2012 PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year

Stace Hilbrant, managing director of 401k Advisors LLC in Wilmette, Illinois, takes pride in his business’s face-to-face client service model. Hilbrant’s firm was one of the original founding firms of 401k Advisors USA, which was later renamed National Retirement Partners before being acquired by LPL Financial in 2010. In 2003, he incorporated in suburban Chicago as 401k Advisors LLC and sold his first 401(k) plan advisory services to D.A. Stuart Company, which makes products for the aluminum manufacturing industry. “I have that first check stapled to my wall,” he says.