Dana White

Dana provides CFO support for Food Well Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to building thriving community gardens and urban farms across metro Atlanta. Dana also serves as CFO of Urban Recipe, a nonprofit supporting food security through the formation and operation of food cooperatives and mobile pantry program for under-resourced individuals and families. In addition, Dana has provided CFO consulting services to a private healthcare company and an international nonprofit supporting accessibility for individuals with disabilities. In these roles, she has implemented process improvements and facilitated budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting. She has offered expertise in accounting system structure and design as well as innovative solutions for expense tracking. Dana has also delivered comprehensive financial and operational assessments for clients. Previously, Dana provided financial services for Meru LLC, a boutique restructuring firm. In this role she managed cash forecast and performance models, and was instrumental in the creation of a cash management and investment program. For the past 20 years, Dana has also managed the finances for Trojan Partners, a private real estate partnership, where she has overseen daily financial operations, assisted with tax preparation, and prepared customized financial reports and budgets for the business owners.

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Dana began her career at Bankers Trust Company/Deutsche Bank in New York City where she was ranked first in her merchant bank training program class. She later worked in the bank’s corporate finance unit, providing leveraged acquisition financing for Fortune 500 companies. Following this position, Dana served as a Senior Financial Analyst in the International Treasury Department at RJR Nabisco where she evaluated and implemented international financing strategies including cross border leases, foreign currency financing, and debt for equity swaps. Dana later joined GE Capital where she was part of a team that provided mezzanine financing for mergers and acquisitions of middle market companies.