Bio

Ralph has been in the finance sector for over 35 years. Prior to forming EFA, Ralph was a Managing Director for GE Capital where he founded and led the entertainment unit of the Media, Communications & Entertainment business from 2004 to 2009. He was responsible for leading a team of sales and risk professionals that closed and managed over $3 billion of transactions in the entertainment sectors including film exhibition (theaters, digital cinema), leisure (theme parks, ski resorts, FECs, sports), production (film, music), and casinos. From 2001 to 2004, Ralph was with GE as a Managing Director responsible for leading teams of risk professionals that managed a $500 million entertainment portfolio and a $500 million distressed debt portfolio. He was with Heller Financial from 1999 to 2001 where he was a founding member of Heller’s EMX group that focused on the entertainment sector. Ralph has also held finance positions with Gilman Financial Services, the financing unit of a privately held paper company, and with CIS Corporation, a technology leasing company. Ralph is very involved with his local community. For the past 12 years he had been on the board of the Human Services Council in Norwalk, Connecticut that provides services for at-risk youth in the area. Previously, for five years he was a leader for GE Capital’s efforts with the 'Children's Connection' collecting holiday gifts for children in the foster care system. In 2008, Ralph was nominated for GE’s prestigious Phillippe Award for outstanding community volunteer leadership. He was also previously on the board of Trackside, the teen center of Wilton, Connecticut for four years. Ralph has been an ‘executive-in-residence’ at the University of New Haven for several years making guest lecturing appearances on the entertainment sectors. In 2021, he started making guest lecturing appearances at the University of West Florida. Ralph has a B.S. in Marketing from Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He has Series 7 and 63 licenses and is an investment banking representative under FINRA. Ralph and his wife reside in Wilton, Connecticut.