Lisa Buffington

Lisa works with retirement Plan Sponsors to maximize retirement plan efficiencies and outcomes so that their employees can achieve their goals for retirement. In her role as Senior Vice President, Lisa works with both for-profit and non-profit organizations. She works directly with finance, human resources, and benefits groups to assist with all aspects of their retirement plan strategy. She takes an active role in all aspects of the consulting relationship including (but not limited to) fiduciary oversight, plan design guidance, fee analysis and benchmarking, vendor management, investment evaluation, compliance support and education strategy implementation. Lisa is a member of MMA New England’s Investment Committee and MMA’s National Financial Wellbeing Steering Committee. She has been acknowledged as one of PLANADVISER’s Top Financial Advisors for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Lisa has been named as National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA’s) Top Women Advisors for 2018 through 2024. She participates on NAPA’s Leadership Council and was the 401(k) Summit Steering Committee Co-Chair for 2022 and 2023. She is also a member of the industry’s national Retirement Advisor Council (RAC) as a Board Member and co-chairs the RAC’s financial literacy committee.
Prior to joining MMA, Lisa was previously employed at Prudential Retirement for 27 years, most recently as the Regional Sales Director for New England and former Key Account Client Manager. She also led Prudential’s Sales Development and Channel Management teams with a focus on building a sales pipeline, leading key sales initiatives, developing sales talent, and maximizing strategic partnerships with home office and regional key advisor and consultant teams for 401k, DB, and NQ plans.