Dan Bender, MBA

Dan Bender, MBA has held a number of executive positions in the past two decades. In 1997, they began their career as a Senior Managing Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Three years later, they moved to ZEFER as Director of Strategic Consulting, where they were responsible for sales, delivery and practice management of 35+ senior consultants. In 2005, they joined AEG Partners as Managing Director. In 2011, they became CEO of Frozen Specialties, Inc., a private label manufacturer of frozen foods with a staff of over 200 employees. Dan successfully guided the company sale process to Bellisio Foods in 2018. In 2019, they joined The Stoneleigh Group and is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer at Proven Partners Group since 2021.

Dan Bender holds an MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, which they obtained in 1992. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Arts - BA in Economics / Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame in 1987.