Offices in Prescott AZ · Sheridan WY
Internal Benefit AdvisorsFederal retirement specialists

The counselors who will be assisting you.

You are about to show someone your service history, your TSP balance and your retirement date. It is reasonable to want to know who they are first.

Karren DiLeva

Karren DiLeva

Administrator

Author of the blog. WOSB certification holder.

Brandon Vargas

Brandon Vargas

Senior Benefit Counselor

Fiduciary

License #7540996
Craig Barretta

Craig Barretta

Benefit Counselor

Fiduciary

License #899061
Ryan Vargas

Ryan Vargas

Benefit Counselor

Fiduciary

License #40637500
Jason Harris

Jason Harris

Benefit Counselor

Fiduciary

License #Ok08999

Karren DiLeva

Administrator

Officer of Internal Benefit Advisors. The company assists state and federal employees with retirement planning, Roth Individual Retirement Accounts, and life insurance, in addition to synchronizing their benefits packages. As its CEO, Karren DiLeva manages clients, schedules appointments, and oversees digital marketing and lead generation. She joined the firm in 2019.

Moreover, she is also the owner of KMG Marketing Group, which provides marketing consulting and lead generation in various industries. With nearly two decades of experience in finance and marketing, Ms. DiLeva has fulfilled leadership roles in such areas at businesses in real estate and other sectors. Her early-career pursuits comprised several years as the owner of Pacific Coast Realty Appraisals. During this time, she managed staff and conducted residential appraisals for mortgage companies.

In 2010, she became a mortgage recruiter at American Financial Network, where she handled marketing, company branding, and mortgage-officer recruitment. She held the same role at Home Funding Corp. from 2012 to 2015 and later joined International City Mortgage, Inc., as a sales manager. Outside of her work, Karren DiLeva serves as the executive director of Veterans Helping Veterans. She oversees veteran intake and directs marketing and business development for the nonprofit, which focuses on placing veterans in permanent housing.

Brandon Vargas

Senior Benefit Counselor

License #7540996

Brandon Vargas (Internal Benefit Advisors) is a licensed industry sales representative of financial-related products. That helps facilitate a partnership with the insurance company and our customers. He has been licensed in the financial industry for over 20 years. Also has expert product knowledge. Excellent communication skills. As well as a strong independent work ethic to help the customer navigate through the retirement process.

Through the combined efforts of the company and Brandon Vargas, we create such a fantastic experience for the customer. Our customers will continue to refer to our business from their friends and family. He is also a proud father and grandfather. His hobbies include cooking and spending time with his family and friends.

The best time to look at this is before you have set a date.

A benefit review takes about 30 minutes. Getting the date, the TSP, or the survivor election wrong costs considerably more, and most of it cannot be undone.

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