Dan Levitan

Dan Levitan co-founded Maveron in 1998, bringing a wealth of experience in the retail, consumer and financial sectors. Levitan currently serves on the boards of Cranium, Potbelly Sandwich Works, The Motley Fool, Internet REIT (iREIT) and Vetinsurance. Prior to founding Maveron, Levitan was a Managing Director at Schroders. At Schroders, he headed consumer investment banking, new business development and founded the West Coast investment banking division. Levitan met Howard Schultz in 1991, when Starbucks began planning for its IPO. Levitan has acted as a consultant to numerous private, public and philanthropic organizations, including Duke University's Trinity College of Arts Sciences Board of Visitors, The Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School and Pilchuck Glass School. He is a graduate of Horace Mann School, Duke University and Harvard Business School.