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Over 25 Years of payment processing leadership and industry innovation.
Stella Poulos
Executive Vice President and Co-founder / Alpha & Omega (A&O)
About
Stella Polous is Executive Vice President and a co-founder of Alpha & Omega (A&O), a premier regional benefit consulting and investment advisory firm and a member of the PenChecks family of businesses, headquartered in La Mesa, CA. She became a shareholder and Board Member of PenChecks, Inc. in 2019, bringing more than 45 years of experience overseeing daily operations of A&O. Stella’s in-depth knowledge of retirement plan administration provides keen insight into strategic, operational and regulatory issues PenChecks will need to address to maintain the company’s role as an innovative leader in the rapidly evolving financial services industry.
A former math and science teacher at the junior high school level, Stella holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree in business. She is very active in her Greek Orthodox Church as a member of the Ladies Philopoch Association, which supports a variety of philanthropic services from feeding the homeless and raising funds for children’s cancer to supporting a Hellenic college, and more.
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Spiro Preovolos / President and CEO
Mike McWherter, JD / Chief Compliance Officer
Darryl Kuhn / Chief Technology Officer
Kevin D. Smallen / Chief Information Security Officer
Alexandra Gerritsen / Chief Operating Officer
Scott Okrasinski / Chief Revenue Officer
Steve Wagoner / Vice President of Institutional Sales
Laurie Kemp / South Central Regional Director
Tim Loehr / East Regional Director
Cristina Stanton / Relationship Management Director
Kevin Spaeth / West Regional Director
Ron Kaplan / Senior Director, Project Management
Brian Furgala / Senior Director, Retirement Services Strategy
Wes Schevers / Vice President, Advisor Solutions
John Maury / Southeast Regional Director
Chad Brown / Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
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