Darin Gilson is a founding partner of Banyan Ventures. In 2004 he founded and developed BelleHavens, a luxury destination club, which was sold in 2008 to Abercrombie & Kent. Darin is currently working with Abercrombie & Kent to build their destination club division, the Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club. Darin also serves on the board of Chapman Innovations.

Prior to founding Banyan Ventures, Darin served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Campus Pipeline, Inc. Darin helped grow Campus Pipeline from a backyard start-up to the market leader in portal technology and services in the international higher education market. In late 2002 Darin helped execute a successful merger between Campus Pipeline and SCT Corporation.

Darin joined Campus Pipeline from McKinsey & Company, the global management consulting firm, where his work focused on strategy and new business development. Darin has previously served as an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Darin has an MBA in strategic and entrepreneurial management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated a Palmer Scholar, and he holds bachelors' degrees in economics and political science from the University of Utah.