Dan Hermreck

Dan Hermreck is the Chief Innovation Officer for the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP). He has worked as an educator various settings, but since 2002 he has focused on teaching DSPs, Frontline Supervisors and others. Dan has been involved in direct support workforce development and advocacy issues at both the state and national level. In 2008, Dan served as the primary skills mentor to the first three DSPs to earn national certification through NADSP, and he was the instructor for a community college class that resulted in the first nationally certified frontline supervisors in 2015. He is able to draw on this experience to assist DSPs and frontline supervisors pursuing national certification as well as employers who are implementing certification programs. Dan is a graduate of the Winter 2019 Leadership Institute.