Areas of Expertise:
- Creating pro formas
- Analyzing financial feasibility
- Developing financial understanding
- Mentoring on project management
- Advising on new store development: real estate, design, construction, and equipment
- Improving gross margins
When you’re looking for help on financial feasibility and project development, you need someone who provides both spreadsheets and guidance. I bring experience, education and knowledge to help you plan your project so that your co-op thrives.
— Don Moffitt
Experience:
- Pro forma for multiple clients, including startups and operating co-ops
- Guidance for leasing or purchasing a site
- Conference workshops for project development, finance, real estate and management
- Financial literacy webinar series for National Co+op Grocers, produced with colleague Brittany Baird
- On-site organizational readiness workshops for large capital projects with Bill Gessner
- Durham Co-op Market: Project Manager for startup
- Whole Foods Market: VP Store Development, Store Manager, Regional President
- B.Architecture (professional degree), University of Texas, Austin
- MBA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Don combined extensive experience in natural-food-store design, site selection, operations and management with excellent financial skills. He built strong relationships with key stakeholders through careful listening and close collaboration. He played a key role in site acquisition, pro forma development, community fundraising, lender relationships and equipment selection.
Leila Wolfrum, General Manager, Durham Co-op Market, Durham, N.C.
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