Peggy Ruhlin

Special Advisor

Peggy Ruhlin, CPA/PFS, CFP®, joined DeVoe & Company as a Special Advisor in 2020. Peggy is also the Chair of the Board of Directors at Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc., a $3.5 billion wealth management firm based in Ohio. She joined the firm in 1987 and served as Chief Executive Officer for nearly 18 years. Under Peggy’s leadership, Budros, Ruhlin & Roe won the 2011 Schwab IMPACT Awards® Best in Business award.

Peggy is a Certified Public Accountant with a Personal Financial Specialist accreditation, and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant. She has served on many industry boards and committees, including the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards and the Schwab Advisor Services Advisory Board.

Peggy has been recognized as one of America’s most distinguished women in wealth management. Accolades and awards include: Recipient of the 2017 Alexandra Armstrong Award for lifetime achievement, named one of the “20 Most Influential Women to Watch in 2016” by InvestmentNews, one of the Top 25 Women RIAs in 2016 by WealthManagement.com, and as one of the Financial Times Top 100 Women Advisers in 2014.

She holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Otterbein University.