Our Management Team

 

Russell L. Clousing II , CLU®, ChFC®, CASL
Tel: 773-864-8710
Email:
rclousing@rfg-chicago.nef.com

  
Russ Clousing’s extensive experience in the complex and changing financial services industry makes him a valuable resource for any business or individual seeking financial strategies. A representative of New England Financial since 1986, Russ specializes in Variable and Fixed Annuities. He helps clients design life and disability income insurance programs to meet their specific needs, and he uses his understanding of annuities to help his associates design financial strategies with their clients when annuity products are appropriate. The results of these programs include corporate sponsored benefit programs, managed accounts, and estate planning. Whether designing a corporate pension or a 401(k) plan, or assisting in the transfer of a business interest from one generation to the next, Russ enjoys working with business owners and executives to help them reach their financial objectives. Russ graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, majoring in Economics. He earned his Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) designations from the American College. He is a member of the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting, the Chicago Estate Planning Council, the Million Dollar Round Table and served on the board of directors of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. Russ resides in Downers Grove with his wife Lynda and their four children. His favorite ways to relax include golf and swimming. He also dedicates time to the University Club of Chicago and the Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church.  Russ has served his community as past Treasurer of Hillside Berkeley United Way, Elmhurst CRC and Treasurer Roseland Christian Schools Foundation.

*Russell Clousing is a Registered Representative of New England Securities, 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 600 South, Chicago, IL, 60631, 773-380-9700. Securities products and services offered through New England Securities Corp., Boston, MA.

 

William Ieuter Sr. , CPCU, CLU®, ChFC®, AAI
Registered Representative
New England Securities

Tel: 773-864-8780                                                                    Email: wieuter@rfg-chicago.nef.com

 

Bill Ieuter is President of Secure Futures Insurance Agency, a member of Rabjohns Financial Group.  He has served as Chief Operating Officer of SFIA since its inception in 1966.  His financial services career began as an agent of State Mutual Life Insurance Company selling life, health and disability income insurance. With over 47 years experience, Bill is widely recognized for his expertise in all areas of general insurance, with particular emphasis in the areas of commercial risks, professional liability and medical malpractice. Bill spent two years in the United States Marine Corps and then went on to receive a BS from the University of Illinois. A leader in the industry, his accomplishments include serving as President of the Chicago Chapter of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters (CPCU), National Committee Chair for the Society of CPCU, and National Director for the Society of CPCU. His professional designations include Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC). Bill also belongs to many professional organizations including the Society of CPCU, Society of Financial Service Professionals, National Association of Life Underwriters, Professional Insurance Agents of Illinois, Illinois Surplus Lines Association and the Professional Liability Underwriters Society. Bill has also been an instructor at the Insurance School of Chicago and currently serves on the Insurance School Board. He is an author of articles on agency administration for various insurance publications and is a recognized speaker at the National Convention of CPCU on E & O coverage for agents and agency technology. Bill helps business owners and individual clients manage risk and achieve their financial goals and objectives.

*William Ieuter Sr. is a Registered Representative of New England Securities, 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 600 South, Chicago, IL, 60631, 773-380-9700. Securities products and services offered through New England Securities Corp., Boston, MA.

 

Gil Fash , CLU®, ChFC®, MSFS®

Estate Planning Specialist
Tel: 773-864-8730
Email: 
gfash@rfg-chicago.nef.com
 

With over 25 years experience in the financial services industry, Gil Fash has established a solid practice based on exceptional knowledge and a persistent dedication to his clients. Furthermore, as the Estate Planning Specialist for the firm, Gil is a highly valued asset to Rabjohns Financial Group. His experience lies in Business Continuation Strategies for closely held corporations, Estate Planning, and Personal Financial Strategies. Beginning his career at age 22, Gil has consistently attained membership in the highly respected Million Dollar Round Table and has attained “Court of the Table” status. Additional awards and honors include being an annual qualifying member of the New England Financial Leaders Association, New England’s Hall of Fame and the “Masters” Association for Elite Representatives. Gil also serves in various industry associations. He has been president of the DuPage Estate Planning Council and also served as a board member of the DuPage Life Underwriters Association for over 10 years. A lifelong resident of Lockport, Illinois, Gil and his wife Bobbe have three children, Christopher, Kelly and Timothy. He strongly believes in family values and likes to spend as much time as possible with them. His dedication to family and community is further demonstrated by his involvement with the Lockport High School Board of Education and his work with local youth athletic teams. He also serves on the finance committee of his church. When Gil wants to relax, he enjoys golf, fishing and outdoor activities. Gil is proud to represent Rabjohns Financial Group. He makes it a point to practice his mission statement daily. That mission statement is to “help his clients achieve their financial objectives with timely service and a ‘can-do’ attitude.”

