Meet the Team

KEITH AMBURGEY – CEO

Keith has been helping Rutherford Asset Planning clients with all aspects of their financial lives for over 10 years.

Prior to joining RAP, Keith had an 18 year career on Wall Street at Morgan Stanley. He rose through the ranks to reach the position of Managing Director in the Fixed Income Division. At Morgan Stanley he was a derivative product specialist, advising Fortune 500 companies and other large institutions on the benefits and risks of derivatives. Keith later ran a trading and risk management desk focusing on complex counterparty risk.

Keith received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Rutgers Graduate School of Management. He received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in both Physics and Psychology from Rutgers College. He was at the top of his class graduating summa cum laude. Keith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

RON RUTHERFORD – FOUNDER

In 1986 Ron left IBM to start Rutherford Asset Planning with his wife Suzzette. From the very first day, they believed in the “fee only” business model, which was very uncommon at that time. Ron has both a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He later went to New York University for his MBA. Ron was one of the first members of NAPFA, an organization promoting fee only planning.

He is the author of The Complete Guide to Managing a Portfolio of Mutual Funds. Ron is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)

SUZZETTE RUTHERFORD – FOUNDER

Before founding RAP with Ron, Suzzzette also worked at IBM and provided tech consulting to many institutions including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She received her law degree from Brooklyn School of Law and has been practicing estate and trust law since 1997. She has served on the Estate Planning Council of New York City and Naples Florida. Her undergraduate degree is in Physics (Magna Cum Laude) from the College of the Holy Spirt in the Philippines. She also has an MBA from New York University. Suzzette is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)