Pete Swisher

PETE SWISHER, CFP®, CPC
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER practitioner
CERTIFIED PENSION CONSULTANT

Senior Institutional Consultant

pete.swisher@unifiedtrust.com         
toll free 877.411.8781 ext. 228          
cell 859.608.9920





Pete Swisher is a pension consultant and wholesaler serving as Senior Institutional Consultant for Unified Trust Company, NA, in Lexington, Kentucky, where he helps elite 401(k) advisors improve plans and deliver successful outcomes.

In 1988 he graduated with a degree in Linguistics from the University of Virginia, where he was selected for the prestigious Echols Scholar Program.  He accepted a commission in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the first Gulf War as Executive Officer of an infantry company.  He left the Marines as a Captain in 1993.  

Pete is the author of 401(k) Fiduciary Governance: An Advisor's Guide, a textbook (second edition available first quarter of 2009 through ASPPA.org) for 401(k) advisors and consultants. He is a frequent speaker on the subject of qualified plans and fiduciary risk management for groups that include the Institute for International Research, American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA), the Financial Planning Association (FPA), National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA), The American Bankers Association (ABA), The International Forum, the ERISA Fiduciary Guild, and various employee benefit organizations.  As the principal author of the "ERISA Boot Camp" workshop series he delivers workshops across the country annually.  As the author of more than 20 articles and white papers his work has appeared in Financial Planning Magazine, the Journal of Financial Planning, The ASPPA Journal, Employee Benefits News, ABA Trust & Investments,  and other venues. A paper written with co-author Gregory W. Kasten, "Post Modern Portfolio Theory," won first prize in the 2005 Annual Call for Papers of the Journal of Financial Planning.

Pete is Past President of the Lexington Employee Benefits Council and is an active member of the Financial Planning Association and ASPPA. He lives with his wife, Shannon, and his three children, Jettie, David, and Andrew, in the horse country of Central Kentucky.