*Gil Fash is a Registered Representative of New England Securities, 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 600 South, Chicago, IL, 60631, 773-380-9700. Securities products and services offered through New England Securities Corp., Boston, MA.

 

Stephenson Juley, ChFC®
Advanced Sales Specialist
Tel: 773-864-8757
Email: 
sjuley@rfg-chicago.nef.com
 

Steve Juley joined Rabjohns Financial Group/New England Financial in 1996, and is a Senior Financial Planner with New England Securities, its Broker/Dealer. Well into his second decade in the financial services industry, Steve has developed recognized knowledge in the advanced business and personal planning arena.  He is experienced in the use of such advanced tools as Non-Qualified Retirement Programs for Key Executives, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Grantor Retained Income Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, and Multi-Life Corporate Owned Life Insurance.  Steve has worked in case design and implementation for one of Chicago’s largest producer groups, taught several advanced sales classes for New England Financial in Boston, and is a regular presenter for the Rabjohns Financial Group’s Continuing Professional Education Seminars for Certified Public Accountants.  A graduate of the University of Wisconsin in economics, Steve’s research work was published in the Wall Street Journal. Today, he is a member of one of the most distinguished industry groups, Association for Advanced Life Underwriting.  Steve sees himself as a facilitator, helping others reach their most important financial goals.  He listens well, makes complex technical concepts easy to understand, and builds trust with both his clients and the clients of the representatives with whom he works jointly.  He also works closely with the legal and tax advisors of their clients.  A real doer, Steve gets things done, and does so in a consultative, soft-spoken manner.  A resident of LaGrange, Steve is married to Maria, and they have two daughters - Erin and Hannah.  An avid sportsman, Steve loves to fish and hunt, but his greatest interest is spending time with his family.

*Steve Juley is a Registered Representative of New England Securities, 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 600 South, Chicago, IL, 60631, 773-380-9700. Securities products and services offered through New England Securities Corp., Boston, MA.

 

William Kendrick , CLU®, ChFC®, MSFS® 
Retirement Plans Specialist
Tel: 773-864-8747

Email: wkendrick
@rfg-chicago.nef.com

Bill serves Rabjohns Financial Group as our Retirement Plans Specialist. Bill has over 25 years experience in the retirement planning profession. He has experience in all aspects of design, implementation and communication in this complex area. Bill’s focus is to assist our associates and their clients in the implementation and service of retirement plans. One of his primary duties is to keep both clients and their representatives abreast of all new legislation and regulation in this always changing arena. In addition, he constantly monitors changes in the features and pricing offered by the various vendors of qualified plan services. Bill also brings this same dedication and professionalism to his own clients. As a specialist in his field, he understands the benefit  that specialists can provide in all the disciplines offered by Rabjohns. Bill’s clients can count on his experience available in financial strategies, estate conservation, executive benefits and all elements of business insurance. Bill has served as President of the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. He has conducted Continuing Education courses for the Society on various aspects of new legislation. Bill has also been a lecturer for various business courses at the University of Illinois, Chicago, Graduate School of Business. He was the primary contributor to the nationally syndicated column “Practical Pensions” for Broker Publishing and his writings now appear in the successor publication, Agent Sales. A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan, Bill also received his Masters in Financial Services (MSFS®), his Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®), and Registered Employee Benefit Specialist designations from the American College. He and his wife reside in Barrington. 

*William Kendrick is a Registered Representative of New England Securities, 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 600 South, Chicago, IL, 60631, 773-380-9700. Securities products and services offered through New England Securities Corp., Boston, MA.

