Biography: Edward Christie, Jr.
Edward Christie, Jr., is the senior vice president of administration and chief financial officer for Caring People Alliance, where he has served since 2005. Caring People Alliance, an affiliate of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, is one of the Philadelphia region’s top 10 non-profit organizations, as noted by the Philadelphia Business Journal. The agency services an estimated 18,200 low-income individuals and families each year, as well as 23,000 members of the community through Child Care Information Services (CCIS). With an annual organization budget exceeding $115 million, Christie provides direct financial and operational management for the alliance’s Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Internal Technology, and CCIS Programs.
Prior to becoming a member of the Alliance Defense Fund Board of Directors in 2009, Christie was the vice president and chief financial officer for the national headquarters of the United Way system. United Way of America has 1,400 affiliates, with total annual revenues of over $4 billion. Christie’s responsibilities included providing United Way stakeholders with financial information, planning, and advice, as well as organizing the annual operating budgeting process and making timely and accurate reports to agencies and vendors. He chaired the system’s financial issues committee (comprised of senior financial professionals from member organizations) and was an active member of the board of directors of the United Way subsidiary Sales Service America.
Christie also served as COO/CFO for the United Service Organizations (USO) for seven years, where he managed overseas/U.S. operations, budgeting and finances, internal auditing, entertainment programs, and human resources. Prior to the USO, Christie worked as a turnaround consultant to the Baltimore Red Cross, which led to a full-time assignment as deputy executive director of administration/CFO to implement his recommendations for improved cash flow requirements. He spearheaded the merger of the blood services operation at the Washington, D.C., Red Cross into the Baltimore Red Cross.
Christie and his wife of 42 years call Berwyn, Pennsylvania, home. They have three daughters and six grandsons. Christie also holds memberships with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Pennsylvania Society of CPAs, and is the treasurer/board member of his homeowners association. He completed his B.S. in Accounting at Stonehill College in Massachusetts and completed several graduate-level courses in Finance at Adelphi University in New York.