About Me

I was born in Miamisburg Ohio, moved to Bonita Springs in 1983 with my family and started my last year of elementary school. The strawberries fields on US-41, across from the school have long been replaced. Southwest Florida was a fantastic area to grow up, sunsets at the beach with your friends, not much could get better. Then I attended Florida State University. After graduation, I moved back and never had the desire to live anywhere else. While I’ve experienced plenty of storms and even a few hurricanes, literately and metaphorically, this is my home and I love it.

A valued friend’s encouragement is how I became a Guardian and my professional experiences is what compelled me do it. I have a very specialized skill set in relation to real estate, investments, and complex financial matters that is extremely rare. Talking with a close friend, I made mention that I am going to make some professional changes and that my hope and prayer is that I can be sincerely helpful. He said without hesitation, "you should be a Guardian" so I took his advice, not completely understanding the gravity of it. Fully understanding the gravity of it now, I don't believe there is any other endeavor in which my time and talent could be of greater service.

My Mom is my reason why I’m a Professional Guardian. She was a very funny, smart, sweet lady but tough. I miss her every day, who couldn’t, for lack of a better term, fight for herself. I fought every step of the way on her behalf in terms of care, housing, and resolving financial matters. It’s been years and still difficult to write this but I did everything in my power make her remaining days the best possible. That’s the goal, same if it were my family, that’s the standard I stive to achieve for others. Everyone deserves an advocate, someone who will speak up for those who have no voice.

Donal J Gross Jr