Max Broder

Max Broder is the co-owner and CFO of Broder Tutoring Center. He is also the standardized test-prep coordinator. Max grew up in Potomac, MD alongside his two brothers and attended Churchill High School. Growing up, Max showed an interest in teaching and entrepreneurship. He observed his mother and other staff nurture and provide confidence in their students as they tutored them in various subjects. While preparing to take his SAT and ACT exams using the standard practices at the time, Max noticed that it was overly complicated, and started coming up with his own strategies to review the questions. He did the same thing when it came time to take his CPA exam. Max did very well on his exams and shared his newfound study and preparation techniques with the tutoring center. He tutored standardized test-prep all throughout high school, college, and even while working full-time as a CPA at CohnReznick. 

 

Max was accepted to the University of Maryland and pursued a Bachelor of Science Accounting degree before gaining acceptance into the highly selective Smith School of Business. After completing his Master of Science in Accounting, Max also decided to earn his CPA and worked briefly in auditing. It was during this early phase in his career that Max quickly learned accounting was unfulfilling in a way that teaching was. He valued the meaningful connections that working one-on-one with a student created. The reward of watching a student gain confidence in themselves and change their attitude towards math and school was how he wanted to affect the world. Max knew that he loved teaching and wanted to make it his career!

 

Max is deeply passionate about encouraging his students to understand math intuitively rather than memorizing the method of getting to an answer. His teaching philosophy is that “mistakes are part of the learning process.” Max lives in Olney with his wife, Sarah, who is an attorney, and their son Jackson. In his spare time, Max enjoys reading and listening to music.