Presenter

J. Cole Dawson

Partner and Managing Director, Salient Partners LP

J. Cole Dawson is a Partner and Managing Director of Salient Partners. Prior to being acquired by Salient, Mr. Dawson served as a Founder and President of RDG Capital LLC, a Houston-based asset and wealth management firm which included a niche specialization in MLP investments. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Vice President of Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group, a Vice President with Goldman Sachs’ Private Wealth Management, and in investment banking with Salomon Brothers Inc. in the mid 1980s. Mr. Dawson graduated from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business with his Master of Business Administration (MBA). He earned his undergraduate BA in Economics cum laude from Washington & Lee University where he was President of the Student Body and Chairman of the Honor System. He is a third generation Houstonian where he graduated from St. John’s High School. Mr. Dawson is a member of the Gulf States Chapter of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and is very active in his community through involvement in various charitable organizations. 

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