Ralph Boyd

Ralph Boyd is the Director at Sandy Spring Bank. Ralph has also served as the Interim President & Chief Executive Officer at Center City Public Charter Schools, Inc. and as the EVP, Community Relations, Freddie Mac /Chairman, President & CEO, Freddie Mac Foundation, Inc.

Boyd has been responsible for overseeing academic programs, institutional advancement, finance, operations, safety and security, human resources, talent development, compliance, and community outreach functions of charter management organization operating 6 academically rigorous, character-based, inner-city public charter schools. Ralph has also been responsible for overseeing the national capital region’s largest corporate philanthropic program, involving corporate and Foundation grant-making, corporate community investments, and employee volunteer activities across several focus areas.

During their time at Freddie Mac, Boyd was a member of corporate management committee during conservatorship (October 2009-March 2012) and also a member of Foundation’s investment committee. Ralph executive sponsored employee affinity and professional development organizations and formulated strategic plans for deploying the Foundation’s assets, concentrating on high-impact programs, and capacity building projects.

Boyd successfully managed a nonprofit corporation affiliated with a government-sponsored entity during a period of unprecedented business, legal, regulatory and reputational challenges. Ralph also managed legal and reputation risks associated with payments to, and business relationships with, various nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations. In addition, Boyd formulated and monitored compliance with regulator approved annual Enterprise

Ralph Boyd received a J.D. from Harvard University, a Bachelor of Arts from Haverford College, and honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Suffolk University and the New England School of Law/Boston.