Ethan Assal

Ethan Assal is managing partner of CYPF Manager, LLC, CYPF Manager III, LLC, CYPF Manager IV, LLC, CYPF Manager V, LLC, CYPF Manager VI, LLC and CYPF Manager VII, LLC, each of which manages its related CYwP Fund.
Assal is also Chairman and CEO of Verasolve, which provides comprehensive strategic direction and program implementation in the areas of branding, marketing and public relations for professional services, software development, technology, construction, healthcare, insurance, hospitality, wealth management, transportation, manufacturing and government contracting clients; and is Founder of the Moxie Award, which recognizes organizations for having demonstrated boldness and innovation as an integral part of their growth strategy.
Assal has more than 30 years of experience investing his own capital in middle market and real estate deals.
Before establishing Verasolve, Assal founded and served as Chairman and CEO of Multi-Media Holdings, Inc. (MHI).
In 2000, the Washington Business Journal ranked MHI as the largest advertising firm in Washington, DC.
Prior to MHI, Assal founded Personalities, Inc. while still in college.
Under his leadership, the company grew to be the largest manufacturer and distributor of non-apparel licensed rock n’ roll merchandise.
A graduate of Brandeis University and the Harvard Business School OPM Program, Assal is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winner and served as a judge for the prestigious award for several years.
He also is a recipient of the Washington Business Journal’s “Forty under Forty” award and the Mass Mutual Blue-Chip Award.
Assal served on the Board of Directors of Imagination Stage and the Community Foundation of Montgomery County and is an active member of the Washington-Baltimore World Presidents’ Organization.