Outstanding CEO

Michelle Knight serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Economist of RWA Wealth Partners, LLC. Previously, she was the President and Chief Economist for Ropes Wealth Advisors, the family office division of RWA Wealth Partners. Michelle is responsible for day-to-day management of the firm and executing its long-term strategic plan, as well as being responsible for apprising clients of the firm of global economic and market activity. She is a frequent contributor to Financial Advisor magazine and Private Asset Management magazine, and has been quoted in Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, the Boston Business Journal, Forbes, and The Boston Globe. In the past, Michelle served as Chief Investment Officer for Ropes Wealth Advisors and Chief Economist for Ropes & Gray LLP. She was Chief Economist and Managing Director of Fixed Income for Silver Bridge Advisors (now Boston Private Wealth) and was Head of Fixed Income at Atlantic Trust. (now CIBC Wealth). Before joining Atlantic Trust, she was an Analyst and Assistant Portfolio Manager at J.P. Morgan Investment Management in New York. Michelle earned an MBA, an MSF, and a BA from Boston College, where she graduated summa cum laude and held the distinction of Presidential Scholar. In 2009, the Boston Business Journal1 named her one of its 40 under 40 in recognition of her accomplishments as a corporate and civic leader.