In 1999 Steve Matthews, Allen Gold, Sharon Kennedy, and Russ Snow decided to create the kind of retirement plan consulting firm they knew would meet the needs of their clients and scale to a national level. They knew they wanted to build a retirement consulting firm that would deliver the highest level of integrity, attention to detail, and level of care to their clients, team members, and partners.
They named the company MGKS after their first initials and began building the trusted resource our clients, partners and affiliates have come to rely on.
After 30+ years and the retirement of two of the founding members as well as the sad passing of one, the MGKS team gathered to look forward to the next 30 years. As we addressed our goals and vision for the future we came to the agreement that updating the name, the brand, and the messaging of our company would help align our team behind our shared vision for the future.
Nydia is latin for home, or nest. As we explored the strengths of our company and discussed what we were most proud of, the feeling of home, safety, reliability and steadiness were the themes that came to the forefront. We wanted to represent that feeling in our name.
A barn swallow is often the first sign a sailor would have that they were close to shore after a long trip out at sea.
Barn swallows nest in the shelter of the piers and structures at waters-edge. Sailors would see their identifiable long tail silhouettes in the sky and know that they were approaching land, safety, and home.
And that’s how our clients feel when they do business with us. Like they are coming home.
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