Rebuilding Together® Tradesperson of the Year^™ Presented by WD-40®

About Dan:

Dan Brown is a community leader in southern New Jersey who had combined his knowledge of trades with helping people in need. A general contractor, he served on the board of trustees of the Atlantic City Rescue Mission, a nonprofit homeless shelter, for 20 years. Every time the shelter needed construction work, Dan was there with his crew, saving the nonprofit thousands of dollars in labor costs. Dan realized that one of the major barriers for the homeless was finding skilled employment, so for 10 years he employed homeless men - a population no one else would employ. He mentored them and taught them every aspect of the trades. His most recent project is working with a cooperative of several nonprofit agencies to help them institute a new training program to teach construction trades to homeless inner-city youth. In addition to helping organize the program, he serves as a master trainer teaching the program personnel how to train the young people. Dan is a great example of someone who has taken his knowledge of the trades and used it to help those less fortunate so they can become employable, self-sufficient citizens. He should be your Tradesperson of the Year!