I highly recommend working with Phronsie and letting her manage your retirement accounts for you. It takes the worry and stress off of you and then you can focus on teaching.  I feel like I can make it to 30 years now that I have a date to work toward. It is so liberating!

• Overall Experience: 

It has been great! She is so nice and wants to help you find the answers to the questions you may have.

• Working Relationship: 5+ years

• Key benefits: 

I asked her several questions about my retirement. She came up with the answers to them. She also was able to tell me what age I would be when I could retire with full benefits. It was so exciting to find out this information. Orbit is not the easiest website to understand.

I met Ms. Phronsie Stopple through a presentation that she did for my school. She has a great personality and is a very knowledgeable representative. What I like the most about Ms. Stopple is that she takes the time to sit down with you as an individual and goes over your retirement options as well as answer any questions that you may have about your retirement. You will not find anyone who will work harder for you or your retirement! 

• Overall Experience: Excellent

• Working Relationship: 2 years

I met Ms. Stopple through a presentation that she did for the school in which I work. I was blown away by her expertise and personality. Ms. Stopple is someone that can be trusted and reached virtually anytime. That means so much to me. I had been a previous client through National Life Group, and my representative literally fell off the face of the earth with communication. I would call, text, and email and receive no response. With Ms. Stopple, that is not the case. I feel comfortable in knowing that Ms. Stopple will answer any questions that she can at any time. If she doesn't know the answer right away, she will do her research and get back to you in a timely manner.

• Overall Experience: 10+

• Working Relationship: 2 years

• Key benefits: Communication, Change of Agent, Loan Process

I have worked with Phronsie in a number of capacities. These include as a presentation attendee, client, and Assistant Principal, where she presented at several of the schools where I worked.   

I have transitioned in several roles since starting with Phronsie. I actually started with her during my first year in teaching - in 2012. She met with me as a young teacher and explained everything so well. As I have transitioned into leadership roles at the school level and now Central Services, Phronsie has always made a point to meet with me regularly to make sure my retirement needs were being met. She is always available and has helped through loan needs, adjusting savings, etc. 

I would highly recommend anyone in education to meet with Phronsie. If you meet with her, you will be sold on the products she has to offer. You will not regret taking the time to meet with her and learn more about your options. 

• Overall experience: Exceptional - Exceed any expectations

• Working relationship: Over 11 years

• Key benefits: Phronsie has always been approachable, available, relatable, and realistic. She is quick to respond to an email, text, or to call you (when asked). She breaks down the options very clearly and puts the information into common language that anyone can understand. She is realistic and is not pushy on the products. She understands where you are in your career, takes the time to understand what career or personal goals you may have, and helps to make the plan work for your situation.

Phronsie was highly recommended to me through a retired co-worker who vastly benefited from Phronsie's expertise.  Although I have worked with Phronsie for a shorter period of time, I am so appreciative of her knowledge and expertise in complex financial and retirement planning.  She listened to my goals and timelines, and assisted me in navigating available choices to make optimal decisions.  Phronsie took time to explain investment planning in a manner that was easily understood.  I found her trustworthy and dependable, and am so thankful to have her support in the years ahead. 

• Overall experience: excellent

• Key benefits: Gained greater insight into planning for retirement and options available

• Working relationship: 2 months

I have worked with Ms. Stopple as a principal for a six-year span.

She does a great job ensuring staff members understand their employer-sponsored retirement plans and levels of financial literacy so they are equipped to make sound decisions about their retirement in this complex environment. She possesses a soft skill (Dependability) that is significant. She does what she says she will when she says she will. She has built trust not only with my staff at the middle and high school levels but with my peers and their staff members throughout Johnston County Public Schools.