Maureen Tsu is a Certified Financial Planner practitioner with Ignite Planners, LLC. She was born in 1949. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.) and obtained a Masters in Business Administration (MBA), in Finance and Economics from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (USC). She received the professional designation as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), from the College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado. She is licensed by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.

In addition to developing her own private practice in financial planning, Mrs. Tsu taught courses in Finance and Investments at colleges in Southern California. She is also a frequent speaker to organizations and associations. Her finance and management experience comes from working with a national petroleum company. In 1983, she established her practice in Orange County, after she began developing her career in financial planning with a firm in the South Bay of Los Angeles, in 1981. Mrs. Tsu concentrates her practice in retirement/pension planning, as well as assisting women and retired individuals. She is a member of Financial Planning Association (FPA), the past President of the Orange County Society, served on the National Board of Directors of the ICFP, predecessor to FPA, served as a member of the Board of Governors on the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. (CFP Board), and was Chair of Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB).