Rick Shaffer, an attorney and graduate of both Boston College and Northeastern University School of Law, has hosted “The Money Show” since 1991. He has also been a regular guest and contributing financial expert on various programs on New England Cable News, WLVI-TV and other local television stations. Rick Shaffer has also been a financial, real estate and business writer the Middlesex News, the Boston Globe, S&P Personal Wealth, and the Sunday Boston Herald.
Susan Kaplan, co-host of the Money Show, is the president of Kaplan Financial Services in Newton, Massachusetts. She is a Certified Financial Planner and has an MBA in finance with honors. She is the past president and chair of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners in Boston and is on the board of directors of Boston University Program for Financial Planners.
In 2006 and 2007, Barron's named Susan as one of the top 100 Financial Advisors in the country. Susan has also been named by Boston Magazine as one of the top 10 financial advisors in Boston (March 2006) and inducted into the 2003 Advisor Hall of Fame by Research Magazine. Susan has been chosen by Worth Magazine as one of the top 100 financial planners in the country for six years. She has been chosen by Medical Economics in the past five consecutive years as one of the best 100 financial advisors for doctors.
Susan has been featured in Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street and Mutual Fund publications as well as numerous other financial journals. She has appeared on Bloomberg News, CNBC, WGBH, and Channels 4, 5, and 7. She has been asked to speak on investments at several major national meetings and has also been chosen to do Money Makeovers for the Boston Globe.