Prior to joining UBS Financial Services, Byrnes was in financial media for 20 years. She spent almost 10 years as an anchor/reporter for FOX News and Fox Business. She has been a columnist for TheStreet.com, wsj.com and the NY Post. She is the author of Break Down Your Money: How to Get Beyond the Noise and Profit in the Market. She holds an MBA in Accounting and is an adjust professor at Fordham University.