Jed Dunn (James E. Dunn, Jr.) advises owners and leadership teams on sales, acquisitions, and the broader corporate decisions that shape where a company goes next. He provides corporate advisory services through J. E. Dunn, Jr. LLC and was previously a Managing Director at Newport, LLC, a national advisory firm, where he co-founded the Mergers and Acquisitions practice.

He brings an operator’s perspective alongside his advisory work, with more than two decades of chief executive responsibility. Jed served as chief executive of two North Carolina companies that both reached successful exits: as CEO of Piedmont Hematology Oncology Associates, where he led the sale of the practice to an integrated health system and managed the sell-side diligence and integration, and as President of Coleman Resources, which he repositioned from a job-shop printer into a contract manufacturer of specialty products. He began his career in corporate lending at First Union, now Wells Fargo. That background shows in how he advises: patient, candid, and focused on what a transaction means for the business and the family behind it, not only the headline number.

Jed’s board experience includes Lead Independent Director of Guerrilla RF (OTC: GUER), a founding board member of AxNano, a board member of the James G. Hanes Memorial Fund, and a director of Triad Growth Partners. He serves on the Greensboro board of the Association for Corporate Growth, is a long-time Vistage member and a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, a frequent speaker at industry and community events, and a co-author of 4th Quarter Champions: Business Owners Edition.

A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, Jed graduated in Economics from Washington and Lee University, where he later served as a Trustee. He holds a certificate in Mergers and Acquisitions from Columbia University and is a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA).