Arie Veltenaar is the Director of Marketing at Acumen Wealth Advisors. She is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive marketing strategies to promote Acumen’s services and brand while deepening relationships and enhancing client engagement. Arie plays a key role in fostering cross-functional collaboration, focusing on a client-centric mindset, and ensuring alignment with Acumen’s overall strategic goals.
Arie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Florida and a Master of Science degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She co-authored a publication in Today’s CPA Magazine with her Estates, Gifts and Trusts professor, Dr. Joanie Sompayrac, called Minimizing the Impact of the Federal Estate Tax on Family Farms: A Continuing Issue.
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
Jackie Robinson
Arie has a background in accounting and banking with Fortune 500 companies and is an experienced fundraising and event planning professional with nearly 20 years of volunteer service in the nonprofit sector. She actively supports numerous charitable organizations in the Chattanooga area, particularly those focused on children and education. Arie is proud to serve as a board member for both the Chattanooga Zoo and the Hamilton County Schools Foundation and has been a Hunter Museum of American Art Chairman Circle member for several years.
Previously, Arie served on the board for the YMCA’s Youth Community Action Project (YCAP) and supported Hospice of Chattanooga for 12 years, where she was honored with the 2009 Hospice of Chattanooga Foundation Volunteer of the Year Award. Additionally, Arie has dedicated many years to volunteering with LAUNCH, the Craniofacial Foundation of America, the University of Florida Alumni Association, and her children’s schools. She also helped establish a partnership between the Chattanooga Football Club Academy with a common goal of investing in education, children, and strengthening our community. Arie has been an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Chattanooga Women’s Leadership Institute, and the Signal Mountain Business Association.