Experience

Since 1996, Rita has been helping to empower retirement plan sponsors with insight and best practices to meet their fiduciary responsibilities while supporting employees’ retirement planning goals. As a Senior Retirement Plan Consultant, Rita considers herself an educator as well as an advocate. By integrating plan feature consulting with employee education, she has helped sponsors build effective communication programs that have driven overall plan participation. Rita also advises her clients on competitive cost structures, investment committee priorities and decision-making, and organizing key fiduciary documents.

Outside of UBS, Rita is an active spokesperson in her professional community. She is often a featured guest speaker on ERISA topics at industry conferences and events, including those of the Chicago Bar Association, Financial Executives International, the SPARK National Conference, the PLANSPONSOR National Conference and the CPA® Society.

California Insurance License Number: 0K23021

Since 2007, Sam has devoted his career to work with employer sponsored retirement plans such as 401(k), 403(b), Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation, Cash Balance, Money Purchase and Pension Plans, alongside Financial Advisor, Rita Fiumara .  Sam brings a human element to helping participants become financially aware of their short and long-term investment goals.  He and his team concentrate in working with plan sponsors to design and implement targeted employee education and communication campaigns that empower plan participants of all age groups, whether they are just starting their first savings plan, or nearing retirement.

Some of Sam and the team’s holistic retirement educational topics of focus centered around financial wellness includes: social security maximization, Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and paying down student loans. 

Furthermore, Sam assists in building a comprehensive wealth management plan to ensure that client’s investments are in line with their goals and help pursue the future they envision.

Sam brings an adept knowledge of the investment management fiduciary process based on understanding qualified plan DOL and ERISA rules.  Sam also assists the team in delivering quarterly investment reporting to the Plans’ Investment Committees along with annual fee benchmark reporting and has been an advocate of applying plan design optimization solutions to assist in overcoming behavioral finance challenges to help improve retirement savings outcomes.

Sam earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Dayton in Ohio and holds the Series 7 and Series 66 securities licenses.  Additionally, he has the Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist™ (CRPS™®) designation and completed the Investment Management Consultants Association's (IMCA®) Essentials of Investment Consulting Certificate Program.  Sam, along with Financial Advisor, Rita Fiumara, has spoken at The Plan Sponsor University Conference (TPSU) and annual Retirement Plan Forum at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center as well as the Plan Sponsor National Conference. 

Claire joined the team as a Client Associate in July 2026. She grew up in San Antonio, Texas before attending the University of South Carolina for her undergraduate and graduate education.

She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with majors in International Business and Marketing. Claire also earned her Master of Business Administration with a focus in finance and data analytics.

In her free time, Claire enjoys exploring Chicago, volunteering at animal rescues, and traveling with friends and family.