Howard Seligman was born in Brooklyn in 1956 and grew up in New York City. He studied the performing arts at Sarah Lawrence College and received an MBA in Finance from New York University in January, 1979. Since then, Howard has helped in the founding of several non-profit arts organizations, including New Art Publications, The New Writing Foundation and The Solo Foundation.

Today, he serves as Treasurer on the Board of three dance companies based in New York, and is also the Chief Financial Officer of ABC NO RIO. Howard continues to assist new non-profit groups in obtaining their tax exempt status from the IRS and maintaining compliance with all applicable regulations.

Howard had a seasonal tax practice working with self employed artists and writers since 1981, where he provided financial consulting services to these individuals and small entertainment businesses. In 2010, he merged his practice with Dmitriy Goykhman, CPA PC.