Special Report
ThinkAdvisor LuminariesBrowse Coverage
Back to Listing
User Image

Capizzi, Salvatore M.

Chief Sales & Marketing Officer

star Icon

Luminaries 2026

Asset Managers

Luminaries 2026 Impact Statement

Salvatore M. Capizzi, CEPA, CBDA has served as Dunham's Chief of Sales and Marketing for 19 years, bringing more than four decades of financial services experience from BlackRock, New York Life Investment Management, Chase Manhattan Bank, and Shearson Lehman Brothers. Under Sal's marketing leadership, Dunham has delivered net new assets into open-end mutual funds for 16 of the last 17 years — including 2025 and year-to-date 2026, both periods of sustained industry-wide redemption pressure. AUM/AUA reached $8.29 billion on June 30, 2026, up from $5 billion two years prior. Sal's marketing programs go well beyond digital reach. He built the DTC IRA Trust Trilogy, the CPE Credit referral engine, IRC 453 and IRC 1202 advisor frameworks, a 10-week trust training program completed by 125-plus advisors, and the Communities prospecting model