Dan Staats

Dan is a principal with nearly 10 years of experience recruiting board-members and executives for private equity-backed companies and investors. At Acertitude, he connects clients with brilliant leaders, applying his full resolve and subject matter expertise to deliver great results and a great experience.

Before joining Acertitude, Dan spent over three years in Korn Ferry’s Private Equity and Healthcare practices. There, he conducted similar searches for BODs, CEOs, and C-level executives, investment professionals, and operating partners. Previously, he spent nearly five years in roles of increasing responsibility with a private-equity-focused boutique search firm.

Dan and his family live in Los Angeles and enjoy spending days at the beach on some of the country’s best coastlines. He also has a heart for the mountains, having grown up south of Lake Tahoe skiing Kirkwood in the winters. To this day, he’d entertain a career as a ski bum given the right circumstances.