Laura Tarbox, CFP:  2000 marks Laura’s 21st year in financial planning.  A UCLA graduate, Laura received her CFP in 1983.  She is President of Tarbox Equity, Inc., which she founded in 1985.  Tarbox Equity, Inc. employs a staff of ten and offers financial advisory and investment management services on a fee-only basis in Newport Beach, CA.

 Laura has served as a Director on the National Board of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners, and is a past President of the Orange County Society of the ICFP.  She has been part of the adjunct faculty of the College for Financial Planning, USC and California Lutheran University, and currently teaches financial planning classes in the certificate program at UC Irvine, where she started a successful Financial Planning Internship program in 1994.  Laura is the Program Advisor to the UCI financial planning program; among her duties are curriculum development and counseling students on career direction.  In 1997 Laura was chosen from over 800 UCI Extension instructors to receive the Distinguished Instructor Award.

 From 1998-1999 Laura served on the Charles Schwab Institutional Advisory Board.  She currently serves on the Certified Financial Planner Board of Examiners.  Since 1991, Laura has participated with the CFP Board in the development of the CFP exam, as an expert in investments, retirement planning and employee benefits.

 Formerly host of the weekly radio talk show "Money with Laura Tarbox" on K-ORG 1190 AM, Laura has been featured in numerous magazine and news articles, and has made educational videotapes on financial and retirement planning for major corporations and educational institutions.  She is frequently featured in the local and national media as an expert on financial planning and investments, and often speaks at industry meetings on the financial advisory business.

 Laura’s volunteer charitable activities include participation on American Cancer Society’s Gift and Estate Planning Advisory Board, Laguna Canyon Foundation’s Gift and Estate Planning and Investments Committees, and the Board of SoundAid, a non-profit foundation dedicated to helping improve the lives of children living in poverty.

 Laura Tarbox was recognized as one of the “Best Financial Advisors” in the country by Worth magazine in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999.