Who We Are

Our family of 13 advisors and their client care teams provide the best of two worlds – the personal attention and care of an autonomous, designated partner and team, and the collective wisdom and negotiating power of an established market leader.

What unites us as a group is a shared belief in care and respect for each other, our clients, and ultimately the greater community as a whole. What draws each of us into work every day is the passion for what we do, and the ambition to deliver the best, most appropriate plans possible for our clients and the employees under their care.

Jim Sced – Chairman

TRG’s Chair and co-founder has been designing and maintaining employee benefit and pension plans since 1968. Throughout his career Jim has accomplished some truly amazing things. What is truly remarkable about Jim is that his desire to partner with amazing people has resulted in the creation of client relationships that have lasted decades; and a business team that will last for many decades more. Read More



Greg Pallone – Managing Director 

Greg Pallone is Managing Director of TRG Group Benefits and interestingly, the role he serves in the organization is somewhat similar to the role his clients look to him for: leadership. Read More


Larry Antonation – Associate

Not everyone has one of the top, industry-recognized and respected retirement and pension experts on their team – but TRG does. His name is Larry Antonation.
For the last 35 years, Larry has been immersed in pensions. His knowledge and experience in retirement services is so extensive that it might be annoying if he weren’t so kind, thoughtful and understanding.
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Robert Bogress – Principal

Rob began his employee benefits career in 1995 working with a leading Canadian insurance company. He has worked on behalf of numerous corporations both large and small in the underwriting, design, implementation and funding arrangements of their benefits and retirement plans. Read More


Patrick Burkart – Principal

Patrick knows what it’s all about. It’s not all about the money, it’s not all about the plan, it’s not all about the employer and its not all about the employee. It’s about the relationship. Read More

Tina Coon – Associate

One of the truly unique traits that Tina brings to her clients is perspective.
She’ll tell you quite plainly that the benefits consulting business isn’t just about reviewing documents and figuring out costs, it’s about being thoughtful enough to really know what an organization wants and cares about, and then planning from there.
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Brent Delveaux – Associate

Most leaders in leading businesses are competitive – that’s no surprise. But Brent Delveaux is a competitor who puts respect and reputation before competitiveness. Read More


Joe Demelo – Associate

For 20 years, the thing that has interested Joe the most is “people”, and it only takes a few minutes with him to know how true this is. Perhaps that’s why mid-sized businesses, who really need someone to understand them and augment their in-house benefits expertise, turn to Joe for advice. Read More


Craig Hewson – Principal

Craig has always known that the “silver bullet” people keep searching for in business, largely, emerges out of hard work. But it’s not just the “hard work” itself that makes the difference – it takes a lot more than that. Read More


Shane Hohlweg - Principal

A lot of people like to talk about “potential”, unfortunately, often times that’s all people do – talk about it. But for Shane Hohlweg, achieving “potential” isn’t a conversation, it’s something you do. It’s something he does every day. Read More


Carlo Nichini – Principal

It would be difficult to find someone else in the Benefits Consulting world that has the expert knowledge that Carlo has – although he’s generally too modest to admit it. Read More


Derek Steger – Principal

Derek has a consistency that puts people at ease. He has worked in the insurance industry his entire career and if you ask him, he’ll tell you that it’s because it fits him. And the reason that it fits him is because it is fundamentally about solving problems – something that he is very good at. Read More


Rob Taylor – Principal

If you’re like many other business leaders, you know that long after the rhetoric of “employees are our most important assets” fades, an important choice has to be made: Do you actually mean it? Are your employees actually your most important asset? Fundamentally, in all organizations people are far more than assets. Read More


Neil Wallace - Principal

Neil is nothing short of infectious, and when we say his clients love him, we really mean it.

With a special expertise working with high-tech companies, Neil is a frequent consultant of choice for up-and-coming firms with a younger team and big goals. He knows that securing the health and loyalty of key employees is critical when a firm is growing, and he knows how to cost effectively design benefits plans to make that happen.
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Bill Watt – Principal

Bill Watt doesn’t quite do things the way other people do them. That doesn’t mean that he’s a “wild card” or that he’s unpredictable. As a matter of fact, it’s quite the opposite. Bill has simply been through too many things in his life to play games or operate at the surface. Read More