Curt D Ritter

Director of Corporate Communications at CIT

Chatham, New Jersey

Financial Services

CIT - NY/NJ since Apr 2006
Director of Corporate Communications
CIT Apr 2006 - Oct 2010
Vice President, External and Internal Communications & Media Relations
W. P. Carey & Co. LLC Apr 2001 - Apr 2006
First Vice President and Director of Corporate Communications
Office of the Mayor City of New York/Rudy Giuliani Jun 1997 - Apr 2001
First Deputy Press Secretary
Edelman Public Relations Nov 1994 - Jun 1997
Account Executive

Columbia University - Columbia Business School 2005 - 2006
MBA Arizona State University 1989 - 1994
BA, Broadcasting - Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Delbarton 1985 - 1989
High School Diploma

Crisis Communications
Media Relations
Internal Communications
Public Relations
Corporate Communications
Thought Leadership
Executive Communications
Strategic Communications
Journalism
Message Development
Speech Writing
Integrated Marketing
Press Releases
Marketing Communications
Messaging
Strategy
Public Affairs
Reputation Management
Communication Training
Editing

2012 Bronze Telly Award Recipient 2010 Leasing News Person of the Year http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2011/1_04.htm#ritter 2010 Silver Anvil Award of Excellence, Crisis Communications Recipient from the Public Relations Society of America. 2009 PRWeek Crisis Management Campaign of the Year Finalist 2009 Financial Communications Society Interactive Media Campaign Bronze Award Recipient for CIT’s “5 Minute Capital” executive podcast series. PRSA Bronze Anvil Award Recipient for strategic media relations campaign “Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater – Making the Case for Off Balance Sheet Financing.” PRSA Big Apple Award Recipient for KeyCorp’s “KeyForum: Big Issues for Small Businesses,” a national conference for small business owners held in Washington, D.C.