Certified Financial Analyst, Boulder Colorado

Natalie Nelson, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™About Natalie Nelson



Education & Licenses

  • Masters of Business Administration, concentration in Finance and Marketing, DrexelUniversity, Philadelphia, PA, accredited by the AACSB
  • Bachelor of Science in Accounting, with honors, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, accredited by the AACSB
  • Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™
  • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner
  • Securities Licenses 6, 65
  • Colorado Life, Health & Accident Insurance Licenses

Certification and Professional Education

  • Divorce and Child Custody Mediation, CDR, Boulder, CO, April 2002
  • Advance Training in Collaborative Divorce, Denver, CO, April 2002
  • Basics of Collaborative Divorce, Scottsdale, AZ, January 2001

Professional Organizations

  • Member of the Institute for Certified Divorce Financial Analysts
  • Professional Member of the Mediation Association of Colorado
  • Associate Member of the Colorado Bar Association

Professional Background

  • Financial Divorce Consultant/Mediator, 2000 to present
  • Regional Director-Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, 2002 to 2011
  • Director of Finance and Operations, Boulder Weekly Newspaper, 1996-98
  • Financial Consultant, 1991-97
  • Financial and Planning Analyst, Children’s SeashoreHospital, Philadelphia, PA 1986-90
  • Reimbursement Manager, Kennedy Memorial Hospitals, New Jersey, 1985-86
  • Manager of Accounting, Boley International, New   Jersey, 1985

Presenter

  • Financial Concepts in Divorce-Colorado Financial Planning Association, Denver, CO, October 2014
  • Working as the Financial Neutral in Divorce-National Conference for the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, Denver, CO, June 2011
  • Integrating Financial Concepts into a Divorce Mediation Practice-National Conference for the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, Chicago, IL, July 2009
  • Colorado Women’s Expo-Basics of Family Budgeting, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, April 2009
  • Colorado Women’s Expo-Building Wealth, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, April 2009
  • The CPA’s Role in Divorce-Boulder/Longmont Chapter of the Colorado Society of CPAs, Boulder, CO, August 2008
  • Financial Concepts in Divorce-Colorado Financial Planning Association, Denver, CO, March 2008
  • Working as the Financial Neutral-National Conference for the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, Las Vegas, NV, June 2007 (October 2005)
  • The Investment Advisor’s Role in Divorce, AIG SunAmerica National Education Conference, Phoenix, AZ, May 2007
  • Advanced ADR Techniques-National Conference for the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, Las Vegas, NV, June 2005
  • Financial Considerations in Divorce Mediation-Regional Conference for the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, Tampa, FL, June 2005 (June 2004, February 2004)
  • Integrating Financial Concepts into Divorce Mediation, Colorado Council of Mediators, Fall Conference, September 2003

Contributed to and/or quoted in:

  • Wall Street Journal, Divorce: Counting Money Gets Tougher, Rachel Silverman, May 5, 2007
  • The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dealing in Divorce, Suzanne Robicheau, February 12, 2006
  • Wall Street Journal, One Tough Day for Two-Timers, Nancy Keates, February 10, 2006
  • Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, A Civil Divorce, Mark Solheim, July 2005
  • Los Angeles Times, After Cupid’s Day Has Run Its Course, so Have Many Marriages, Kathy Kristof, May 13, 2005
  • Robb Report Worth, A Resolution Revolution, Michelle Seaton, April 2005
  • Bloomberg Wealth Manager, Separation Anxiety, Kieran Beer, February 2005
  • Denver Post, A New Streamlined Style of Divorce With The Numbers Crunched, Sheba Wheeler, March 2004
  • Denver Post, Planners Ease Sting of Divorce, Quynh Nguyen, 5/03
  • The Boulder County Business Report, Financial Divorce Planning Looks At Reality of Situation, Natalie Nelson, May 2003
  • Boulder Daily Camera, Certified Divorce Planners Help Couples Split Their Assets,   Kathleen Jones, March 2003
  • Woman’s Magazine, Financial Divorce Planning, Natalie Nelson, March 2003
  • Wall Street Journal, New Breed of Specialist Helps Couples to Unwind Marriages,   Rachel Silverman, February 2003
  • mPower.Cafe, Splitsville: Protect Your IRA Share In a Divorce, Clifton Linton, December 2002
  • ABCNews.com, For Better or Worse, Catherine Valenti, April 2002

Television

  • CBS 4 News, Denver, Colorado, Recession Can Make a Bad Family Situation Worse, Alan Gionet,May 18, 2009
  • CNBC, CNNFinancial, Bloomberg Financial Network, KUSA 9 Denver
  • Radio- KNRC 1150AM, KOA 610AM, KFKA 1310AM, AARP Prime Time Radio