Les joined OWR Opinion in 2002 as a Managing Partner. After earning his CLU and ChFC credentials in 1990, he piloted a career in insurance. For Les, his favorite part about working at OWR is the planning aspect; including educating consumers about products, strategies and techniques that can serve to help them achieve their financial goals. He has been in the insurance business for 41 years, and prior to joining OWR, Les worked in various capacities; working his way up from a career agent to a Senior Vice President of marketing at a pension administration firm. Les currently lives in Sleepy Hollow, NY, and in his free time he is a (published) poet and songwriter, an exhibiting visual artist, and an actively performing Japanese taiko drummer.