Donald founded FinPro, Inc. in 1987 as a consulting and investment banking firm located in New Jersey that specializes in providing advisory services to the financial institutions industry.
Donald has a broad background in strategic planning, asset/liability management, market feasibility assessments, de novo bank formation and investment banking. Besides his consulting experience, he has solid industry experience, having worked for two multi-billion asset, east coast financial institutions.
Donald has significant de novo experience as a founder, significant shareholder and Board member. He helped form Nittany Financial Corporation in 1998 and served as Audit Chairman until the Bank was sold in 2006. Currently, Donald most recently formed Madison National Bank in Long Island. He also is a significant investor in numerous other de novo’s.
Donald has provided expert testimony on financial institution matters for the Federal Bankruptcy Court, the Office of Thrift Supervision and the United States Attorney’s Office.
Donald is a frequent speaker on financial institution related topics and has assisted trade groups such as the ACB, ABA, CSBS and numerous State Organizations in various activities. He is on the faculty of Stonier Graduate School of Banking, teaching Strategic Planning and Mergers and Acquisitions. Donald also teaches at the Graduate School of Bank Investments and Financial Management at the University of South Carolina and teaches at the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, where he teaches Planning.
Prior to establishing FinPro, Donald had direct industry experience having managed the Corporate Planning and Mergers and Acquisitions departments for Meritor Financial Group, a $20 billion firm in Philadelphia. Before that, he had responsibility for the banking, thrift and real estate consulting practice in the State of New Jersey for Deloitte Haskins & Sells. He began his career with Goldome Savings Bank.
Donald earned a B.S. in Finance from Villanova University and a M.B.A. in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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