Dan Cruce

Chief Operating Officer

Dan is an experienced senior executive with demonstrated success in the public policy and P-20 education sectors. His honed skills with public/private partnerships, nonprofits, grassroots organizing, government, communications and operations drive his work and leadership. He is committed to public service, community impact and systems change as the United Way of Delaware’s Chief Operating Officer.

Before joining the United Way of Delaware, Dan worked across the country with the national public policy non-profit, Hope Street Group, as its Education Vice President. Prior to that role, he was Deputy Secretary/Chief of Staff at the Delaware Department of Education. Previously, he was Assistant Superintendent/Chief of Staff at the Christina School District in Delaware.

Dan clerked for the Honorable Kent A. Jordan, United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and also worked with Judge Jordan as Associate General Counsel for Corporation Service Company. Dan worked for United States President Joseph R. Biden during President Biden’s time as a Delaware United States Senator.

In addition to sitting on the Board of Directors for the Delaware Community Foundation, the Delaware Arts Alliance and the Sussex County Health Coalition, he is Board Chair Emeritus at the Delaware Humane Association and former Board Chair of both the Delaware Theatre Company and Delaware Arts Consortium.