Ned graduated from Wesleyan University in 1980 and received a Master in Business Administration from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1992. Before joining DCLA® in 1995, Ned was an associate at The Bridgeford Group, a merger and acquisition advisory firm in New York City. Ned holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, is a Chartered Investment Counselor, a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, and a trustee of the Allen Hilles Fund, a charitable foundation based in Philadelphia. Ned became a partner of the firm in 2000, a Managing Director in 2013 and a Managing Partner in 2016.