Integrity
We ask you to trust us with your dreams, hopes, and concerns. We earn your trust through openness, honesty, and ethical behavior.
Excellence
We strive to deliver personalized, consistently high-quality service to each of our clients and our strategic partners.
Abundance
We encourage you to appreciate the important things in life—your health, your relationships, and your resources—and to welcome each day as a gift.
Compassion
We are committed to being available when you experience significant and sometimes sudden life changes. We want you to feel well-supported.
Judy L. Redpath, CFP®, CPWA®, AIF®
Founder
Judy L. Redpath specializes in working with entrepreneurs, small business owners, executives and professionals and their families across the United States, overseeing their family finances, focusing on the accumulation, distribution, preservation and strategic transfer of wealth.
Judy has been honored as a 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 Forbes America’s Top Women Wealth Advisor Best-in-State1, and was named a 2026 Top Washingtonian Financial Advisor2. Judy was named to George Mason University’s Costello College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council in December 2024.
Following successful careers as a management consultant and in the high-tech industry, Judy started her business in 1996. Judy received her BA in French and an MA in West European Studies from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and her MBA at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.
In October 2006, Judy founded VISTA Wealth Strategies to provide a holistic, independent approach to financial planning and wealth management. She is an Investment Adviser Representative offering advisory services through Commonwealth Financial Networkâ, a Registered Investment Adviser.
She was a founding member of George Mason University’s Financial Planning and Wealth Management Advisory Board. Judy is past president and past chair of the National Capital Area Chapter of the Financial Planning Association. She is immediate past Chair of the Business Women’s Giving Circle in Northern Virginia. Judy served as a member of the Pentagon 9/11 Survivors Distribution Committee from 2006 until it ceased operations in 2008. She is a member of the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce and served on its Board of Directors from 2005-2011. She is past President of the Dulles Rotary Club, a member of the Herndon-Reston Rotary Club, and an alumna of Leadership Fairfax, Inc. VISTA Wealth Strategies and Judy were a 2008 Best of Reston awardee for community service3.
Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Judy maintains her love of the West. She resides in the Herndon/Reston, VA area. Judy enjoys travel, music, cooking, theatre, the arts, photography, reading, nature, Pilates and watching college basketball.
12022- 2026 Forbes Top Women Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, created by SHOOK Research. Presented in 02/2026, based on data gathered from 06/2024-06/2025. Not indicative of advisor’s future performance. Your experience may vary. For more information, visit https://www.forbes.com/sites/rjshook/2026/02/04/methodology-americas-top-women-wealth-advisors-2026/
22026 Washingtonian Top Financial Advisors, created by the Washingtonian. Presented in 12/2025. Data based on voting period between 11/2025 and 12/2025. Award winners are determined by popular vote from those surveyed locally in financial fields. Advisors may pay to hold out marketing materials. This award does not imply an endorsement, recommendation, or reflect the performance of the advisor.
32008 Best of Reston award for Community Service,created by Cornerstones, Inc. This award is based on working to improve the greater Reston/Herndon area and is not specific to financial services and does not imply an endorsement, recommendation or reflect the performance of the advisor. Visit: https://cornerstonesva.org/best-of-reston-honorees/ for more award information.
Jodene Gibbs, CIMA®
Senior Paraplanner
Jodene Gibbs, CIMA® is our senior paraplanner, working closely with Judy Redpath on the operational, analytical and clients service aspects of the business.
Jodene joined our team In October 2014. She worked previously in international investment operations, including several years based in London. Jodene has a postgraduate degree in financial planning and certification in portfolio management in South Africa, and earned the Certified Investment Management Analyst® designation in December 2022.
She grew up on the east coast of South Africa, exploring many outdoor sports and activities. Jodene enjoys equestrian sports and anything involving the ocean.
Shveta Yadav
Administrative Assistant
Shveta Yadav brings over 14 years of administrative support experience in the health care and corporate sectors to VISTA Wealth Strategies LLC, where she makes daily operations seamless and provides exceptional support to clients and the firm’s team.
Born and raised in North India, Shveta has been living in Fairfax County for the past 23 years. Outside of work, Shveta enjoys long walks and Pilates, gardening, pencil drawings, and watching home improvement TV shows.