Magner.NETWORK
MAGNER.NETWORK combines innovative product offerings with expert systems and state-of-the-art plan administration.
MAGNER.NETWORK, LLC was formed by a group of benefit, tax, investment and insurance industry experts, with extensive backgrounds in complex financial program design, distribution, product development, corporate finance and program administration. The management team of MAGNER.NETWORK, LLC and its subsidiaries has over 350 years of combined experience in insurance, investment, tax and benefits disciplines. Listed below are MAGNER.NETWORK’S key personnel with a brief biography for each.

Richard E. Magner - CEO, MAGNER.NETWORK, LLC

Mr. Magner is a founding Principal of MAGNER.NETWORK. He has over twenty-five years experience in the financial services industry, primarily focused on the design, development and placement of corporate funding and financing vehicles and financial tools for the ultra high net worth market. He was with CIGNA for thirteen years. During that time Mr. Magner created and operated the corporate insurance group. He grew this organization into one of the insurance industry’s premier providers of corporate insurance funding alternatives. Mr. Magner was also responsible for CIGNA’s national brokerage operation and served as president of CIGNA Associates, Inc.

Subsequently, Mr. Magner became a Principal in Management Compensation Group, SE a large Specialty Brokerage operation. In that capacity he was responsible for the design and placement of Executive Benefit programs with some of the country’s largest companies.  In addition, he oversaw the operation and management of One Securities Corp., a niche Broker/Dealer in the corporate funding market.

Mr. Magner is currently CEO of MAGNER.NETWORK, LLC, a financial sales enabling company. MAGNER.NETWORK develops customized financial market support for financial institutions and their advisors. The primary mission of MAGNER.NETWORK is to allow asset managers and distribution organizations to leverage their existing relationships with additional high value products and services and significantly increase their ability to gather assets.


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Henry F. McCamish, Jr. - Director, MAGNER.NETWORK, LLC

Mr. McCamish is founder and Chairman of The McCamish Group (TMG), LP and its affiliated company, McCamish Systems, LLC. Under his direction, the McCamish companies issued over $1.8 billion of annual premium corporate life insurance totaling more than $44 billion of face amount in less than 5 years and provided both policy and plan administration services for this insurance.

Prior to forming The McCamish Companies, Mr. McCamish served as Chairman of Management Compensation Group, Inc./Southeast, a national consulting firm that specializes in executive compensation, benefit planning and financing. Having been in the life insurance business for over 45 years, Mr. McCamish is a former President of the Million Dollar Round Table and Chairman of the CLU Institute Board. Mr. McCamish graduated in 1950 from the Georgia Institute of Technology with Highest Honor. He was listed in 1965 edition of "Outstanding Young Men in America " and subsequently in "Who's Who in America."

In November 1991, he was named a PAUL HARRIS FELLOW by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Mr. McCamish is currently Chairman of the Board of Leading The Way International, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, and of JGB International, Inc., a securities broker/dealer. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Friends of Bermuda Aquarium, Ltd.; USBA Holdings, Ltd.; Advanced Telecommunications Corporation; KT Holding, LLC; The Foundation of Holy Apostles; Noah’s Ark Children’s Care Home; Noah’s Ark Rehabilitation Center and Stephen’s Children Foundation, Inc. In May 1998, Hillsdale College awarded Mr. McCamish an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Christian Leadership.


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John Phelan, Actuary, MAGNER.NETWORK, LLC

Mr. Phelan worked in an actuarial capacity for almost 30 years with William M. Mercer and Aon Corporation, specializing in executive benefits, life insurance, annuities and disability benefits. He also has a background in several other areas of actuarial expertise, such as qualified pensions, post-retirement medical and international benefits.

Mr. Phelan was instrumental in the formation of the executive benefit practices at both Mercer and Aon and worked on the consulting and brokerage sides of the executive benefit market at different times.

Mr. Phelan is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and holds a MAS in Actuarial Science from Georgia State University as well as a BS in Statistics from Oklahoma State University.


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Daniel J Snyder - Manager of Plan Administration

Mr. Snyder brings over 15 years of financial services experience to Magner.Network. He currently oversees the day to day Non-Qualified Plan Administration operations for Magner.Network.

His career started with SunTrust Bank where he spent five years as Manager and Officer. Mr. Snyder entered the Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation industry when he joined Balser Companies (formerly Management Compensation Group, SE) as an Account Manager. Before taking up his current role with Magner.Network in 2004, he spent three years as a Relationship Manager for Invesco Inc. in the 401(K) industry.

