Leadership
The Prime Pensions management team
Our leadership
Meet the people who stand behind the reputation of Prime Pensions.
Executive team
Building a national firm
Our executive team brings decades of experience leading acquisitions, integrating firms, and scaling operations, and guides Prime Pensions as it brings leading regional practices together.

Mark Cantin
Chief Executive Officer
30+ years of financial services leadership

Benton Berman
Head of Strategic Growth & Revenue Operations
25+ years deploying collaborative approaches

Shane Blazek
Chief Technology Officer
20+ years of technology transformation

Rucelle Dizon
Chief Corporate Development Officer
25+ years leading strategic acquisitions

Casey Garamoni
Chief Human Resources Officer
15+ years evolving human capital strategies

Eliah Kahn
Head of Integration Strategy & Transformation
35+ years of driving client experiences

Karthik Mohan
Chief Operating Officer
CPCU
23+ years of financial services operations

Alex Salcedo
Interim Chief Financial Officer
20+ years of finance and strategy leadership

Martin Smith
Chief Compliance Officer
FCA · ASA · EA · MAAA
40+ years in the retirement plan industry
Managing directors
Decades of industry expertise
Many of our managing directors founded or led the regional firms that joined Prime Pensions. They bring deep, hands-on experience in plan design, administration, and actuarial work, and continue to serve clients directly.

Heidi Bigley
Managing Partner
- ERPA
- CPC
25+ years as a retirement plan consultant

Jeffrey Daby
Managing Director
Consulting with APC since 2007

Dena Hadzinikolov
VP of Operations
- QKC
- QKA
With Valley Forge since 2003

Luci Hartman
Managing Director
With Valley Forge since 1999

Bob Presberg
Managing Partner & Actuary
- EA
- MSEA
Founded Presberg Pensions in 2003

Bill Raymond
Managing Partner
- APA
- CPA
Administering tax-qualified plans since 2003

Tim Raymond
Managing Partner
- APA
Working with tax-qualified plans since 1999

Marc M. Roberts
Director
- ERPA
- APR
With APC since 1983

Debbie Smith
Regional President
- APA
Nearly 40 years in the retirement plan industry

David Strom
Managing Director
- QKA
- QKC
- QPA
Cash balance & pension plan specialist