Our Team

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Vinny Dallo

Financial Services Professional

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Jesse Lombardo

Office Manager

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Jennifer Buckley Miles

Client Services Associate

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Jennifer Buckley Miles

Client Services Associate

Jennifer Buckley Miles is excited to join Kappan Financial, LLC, as a Client Services Associate. She began a career in financial services in 2008 at MetLife and worked as a financial advisor for 8 years. Since stepping aside from running her own financial services practice, she obtained her M.B.A. in finance and accounting and started a successful accounting and tax preparation service.

Jennifer is passionate about all aspects of financial preparation and believes her experience will be a great contribution as a paraplanner for Kappan Financial, LLC.

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The Personal Side of Jennifer

Fun Facts

  • I Hidden talent...Artist
  • II She loves Mediterranean cuisine
  • III Fought in 2 amateur boxing fights at the age of 37
  • IV She loves national geographic TV
  • V Her retirement dream is to travel and live in various places around the globe.

Vinny Dallo, ChFC®, CLU®, CLTC®, LUTCF®

Financial Services Professional

Vinny Dallo has been a financial professional since 2005. He began his career with MetLife, where he learned the aspects of comprehensive financial strategies. In 2010, Vinny transitioned his practice to New York Life. In 2017, Vinny established his own DBA, “Kappan Financial, LLC.”

Vinny brings a unique blend of intelligence and personality to his financial practice. Recognizing the complexity of many financial issues, Vinny speaks plainly and openly to help ensure every client can understand these important concepts.

In the years prior to his career as a financial professional, Vinny worked in a variety of sales and marketing capacities. Vinny left his mark at each endeavor, helping to grow each company’s revenue, strengthen their client relationships and develop other team members.

Vinny graduated from SUNY Geneseo in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in Communications. He continues his education at the American College of Financial Services, where he earned designations such as LUTCF® (Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow), and CLU® (Chartered Life Underwriter). Vinny has been a qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)* during the years of 2011, 2017, 2019, and 2020. He has been a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisers (NAIFA) since beginning his career in 2005, and he has served as the president of NAIFA Rochester and sat on the board for NAIFA NYS. He continues his NAIFA involvement by routinely visiting with lawmakers and elected officials in both Albany, NY and Washington, DC.

Vinny’s professional passion is public speaking. He has conducted hundreds of presentations, educating people on all areas of personal financial strategies. Vinny’s motto is, “Education is the obligation of the expert.”

Vinny is licensed in Life & Health, he earned the CLTC® (Certification in Long-Term Care) designation and holds his FINRA Series 6, 63 and 7 securities licenses. He lives in Chili with his wife, Julie, and their two teenage sons, Jack and Nicholas.

*The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), the Premier Association of Financial Professionals, is recognized globally as the standard of excellence in life insurance sales performance.

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.”

Theodore Roosevelt

The Personal Side of Vinny

Vinny grew up on Long Island, in a town called Lindenhurst on the south shore. He went upstate to attend college at SUNY Geneseo, where he met Julie, who’s been his wife since 1998. They live in Chili with their two teenage sons, Jack and Nicholas. When he’s not at work, Vinny can be found at the hockey rink watching Jack, the pool watching Nick, or at the baseball field playing hardball in a men’s wood-bat league.

Fun Facts

  • I I am a life-long die-hard NY Yankees fan.
  • II Baseball is in my blood. I still play hardball (NOT soft) in a wood-bat men’s league.
  • III Music is life. I have broad tastes, ranging from Beethoven to the Beatles, from the Ramones to Rachmaninoff, and from Sinatra to Springsteen.
  • IV I was the Drum Major of my high school marching band.
  • V I grew up on Long Island, in a town called Lindenhurst on the south shore in Suffolk County. Famous graduates of my high school include Dan Lauria (dad from “The Wonder Years”) and rock-star Pat Benatar.
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Jesse Lombardo

Office Manager

Jesse is proud to be the Office Manager at Kappan Financial. Jesse brings over 10 years of administrative experience in Office Management, Human Resources, and Accounting. She assists in the development and implementation of special projects and marketing within the firm. Jesse takes pride in maintaining and overseeing client relations to ensure their needs are addressed. She enjoys collaborating with other team members and agencies to facilitate requests through completion, handle day to day operations and planning client appreciation events.

Prior to joining Kappan Financial, Jesse attended Monroe Community College and worked as an Office Manager at a local family-owned construction company. Following a sabbatical to care for her two daughters, Jesse was excited at the opportunity to join the Kappan team and become a part of their collective commitment to providing a high level of personalized service for all of their clients.

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”

Coco Chanel

The Personal Side of Jesse

Outside of work, Jesse enjoys volunteering at her local school district, gardening and spending time with her husband, Matt, and their two daughters.

Fun Facts

  • I Loves to cook and entertain family and friends
  • II Overly scared of horror movies
  • III Maker of handmade books, invitations and cards
  • IV Enjoys party planning and designing/creating custom decorations
  • V Obsessed with plants and flowers