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MIKE CLIFFORD, CPFA®

Retirement Solutions Consultant

Mike joined Commonwealth in April 2010 as a retirement operations specialist and transitioned to the Strategic Retirement Solutions team as an IRA consultant in April 2015. In this role, Mike assists advisors and home office staff with a variety of retirement-related topics, ranging from traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, and SEP/SIMPLE IRAs to distributions, beneficiary options, and portability. He stays abreast of trends and developments affecting retirement accounts, including IRS laws and regulations, as well as industry news.

Before joining Commonwealth, Mike worked at Putnam Investments as a client support administrator. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell with a BS in business management and a concentration in marketing and management.