Television anchor and reporter Tracy Byrnes ’92 was a senior accountant at Ernst & Young LLP before transitioning to financial journalism in 1997. She worked as a senior writer for TheStreet.com, wrote weekly columns for the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal Online, and contributed as a freelance writer to Smart Money, Forbes, and Marketwatch.com. Byrnes joined the Fox Business Network (FBN) in 2007 and appears weekdays on Varney & Co., one of the network’s highest-rated programs.

Byrnes has received the Newswomen's Club of New York Internet Breaking Business News Award and the New York State Society of CPAs award for Online Excellence in Journalism. Her first book, Break Down Your Money: How to Get Beyond the Noise to Profit in the Markets, was published in June 2008. Still connected to her alma mater, Byrnes serves on Lehigh’s College of Business and Economics Dean’s Advisory Council.