OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM
Lucas J. Quaccia, CLU®, ChFC®, CLF®, RICP®
Managing Partner
A native of Oakdale in California’s Central Valley, Luke graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Economics. Following that, he played baseball in the St. Louis Cardinals farm system for three years. He joined New York Life in 2000 as an agent in the Stockton GO in California. After qualifying for Executive Council three times, Luke transitioned into his role as Partner in 2003, earned Senior Partner in September 2008, and was promoted to Managing Partner of the Chicago North Shore General Office in February 2009. In May of 2015, he was able to return home to lead the Central California General Office in their next chapter of growth.
Luke loved the autonomy the career of the agent provided him and the impact that he could have on the families he served. As the Managing Partner, he has the same kind of impact on the agents he hires and develops as well as the Partners whose management careers he helps to launch. In addition to a desire to help people, Luke believes that keys to success at the New York Life are a passion for winning, being coachable, and the ability to adapt rapidly.
Luke resides in Fresno and has been married to his wife Michelle for 23 years after meeting her in Peoria, IL. They have four children Grace, Jack, Joseph, and Brianna. In addition to being actively involved in his church and coaching his kids, he enjoys time with his family, traveling, and mentoring.
“You must have a passion to continually get better. A coach of mine at Stanford used to say that a player was either getting better or getting worse, but no one ever stays the same. This career as well as life is a direct reflection of that.”
Kyle Carano
Partner
Kyle is a native of Fresno, where he attended Herbert Hoover High School and CSU Fresno on a track and field scholarship. After completing his education, Kyle worked for Costco Wholesale for 12 years while also coaching track and field at Fresno City College.
Kyle began his career with New York Life in December of 2015 as he aspired to impact families and business owners in the field of financial literacy. He went on to qualify for two consecutive Executive Councils in 2016 and 2017 and made the decision to move into management as an associate partner. Kyle enjoys seeing his success through the lens of others, as he has always gravitated towards a coaching role. As the son of a small business owner, he knows that success does not come easy, and that it requires both hard work and integrity.
Kyle and his wife, Allison, have called Fresno home since they married in 2014. The couple has three children: Christian (11), Austen (9) and Makenna (7). The Caranos love spending time together as a family and enjoy traveling and following sports.
Sean Allen
Partner
Sean grew up in Fresno CA and attended Clovis West High School, Fresno City College and earned a bachelor’s degree from California State University of Fresno in Business Management and Organizational Leadership, as well as earning a certificate in Entrepreneurship. After college, Sean became a professional baseball umpire. He worked 11 years in the MILB, competing in the following leagues: Arizona League, Pioneer League, Midwest League, California League, Colombian Winter League, Texas League and finished in AAA with the Pacific Coast League.
Sean triggered his career with New York Life in June of 2022 as an agent after finishing his D-1 college baseball season. He made Executive council in his first year and earned the Class Leader award. Sean continued as an agent in the fast-track program and earned New Associate of the year in 2023 and has now made the switch to Partner. Sean enjoys the process of selecting, hiring, training and developing agents and managing a team.
Sean is married to Kristin whom he’s known for 25 years. They have a daughter Rylee and a son Jack. They live in the Riverstone Community in Madera and continue to call the Central Valley home. The whole family enjoys professional sports and the outdoors.
Michael Oliphant, CLU®, ChFC®, FSCP®, CLF®, LUTCF®
Director of Development
Michael Oliphant is the Director of Development for the Central California General Office of New York Life. Michael began his career in the insurance and financial services industry in 1991 with MetLife. In 1996, joined New York Life as an agent in the Visalia sales office qualifying for Council every year until 2001 when he joined the management team as the Sales Development Manager. In 2007, he took the opportunity to become a product consultant for the company and supported various product offerings and company initiatives.
In 2017, Michael rejoined the Central California General Office as the Director of Development. His main responsibilities are new agent training and support in the field by meeting with agents and their prospective clients.
Michael continues to be a student of the business and has earned his CLU®, ChFC®, FSCP®, CLF® and LUTCF® designations as well having his Series 6, 63, 7 and 22 securities licenses. Michael resides in Visalia, Ca with his three children, Jared, Riley, Kyle and his Boston Terrier, Daisy.
*Council is an annual company recognition program based on agent production from July 1- June 30.