Don Trone
CEO
Strategic Ethos and
President
Foundation for Fiduciary Studies
Don Trone is the CEO of Strategic Ethos, and also serves as the President of the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies. He is the former Director of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Institute for Leadership, and founder of Fiduciary360.
Don has been named by numerous organizations as “one of the most influential people” in the retirement, financial planning, and investment advisory industries. In 2003, he was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor to represent the investment counseling industry on the ERISA Advisory Council, and in 2007 he testified before the Senate Finance Committee on fiduciary issues associated with retirement plans investing in hedge funds.
Don is the author of Investment Ethos, and The Management of American Indian Investment Decisions; co-author of two industry bestsellers, Procedural Prudence and The Management of Investment Decisions (McGraw-Hill Publishing); and, lead the development of the fiduciary handbook series, Prudent Investment Practices.
Don graduated as president of his class from the United States Coast Guard Academy, and with honors from the US Naval Flight Training Program in Pensacola, Fl. He served on active duty for ten years , including six years as a long-range search and rescue helicopter pilot. He is the 1997 recipient of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Alumni Medal of Achievement for his distinguished military and business career. Don received his Master’s degree in Financial Services from the American College, and has completed post-graduate studies at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Trinity Episcopal Seminary.