 In context with his work at AACC, Ritter has worked with Mahmud Karzai (also spelled Mahmoud or Mahmood Karzai).Ritter and Karzai (a brother of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the assassinated Ahmad Wali Karzai and the controversial Qayum Karzai), jointly authored several opinion editorials in "The Washington Times".Ritter has served for four years as the President and CEO of the AACC, whose annual U.S. Afghanistan Business Matchmaking Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is recognized as the world's leading Afghanistan-based, business and investment event of the year.