Hello and welcome to the Foundation for Fiduciary Education. I’m excited to have you here! As an IRS approved, 501(c)(3) NonProfit Organization, our mission is to educate and empower families through comprehensive fiduciary financial education. We are pleased to provide you with financial education and resources you can trust . Taught exclusively by Certified Financial Fiduciaries®. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to helping you in any way I can.

Prior to forming Amadeus Wealth Alternatives, a firm with expertise in Alternative Investments Ed ran the investment division of a New Jersey regional accounting firm as well as the New York office of a Boston based advisory firm as Managing Director. Ed has lectured for the New York State CPA Society at the Exempt Organization Conference on Fiduciary Investing for Endowments and Foundations as well as the New Jersey State CPA Society, Essex Chapter. His publications include “Developing an Investment Process for the Foundation and Endowment,” co-authored with Donald Trone (Journal of Practical Estate Planning), “Institutional Investing for Individual Investors,” (Physician’s Money Digest), "Current Trends in Hedge Funds" (The CPA Journal) and "Investing in Rare Violins and Cellos" (WealthManagement.com). He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and M.B.A. from New York University. Mr. Papier is a member of the Investments & Wealth Institute (formerly IMCA), the Society of Estate Planning Practitioners (STEP), the National Association of Certified Financial Fiduciaries (NACFF) and the Estate Planning Council of New York City. He has completed the Consultant’s Certification Course sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Fiduciary Studies and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association’s (CAIA) Fundamentals of Alternative Investments Certificate Program. In his spare time, Mr. Papier is a classical pianist. Please join him in New York each May for his annual recital.