Doug Mellinger

Managing Director, Clarion Capital Partners

Doug is a Partner at Clarion Capital and Managing Director responsible for sourcing and investor relations. He is actively involved with the portfolio through his engagement with the investment committee and ongoing portfolio company engagement.

He joined the firm in 2013 from Palm Ventures where he was a Managing Director. An avid entrepreneur, Doug is a founder of numerous groups and organizations including Foundation Source, the nation’s leading provider of outsourced services for private foundations and Enherent, a global software development company. He graduated from Syracuse University where he created his own degree in Entrepreneurship and afterward founded the Young Entrepreneurs Organization. He is a longtime member of Young President’s Organization.

Doug’s personal interests include his family, golf, reading, peloton, and relaxing by the water. He also enjoys lecturing on: “Deploying Capital to Make a Difference” and using “The Practice of Philanthropy to Make a Difference with Families.”