Dan Levitan

Who is 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.