Dan Cruce

About Dan Cruce

With a career dedicated to public service and strategic leadership, my role as COO at United Way of Delaware has equipped me with a profound understanding of how to execute impactful community strategies. Our team has fostered a culture of collaboration, yielding sustained revenue and partnership success, all aimed at fulfilling our mission to uplift communities.Transitioning into the political arena as a Delaware State Senator, I leverage my expertise in public policy and administration to better serve my constituents. My commitment to public service is unwavering, as I strive to elevate community voices and drive systemic change through informed legislative action and purposeful collaboration with fellow policymakers and the public.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   United Way Of Delaware

   Jan 2019 — Present

   Strategy: Execute on a single business model. Co-create the strategic direction, community investments and organizational culture to achieve UWDE‘s mission and vision. Serve as UWDE’s Chief Communications Officer.Community Impact: Create and execute UWDE’s community impact strategy as well as UWDE’s communications and marketing strategy to enable superior public relations and strategic communications that grow the UWDE brand and strengthen key UWDE donor, partner and constituent relationships.Philanthropy and Fundraising: Create and execute UWDE’s resource stream engagement enabling a culture of collaboration that results in sustained contributed revenue and partnership success to fulfill UWDE’s mission and vision.Organizational Health: Lead UWDE Community Impact, Philanthropy, Engagement, Program and Communications/Marketing teams to empower and grow their experience and expertise.

Education

• James Madison University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Relations and Affairs

  1989 — 1994

• Delaware Law School

  Juris Doctorate

  1996 — 2000

Skills

• Administration
• Budgets
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Legislative Relations
• Strategic Planning
• Proposal Writing
• Politics
• Program Development
• Management
• Volunteer Management
• Policy
• Grants
• Educational Leadership
• Program Evaluation
• Policy Analysis
• Speech Writing
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Coalitions
• Leadership Development
• Political Communication
• Strategy
• Teaching
• Organizational Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Curriculum Development
• Event Planning
• Public Speaking
• Public Policy
• Research
• Workshop Facilitation
• Program Management
• Education Policy
• Economic Development
• Public Administration
• Fundraising
• International Relations
• State Government
• Government