David Mansbach

Hospitality & Leisure | C-Suite Recruitment | Restaurant | Hotel | Franchise | Travel Technology

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2020
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2025
Managing Partner, Global Hospitality & Leisure
Feb 2025
For more than 35 years, DHR has been a leading provider of executive search, leadership consulting and emerging leader search solutions, serving more than 60 markets around the globe. Our renowned consultants deliver unparalleled senior-level executive search and talent advisory services tailored to the unique qualities and specifications of our select client base. DHRs executive talent expertise includes more than 20 industry and functional areas, including Technology, Financial Services, Private Equity, Human Resources, Industrial, Consumer & Retail, and Sports. Three words capture who we are at DHR Global: Reach, Resourcefulness, and Relationships. Reach delivers talent solutions that are smart in your world. Resourcefulness brings creativity, flexibility, and agility tailored to you. And lasting relationships are at the heart of all we do. Our emerging leader search services are delivered through Jobplex, a DHR company. We are proudly part of Hoffmann Family of Companies.
2020
Co-Founder & Board Member, Happy Days Restaurant Group
Jun 2020
Jersey Mike’s, a fast-casual sub sandwich franchise with more than 3,100 locations open nationwide, believes that making a sub sandwich and making a difference can be one and the same. Jersey Mike’s offers A Sub Above®, serving authentic fresh sliced subs and authentic Philly cheesesteaks grilled to order on freshly baked bread – the same recipe it started with in 1956 – and is passionate about giving back to its local communities. Jersey Mike’s is consistently ranked amongst the top 10 franchises in America in Entrepreneur Magazines annual Franchise 500. Nations Restaurant News named Jersey Mikes as its "Fastest Growing Franchise"​ in the Top 100 three years in a row (2014, 2015, & 2016) and has been the fastest growing sub sandwich franchise every year for the last decade. Franchise Times consistently ranks Jersey Mikes in their annual "Fast & Serious" list, topping the list in 2017, which ranks the the "Smartest Growing Franchises"​ in the country. The growth is fueled by passionate Jersey Mike’s fans who crave their subs made Mike’s Way® with the freshest vegetables and The Juice: red wine vinegar and olive oil blended to perfection. Its an exquisite zing -- a splash of extra and unexpected. The company uses only premium meats and cheeses sliced on the spot and piled on delectable bread baked fresh in the restaurant throughout the day. The company wins best sub awards in virtually every market it enters. Founder & CEO Peter Cancro started the company at age 17, before he was even legally able to slice a sub. The company remains committed to making a difference in the communities it serves. With a history steeped in philanthropic endeavors, Jersey Mike’s locations across the country have raised hundreds of millions for local charities since the beginning. Several community service initiatives mark the calendar for Jersey Mike’s, including the Annual Day of Giving which owners give 100% of all sales to a charity on 1 special day in March.
2019
Board Member
Feb 2019
Wellness in the Schools inspires healthy eating, environmental awareness and fitness as a way of life for kids in public schools across the country. Through meaningful public/private partnerships with school leadership, teachers, chefs, coaches, parents and kids, Wellness in the Schools creates hands-on programs such as Cook for Kids, Green for Kids and Coach for Kids. These programs provide healthy foods, healthy environments and opportunities for regular play to help kids learn and grow. In 2003 a group of concerned public school parents united around the conviction that healthier bodies make healthier minds and that, conversely, unhealthy school environments interfere with student health, school attendance and academic achievement. We had a simple goal: for children to have the best possible environment in which to learn and grow. Wellness in the Schools grew out of that initial goal, and was incorporated as a 501c3 non-profit organization in 2005. WITS believes in the healthy bodies, healthy minds mantra, and in order to shape both we provide two hands-on programs: Cook for Kids and Coach for Kids. We support these programs with the ethos that schools should be as sustainable and environmentally responsible as possible, which is also embodied in the goals of our Green for Kids model. Together these programs create healthier meals, healthier environments and opportunities for regular play and fitness activities.
2008
Managing Director
Jan 2008
As a global talent management boutique serving all industries and with a strong concentration of real assets, healthcare, hospitality, and private equity clients, Ferguson Partners orchestrates the essential disciplines impacting human capital — Executive and Board Recruitment, Compensation Consulting, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Leadership Consulting, and Management Consulting — to deliver trustworthy solutions that help clients capitalize on the advantages of great leadership. Founded in Chicago in 1989 by William J. Ferguson and Michael Herzberg, Ferguson Partners has built its reputation as the premier firm dedicated to serving the human capital and organizational consulting needs of the real estate and related industries. Today we serve clients across the globe in the real estate, hospitality and leisure, infrastructure, engineering and construction, and healthcare services sectors from offices in Charlotte, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto. Ferguson Partners conducts hundreds of searches globally each year for C-suite executives and other senior business leaders, as well as Board of Director positions. Ferguson Partners also offers a full range of leadership services including CEO and senior executive succession planning, leadership assessment and coaching, and team effectiveness. Ferguson Partners also provides compensation consulting services to private and public real estate companies, performing 200+ projects each year. The firm also provides organizational, financial & strategic consulting, bringing a wealth of industry and category-specific expertise. All of our work is supported by a survey practice conducting over 20 annual real estate industry focused surveys. Ferguson Partners Singapore Pte. Ltd. is registered in Singapore; Business Registration No. (UEN) 201215619H, Employment Agency License No. 12S6233. Ferguson Partners Hong Kong; EA License Number 65912.
1998
Managing Director
Oct 1998
HVS is the nations leading consulting firm that is laser focused on the hospitality sector. Join us. We are hiring: joinhvs.com. The HVS leadership team fosters an extraordinary corporate culture, which is built on a foundation of excellence, service, and staff appreciation. HVS provides expertise through every phase of ownership across a wide range of hospitality assets. We help clients succeed in the complex consulting arena, from feasibility studies to exit strategies and everything in between. Established in 1980, the company completes thousands of engagements each year for hotel and real estate lenders, owners, operators, and developers worldwide. HVS principals are regarded as the leading experts in their respective regions of the globe. Through a network of more than 50 offices and more than 300 professionals, HVS provides an unparalleled range of complementary services for the hospitality industry. www.HVS.com Superior Results through Unrivaled Hospitality Intelligence. Everywhere.