Dan Geiger Consulting helps organizations and executives manage the complex challenges born of success and growth. Dan works with non-profits, businesses, and philanthropic institutions, is mission-driven and entrepreneurial, and enjoys collaborating with passionate people committed to promoting a healthy planet and vibrant communities. Services include: strategic planning, facilitation, business planning, coaching, sustainability training, program development, and special projects and initiatives.www.dangeigerconsulting.com

Co-founder and coordinator of a collaboration of 30 organizations and activists that advocates for community engagement in the Contra Costa County budgeting process and for a set of values-based budgeting principles that support safe and affordable housing, stable employment with fair wages, sufficient healthy food, essential health care, access to critical social services, quality early care and education. https://www.budgetjusticecc.org/

Organize, lead and coordinate an alliance of chief executive officers of 28 member agencies providing a broad range of critical service to residents of Contra Costa County. The Alliance is dedicated to creating equity, access, and opportunity for the most vulnerable members of our community. http://www.humanservicesalliance.org

Co-Director of an alliance of businesses that advocates for universal healthcare in California. We believe that all Californians have the right to guaranteed affordable health care. Implementation of such policy will significantly enhance the climate for doing business in California. The establishment of universal healthcare insurance is essential to achieving this goal, and therefore should be a business policy priority.https://www.ba4hcal.org/

As the first Executive Director, led the organization to become one of the largest and most influential USGBC chapters in the country. Highlights:Led the organization from volunteer-run to a professionally staffed, national leader of the sustainability movement. Engaged thousands of leaders in all sectors involved in the built environment with leadership initiatives, public policy advocacy, educational programs, and community building. Created the vision and led the development of the Building Health Initiative, a groundbreaking partnership that committed to work collaboratively and take concrete actions to advance green building as a health issue. Recruited more than 30 partners to join the Initiative, including Adobe, Armstrong, ARUP, CalPERS, City of San Francisco, Facebook, Genentech, Google, InterfaceFLOR, HOK, HDR, Kaiser Permanente, NGO's, Salesforce, UCSF, and Webcor Builders. Developed the California Best Building Challenge, a Clinton Global Initiative that secured commitments from property owners such as Genentech, Google, Lockheed-Martin, Method, Prudential Real Estate Investors, SAP, and Zynga to reduce energy, water and waste in existing buildings by 20% within 2 years. Originated GreenerBuilder in 2010, the first green building conference in Northern California. Recruited founding partners, sponsors and keynote speakers, developed curriculum, and built the brand of the region’s premier annual green building conference.Conceived and produced Green Building Super Heroes, a signature awards gala. Examples of honorees and speakers include Former Secretary of State George Shultz, Steve Westley, Paul Hawken, Van Jones, Anne Simpson, CalPERS Director of Global Governance, and many others.Oversaw public policy advocacy programs that supported the adoption of country’s strongest state and municipal green building policies.

Independent consultant specializing in business and strategic planning, marketing, fund raising and philanthropy. Representative clients include: Carnegie Corporation of New York, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, DemocracyInAction.org, GoLightly.com, GreenMediaToolshed.org, Rockridge Institute, The American Prospect, Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos, Women’s Funding Network, and the Center for Society and Genetics.

Created the vision and lead the strategic development of one of the nation’s leading non-profit providers of online donation processing, email marketing, and online advocacy services. Groundspring - subsequently merged with Network for Good - developed the DonateNow and EmailNow platforms, which provide the non-profit sector with affordable and effective fund raising and marketing service.Spearheaded and managed 2 mergers/acquisitions, developed an effective earned revenue model, significantly expanded Groundspring’s services, and tripled staff. Managed a $7 million budget and raised $2 million per year in supporting grants.

Strategic planning and fund raising consulting. Clients include OpNet Community Ventures, Share America!, Tri-Valley CARES, and WestEd.

Founded and led this innovative nonprofit that created digital workforce opportunities for low-income young adults through web-design training, job placement and support services. Developed partnerships with many dot com company executives, and was responsible for strategic development, overall management, fund raising, public relations, and board development. OpNet was recognized by Vice-President Al Gore as one of the leading digital divide programs in the country. Dan and OpNet’s successes were featured in many media including Good Morning America, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Business 2.0, and USA Today.

While enrolled in UC-Berkeley's Haas Business School MBA Evening Program, consulted on strategic and business planning, fund raising, philanthropy and organizational development. Representative clients include a start-up software company, L.E.A.P., Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, Youth Radio, Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos and several national non-profit organizations.During this time, founded and became the CEO of OpNet Community Ventures.

Led planning, management and implementation of fund raising, major donor development and donor-advised programs for a regional community foundation. Responsible for planned giving, direct mail marketing, publications, staff training and management, special events. Developed marketing programs to socially responsible investment professionals; organized national socially responsible investing conferences.