Meet Our Team

Bernie Muth, Jr.
President

Phone     410.879.7449 ext. 105
Email      [email protected]

Bernie Muth is the founder of Gernon, Muth & Associates. His vision, work ethic and experience has lifted the firm to becoming one of the preeminent diversified financial services firms in the Mid-Atlantic. Mr. Muth is involved in all aspects of the firm's daily employee benefits operations.

After graduating from Villanova University, he joined the firm in 1968 under the leadership of Frank Gernon. Currently, Mr. Muth operates in a general oversight position while continuing to specialize in adding new large group alternatively financed health & welfare plans as well as executive non-qualified deferred compensation plans.

Mr. Muth is actively involved in many philanthropic efforts in the community.

 

BJ Muth, CFP®, AIF®
Vice President

Phone     410.879.7449 ext. 103
Email      [email protected]

BJ Muth serves every market of Gernon, Muth & Associates diversified service offerings (Corporate & Individual). BJ is a Registered Representative and Investment Advisor Representative for the firm's Corporate Retirement, Institutional, and Retail investment accounts. Furthermore, he has contributed in his over 15 years of service to adding a wealth of employee benefit corporate clients to the firms existing clientele. BJ is dedicated to taking a comprehensive approach to client needs and excels in creative and actionable solutions for our clients most pressing needs and objectives. After graduating from Salisbury University, BJ continued on to attain his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner certification and Accredited Investment Fiduciary designation. BJ is well versed in business owner needs and objectives and enjoys finding practical ways to achieve the goals of each clients Employee Benefits, Corporate Retirement Plan, and Personal Comprehensive Financial Planning needs.

*Use of the AIF designation does not imply that Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. (LFA) or its Investment Advisor Representations may act in a fiduciary capacity for ERISA Plans.

 

Jennifer Runkles
Employer Benefits Account Manager

Phone     410.879.7449 ext. 101
Email      [email protected]

Jennifer is a dedicated service professional with over 15 years' experience in the employee benefits industry. She is responsible for implementation assistance and ongoing customer service support for employees and employers of our benefits business.

 

Alannah Goheen
Financial Assistant

Phone     410.879.7449 ext. 102
Email      [email protected]

Alannah is the newest addition to our team. Alannah works closely with our team on most services provided by Gernon, Muth & Associates from retirement plans to individual insurance and financial planning. Alannah is a Harford County resident, graduate of John Carroll School and University of Delaware's Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics. 

 

Extended National Team

In addition to having a local team with over 100 years of combined expertise in each of our market segments, Gernon, Muth & Associates partners with an extended team of National providers, TPAs, Technology Providers, and administrators which supplements our local expertise. For example, some of our long-standing partnerships include:

  • Lincoln Financial Advisors National Financial Planning Department & Software
  • Benefitmall Agency Management, GA/TPA, & Compliance Services (Not utilized as part of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp services)
  • Zywave Agency Management, Marketing, & Compliance Deliverables (not utilized as part of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp services)
  • Redtail CRM
  • Pension Resource Institute
  • Fi360 – Fiduciary Institute