Zach Karas

Principal

Zach Karas leads RPA’s Plan Support Team, overseeing the health of client retirement programs. Through regular communications and plan reviews, Zach and his team provide custom plan design guidance, with the ultimate goal of improving participant retirement outcomes. He is also a member of the firm’s Leadership Team.

Zach began his career with a leading public sector retirement plan provider in 1984 and spent over 24 years with the firm. He began as an Account Representative, conducting field enrollments and administering 457(b), 401(a), 401(k), and 403(b) plans throughout New England and New York. He held several positions within the firm’s retirement division, ultimately as Vice President and National Director of Government Retirement Plan Distribution. In this role, he developed strategic plans for the retirement plan business line. Zach also managed an internal distribution team as well as the broker/advisor distribution of governmental defined contribution retirement plans nationwide. He went on to join RPA in 2009.

A graduate of Connecticut College in New London, CT, Zach earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics. He holds FINRA Series 6, 26 (Registered Principal), 63, and 65 (Investment Advisor Representative) registrations, and is licensed to offer life, health and accident, and variable contracts insurance.

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