Melanie is the creator and author of From Advisor to CEO: How to Move Past Survival and Succeed with your Financial Services Business. She earned the Certified Financial Planner™ designation in 2003. In 2008, she started Bridger Financial Group, a highly successful financial planning firm for which she won national and local financial industry awards and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes’ Wealth Managers Black Book, and Pittsburgh Magazine.