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NFTE Baltimore Elects Two New Board Members
Posted February 13, 2012
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Baltimore, Md., -- The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Baltimore Affiliate, has elected two new members to its board of directors: David M. Citron, CFA, partner, chief investment officer and principal of WMS Partners, LLC, and Jay S. Ridder, Baltimore office managing partner of Ernst & Young, LLP. Each will serve a three-year term.
Prior to joining WMS Partners in 2002, David Citron served as director at Carret and Company and vice president and portfolio manager at Wagner Citron Management Corp. He began his career in New York, where he was a trader of futures and options for Salomon Brothers and Drexel Burnham Lambert Trading Corporation.
Mr. Citron holds of bachelor of science degree in finance from the University of Maryland and is a CFA charterholder. He is also a founding member of the Counsel of Independent Financial Advisors (CIFA) and served on the advisory board of Charles Schwab Institutional.
Jay Ridder, a 20-year veteran with Ernst & Young LLP, is responsible for all of the Baltimore office's resources including oversight of the firm's assurance, advisory, tax and transaction services.
He served previously as the Baltimore office assurance leader, the East Central region insurance industry leader and as Ernst & Young LLP national managed care leader. His extensive client experience includes providing assurance, advisory and transaction services to life and health insurance, property casualty, managed care and asset management companies.
An avid runner, Mr. Ridder raised more than $8,100 for NFTE in the 2011 Under Armour Baltimore Running Festival Charity Chaser race. Ernst & Young also recently announced the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Alumni Fund to reward top NFTE students with college scholarships as well as aid NFTE's Adopt-a-Class initiative. Annually, Ernst & Young honors students for their winning business plans at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® program.
Mr. Ridder received his bachelor's degree in accountancy from Franklin & Marshall College. He is a certified public accountant licensed in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia
"NFTE Baltimore is fortunate to have these top business leaders in our city on its board of directors," said Patricia Granata Eisner, executive director of NFTE Baltimore. "Their expertise will help us continue to provide the very best in entrepreneurship education to our students."
NFTE is an international nonprofit based in New York that provides entrepreneurship programs to young people from low-income communities. The organization's Baltimore affiliate celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012 and has reached 10,000 students in 10 years. NFTE currently provides entrepreneurship curriculum to 24 schools in Baltimore. For more information, visit nfte.com.
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