Dan Pallotta
Dan Pallotta Dan Pallotta speaking at the Change Course. Boston MA, October 2012 Born Daniel M. Pallotta 1961 (age 53–54) Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. Alma mater Harvard University (1983) Occupation Entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian activist Daniel M. "Dan" Pallotta (born 1961) is an American entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian activist. He is best known for his involvement in multi-day charitable events with the long-distance Breast Cancer 3-Day walks, AIDS Rides bicycle journeys, and Out of the Darkness suicide prevention night walks. Over nine years, 182,000 people participated in these events and raised $582 million. They were the subject of a Harvard Business School case study. He is the author of Uncharitable - How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential, the best-selling title in the history of Tufts University Press. He is also the author of Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up for Itself and Really Change the World, and When Your Moment Comes - a Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams. He is the president of Advertising for Humanity and president and founder of the Charity Defense Council. He is a featured contributor to Harvard Business Review online.