Ric Edelman is a Co-Founder and serves Executive Chairman at Edelman Financial Services. He served as Advisor at Bitwise. He is also an Angel Investor. Edelman is also Co-Chief Executive Officer, President, and a Director of The Edelman Financial Group, and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Edelman Financial Services, Edelman Financial's largest holding. Edelman was elected to Sanders Morris Harris Inc.'s Board of Directors in May 2009. Edelman received a BA in Communications from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University), Glassboro, NJ, in 1980 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Rowan in 1999.