LEADERSHIP

DAN OVERBEY, CEPA^®

Background

Dan Overbey is founder and CEO of Private Wealth Alliance, LLC. The firm serves as a consultant to financial institutions, financial aggregators, and intermediaries across the U.S. with a focus on working with community bank execs to launch or re-engineer wealth management initiatives.

Formed in 2013, Private Wealth served as the holding company for Fort Lauderdale-based Atlantic Capital Advisors. As a wealth management firm, Atlantic Capital was formed following a spin-off from BankUnited. Previously, Dan served as an Executive Vice President of BankUnited and the President/CEO of BankUnited Investment Services.

In 2015, Dan completed the sale of Atlantic Capital Advisors to Tampa-based Independent Financial Partners, a FINRA registered broker dealer and SEC registered Investment Advisory Firm. At IFP, he launched IFP Institutional Services and continues that consultancy today.

Prior to his role with Miami-based BankUnited, Overbey served as President/CEO of Alabama-based Colonial Brokerage and Managing Director for Tennessee-based First Horizon Advisors. With 25+ years of executive leadership experience across regional and community banks, Dan’s expertise spans the spectrum of private and commercial banking, and personal wealth management.

FINRA Non-Public Arbitration

In addition to his practice, Overbey serves as a FINRA Non-Public Arbitrator where he works to resolve securities-related disputes, complaints, and arbitrations. In this role, he advocates for the rights of investors and advisors alike.

Through his C-Suite leadership roles, Dan adopted a perspective that enjoins the protection of individual investors while defending advisors who’ve not been adequately protected by their firms.

Industry Leadership Roles

Overbey was co-founder of the Bank Insurance & Securities Association , the largest industry association comprised of banks engaged in securities, insurance, and wealth management. Over a 15 year period, he served in leadership roles as Past President, Executive Committee Chairman and Board Member. He was the recipient of the BISA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. Today, Dan serves as an Emeritus Director for the Washington D.C.-based association.  

Dan is a graduate of The University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business, and completed executive leadership programs at Vanderbilt University Owen School of Management, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.

Civic & Community Leadership

Active in the South Florida community, Dan served as the past Board Chairman for Fort Lauderdale-based Children’s Diagnostic and West Palm Beach-based Boys Town of South Florida. Today, he serves as a court-appointed Guardian ad Litem for District Court 17 in Fort Lauderdale.

During his two-year term as president of the Bank Insurance & Securities Association, Dan orchestrated a successful campaign in support of Memphis- based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during the BISA Annual Conference in Miami. He remains an active supporter and benefactor of St. Jude’s today.

Prior to his relocation to South Florida, he served on the Board of Directors for Youth Villages and served as the Board chairman for The Family Link, a SafePlace shelter for runaway children. During this time, Dan led a merger with Youth Villages, a national non-profit offering campus-based education, counseling, and adoption.

As a foundation of his work with children’s non-profit services, Dan served as Division Chief for Shelby County Juvenile Court Auxiliary Probation Services over a nine-year period.

Credentials, Licenses & Designations

During his career, Dan was a FINRA registered General Securities Principal Series 24, a General Securities Representative Series 7, and Investment Advisory Representative Series 65. Today, these FINRA registrations are inactive.

In 2023, he completed coursework associated with the designation as a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA®) with the Exit Planning Institute.