Donald (Donnie) L. Bedney III is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Hayti (pronounced "HAY-tie") Capital. Throughout his career, he’s been involved in an amalgamation of opportunities in Consulting, Human Resources, Healthcare, and Private Equity in various companies such as ScaleCo Capital, Gallup, Press Ganey, and Duma Works. Donnie’s mission is to harness well-directed human capital to achieve extraordinary performance. As a culture transformation expert, he helps executives and their leadership teams achieve exceptional outcomes in the areas of safety, quality, customer experience, workforce, and engagement. He brings this commitment to superior performance to each of his clients and three decades of experience in translating organizational needs into successful business strategies. Overall, he desires to help 1 billion companies worldwide resist mediocrity and aim for institutional excellence as they develop their employees. Donnie was born in San Bernardino, CA, and raised in Southwest Michigan. He is blessed to have a beautiful daughter named Sofia with his wife, Dr. Taidine Lopes-Bedney.