Don is Chairman of the Executive Board of ATL Partners, a private equity company in NYC. Don is also on the Board of Directors & Chairman of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee at Terex (TEX), Board of Directors & Chairman of Nominating & Governance Committee at ITT. He previously served for over a decade on the National Retail Properties (NNN) and Regions Financial (RF) Boards. He also served as Board Member & Non-Executive Chairman of James Hardie (JHX) & Board member of Enpro Industries previously.

KKR selected Don to become Chairman and Ceo of publicly traded Walter Industries until he retired. Previously he worked in senior executive positions with Rockwell International, COO of Mack Trucks, Automotive President Safety Restraints AlliedSignal, President of Truck Group Navistar, and COO Dura Automotive.

Don received his Bachelors in Engineering from Purdue and MBA from Harvard.