Dan has managed NGOs that work in developing countries since 1993.  Most of his overseas experience has been in China.  He has drawn on his experience with China’s burgeoning civil society to define Verité’s approach to capability building and networking among NGOs and universities in pursuit of ‘corporate responsibility’ and labor rights.  Dan’s training is in economic and political development, perspectives he has integrated in his view of how labor rights can lead to economic and social stability.  Dan is an experienced facilitator and trainer who has spoken publicly and written on numerous topics at the intersection of the private sector, governmental policy and civil society. For Dan’s work with Verité he was named winner of the 2007 Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

Driving social change by leveraging Verité’s unique grassroots knowledge.

Dan has lived in Chongqing, Nanjing, Macau, Hong Kong, Beijing and Bangkok, as well as Amherst, MA, Concord, NH and New York City while serving as an educator and an NGO leader. Living and working in a place growing as rapidly as China taught Dan that if the private sector is not provided with incentives to adopt more sustainable practices, civil society solutions will fall short and vulnerable people will suffer. Dan has been pleased to serve several world-class institutions in addition to Verité, including WWF-World Wildlife Fund and Catholic Relief Services. He is a graduate of Yale University, the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, and Nanjing Teacher’s University.