Dana Telsey is the CEO and Chief Research Officer of Telsey Advisory Group (TAG), which was founded in 2006 and has grown to be a leading equity research, trade execution, investment banking and consulting firm, focused on the consumer. Ms. Telsey has personally followed over 100 companies during her 30 plus-year career.
Ms. Telsey, a thought leader and influencer in the world of consumer and retail, blends her Wall Street acumen with real-time insights into the trends shaping consumers’ purchasing decisions. As the rapidly changing consumer landscape forces companies, Boards of Directors, investors, governments and other stakeholders to rethink the consumer paradigm, Dana is at the forefront of providing guidance on the key factors impacting the consumer (r)evolution and North American economy.
From 1994 to 2006, she was a Senior Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. responsible for managing and covering the consumer sector. Prior to working at Bear Stearns, Ms. Telsey was the Retail Analyst at C.J. Lawrence and Vice President of the Baron Asset Fund at Baron Capital, Inc.
In 2018, Ms. Telsey was elected to the 50,000+ member International Council of Shopping Center’s (ICSC) Board of Trustees and in 2025, she was elevated to the 12-member Executive Board.