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Our guiding principles

Your Financial Future is our Priority

At SBS Retirement Consultants, we have the knowledge and experience to help you pursue your financial goals. As fiduciaries, we identify ourselves as caretakers of your financial life, holding ourselves to a high ethical standard and keeping our clients’ best interests in mind at all times.

Clients First

We strive to enrich and empower our clients’ lives.

Act with Integrity

As fiduciaries, we are committed to making decisions that are in the best interests of our clients and believe our reputation is “on the line” each and every day.

Faithful Stewards

We are committed to protecting the economic viability of our clients and of our business.

Results Oriented

Our success is measured by our clients’ success.

Personalized Service

We strive to build personal relationships with our clients and treat each client according to their wishes.

Trusted Partner

We strive to be a trusted partner and advisor, committed to excellence and delivering results.

Meet Our Team

Our staff is always ready to address your concerns, answer your questions, and put you at ease. Scroll to learn more about the members of our team.

Ben
Roth

Financial Advisor

CFP®, AIF®, CRPC®, ChFC®, CLU®

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Shannon Staiger

Financial Advisor

ChFC®, AIF®, MSF

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Jordan Hendry

Financial Advisor

MBA, CFP®

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Shawn Wiegand

Financial Advisor

ChFC®, CRPC®

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Ethan Daniels

Financial Advisor

CFP®

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Laura Shaeffer

Operations Manager

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Rebecca Bentaas

Office Manager

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Calvon Boots

Office Associate

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Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation
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SBS In the Community

We have made a commitment to giving back—our time, energy, and resources—to the organizations and charities listed here.

in assocation with

We are proud to partner with Commonwealth Financial Network®, a Registered Investment Adviser that helps independent advisors like us serve their clients. Commonwealth oversees total account assets of nearly $242.9 billion.1

Commonwealth is independently owned and managed, which means the firm can act in the best interests of its financial advisors and their clients—not shareholders. Our partnership with Commonwealth supports our commitment to remain free to act in your best interest, without any pressure to promote proprietary products or strategies.

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Ben Roth

CFP®, AIF®, CRPC®, ChFC®, CLU®
Financial Advisor
broth@sbsrc.com
Ever since I graduated from college and started down the path of becoming a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional in the early 90’s, I have wanted to help families make smart decisions about how to manage their financial affairs and build wealth to accomplish their most important dreams.  To that end, our team at SBS Retirement Consultants, LLC has helped the families we support make many of these dreams come true.  Our commitment to our existing families as well as new families we begin to support in the future will be to do more of the same.  We will help you manage your cash flow, make smart financial decisions for today, and help you build wealth into the future so that the dreams you have for your life become your reality! Born and raised in Fairbanks, I graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a BBA in business administration with an emphasis in finance in 1991, as well as a BBA in economics in 1992.  My career began in the financial services industry in 1992 as a financial planner with IDS Financial Services (now Ameriprise Financial). In early 2004,  I partnered with Shannon Staiger and Shawn Wiegand to form SBS Retirement Consultants, LLC, to provide a truly independent and comprehensive approach to financial planning.  I believe that to provide superior client service and guidance, an investment professional should be free from the influences present at many of the traditional Wall Street firms.  I’m a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional (CFP®) Professional and Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) designee and hold the Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor® (CRPC®), and Chartered Life Underwriter® (CLU®) designations. In the Fairbanks community, I am a trustee of the Greater Fairbanks Hospital Foundation, a board member of the Carol H. Brice Family Center, and the current president of Hockey Club Fairbanks.  In our spare time, my wife Karma & I enjoy spending time with family and friends, traveling, and skiing, running, and biking the great Alaskan landscape.

Shannon Staiger

ChFC®, AIF®, MSF
Financial Advisor
sstaiger@sbsrc.com

A managing partner and Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®), I am a lifelong resident of Fairbanks, AK. I graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1997 with a B.B.A. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance. As a child, my parents let me pick a couple stocks and track them in the newspaper, which led to my fascination with the stock market and investments.

After graduating from college, I joined my business partners, Ben Roth and Shawn Wiegand, and quickly realized that simply focusing on the stock market and investments was not enough, and that comprehensive financial planning was critical to the financial success of our clients. With this newfound enlightenment, I wanted to build upon what I had already learned in school and in practice by attending graduate school at the University of Denver where I received my Master of Science in Finance (MSF).

In addition to graduate school, I pursued the ChFC® designation, which is an Advanced Financial Planning designation awarded by The American College of Financial Services. Additionally, I earned my Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) to demonstrate my commitment to carrying out a fiduciary standard of care to serve the best interests of our clients. The satisfaction and joy of helping someone achieve their goals is indescribable, and I feel fortunate to be in a position to partner with people to do this every day.

When not in the office, I enjoy spending time with my wife Michelle and our three children Zoe, Hailey, and Orin. You can find me spending time with my family outdoors, especially on our four wheelers and boat. As long as I can take the occasional trip to escape the Fairbanks winters, before I get old enough that I do not want to deal with the cold anymore, I am proud to call Fairbanks home.