 


Joel Rovner , CLU®, ChFC®, CLTC® 
Disability Income & Long Term Care Specialist
Tel: 773-864-8790
Email: 
jrovner@rfg-chicago.nef.com
 

As a third generation life insurance representative, Joel has been servicing his clients’ insurance and financial needs since 1971. A Life Member of The Million Dollar Round Table and a Life Member of New England Financial’s Leaders Association, Joel also holds membership in the Society of Financial Service Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and the Chicago Estate Planning Council. A representative of Rabjohns Financial Group/New England Financial since 1980, Joel’s practice focuses primarily on Employee Benefits with a specialization in Salary Continuation and Executive Compensation Plans. He also works in the areas of estate conservation and retirement income strategies. His clients include professionals, executives, small and mid-size business owners, and publicly traded companies. Joel is committed to enriching his clients’ lives by listening to their needs and desires and designing a specific program individually tailored for his clients. Joel is a valuable resource to his clients and their other advisers. Joel lives in Deerfield with his three daughters, Jackie, Ashley and Danielle.  Joel offers his clients experience, devoted service and first class financial products. He dedicates himself to assisting others in all facets of life.

*Joel Rovner is a Registered Representative of New England Securities, 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 600 South, Chicago, IL, 60631, 773-380-9700. Securities products and services offered through New England Securities Corp., Boston, MA.

 

 

 Ted Tasky , CLU®, ChFC®
Managing Associate
Tel: 773-864-8770
Email: 
ttasky@rfg-chicago.nef.com

Ted Tasky provides his clients and the associates of Rabjohns Financial Group (RFG) /New England Financial with over two decades of valuable and diverse experience in the financial services field. As Senior Managing Associate, he guides representatives with professional sales management and directs their career development, providing both coaching and training in all areas of financial services and financial strategies. Ted’s management success lies in his ability to create an environment rich in challenge, support, encouragement and recognition of success. It is his belief that highly educated, professional representatives will provide our clients with the highest quality strategies, service and products. Ted is experienced in advanced concepts such as business, estate and retirement funding, and has led and managed agencies and brokers during his tenure with New England Financial (NEF), which began in 1979. A graduate of Northern Illinois University, Ted also received a master’s degree from National Louis University and has earned designations as a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) and a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®). Ted’s efforts on behalf of his clients and associates have made him the recipient of many awards and much recognition throughout his career. He has been a member of NEF’s Leader’s Club in recognition of his client building/client service success; he has won the NEF Agency Builder’s Award on numerous occasions for his ability to assist new representatives in establishing themselves as professionals in financial services; he has earned the NEF’s Master Agency Builders Award for his contributions to the long-term career development of NEF representatives; and he has twice been named Managing Associate of the Year with NEF. Additionally, Ted has won the National Management Award from the General Agents and Managers Association (GAMA). Residents of Buffalo Grove, Ted and his wife, Carol, have two children, Jenna and Meredith. Active in his community, Ted has enjoyed being involved with Youth Baseball and has worked on a variety of projects as a board member of Congregation B’nai Tikvah and as president of its Men's Club.

*Ted Tasky is a Registered Representative of New England Securities, 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 600 South, Chicago, IL, 60631, 773-380-9700. Securities products and services offered through New England Securities Corp., Boston, MA. 

 

Edward Vrablik II, LUTCF® 
Managing Associate
Tel: 773-864-8704
Email: 
evrablik@rfg-chicago.nef.com

 

With over twenty-five years in financial services, Ed has consistently excelled in helping business owners, families and individuals reach their financial goals.  As a Managing Associate with Rabjohns Financial Group/New England Financial, an organization built on a strong foundation of exceptional service, he also works with other Representatives to help them develop and build their financial services careers. Ed is a multiple qualifier of the Million Dollar Round Table, the premier association of the world’s top sales professionals in life insurance-based financial services.   He has qualified for Leaders, Builders and Top Recruiters conferences and served four years as the Managing Partner of a New England Financial office on the North Shore. Ed has a degree in Economics from Lake Forest College and earned his Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow (LUTCF®) designation from the American College in Bryn Mawr, PA. He has been involved in numerous industry organizations, serving as President of both the Chicago and the Illinois Associations of Insurance and Financial Advisors.  He is a member of the Association of Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU), the Society of Financial Service Professionals, GAMA International and the Financial Planning Association. Ed, his wife Mary, and their daughter Olivia make their home in Lake Forest.

 *Edward Vrablik is a Registered Representative of New England Securities, 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 600 South, Chicago, IL, 60631, 773-380-9700. Securities products and services offered through New England Securities Corp., Boston, MA.


 

 



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