Daniel Emswiler

Daniel Emswiler is the Chief Financial Officer of Townsend Capital, LLC, a private, family-controlled investment firm headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Founded in 1975 by Dennis Townsend, the firm began as a securities broker-dealer and evolved into a private equity investor focused on the acquisition, development, and repositioning of commercial real estate and technology-oriented operating companies. Its leadership is anchored by the Townsend family — Dennis Townsend (Chairman) and David Townsend (President).

Emswiler built his career in finance and accounting, rising internally at Townsend Capital. Public profiles indicate he began in public accounting at the Maryland firm KatzAbosch, serving as a Staff Accountant and In-Charge accountant, before joining Townsend Capital as Assistant Controller. He was subsequently promoted to Controller and then to Chief Financial Officer, the role in which he oversees the firm's financial, tax, and capital structuring across its real estate and venture holdings. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Towson University.

As CFO, Emswiler sits at the financial center of a firm that manages a national real estate portfolio spanning office, warehouse, industrial, research, retail, institutional, and healthcare properties, and that has run a technology/energy investment arm (Townsend Ventures). His counterpart on the day-to-day accounting side is now listed as Controller Matt Goncheroski, consistent with Emswiler having moved up into the senior finance leadership seat.

• Townsend Capital emphasizes "value-add opportunities" in commercial real estate and the development of mixed-use land holdings, notably in Kansas City, leveraging deep "expertise in financial and tax structures."
• The firm positions itself as a hands-on, principal investor: its executives "actively participate in all investments" and can "execute on transactions with speed and certainty," reflecting a control-oriented, relationship-driven approach rather than passive minority checks.
• Through Townsend Ventures, the firm has taken controlling or significant equity stakes (reported roughly 48% up to full control) in energy-storage and lighting-technology companies, providing both capital and strategic direction.
• Caveat on "angel / seed" framing: Emswiler appears in startup-fundraising databases (e.g., Foundersuite) categorized as an angel investor doing seed-stage deals, but no publicly documented personal angel portfolio, stated personal thesis, or check size was found. Treat the "Seed Round / Angel Investors" label as a database classification tied to his CFO role, not a verified independent angel program.