Woody Alpern, CPA/PFS, co-founded CPA Wealth Advisors, LLC (www.CPA4Wealth.com), in 2013, and serves as the firm's President. Mr. Alpern attended the University of South Carolina, (undergraduate and post graduate), on a full academic scholarship, graduating with honors, obtaining both a Bachelor of Accounting Degree and a Master's Degree in Accounting,
emphasis Taxation, in 1986 and 1987.respectively. Mr. Alpern has over 27 years of experience in investment advisory, public accounting and other entrepreneurial ventures. Upon his completion of graduate school, Mr. Alpern joined the accounting firm of Touche Ross (later becoming Deloitte & Touche) where he obtained extensive additional training and experience working on complex tax research, consulting and compliance engagements for high net worth individuals as well as closely held and publicly traded companies.
Woody serves on the Board of Trustees and as a member of the Allocations & Continuity Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. For the year 2014, was proclaimed by Worldwide Who's Who 'Executive of The Year Award, Representing The Financial Advisement Industry'.
Mr. Alpern enjoys educating others in the arena of financial planning, and has been a regular speaker on a variety of financial related topics at various events including those sponsored by Fortune 500 companies. Mr Alpern has taught financial accounting at the college level and has been a regular guest on multiple financial talk radio shows.
Woody is also a PADI Scuba Dive Instructor and he both teaches diving and leads numerous dive trips and is also a diver at the Georgia Aquarium.