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Management

Our mission is to strengthen the regional economy by driving talent and capital into scalable technology companies in Western Ohio. The DDC’s Accelerant team manages the fund with the assistance of an independent advisory board.

Carol Warner
Carol Warner

Analyst

Carol Warner joined the Accelerant entrepreneurial venture fund team of the Dayton Development Coalition in 2015. Her role focuses on investment due diligence and financial reporting and analysis, including responsibility for regular communication of results to fund investors.

Carol was previously the CFO of Commuter Advertising, one of the Dayton Region Signature Fund investments, and brings good perspective and experience to the Accelerant team from the start-up company environment. She was selected as the 2012 CFO of the Year by the Dayton Business Journal while with Commuter Advertising. Carol came to Dayton in 2001 as Vice President – Finance of LM Berry and Company; her finance career with AT&T/Bellsouth/Berry spanned 20 years. Carol also has prior experience in public accounting and was certified as a CPA in Georgia. She received both an MBA and BA from Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business in Atlanta, Georgia.

Carol has been active in the community since coming to Dayton. She currently serves on the board of the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, and is the treasurer of the United States Air and Trade Show and deputy treasurer of the Citizens for Good Libraries. She previously served on the boards of the Miami Valley Research Foundation, Dayton Opera and the Organizational Review Committee of United Way of the Greater Dayton Area. She was a member of the Leadership Dayton Class of 2004.

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