Dan is Partner and Vice Chairman of Cerity Partners. He was previously CEO of Graypoint LLC, the successor firm to Hugh Johnson Advisors, where Dan served as CEO. Dan joined Hugh Johnson Advisors in 2010, having spent 28 years as a partner at The Ayco Company, L.P. providing tax, investment and financial planning advice to Ayco’s highest net worth clients. He founded and led the firm’s Special Investment Group, creating venture capital, private equity and hedge fund opportunities for the firm’s clients. Dan spent three years as Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliance at Goldman Sachs integrating Ayco into Goldman’s Private Wealth Management practice following the sale of Ayco to Goldman Sachs.

Dan is a trustee emeritus at Albany Law School and a director of the Center for Disability Services Endowment Board. Dan received his undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Albany and his JD from Albany Law School.

George R. Hearst III is publisher and CEO of the Times Union, the Greater Capital Region’s largest multimedia news company. A director of Hearst Corporation and a great-grandson of founder William Randolph Hearst, he joined the Times Union in 1989 and became publisher in 2009 after serving in senior management roles. Hearst is deeply committed to community service, supporting regional economic development, education, arts and culture, and human services through board leadership with organizations such as the Center for Economic Growth, University at Albany Foundation, and the Center for Disability Services.

His civic work has earned multiple community and humanitarian awards, including the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Twin Rivers Council in 2011.