Daryl Varney, MBA
Founder and President
Lotic Financial Planning LLC
Daryl Varney is passionate about the financial education and empowerment of women. Daryl founded Lotic Financial Planning LLC, an advice-only firm, to help educate women about personal financial topics. She is an experienced speaker on financial education having recently spoken at SWE Local 2026 in Columbus, OH and at collegiate Women in Engineering groups.
Her corporate experience spans over twenty years as an engineering manager in the financial analysis, management, and execution of large R&D portfolios at a Fortune 50 Telecommunications firm.
Daryl holds a Financial Planning Certificate from DePaul University and an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign along with a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering also from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has been active in the women engineering community as SWE member since college, she served as an officer at both the collegiate and professional levels. Daryl is a SWE Life Member, member of the SWE LCR and SWE Entrepreneurs AGs, and recipient of the SWE Distinguished New Engineer Award. Additionally, she is a member of AAUW, a Life Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers), and former president of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Board at the University of Illinois, and serves on private foundation boards. She is active member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Advice-Only Planners Association (AOPA), and other financial planning organizations. In her free time you can find Daryl sailing on Lake Michigan, traveling, rosemaling, and helping educate girls on careers in technology and STEM.