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Sanders Financial Management CEO Emily Sanders Named to Exclusive National List of
“Top 50 Women in Wealth Management” by Wealth Manager Magazine

ATLANTA, April 6, 2009 -- Emily Sanders, CPA, founder and CEO of Norcross-based Sanders Financial Management, has been named one of the “Top 50 Women in Wealth Management” in the U.S. by Wealth Manager magazine.  Among wealth managers nominated from across the nation, Sanders was the only honoree selected from the state of Georgia.

To be considered, the women have to be senior-level advisors at firms dedicated to providing true wealth management services for high net worth clients. The final decisions on the Top 50 were made by Wealth Manager's editorial staff, based on their firms' commitment to wealth management and the individual's work in advancing the cause of women in the wealth management industry and the advisory process in general.

In recognizing this year’s Top 50, Kathleen McBride, editor-in-chief of Wealth Manager, said, “This is not about who has the most assets under advisement or the largest clients.  In a profession where women excel even though their numbers are a smaller percentage of the overall population, Wealth Manager looked for the pacesetters, the mentors, the partners and the most powerful.”

“I am honored to be listed in this prestigious group of professionals,” said Sanders.  “Although women now control about 51 percent of the nation’s private wealth, only about a fourth of wealth management professionals are women.  Our firm has gained a widespread reputation for helping women achieve economic and financial security.  At Sanders Financial Management, we don’t just build our clients’ portfolios; we build relationships of trust and confidence that grow alongside their investments.  It’s extremely gratifying to see our work recognized by Wealth Manager.”

Sanders is dedicated to sharing her financial expertise with emerging affluent women.  She speaks regularly to professional women's organizations around the world.  Groups she’s spoken to recently include the Women’s Financial Exchange, the Gwinnett Leadership Organization for Women, and the Executive Business Express Network.

• Sanders graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in international economics, and from New York University with an MBA in accounting.  She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Cash Manager (CCM).
• Prior to founding Sanders Financial Management, Sanders served as Assistant Treasurer at BellSouth Corporation, where she and her staff managed $1 billion in corporate and pension fixed income investments, as well as the International Finance group handling foreign exchange, mergers and acquisitions and global banking.
• She is an active member of the Trustees Council of Penn Women and a member of the AICPA.  A graduate of Leadership Atlanta, Sanders recently received the Distinguished Committee Chair award from the Georgia Society of CPAs for her leadership of the Committee on Financial Literacy.  She and her husband have three adult children.

Sanders is sought after by local and national media for comment on a broad range of financial, business and economic topics.  She has been quoted in media nationwide, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Bloomberg News, CNBC, Financial Planning, Entrepreneur and many more.  She writes regular investment and economic columns for the Piedmont Review and Business to Business magazine and has appeared as a guest host on CNBC Europe TV (http://www.sandersfinancial.com/news.html).

About Sanders Financial Management, Inc.

Founded in metro Atlanta in 1994, Sanders Financial Management, Inc. is a private, fee-only financial advisory and investment management firm that provides comprehensive financial planning and investment management services to emerging affluent individuals and families.  Portfolios are customized to maximize long-term returns vs. target benchmarks while practicing consistent risk management and diversification.  The company invests with a global perspective and promotes multi-generational wealth management. .