Edward A. Morton

Principal, Managing Director

Edward Morton joined Wasmer, Schroeder & Company, Inc. as Managing Director in January of 2007.  Mr. Morton is responsible for business development and strategic planning.

Mr. Morton has over 39 years of experience in the executive and financial fields.  After serving his country as a Captain in the US Army during the Vietnam war, in 1972 Mr. Morton began his career in finance with the NCH Healthcare System where he retired in 2006.  During his tenure at NCH, Mr. Morton held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and for the last six years of his career, Chief Executive Officer.  Through Mr. Morton's leadership, NCH's net-worth doubled from $137.8 million in 2000 to $275.5 million in 2006, during which time NCH achieved several highly recognized awards: the top 5% of all healthcare organizations in the US (2004, 2005, 2006); the top 100 status of all healthcare organizations in the US for overall performance improvement over the past five years (ending in 2006); multiple awards for NCH cardiac programs, including Code Save A Heart; and acquired the area's first CyberKnife, daVinci Surgical System robot and Pet/CT scanner technology.

Mr. Morton holds a BA in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, an MBA from the University of Miami and an MS in Health Science from Florida Gulf Coast University.  He is an elected Officer of the Leadership Collier Foundation; Trustee of the Youth Development Foundation (Quest); Trustee, Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU); Chairman Emeritus of the FGCU Foundation; Advisory Board Member of the Neighborhood Health Clinic; and Trustee of the Moorings Park Institute.