Prominent Financial Analyst, Cid D. Wilson, Named to Bergen Community College Bo

Cid D. Wilson, of Leonia, has been appointed to the Bergen Community College Board of Trustees. Mr. Wilson was officially sworn in at the Wednesday, May 3, meeting of the Board. Mr. Steven J. Moses, Chairman of the Board, has assigned Mr. Wilson to serve on the Audit and Finance/Legal, and the Education and Student Affairs Committees.
Mr. Wilson, a graduate of Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, is a Senior Analyst and Director of Research for Kevin Dann & Partners, LLC in New York City. In May 2006, he was named the top “Specialty Retailing Analyst” in the nation by Forbes magazine in their annual ranking of the best brokerage analysts in the country. From 2004-2006, Mr. Wilson was selected to address the White House on behalf of the Dominican-American community during the White House Dominican Independence Day Reception.

Mr. Wilson, a “life member” of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is the President of the Dominican American National Roundtable (DANR), a non-partisan, Washington, DC-based organization that campaigns for Dominicans at the national level. He is also the co-founder of Dominicans on Wall Street (DOWS), an association that assists Dominicans who are in pursuit of careers in the financial service industry. In April 2003, he was appointed Commissioner of the Bergen County Improvement Authority by County Executive Dennis McNerney, making him the youngest Commissioner as well as the first person of color to hold this appointment, a position he still maintains today.

Bergen Community College is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling more than 14,000 students in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs, and certificate programs. More than 10,000 students are enrolled in non-credit, professional courses through the Division of Continuing Education, the Institute for Learning in Retirement, and the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, located at 355 Main Street, Hackensack. Information about the College is available at http://www.bergen.edu or by phoning the Welcome Center at 201-447-7200.