J. Douglas Holladay is a cofounder of Park Avenue Equity Partners. While Mr. Holladay continues as an active investor, he focuses his time mainly on several not-for-profit efforts, including PathNorth, which helps business owners and CEOs define success more broadly. He holds the Heinz Christian Prechter Executive in Residence position at Georgetown University, where he teaches MBA students.
Holladay was formerly a senior officer with the international investment banking firm Goldman Sachs and Company. While with Goldman Sachs, he served as founding President of One to One Mentoring Partnership, an initiative of the New York financial community to bring imaginative solutions to some of our most pressing urban youth challenges.
Before joining Goldman Sachs, Holladay held senior positions in both the White House and the Department of State. After working under White House Chief of Staff James A. Baker III, Holladay was appointed by the President to the personal rank of Special Ambassador, charged to coordinate major aspects of the US public response to the challenges posed by South Africa prior to the dramatic release of Nelson Mandela.
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