Julienne Buxton, AIF®, PPC™, CPFA

Julienne (Julie) is an Investment Advisor Representative with LPL Financial. She has been a 401(k) plan advisor for over 30 years and has helped small business owners maintain a compliant retirement plan to attract and retain top notch employees. She believes the key to a successful retirement plan is to build a plan with flexible design features, a solid investment line-up, and provide participants with ample tools and attention they need to be engaged in a personal retirement readiness campaign. 401(k) plan assets under advisement are approximately $123 million as of June 30, 2023 covering over 2,300 participants located in California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Arizona, Tennessee, New York, and Illinois. Julie brings an unparalleled attention to detail and enthusiasm to each of her plans.

Prior to becoming a 401(k) plan advisor she managed an insurance and financial services division for Private Capital Financial & Insurance Services, Inc. and also provided Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) communication services for its ESOP consulting division, Private Capital Corporation. She later provided ESOP communication services for another ESOP consulting firm, Corporate Transition Consulting.

Qualifications

In addition to her extensive experience in financial services, she holds Series 6, 63, 65 and 26 registrations with LPL Financial, as well as a life, health and disability insurance license (CA insurance license #0A61615). She has a BA degree in Psychology from the University of Texas, San Antonio, and an MBA in Financial Planning from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.

Julie has qualified for membership in Retirement Partners Group (RPG). The RPG network of advisors focus primarily on advising retirement plans for small to large companies and are enabled to engage with these companies through an entire spectrum of offerings, including brokerage and ERISA non-discretionary and discretionary investment services. Julie is proud to be one of the RPG advisors who are among the 401(k) plan distribution leaders in terms of number of retirement plan advisors, plans, participants and assets under advisement. LPL Financial provides RPG advisors with access to a robust set of integrated tools that allow them to efficiently prospect, engage, monitor, and service retirement plans and, where appropriate, address investment fiduciary requirements.

Julie has earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® Designation (AIF®) from the Center for Fiduciary Studies. The AIF® Designation certifies she has specialized knowledge of fiduciary standards of care and their application to the investment management process. She also earned her Professional Plan Consultant™ Designation (PPC™) from Financial Services Standards, LLC. The PPC™ Designation for retirement professionals signifies a commitment to education and service excellence in the retirement plan industry.

She has also attained the Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA) credential. The CPFA credential -- the first of its kind in the industry -- was developed by some of the nation’s leading advisors and retirement plan experts as part of the National Association of Plan Advisor’s (NAPA) Retirement Plan Academy. Plan advisors who earn their CPFA demonstrate the expertise required to act as a plan fiduciary or help plan fiduciaries manage their roles and responsibilities. 

“Attaining the CPFA demonstrates knowledge, expertise and a commitment to working with retirement plans,” notes James Apistolas, Senior Director of NAPA’s Retirement Plan Academy.

She is a dues paying member of American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA), National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA), and Financial Services Institute (FSI).

Personal

Julie is married and lives in Shingle Springs, California with her husband, Joseph Wisniewski, and their four Arabian horses. She enjoys competitive endurance riding through the American Endurance Ride Conference, as well as hiking, camping, golf, and boating.

*The Retirement Partners Group is comprised of experienced and qualified LPL Financial retirement plan advisors who are selected based on specific criteria, including plan assets advised and retirement industry experience, designations and references.

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