DANA P. GOLAND
Strategic Partnerships | Emerging Markets | Sustainable Finance
CEO & Founder
Dana synthesizes over twenty years of facilitating capital investment in social and environmental solutions, by way of capital market securities (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, commodities, derivatives), complex trust vehicles and transformative donations by individuals, grant-making foundations, and corporations to 501c3 nonprofits and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) - to facilitate efficacious funding partnerships that solve environmental and social problems. Dana's career spans from supporting clients as a Financial Consultant at Smith Barney with their investment portfolios, through fundraising and leading teams for 501c3 organizations including CARE USA, End Oil/Communities for Clean Ports, the American Red Cross, UNCF-The College Fund and the Trust for Public Land. She has operated within the full scope of development for 501c3 organizations (from gift planning and legacy bequests, corporate and foundation giving, individual private investors, major and principle giving, workplace and capital campaigns and government contracts and grants), specializing in managing relationships that support at the six-, seven- and eight-figure level. She finds the most fulfillment in fostering strategic partnerships, building internal team’s capacities, and raising next generation leaders.
In 2019, Dana founded the Symbia Global Group, to leverage venture philanthropy as catalytic capital to scale ecological and social impact ventures that have disruptive solutions to the most intractable problems faced by humanity and the planet. The Symbia Global Group has advised and worked on clients/projects both nationally and internationally-based (including Italy, Canada, Kenya, Norway and Japan).
Currently, Dana is researching biomimetic models that leverage philanthropic capital to catalyze private sector investment in environmental and social justice initiatives to accelerate and scale impact, globally – as a PhD Student at Claremont Graduate University. Her first book - Philanthropy: The Keystone Species - is due out early 2026. She identifies as Black, cisgender, and lesbian and her current base is on Kizh and Gabrielino/Tongva Lands, also known as Long Beach, California USA.