Bio

Dan is a founder of Silver Oak and together with Mr. Barr, they lead and manage the firm. Dan is responsible for deal generation and overseeing due diligence, structuring and negotiating transactions, overseeing the management of certain of the firm’s portfolio companies and fundraising. Prior to the formation of Silver Oak, Dan was a Founding Partner and Managing Director of Willis Stein & Partners, a private equity limited partnership. Dan and four other partners formed the firm in 1995 after successful careers together at CIVC, a subsidiary of Bank of America (formerly Continental Bank). Prior to CIVC, Dan worked in the Corporate Finance Department of Kidder, Peabody & Co. He currently serves as chairman of The Josselyn Center and was past president of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In addition, he periodically teaches at Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.