After selling his second generation family residential and office furniture rental business of which he was CEO to Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Corporation, Ed became a family business consultant. Ed has diverse business management and entrepreneurial expertise in the retail,manufacturing, distribution,real estate, and energy management businesses.
His practice focuses on strategic planning, succession planning, governance and family legacy.
He has been active in the Family Firm Institute, The Estate Planning Council of New York and the Association for Conflict Resolution. Ed has Bachelors and Masters Social Science degrees from Columbia University. He received mediator training through the Bar Association of the City of New York, The Center for Mediation in Law and New York University’s Mediator Training Program and completed the specialized SuccessCare® Program for training family business consultants. He has been active in several progressive business organizations including Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, Business for Social Responsibility and The Small Business Majority and currently serves on the Advisory Board of Cleantech Corridor.