Arlene Neff
Principal & Owner, A. Neff Associates
Financial Consultant
As owner and principal of A. Neff Associates, Arlene Neff is a Registered Investment Adviser and Financial Consultant. As a Registered Representative in contract with the full service investment banking and brokerage firm of Allegheny Investments, Ms. Neff also affects trades of investment securities and brokers insurance contracts.
Ms. Neff has focused her practice on financial planning and portfolio management for individuals and small businesses and organizations since 1983. She provides a variety of analytical and investment services to clients including but not limited to evaluation and management of investment programs; development of financial and business plans; consultation and research services for financial and business administration/acquisition of disability, life, annuity and related insurance contracts for groups or individuals within the State of Pennsylvania and the evaluation of such programs, elsewhere. Ms. Neff specializes in the tailoring of financial opportunities to achieve the individual or corporate goals and objectives of her clients with minimum risk and maximum return on the funds committed.
In addition to her years in financial services, Ms. Neff's professional history includes a broad spectrum of corporate responsibilities including statistical analysis of business ventures, forecasting and planning for industrial product sales and product demand, and implementation of product-line marketing programs for a Fortune 100 company.
Education and Previous Experience
- Master's Degree in Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh, focus on finance
- Bachelor of Science Degree, University of Pittsburgh, combined majors of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Psychology
- Previously employed by Parker/Hunter Incorporated
- Course work in financial planning and tax preparation through the National Endowment of Financial Education and its College for Financial Planning
Professional & Civic Activities
- Member, International Association for Financial Planning, Pittsburgh Chapter and Practitioner Division
- Former board member, International Association for Financial Planning, Pittsburgh Chapter's Board of Directors
- Former Board member, Pittsburgh Countrywide Corporation
- Former Board member, National Association of Women Business Owners
- Former Board member, the Loan Review Committees of the Pittsburgh Countrywide Corporation and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh