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Dan Pallotta | |
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 Pallotta speaking at the Change Course. Boston MA, October 2012 | |
| Born | Daniel M. Pallotta January 21, 1961 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (1983) |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian activist |
| Website | DanPallotta.com |
Daniel M. Pallotta (born January 21, 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.[1] They were the subject of a Harvard Business School case study.[2] 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.[3]
- ^ Pallotta, Charity Case, p. 223.
- ^ Grossman and Kind. "Pallotta TeamWorks."
- ^ Harvard Business Review. Search: Pallotta. http://hbr.org/search/pallotta/.