About & Leadership
A Seasoned Team
The Accredited Investor Association is here to help publicly traded companies connect with potential investors, family offices, analysts, and bankers. We are the connectors between management and the investment community.
Our mission
AIA is not an IR or PR Firm. Nor do we hype or are we stock promoters. Rather we look for opportunities in the small cap space that could be potential unicorns. We meet with management. We spend time with management and their board of directors and/or advisory board members to understand the company's value proposition and determine the best that we can the likelihood that the company can execute its business plan.
Reach Accredited Investors
Now you can use the power of VIP Meetings and AIA to target fully accredited investors throughout North America. Let the Accredited Investor Association help you reach more people economically and efficiently over the next six months with proven results. We are not an IR or PR firm. We come from the financial services industry and bring over 65 years of industry experience with relationships built over 30 years.
William (Bill) Ritger
Advisor to AIA
William (Bill) Ritger started as an analyst on Wall Street in 1973 with Standard & Poor's Corporation before moving on to Argus Research Corporation. He also served in equity research for Dean Witter Reynolds, Needham & Co., Dillon Read, and Kidder Peabody before founding Research Works in 1992. Mr. Ritger currently serves as co-manager of Seaside 88 Advisors LLC and Advisor to AIA.
William (Bill) Baumner IV
Manager of AIA
William (Bill) Baumner IV started as a general securities representative in 1993 before semi-retiring in 2019. He co-founded VIP Meetings which has helped coordinate over 1,900 meetings throughout the US and Canada. Mr. Baumner currently serves as Manager of the Accredited Investor Association (AIA). Mr. Baumner is the Publisher of the CryptoUnicorn Insider and the Unicorn Insider newsletters.