Ken Der

Profile of Ken Der

Ken Der is the Senior Tax Advisor at The Foundation for Financial Education, one of the largest and fastest-growing 501(c)(3) nonprofits in the country.

Ken is a practicing Certified Public Accountant with a Masters in Taxation focused on preparing tax returns and consulting with a focus on minimizing current taxes.  He has achieved his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University, an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, his Masters in Tax from Bentley University, and his Masters in Financial Services from the Institute of Business and Finance.  He is also a member of the National Association of Tax Preparers and the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.

Having been an Adjunct Professor at Babson College, Ken focuses on helping clients to understand the options to achieve their goals and helping to quantify the financial implications of these options, realizing there is no one solution to all situations and that the planning is individualist and will change over time as one’s priorities shift and change.

Ken has a passion for helping educate and mentor people through sharing his knowledge and experience, and enjoys doing seminars on tax and business consulting.  Ken lives with his wife Pearl in Wellesley, MA.  They share two adult sons with three beautiful grandchildren.