Maria E. Peters, CFP, AIF
Maria Peters is co-founder and retired Vice-President of Santori & Peters, Inc., Registered Investment Advisor, a personal wealth management firm located in Monroeville, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Pittsburgh). Maria currently serves on the Santori & Peters board of directors.
Born in Hungary during World War II, Maria was educated and grew up in Switzerland. She immigrated to the United States with her family in 1947 to rejoin her father who was working on his own research project for Westinghouse Research Corporation. The family settled in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, where Maria graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School with honors. She then went on to attend Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture.
With her natural talent for the analytical Maria began her career in financial services in 1973 as a pension and investment consultant. She returned to school in 1989 to earn her CFP (Certified Financial Planner) designation and opened her own practice as one of America's first fee only female financial planners.
Maria is a long term Board member and past president of the Pittsburgh Financial Planning Association (FPA). She holds the CFP (Certified Financial Planner) and AIF (Accredited Investment Fiduciary) designations.
With over thirty years of financial service experience she brings to each client a wealth of financial expertise and sound financial judgment.
Along the way Maria raised three children who share her analytical bent. Her eldest son John earned a PHD in Engineering, her daughter Kris earned her PhD in Economics and her son Charles earned a Master of Engineering and a Professional engineer designation. She is the most proud grandmother of eight grandchildren. Her oldest is a grandson, John Paul, a U. S. Marine has recently returned from the Mideast, and her youngest grandchild is Elizabeth age 4 living in Australia.
