Catherine Wynne is best known as a dynamic speaker and expert on self-directed retirement investing. Her teaching credentials include the University of Denver Law School's Graduate Tax Program, Lorman Education and multiple CE certified courses for real estate brokers and CPAs. She has extensive personal experience as a real estate investor and syndicator and is recognized regionally as an expert in the IRS rules for IRA investment. She is an author of industry articles and courses on the subject of non-traditional IRA investment and has an instructional book currently in the works. She understands that paying attention to the details of investments as well as the IRS rules is what makes self-direction work. Working primarily in client asset acquisition, she is well acquainted with the IRA purchase of a wide variety of assets such as mortgages, notes, real estate, private placements and LLCs. Catherine has a BS in Structural Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and spent the first part of her career in oil and gas production, later moving into nuclear power plant design with Westinghouse.