About Me

Dave is the youngest of six kids raised by a single mom. He grew up in East Meadow, NY and attended Chaminade HS.  

Dave is the Founder and the Managing Director of Team Elevate, a top ranked national girl’s travel lacrosse program.  Team Elevate is completely different than any other travel sports program because our focus is not just on sports, but empowering young women to be the best they can be in anything they do.  Our motto is – Elevate Your Mind, Elevate Your Body, Elevate Your Game and Elevate Your Life.  

Our student athletes have been recruited to some of the best schools in the country including Brown, UPENN, Dartmouth, Princeton, North Carolina, Northwestern, Boston College, Syracuse, USC, Lehigh, Lafayette, Loyola, Boston University, American, United States Naval Academy, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Ohio State, James Madison, Drexel, Fairfield, Villanova, Marquette, Rutgers, George Washington, Tufts, Trinity, Amherst and many more. 

Dave graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Behavioral Management from Brown University (Providence, RI). Dave has the expertise and drive of being an entrepreneur while also having the successful management skills of working in large, prestigious organizations. He has over 25 years of consulting experience. He was a Senior Vice President for both Merrill Lynch and UBS Paine Webber and also worked for Hong Kong Shanghai Bank. He has assisted a wide range of companies from Wall Street to Main Street.

As a former professional lacrosse player, Dave has been active in professional sports and has served in consulting roles to the NY Islanders of the NHL, the New York Dragons of the AFL, the New Jersey Nets of the NBA and was President of the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. Dave is very active in connecting the passion of sports with the passion of business. He is the Founder of The Lacrosse Business Network and he developed the New York Islander’s Business Club.

Dave has also served as a keynote speaker for wide variety of organizations such as US Lacrosse, Law Line, Merrill Lynch, UBS, FurtherEd, The CPA Roundtable, National Network of Accountants, The Accountant Resource Group, Hofstra University, Adelphi University, New York Institute of Technology, the Long Island Alliance (LIA), youth sports organizations, community groups and high schools. He is an approved Faculty Member for LawLine.com. Dave is very active in his community where he coaches travel lacrosse and high school lacrosse for Holy Trinity HS. He is the former Co-President of the Friends of Brown Lacrosse and he is also the former President of the Brown University Alumni Association of Long Island.

Dave lives in Northport, NY with his wife Nancy and their three daughters Victoria, Katie and Allie.