC

Salvatore Palazzolo started his career in 1996. He is a Certified Treasury Planner, winner of the Five Star Wealth Manager award since 2013. He is the founder of Resource Insurance and Financial Group LLC, a multi-million-dollar agency with 12 brokers and 6 customer service representatives. Resource Insurance and Financial Group has multiple brokers with multiple lines of business ranging from group benefits, commercial, home and auto. His primary focus is financial planning, which allows the other members of the firm to pursue in-house cross-sell opportunities with one another’s clients.

Sal graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 1996. He has been married for 21 years and is father to two teenaged boys and coaches their football team. When he is not busy, he volunteers in a food pantry with his family; he also works and donates his time with fundraising activities for a battered women and children’s center in Arlington Heights.

Filed Under: 2020 Directors Council Members

Jim Raabe CRPS®, AIF®


Raabe & Associates LLC

After a 13-year career as a banker, Jim entered the financial planning business in 1990 and is founder of Raabe & Associates LLC. He now applies his financial skills and experience gained from working as a banker to assisting clients with the creation of company retirement plans, pension plans, business insurance, and addressing the owner’s financial concerns. Jim Raabe lives in Kirkland, WA with his wife and two children. When he isn’t working, you can find him traveling, gardening, or reading.

Filed Under: 2020 Directors Council Members

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