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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Cash Balance Plan Design (May 28, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cash Balance Plan Design&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speakers:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ken Guidroz, FuturePlan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;John Lessley, Dimensional Fund Advisors&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Thursday, May 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; 12:00PM – 1:00PM (Note: Doors open 11:45)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Gallagher&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Bellevue, WA 98004&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Presenters: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://wpbcseattle.wildapricot.org/resources/Ken%20Guidroz.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="100" height="100" align="right" style="margin: 5px 15px 0px 10px;"&gt;Ken Guidroz, FuturePlan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Ken serves as Sales Director for FuturePlan. He speaks on retirement plan issues to CEO groups, trade organizations, CPA and financial planning societies. He designs plans for professional firms and businesses of all sizes to help them accelerate their retirement savings by adding a cash balance plan or simply maximizing their 401(k) Profit Sharing plans. Ken helped create and launch the Cash Balance Coach® program in 2009. He has taught thousands of financial advisors and retirement professionals how to grow their businesses by marketing and selling cash balance plans. He earned his MBA from Pepperdine University in 1995&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://wpbcseattle.wildapricot.org/resources/JL%20Head%20Shot.jpg.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="100" height="100" align="left" style="margin: 0px 10px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;John Lessley, Dimensional Fund Advisors&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;As a Vice President and Regional Director, John partners with financial advisors in the retirement space to provide education and training regarding capital markets research and Dimensional’s investment strategies. In addition, he provides thought leadership, investment communication strategies, portfolio construction analysis, and practice management insights to support advisors in delivering an exceptional client experience. Previously, John had similar roles at Trust Company of the West, Charles Schwab and Dean Witter. John holds a BS in finance from California State University Fullerton and is an (AIF), Accredited Investment Fiduciary&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1E252C" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Registration Fee:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;N&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;o charge - current members *&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$50 - Nonmem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;bers and guests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$150 - Join now! &amp;nbsp;Attendance for quarterly meetings included&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Includes 1 hour of CPE credit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;
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    &lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;*Membership dues for 2026 includes attendance at quarterly meetings.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you to our sponsors:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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