Don H. Bravaldo III, CPA — Founder & President, Bravaldo Capital Advisors

The Board of Directors is The Georgia Society of CPAs' governing body comprising the chair, chair-elect, secretary, treasurer, immediate past chair and nine directors. The secretary is the non-voting member, and the CEO of GSCPA holds the position. The nine directors are elected for two-year terms, staggered for continuity.

Don Bravaldo, CPA

Aiming high and embracing challenges have characterized Don Bravaldo's career. Known for his passion for excellence, Bravaldo is recognized by clients and colleagues for creative solutions and savvy deal-making.

He founded Bravaldo Capital Advisors (BCA) in 2010 to provide boutique mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance advisory services to lower middle market private, closely held, family-run or owner-founder-led businesses, a segment underserved by large national investment banking firms. Over the last 15 years as President, Bravaldo has led the BCA team and its clients through over a quarter of a billion dollars of successful transactions across a wide variety of industries.

Prior to founding BCA, he led the middle market group at a Southeastern M&A advisory firm and oversaw all North American mergers and acquisition activity for Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc., a large, publicly traded consolidator of orthopedic and prosthetic service businesses.

Throughout Bravaldo's M&A career, he has administered all phases of the mergers and acquisition process, including advising and executing on confidential and competitive sale processes, identifying and acquiring acquisition targets, packaging businesses for sale, performing business valuations, extending and negotiating offers, conducting due diligence investigations, and managing the formal transaction closing process.

Earlier in his career as an auditor with Bennett Thrasher & Co., P.C. and Arthur Andersen LLP, he coordinated financial reporting engagements and provided business consulting services to both publicly listed and private company clients in various industries including manufacturing, distribution, construction, business services, technology and healthcare.

He was named a Georgia Titan 100 CEO in both 2023 and 2025. The Titan 100 program honors Georgia's Top 100 CEOs and C-level executives, recognizing accomplished business leaders across industries for their exceptional leadership, vision and passion.

Bravaldo is a sought-after speaker and panelist. He presents regularly to prestigious professional associations and gatherings of attorneys, accountants, wealth managers, investors and corporate leaders. He is an active member of The Georgia Society of CPAs, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the Birmingham Alternative Investment Group, the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, the SelectCobb Investor Board, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the Private Director's Association, the Virtual Board and Vistage International.

Statewide Directors, 2026–2027

First of a Two-Year Term

Jason Blair · Donald H. Bravaldo III · Jason R. Perry · Geoffrey M. Rhines

Second of a Two-Year Term

Michael W. Thompson · Jonathan R. Tomberlin · Theresa Treadwell Scales · Ian M. Waller

This article was published in the July/August 2026 issue of Current Accounts magazine and is shared with permission of The Georgia Society of CPAs.