Ed is founder and partner at Thrive Healthcare Consultants. Ed's previous roles include 18 years as a Medicaid consultant at a Fortune 200 company and four years as a health plan executive at a Fortune 10 company.

He has volunteered in support of many youth-based organizations, responding to a calling to support youth development during these formative years. He has supported a Boy Scout Troop as a Troop Leader and Boys Hope Girls Hope as a Mentor. For seven years, Ed served on the Board of Directors and two years as Chair for FSL, a Phoenix-based Catholic organization that serves Arizonans across the state with maintaining dignity through affordable housing. He previously served on the Board of the Phoenix Conservatory of Music.

Ed strongly believes in the success of Catholic schools in supporting youth in faith formation and academic excellence. He has seen the amazing accomplishments of The Matthew 19:14 Project in helping schools make great leaps forward in understanding, and gaining the tools and resources to embrace and support students with exceptional needs. He recognizes the blessing of the work of The Matthew 19:14 Project, having sat with heartbroken parents over the years who had to make the difficult decision to move their children to public schools so the exceptional needs of their child would be met.