We have decades of experience that you can count on!
The NPS staff may care about your plan more than you do! Our combined years of experience and our knowledge of the rules and regulations gives us valuable insight and best practices to benefit our clients’ retirement plans. We make sure that the necessary data is gathered, the plan investments are identified and reconciled, and the reporting requirements are prepared before the deadlines every year. We have also succeeded in abating penalties that were assessed erroneously against plans. We always advocate for the best results for our clients.
Get to know our team and some of our individual specialties.
Xina Kingshill, CEBS
(Co-Founder)
As the marketing and education specialist, she performs her services in the spirit of the Principles of Conduct of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists. She focuses her work on marketing the services provided by NPS to CPAs, financial advisers and prospective clients. She believes that the education of her clients is a key ingredient of her success. She discusses plan provisions and plan amendments with prospective clients in as much or as little detail as they desire.
Xina has previously taught the two CEBS exam review courses related to pension plans. Since 2002, she has served as a Board member and officer of the Los Angeles Chapter of ISCEBS. She served as President of the Chapter in 2005. Her leadership roles have included serving as Treasurer and as President of the Founders Chapter of BNI and serving as Chair of the Finance Committee for her church.
For recreation and relaxation, Xina enjoys singing in church choir and playing ‘Words with Friends’ with family and friends all across the country. She is an avid traveler, planning at least one international trip each year. For a lively conversation, you might ask Xina where she was born or where she attended high school.
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Eleanor E. Valdes
(Co-owner)
Co-founder and President of NPS, has been specializing in trust accounting and administration of qualified retirement plans since 1976. Previous to founding NPS, she built the trust accounting department of Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Association from a staff of one to a department of 30 servicing a client base of over 900. She played an active role in converting that department from a manual operation to a fully automated operation, coordinating the conversion to two different trust accounting systems. Eleanor provides NPS with an excellent reputation for care and professionalism in her servicing of clients and a wealth of ability and experience in managing and operating a successful business.
In her spare time, Eleanor enjoys her large extended family, especially encouraging and cheering on the many activities of her grandchildren. She is a cancer survivor and supports many charities related to cancer research.
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Phil F. Valdes
(Co-owner)
Vice President and co-owner of NPS, has specialized in the qualified-retirement plan arena since 1975. He believes that the standard for today’s plan administration firm should be one that has close involvement with the employer-client and his or her tax advisors to develop the most ideal retirement benefit program meeting the employer’s needs. His clients have complete confidence that Phil will monitor and inform them when their retirement plan needs their attention.
Prior to joining National Pension Services he successfully managed the trust services division of Fidelity Federal Bank for over 14 years. As Vice-President he was responsible for overseeing all areas of trust and plan administration, including the Bank’s trustee services, plan documentation services and the annual administration of over 5,000 plans ranging from defined contribution to defined benefit plans.
Phil’s recreational passions include baseball, running and hiking. His favorite place in California is Yosemite. He wants to climb the Half Dome with his grandchildren in the near future.