Anitha Rao is co-founder of Financial Architects and serves as senior wealth manager. She has earned the Certified Financial Planner® (CFP) designation and has taught in the Certified Financial Planner programs at several universities.  She also holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA) accreditation conferred by the Investments & Wealth Institute (IWI) through the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Rao holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and has done post-graduate work in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to her transition to wealth management and financial planning, she worked in IT Consulting with both boutique firms and a “big six” accounting firm.

She currently serves as a local chapter board member of the Financial Planning Association and is also a member of the Atlanta Society of Finance and Investment Professionals, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors and the Investment Management Consultants Association.

Ms. Rao lives in Marietta with her husband, Venki.  Venki is Chief Technology Officer at Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society.  Their sons, Kiran and Barath, attend Georgia Tech and McGill Universities respectively