How We Help Nonprofits with Navy Veteran Dan Goldenberg

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Dan Goldenberg, who currently serves as a captain in the Navy Reserve, brings to the job 24 years of active and reserve military service.  Similarly, Dan has more than a decade of business experience most recently serving as Sr. Vice President of Growth Partnership Services at Frost & Sullivan, a global research and management consulting firm.  Prior to that Dan was a senior director and practice manager at CEB. Highlights of his military service include tours as a commanding officer, carrier-based naval flight officer, and special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. For his work in support of veteran employment, he was named to The Mighty 25: Veterans to Watch in 2017.

“You have to be an incredibly efficient user of your time.” – Dan Goldenberg

Dan Goldenberg- Graduate School Transition

Dan is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Harvard Business School and the Air Command and Staff College. Above all, his strong personal connection to veterans and understanding first-hand the impact they can have in the civilian workforce will drive the Endowments efforts to place veterans into high quality jobs.,  Goldenberg is currently the Executive Director of the Call of Duty Endowment, an organization that focuses on aiding veterans in the U.S. and U.K. into meaningful employment following their service.

“I needed some kind of transition vehicle, I needed to learn the language of business, I needed to understand what the different functions were, the different industries and really get some credibility so I wasn’t put in a box .” – Dan Goldenberg

The Call of Duty Endowment (www.callofdutyendowment.org) is celebrating reaching 50,000 high quality employment placements for veterans in the U.S. and U.K. – a milestone reached one year ahead of schedule.

Passion to Mentor

Dan had the opportunity during his reserve career to do what he loved by helping and mentoring sailors as they returned from Afghanistan.  In addition he observed that his sailors were struggling to find meaningful work and wanted to help. Now Dan has the opportunity to help through the endowment and sharing with employers the value that veterans bring to the workforce.

“We are focused on finding and funding the highest performing nonprofits in the country that do veteran employment counseling.” – Dan Goldenberg

Recognizing Veteran’s Skills

Working with recruiters to help employers recognize skills that veterans bring to the workforce is essential.  For instance, some employers are not risk takers and our job is to arm our recruiters to work with employers to see the value of veterans.

“You guys are order takers, you’re not creative, you’re a cultural class-fear of PTSD; overcoming these types of things is really important.” – Dan Goldenberg

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