Daniel Ross Email & Phone Number

Holyoke, Massachusetts

Principal of DAISA Enterprises, LLC., providing consulting services and business development for leading social enterprises, foundations, and institutions working to maximize impact at nexus of food, agriculture, & health.www.daisaenterprises.comSpecializing in:Impact investing and metricsSocial enterprise development, business planningFood systems value chains, food hubs & urban agriculture, local food-health linkagesUnder-served communities/BoP strategies, community engagementFinancing for social enterprises, including government grantsAffiliated with Economic Development Assistance Consortium, Boston, Massachusetts. EDAC is an organization which provides technical assistance to community development corporations, governmental agencies, foundations, financial institutions, healthy food endeavors, manufacturing incubators, retail revitalization projects and small business ventures nationwide. http://edacweb.com/

Oregon, United States

DAISA Capital has invested funding and sweat equity, with its unique "Venture-Builder" approach, in the high-impact Young Mountain Tea (https://youngmountaintea.com/). With DAISA Capital Director Gustavo Mamao, I am actively supporting YMT with business development, further investment, and strategic impact. Young Mountain Tea sources tea from and develops the mountain communities of Nepal and India, addressing poverty, economic opportunity for women, and climate change.

Amherst, Ma

Developed and taught courses on social entrepreneurship, working with internal and external stakeholders to build a leading social entrepreneurship program at Hampshire College. Hampshire College ranked 6th most entrepreneurial in the US by Forbes Magazine.

Bridgeport, Ct

Oversaw all aspects of operations and finance of Wholesome Wave Charitable Foundation Ventures, Inc.. Wholesome Wave is a fast-growing nation-leading food systems change organization, with innovative programs and partnerships creating grassroots impacts and leading to state and federal policy change. Daniel had a leadership role in driving the organization's earned income and sustainable revenue streams, negotiating mutual-beneficial contracts with corporate partners, and developing entrepreneurial IP licensing and partnership agreements.Helped organization grow from $2.5M to $4M revenues, 12 to 30 staff, programs from 15 to 28 states.Particular role in founding and guiding Wholesome Wave Foundation's Healthy Food Commerce Initiative, a hybrid for-profit/non-profit venture to bring financing and consulting support to build the food companies and hubs of a healthy food system, and as well as building the Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program, where doctors prescribe farmers' market vouchers to patients at risk of obesity related chronic disease, with proven health improvements.

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Accounting and management software to help non-profits save the world

Director of grassroots organization that promotes health and sustainable development in inner; urban agriculture, arts & culture, environmental organizing and community-led policy coalitions.Growing organization deliberately and steadily - Quadrupled organization membership through community organizing and project development, Increased organization revenue by over 10,000% through grants, donations, income. Increased staff from 1 employee to 25 employees. Supervised development and management of nationally-recognized innovative environmental, youth leadership, sustainable agriculture, and community development programs.

Mba

Ba 1994, Politics; International Policy Analysis

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