Spire Capital
Don joined Spire Capital in 2006 as the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Compliance Officer. Don is responsible for the firm’s fund administration, investor relations, compliance and works closely with each of the portfolio companies’ financial and accounting teams. Don also manages the accounting due diligence at Spire for prospective investments.
Prior to joining Spire, Don was the Chief Financial Officer at Iron Oak Development, a mid-Atlantic real estate investment firm, with responsibilities including planning, developing and implementing all financial controls and reports in connection with the investment entities. Prior to Iron Oak, Don spent eight years as CFO/COO of Specialty Brands, a private-equity backed consumer company. Additionally, Don spent fifteen years as Regional Controller at Wawa Food Markets in both operational and financial roles.
He graduated from Widener University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.
Don serves as a Director of On Campus Marketing.
Don juggles life with kids who play high school varsity lacrosse, field hockey, basketball and soccer. Don is a 4-4 fan on the Philadelphia sports scene and loves vacationing with his family at the Jersey shore.
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Spire Capital
Founded in 2000, Spire Capital is an active and experienced private equity firm with an investment focus on lead and control investments in companies within the business services, information services, media, education, and communications sectors. Spire Capital leads buyout investments in its areas of expertise and believes its deep industry experience and network of relationships are invaluable in helping its portfolio companies to grow and create value. Spire Capital is investing out of its third fund and has managed over $1.2 billion in private equity commitments since its founding. Since its inception, Spire has invested in 30 platform companies and consummated over 100 add-on acquisitions.