PEAK’s Partnership Team
Meet our qualified team of industry leaders that are the partners of PEAK. Our partners exemplify everything that the firm as a whole represents – they listen, they care, and are here to transform the industry as we all know it. The partners of PEAK have a true understanding of what is necessary to grow and thrive in a challenging environment because they live it every day. With PEAK, you truly have the best of both worlds – big firm capabilities with the expertise and flexibility from partners and peers that know your name and your business.
Our Partners
REGINA RUDNICK
Regina is President & Chief Executive Officer of PEAK Reps, LLC, and a partner in the ownership group. She leads the strategic vision for the firm, which encompasses its independent broker-dealer, registered investment adviser and insurance support organization. For the greater part of her 30 years in our industry, Regina has consistently advocated on behalf of advisors and the clients they serve, demonstrating her commitment to high level, personal service, and she inspires her team to do the same.
With her deep history in the financial services industry and a tremendous amount of respect for what it takes to deliver the right advisor experience, Regina is passionate about building true partnerships with advisors and helping them grow their businesses. An essential part of her role is setting the tone for the organization, and she believes that remaining actively engaged with advisors, focus groups and industry partners, with open-minded dialogue and mutual respect, allows a means to gauge perceptions, as well as identify opportunities and areas of improvement, and to resolve issues quickly. She genuinely enjoys motivating, investing in and empowering others, in part by helping them see how meaningful their contributions are to the greater good.
MIKE LOMAS
Mike is best known as a co-host of “The Financial Guys” business talk radio show and television show in Western New York. He is Co-owner & Co-founder of “The Financial Guys, LLC” as well as the Division Manager with Peak Brokerage Services, LLC in Williamsville, New York, with branch offices in Rochester NY, Buffalo NY, Nunda NY, and Jupiter FL.
He is also the Co-President of The Financial Guys LLC, President of Independent Solutions Wealth Management LLC, an Investment Advisory firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Co-owner and Board Member of the RIA that advises the Neiman Funds, LLC, Board Member of Financial Guys Insurance Agency and Board Member of Peak Brokerage Services, a national Investment Firm/ Broker Dealer. In addition he is the Co-host and Co-founder of the number one ranked business talk show in Western New York, “The Financial Guys”, on News Radio 930 WBEN. The show mixes politics with money and the show is a pillar in the local talk show community. In addition to co-hosting the radio show, Mike has lead the Money Talks TV show on NBC. The show has been shifted to a weekly program on ABC. Mike also does various news interviews regarding the financial and political markets for local TV affiliates CBS and Spectrum Cable.
MARK CLAIR
Mark D. Clair is a licensed attorney in the states of Ohio and Michigan and a licensed Investment Advisor Representative (Series 6, 63 and 65) and practices in the areas of, Estate Planning, Retirement Distribution Planning, Long Term Care Planning, Living Trusts and Retirement Plan/IRA Protection Trusts. Mr. Clair, is Co-Founder of Bull Moose Investment & Retirement Planning Co., and Co-Founder of The Retirement Guys, LLC. He has lectured widely throughout his home state of Ohio, as well as many other states on the topics of Estate Planning, IRA/Retirement Distribution Planning, Living Trusts, Asset Preservation, Long Term Care Planning strategies and Retirement Planning.
Mr. Clair graduated from Evangel University in 1983 and after 5 years in financial services enrolled at The University of Toledo College of Law in 1993 and received his law degree in 1996. As a licensed attorney he is able to offer services in the area of Estate Planning by being able to draft Living Trusts, IRA/Retirement Plan Trusts, Wills and other supporting documents. He is a member of the Toledo Bar Association, The Ohio Bar Association, and The Michigan Bar Association.
DAN NEIMAN
Dan Neiman is a Partner, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Portfolio Manager at Independent Solutions Wealth Management, LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor, He is also
a Partner, Chief Financial Officer, and Portfolio Manager at Neiman Funds Management, LLC. Additionally, Dan Neiman is a Partner and Manager of Peak Reps LLC. Dan is also the President of Blackridge Asset Management, LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Since 2010, Dan Neiman has been an integral part in the growth of Independent Solutions. As a registered investment advisor representative, he has managed equity, mutual fund, and ETF portfolios for individual clients since 2000.
Dan Neiman has been a regular guest on Fox Business, CNBC, and Bloomberg radio. There have also been articles written about his dividend and covered call writing investment style in The Wall
Street Journal, Barons, Reuters, and other print media publications.
BRIAN BREISINGER
Brian began his career with American Express Financial Advisors in 1998 as a registered representative working with individuals with retirement and estate planning needs. In 2002, he continued the career path into management with American International Group developing new representatives until 2006. Over his eight-year stint with those organizations, Brian compiled a list of accomplishments ranging from producer of the year to the elite management award recognizing the nation’s top associate managers. In 2007, Brian launched Gateway Strategies, LLC. as a boutique firm specializing in the mature market place. After realizing a need in the individual marketplace for independent advice with senior health insurance, Brian launched GS National Insurance in 2010 as a distributor of insurance products for independent agents. Today, GS National’s distribution channel consists of over 6,000 brokers and offers products in 14 states. Brian is also an owner of MediConnect Insurance and a managing partner with PEAK Reps, LLC.
GLENN WIGGLE
GLENN WIGGLE is a founder and partner of The Financial Guys, LLC in Williamsville, New York. Glenn has been involved with the securities industry managing client assets since 1996. He spent time at Financial Network Investment Corporation, Paine Webber, and NEXT Financial before joining Peak Brokerage Services, LLC. In addition to managing client assets, Glenn has also served in a compliance role since 2000, both as an OSJ with NEXT Financial Group, Inc in Williamsville, NY as well as the Chief Compliance Officer for both Independent Solutions Wealth Management, LLC and Neiman Funds Management LLC.
Glenn is also the co-host of the Financial Guys Radio Program heard on am930 WBEN. The radio show, on-air since 1999, is the longest-running and number one rated local financial and business talk show in Western New York. In addition to co-hosting the radio show, Mr. Wiggle does various news interviews regarding the financial markets for WBEN as well as all three local TV affiliates for ABC, NBC, and CBS. Mr. Wiggle has also been quoted for several articles in both local Buffalo News as well as national publications like Financial Advisor Magazine.
Due in large part to the success of their radio show, The Financial Guys, LLC was formed to provide a broad range of financial services using a team approach. Over the past 17 years, they have developed a network of Investment Professionals to better serve the financial needs of their clients.
NOLAN BAKER
Mr. Nolan Baker is a military veteran and co-founder of The Retirement Guys in Toledo, Ohio. Nolan began his career in financial services in 1994. He has defined his role as an investment professional by specializing in the area of retirement planning including the distribution of retirement savings, transitioning into retirement, asset reallocation, estate and legacy planning and multi-generational plans. In September 2015 he became an owner of Peak Reps, LLC.
Nolan is an avid believer in education and strives to inform community members on the importance of having a strategic plan for retirement and thereafter. He has been featured on various interviews and publications in the Ohio area. Nolan has been on weekly radio talk shows; Retirement Guys Radio Show, Money Talks, The Nolan Baker Show, Wealth Management Wednesday and the Morning News Show in the Ohio areas. Additionally, he was featured in the Toledo Free Press, Senior Market Advisor Magazine, Boomer Market Advisor Magazine, The Toledo Blade, and USA Financial.