Tana Ackerly Gildea

Tana Ackerly Gildea is a financial planner and writer who is on a mission to help others avoid some of the money mistakes she made early in life by providing a focused approach to managing money. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(R) (CFP®), a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and a partner with a financial planning firm where she helps families build wealth. Tana lives near Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Tom, and faithful 4-legger Poppy.

Need a speaker for your group? Check out her website and she'll talk.

She loves to read (duh), write, scrapbook, watch football (Go IRISH!) and be outside.

Favorite clothing store: Chicos

Favorite meal: wine, cheese and bread

Favorite book: The Graduate's Guide to Money (come on) - ok from another author, it would have to be "The Thornbirds"

Favorite author: Martha Beck

Favorite place: 50/50: our cabin in Montana (summer!) or about any beach when it is warm - may have to make that thirds after our trip to Ireland - wow, is that a spectacular place. Although Arizona is pretty nifty, and Italy, and .... This is a very beautiful world and I'd love to see a lot of it.