Dan LaBert is a highly strategic association executive with diverse-industry experience spanning education, media, government, legal, insurance, accounting, training, nonprofit, sports, and beverage sectors. He dedicated his career to making a positive impact for the organizations, associations, communities, and causes he has served. A diligent organizational steward, Dan builds and leads high-performance teams, programs, and campaigns. His visionary approach that starts with garnering consensus, collaboration, and support has led to goal-surpassing—and often record-setting—results in revenues, membership increases, event attendance, sponsorships, media coverage, grant funding, and donor support. Dan is CEO of the National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA), a national trade organization whose 300 brokerage agencies and 10,000 members produce $4B in annualized premiums. In a short time, he launched new member benefits, digital campaigns, rebranding initiatives, a video network and career center programs delivering impressive gains in new members, renewals, and conference attendance. Eager to capture new opportunities, Dan identified a need for past and present military leaders to offer their expertise as keynote speakers. Through his firm FWA Consultants, he represents high-level leaders, including former U.S. Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security and White House Chief of Staff, former Commandants of the United States Marine Corps and Coast Guard and countless U.S. Ambassadors. Dan’s leadership skills are applicable across many industries, as evidenced by co-founding and acting as spokesperson and executive director of the Brewers of Pennsylvania. His advocacy efforts led to the passage of a $5M malt beverage tax credit and awarded over $150,000 in grant funding (Digital Ale Trail App, Brewers Symposium & Industry Awards and Diversity and Inclusion Event Grant —major wins for PA-based brewers. Dan earned a B.S. in political science from Pennsylvania State University, and previously attended the University of Buffalo on a full athletic scholarship in football. He completed the Disney Institute’s Executive Management training program and is enrolled in Wharton School’s Leadership and Management Executive Certificate Program.