Sam Donaldson


Mr. Donaldson is a Vice President at Proterra and a member of the Credit team.

Prior to Proterra, Mr. Donaldson worked for Thrivent Financial, where he served as a Senior Investment Research Analyst on the high yield bond & leveraged loan team. At Thrivent, he was responsible for making buy/sell recommendations at both the creditor and the sector level; his sector coverage comprised ~18% of the benchmark and represented over $1 billion of AUM. Prior to Thrivent, Mr. Donaldson was an Investment Banking Associate with Piper Sandler, where he advised middle market businesses on sell-side M&A transactions. Prior to Piper Sandler, Mr. Donaldson served as an Investment Banking Associate at Citibank, where he pitched and executed M&A, Debt, and Equity transactions. Previously, he was a Management Consulting Associate at MarketBridge, where he advised Fortune 500 clients on data-analytics engagements.

Mr. Donaldson received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematical Economics from Colgate University. He is also a CFA Charterholder.