Jordan Hendry

MBA, CFP®
Financial Advisor
jhendry@sbsrc.com
I joined SBS Retirement Consultants in October 2015 to provide additional office support and have since developed into a financial advisor and one of the partners for our expanding practice.  I grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada, before moving to Fairbanks in 2002 on a scholarship to study and play hockey at UAF. Upon graduating in 2006 with a BBA in finance, I spent the next nine years playing professional hockey. I was a member of the 2010 Stanley Cup championship team, Chicago Blackhawks. I also spent three years playing hockey overseas in Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland. Today, as an Advisor at SBS Retirement Consultants, I help clients plan and achieve their goals through a comprehensive financial planning approach.  I contribute to all trading operations, preparing for and participating in client meetings, and help clients with inquiries regarding investments, Social Security, insurance, and many other topics.  I really enjoy the people I works with, both clients and co-workers, and I am excited to continue learning and growing in my position. In 2016, I earned my MBA with a concentration in Capital Markets from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.  In 2006, I graduated from UAF with a BA Finance degree.  I am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional.  Additionally, I hold FINRA Series 66 (Uniform Combined State Law) securities registrations through Commonwealth Financial Network® and state of Alaska insurance licenses. My wife, Chelsea, and I have three children, Mia, Luca, & Jasper.  As a family, we enjoy camping, biking, playing sports, fishing and spending time with our family and friends.

Shawn Wiegand

ChFC®, CRPC®
Financial Advisor
swiegand@sbsrc.com

I was born and raised in Alaska, starting my journey in Mountain Village, where my parents were both teachers. Within a year, we moved to Fairbanks, the place I proudly call my hometown. While I’ve had brief stints living outside Fairbanks, it’s always been my anchor. In December 1997, I earned a B.B.A. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I also hold the Chartered Financial Consultant ® (ChFC ® ) and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor TM (CRPC TM ) designations.


My career in financial services began in 1996 as an intern working with Ben when our broker/dealer was American Express Financial Advisors (now Ameriprise Financial). In 2004, I became a partner at SBS Retirement Consultants, LLC, alongside Ben and Shannon, as we transitioned to Commonwealth Financial Network, an independent RIA/broker-dealer. This pivotal move allowed us to focus more fully on prioritizing our clients’ best interests and delivering the personalized care they deserve.


As an advisor at SBS Retirement Consultants, what I enjoy most is building relationships and helping people achieve their goals. With the support of my incredible team, we lift the burden of wealth management off our clients’ shoulders, allowing them to focus on what truly matters to them. Over the years, many of our clients have become like family, and that connection is at the heart of what we do.


Outside the office, I cherish spending time with my wife, Megan, and our three wonderful kids: Lena, Olive, and Forrest. We share a passion for the outdoors, enjoying activities like biking, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, and traveling as often as we can.

Ethan Daniels

CFP®
Financial advisor
edaniels@sbsrc.com

Throughout my life, I have always loved helping and seeing others succeed. As a financial advisor, I get to help people achieve their goals through comprehensive financial planning.

I was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. When I was 16, I moved away from home to play hockey in Colorado, Texas, and Canada. After finishing my hockey career, I chose to focus on my goal of becoming a financial advisor. In 2021, I completed my Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus in finance from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I am a CFP® professional and I hold my Series 65 – Uniform Investment Advisor, the State of Alaska Health & Life Insurance Producer License. With these designations, I hope to continue helping others reach their financial goals.

To relax I enjoy spending time with my family, my wife, Carly and son, Carter. As a family we enjoy fishing, hunting, and lake adventures. During the winter days, I play hockey and enjoy snowmachine rides in the mountains. 

Laura Shaeffer

Operations Manager
lshaeffer@sbsrc.com

Laura started with SBS Retirement Consultants in October 2012 to provide needed office support with the increased responsibilities of our growing practice. She has since become the Operations Manager. Originally from Watertown, South Dakota, she graduated from South Dakota State University in 1991 with a BA in English and a minor in Commercial Economics. Her career has spanned from the retail music industry to commercial insurance, and from Minnesota to Washington state.

Laura & her husband Michael relocated to Iowa to be closer to family when he retired from teaching, and is very happy to be able to continue to be part of the SBS family and service our clients remotely. They spend their free time supporting community theater, hunting for antiques for their neat old house, road-tripping through the Midwest to meet up with friends, and visiting Alaska as tourists!

Rebecca Bentaas

Office Manager
rbentaas@sbsrc.com

Rebecca (Becky) joined the SBS Retirement Consultants team in July 2014. She manages our office, providing support for our expanding practice, and is our client event coordinator. Growing up in Bismarck, North Dakota, she graduated from Moorhead State University in 2000 with a BFA in sculpture and a minor in art history. Before coming to SBS, she had worked six years as a call center supervisor for a cable and internet provider in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she focused on building company culture and team development.    

Becky relocated to Fairbanks after several visits to Alaska to see her best friend, our own Laura Shaeffer. Growing up in the Dakotas, Becky is not afraid of extreme winter weather and did not want to pass up the opportunity to explore and experience Alaska. Becky enjoys traveling, antiquing, and entertaining friends and family. 

Calvon Boots

OFFICE ASSOCIATE
cboots@sbsrc.com

An Idaho transplant, Calvon moved to Fairbanks when he was seven and grew to love the great Alaskan outdoors and all it has to offer, hunting, fishing, and competitive hockey. Loving the sport, he chose to pursue hockey to receive a college scholarship, leaving home at 16 for Colorado and Manitoba before being awarded a hockey scholarship at American International College. His education advanced to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in New York, where he graduated with honors in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with an accounting minor.

Continuing his education to become a financial advisor, Calvon is excited to join the SBS Retirement team, and return to the Alaskan lifestyle he considerably missed while traveling for hockey.