Edward W. Withrow Jr:
earned his Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University, with a concentration in Investment Banking. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business, with a concentration in Finance and Accounting, from the University of Colorado. He served twenty-four years on active duty in the U.S. Navy as a professional logistician, retiring with the rank of Captain. Mr. Withrow was a financial professional with Drexel Burnham Lambert, Paine Webber, Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo.
Mr. Withrow has been very active in civic leadership for the past 20 years serving in a number of elected and appointed positions, including Mayor of Alameda, California. He is currently serving as the regionally elected President of the Governing Board of The Peralta Colleges, an institution consisting of 2,000 faculty and staff and approximately 30,000 students.