Mr. Snyder holds a BBA degree in Marketing from Georgia State University.


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Dennis E. Heuer, CLU - Director of Client Development, MAGNER.NETWORK, LLC

Mr. Heuer has been the Director of Client Development and Training for MAGNER.NETWORK since he started with the firm in August 2000. He has over 30 years of experience in financial consulting that includes insurance, investments, employee benefits and corporate business development.

Mr. Heuer graduated from Xavier University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and minors in Marketing and Economics and is a Chartered Life Underwriter, CLU.

Formerly with Connecticut General/CIGNA for 16 years, Mr. Heuer was an Agent, field Sales Manager and support Director in its home office. His last 10 years prior to joining MAGNER.NETWORK were spent with an East Coast planning firm as its field Consultant. The firm worked primarily in the corporate market. Mr. Heuer worked on design, development and implementation of employee incentives, Executive Benefits, Wealth Planning and Mergers and Acquisitions execution.


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Charles E. Buchholz - Senior Vice President Affluent Markets, MAGNER.NETWORK

In this capacity, Mr. Buchholz oversees MAGNER.NETWORK’S Charitable Giving and Affluent Market operations, which include Donor Advised Funds and Charitable Gift Annuities, as well as Private Placement markets. MAGNER.NETWORK’S Affluent Markets Group provides advisors to the affluent client market with web-based services to allow them to more effectively gather assets.

Prior to joining MAGNER.NETWORK, Mr. Buchholz was Senior Vice President/Group Executive, of Charitable Funds with Wachovia Bank. Wachovia’s Charitable Funds group provides consulting, portfolio investment management, administrative, and tax reporting services to not-for-profit institutions and affluent individuals with charitable trusts. In this capacity he managed client servicing, sales and product development with a staff of 64 professionals.

Mr. Buchholz also served in a variety of other capacities with Wachovia over the past twenty years including Vice President Sales & Marketing Manager and Vice President/Master Custody Product.

Mr. Buchholz received his undergraduate education receiving a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He conducted his Post-graduate study in Economics and Accounting at North Carolina State University.


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Guerry P. Magidson - Case Support; MAGNER Retirement Services, LLC

Mr. Magidson provides case level sales support for MAGNER.NETWORK’S Retirement Services market initiatives.   Prior to joining MAGNER.NETWORK, Mr. Magidson was Chairman, President and co-founder of The Benefit Marketing Group, Inc. (BENMARK). BENMARK is an industry leader in the area of Bank Owned Life Insurance and Executive Benefit Programs for financial institutions. In this capacity, he was responsible for the executive benefits and non-qualified program markets. He also was responsible for supporting product development and insurance policy design issues. During his tenure at Benmark, Mr. Magidson guided the company in the placement of over $1 billion in non-qualified benefit assets.

Before joining BENMARK, Mr. Magidson was the Vice President of Pension Service Company and MCM Financial Corporation. During this time, Mr. Magidson helped the company expand its pension administration support to over 12,000 plan participants. He has over 25 years of experience in insurance and benefit program design and consulting.

Mr. Magidson is a life and qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table, a member of the Top of the Table, Association of Life Underwriters, National Association of Life Underwriters and the Atlanta Association of Life Underwriters. He is also a former member of Jefferson Pilot’s LifeComp Advisory Board and a former member of Security Life of Denver’s Life Advisory Board.

Mr. Magidson received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Business Finance


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Stephen R. Roy - Case Support; MAGNER Retirement Services, LLC

Mr. Roy is a Founding Principal of MAGNER.NETWORK. He has over twenty years experience in the financial services industry, primarily focused on the design, development and placement of corporate funding and finance vehicles and financial tools for the ultra high net worth market. He was with CIGNA for nine years. During that time Mr. Roy was responsible for developing the industry’s first private placement insurance investment vehicle. This product has evolved into an industry wide tax advantaged funding vehicle for large corporations, benefit trusts and high net worth individuals.

Subsequently, Mr. Roy became a Managing Director with Management Compensation Group, SE a large Specialty Brokerage operation. In that capacity he was responsible for the placement of benefit funding and financing arrangements with numerous Fortune 1000 companies.

Mr. Roy currently provides case level sales support for MAGNER.NETWORK, LLC, a financial sales enabling company. MAGNER.NETWORK develops customized financial market support for financial institutions and their advisor.  The primary mission of MAGNER.NETWORK is to allow asset managers and distribution organizations to leverage their existing relationships and significantly increase their ability to gather assets.

Mr. Roy graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law and is currently a member of the State Bar of Georgia


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