Highly customized retirement plans, delivered with technical depth and responsive guidance.

Michael M. Spickard is an Enrolled Actuary with more than thirty years of experience working with qualified retirement plans. As Principal Consultant for client plans, he brings extensive expertise in plan design, administration, and regulatory problem-solving.

Before founding his own firm in 1996, Michael served as Director of DB Plan Services for Charles Schwab and Manager of Retirement Plans for BFGoodrich. His firm was later sold to CBIZ, where he continued in executive leadership. He also served for three years on the IRS Advisory Committee for Employee Plans, providing valuable insight into IRS personnel, processes, and procedures, and served on the EA Actuarial Exam Writing Committee.

Michael and his wife Penny are lifelong Akron-area residents. They have four grown children and twelve grandchildren.

Todd A. Lewis has more than twenty-five years of experience in computer administration and programming. He brings strong systems thinking and operational discipline to Summit’s work, supporting the firm’s technology, efficiency, and infrastructure.

Todd graduated from The University of Akron with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and later earned a Master of Business Administration. He served as IT Director of a manufacturing company before co-founding Summit IT Solutions with a longtime friend. After selling his stake in that business, he continued working as an independent contractor, developing robust website and database solutions.

He has long maintained an active interest in finance and has served on The Chapel’s finance committee on multiple occasions while also acting as a trustee. Todd and his wife Shananne met during college, have strong ties to the area, and have two children both attending The Univeristy of Akron.