Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.

Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
Donald Park

Donald Park

Co-Founder, Ionic Partners, Henry Crown Fellowship

Austin, TX

Donald Park is a co-founder of Ionic Partners, a global firm that invests in and transforms enterprise software businesses. Before establishing Ionic, he spent 20 years as a private equity and venture capital investor, partnering with exceptional founders and operators at various stages of growth. Donald was also a long-time Partner and Board Chair of The h.wood Group, a Los Angeles-based luxury hospitality company, and a co-founder of its affiliated companies, h.wood media and h.wood films.

Most recently, Donald served in the United States government in multiple federal agencies and roles, including in the U.S. Small Business Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, the General Services Administration, U.S. Export-Import Bank, and advising within the Department of Defense and the Executive Office of the President, among others.

Donald was born in Chicago, IL and is the second of two sons to dedicated immigrant parents.