
We at Tobia & Hillyer Financial Services, LLC are excited to announce our newly expanded team of financial professionals. Starting with the expansion into our new office suite in January, Tobia and Hillyer remains right on track with our goal of expanding and growing our financial services business. In that vein, we are proud to introduce our forcible team, with its new additions. Tobia & Hillyer has brought aboard just the right combination of advisors and support to reinforce our already successful and existing team.

Many of you already know Michael Petracca, who has been with Tobia & Hillyer since 2007. He is a Certified Financial Planner ® and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance at William Paterson University. As a financial planner Michael assists his clients in protecting themselves and their investments from the many perils that can come up throughout life. At the same time he guides his clients in growing their nest eggs, enabling them to live a healthy and fruitful retirement. Michael’s main areas of expertise are retirement planning, college planning and insurance planning, as well as overall financial planning.

In August of 2011, Robert A. Egan joined the Tobia & Hillyer Financial Services team as an investment advisor. A graduate of the W. Paul Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University, Egan holds a bachelor's degree in finance and marketing. Prior to coming aboard at Tobia & Hillyer he was with New England Securities since 2007 where he served as a financial advisor and para-planner for New England Financial of North Jersey. Before that, Egan worked at Franklin Hamilton, LLC as an analyst in mergers and acquisitions on middle-market transactions. His duties included assisting in negotiations, pricing structuring transactions and preparing business and acquisition proposals. He frequently conducts lectures and seminars on investments, business planning and estate planning.

Stephen Jankowski joined the Tobia & Hillyer Financial Services team in July of 2011 as a branch operations manager. A graduate of Pace University, Jankowski earned his bachelor’s degree in finance with a minor in economics. Prior to coming to Tobia & Hillyer, Jankowski followed his aspirations of a career in finance by joining Acorn Financial Services in Livingston. Both the experience he garnered there, as well as his desire to interact with clients and aid them in achieving their financial goals, made him the perfect fit for coming aboard Tobia & Hillyer Financial Services.