DUNBAR - Key Persons
Damiana Franklin started her career in public accounting in 2005. She received her license to practice as a Certified Public accountant (CPA) in the state of Nevada in 2009. Damiana attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with her undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting. She is also a member of the American Institute of CPAs.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- National Practice Leader Consulting & Reporting
Maureen started her unclaimed property career at the Pennsylvania Treasury, Bureau of Unclaimed Property, where among other duties, she managed the State's voluntary disclosure program (VDA), counseling and assisting companies with Pennsylvania's statutory compliance obligations. During her tenure at the PA Treasury, Maureen served in various management roles including the claims processing department, where she had oversight of the payment of tens of thousands of claims each year. After 18 years, Maureen was recruited by Keane to become Managing Director of outsourced reporting. Unclaimed Property Advocates joined forces with Dunbar to become a full-service unclaimed property service provider. Maureen is a distinguished faculty member of the Lorman Education Group and presents Webinars on unclaimed property related topics. She is also a member of the Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization (UPPO).
Mike has an extensive background in operational evaluation & finance spanning more than 10 years. He is the Co-founder of Joseph Beare & Company, a Las Vegas-based organization that specializes in strategic management consulting and creative financing solutions. Prior to founding Joseph Beare & Company, he was most recently the Chief Administrative Officer for Fifth Street Gaming and the Chief Financial Officer of Downtown Managers, LLC. the companies behind the successful opening of Downtown Grand Las Vegas. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Analyst and Operations Evaluations Controller for the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, responsible for creation of operating budgets, forecasts and analytics for all business units.
Job Titles:
- Director of Research & Recovery
Mike has over 30 years of experience in the unclaimed property industry and brings a proven track record to Dunbar. As an original member of SMS Group, Mike worked closely with the principals to develop the company's customer relationship management systems and genealogical research office. Prior to SMS, Mike was an original employee of EquiSearch Services, which grew to be one of the largest and most successful shareholder search companies of its day.
Nick is a senior executive with over twenty five years of cross-functional leadership experience driving success in start-ups and established companies. He has a proven track record of developing and managing new lines of business, revenue growth, client relationship development, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate strategy development.
Nick has an extensive background in risk and compliance, including over 12 years in unclaimed property. Most recently he was Vice President of the Risk and Compliance Intelligence Group at DST. Prior to joining DST, Nick was Chief Operating Officer at KEANE, a leading provider of unclaimed property communications, compliance and consulting services in the U.S. Before that, he was Executive Vice President of Venio, LLC, which acquired KEANE in 2010. Nick has also served as Chief Operating Officer at SMS Vanacore, Director of Sales and Client Services at SMS Group LLC, and has held executive positions at both IQ Squared and Andersen Consulting (n/k/a Accenture).
Nick serves on the Board of Directors for the Expect Miracles Foundation, which rallies the financial services industry to invest in life-saving cancer research and advanced patient care programs nationwide.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Bronson Companies
- Director of Starwood Property Trust
Since 2000, Mr. Bronson has been the Chairman of The Bronson Companies, LLC, a real estate development, investment and advisory company based in Beverly Hills, California. For over thirty years, Mr. Bronson has been involved in the development of myriad commercial properties throughout the United States.
Mr. Bronson serves as a Director of Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), the largest commercial mortgage real estate investment trust in the United States. He is also a Trustee of Colony Starwood Homes (NYSE: SFR), a real estate investment trust focused on the single‑family residential business based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Previously Mr. Bronson was the President of New City Development, an affiliate of Mirage Resorts, where he oversaw the company's new business initiatives and activities outside of Nevada. He was also a Director of Mirage Resorts and a former Director of TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (NYSE: TPH, a homebuilder based in Irvine, California.
He has also served as a Trustee and Vice President of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), an association representing 70,000 industry professionals in more than 100 countries.
Mr. Bronson serves on the Board of the Neurosurgery Division at UCLA Medical Center, he is a past Trustee of The Forman School in Litchfield, CT and is a past Chairman of the Board of The Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles.
A frequent guest on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC and Bloomberg TV he is also the best-selling author of "The War at the Shore" which chronicles his story of the complexities of the development process and the battle between two of the gaming industry's most iconic personalities, Donald Trump and Steve Wynn.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Founder
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
For the past twenty years, Seth has built a family of companies which today includes businesses in the technology, hospitality and unclaimed property sectors. In 2004 he entered the unclaimed property industry co-founding SMS Group whose clients included some of the nation's largest financial institutions. SMS Group provided the foundation on which the largest unclaimed property firm in the country now rests.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Vice President of Sales
Steve has been in the unclaimed property industry since 2012. He has spent his career assisting organizations in effectively managing the complexities of unclaimed property and escheatment compliance by offering custom tailored solutions such as outsourced annual reporting, in-depth consulting services, and owner location. He has helped hundreds of companies varying in size and industry find solutions to achieve their goal of compliance. Steve resides in the Philadelphia suburbs with his wife Nicole and his two boys Cole and Vincent.
Job Titles:
- Director of Owner Location Services
Tracy has specialized in owner location services since 2009. Her depth of experience and institutional knowledge has helped clients in the banking, brokerage and transfer agent industries to reactivate thousands of dormant customer accounts and maintain valuable assets under management. In 2021, Tracy joined Dunbar's unclaimed property team as Director of Owner Location Services. At Dunbar, she manages a group of account representatives who actively assist unclaimed property claimants to recover their funds from the states. In addition, she works with Dunbar's corporate clients to locate lost owners and reactivate dormant accounts prior to the escheatment process. Before joining Dunbar, Tracy served as the Director of Recovery Services for Keane for twelve years.
Tracy is dedicated to client satisfaction and developing long-lasting partnerships through personal connection and white-glove service.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
William (B.J.) Hanson is a seasoned Unclaimed Property Professional with over eight years of experience in the industry. Prior to joining Dunbar, B.J. worked as Senior Vice President at Keane. At Keane, B.J. was responsible for client satisfaction, sustainment, and growth within the Banking, Brokerage, Mutual Fund, and Insurance industries. Prior to Keane, B.J. worked at DST Output for ten years on the Client Services team. B.J. excels in leading strategic growth initiatives and developing long lasting partnerships with his clients.