David Driscoll
Research/Areas of Interest
Finance
Education
- MBA, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1980
- BA, Tufts University, USA, 1976
Biography
David Driscoll is a Professor of the Practice in the Economics Department at Tufts University where he teaches course focused on Finance. He joined Tufts in 2018 after a more than 35-year career as a Corporate Executive and Finance professional. His experience includes approximately 10 years at Getty Realty Corp (NYSE:GTY) where he served as lead Director of the Board of Directors and President and CEO of the company. Prior to joining Getty, Mr. Driscoll spent nine years at Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. where he was a Managing Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets and a member of its Management and Commitment Committees. Prior thereto Mr. Driscoll was a Managing Director at ING Barings and its predecessor Furman Selz acting as Co-Head of Americas Equity Capital Markets and Global head of real estate. Mr. Driscoll also spent eleven years at Smith Barney as a founder of its real estate group, rising to the position of Managing Director and Head or Co-Head of that group.
Mr. Driscoll is a member of the Board of the New York Blood Center serving on its Finance, Venture Capital and Nominating and Governance committees. Previously he served as a director of Aer Lingus-Dunfey Corporation, the North American holding company for Aer Lingus whose primary asset was Omni Hotels, Be Here Corporation, a high-tech start-up, and five private companies and Trusts. He also taught real estate as an adjunct professor at Columbia's Graduate School of Business and is practicing New York State EMT.
Mr. Driscoll is a member of the Board of the New York Blood Center serving on its Finance, Venture Capital and Nominating and Governance committees. Previously he served as a director of Aer Lingus-Dunfey Corporation, the North American holding company for Aer Lingus whose primary asset was Omni Hotels, Be Here Corporation, a high-tech start-up, and five private companies and Trusts. He also taught real estate as an adjunct professor at Columbia's Graduate School of Business and is practicing New York State EMT.