Welcome to the Office of Empowerment (OE)

Dr. Dan is pleased to serve as Chief Diversity Officer for Lansing Community College (LCC). It has truly become one of her favorite workplaces because of its leadership and its community that wrap her with lots of love and support. She feels honored to serve an organization where it is truly about desired DEI, not required DEI. It is her desire to see LCC grow and become a beacon of the type of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging that unites all in harmony for a better world.

Prior to LCC, she functioned within the areas of Business, Leadership, Mediation, International Affairs, Diplomacy, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Education (both Corporate & Academic) including profit & non-profit institutions. She led Federal Government Grant activities. She served as President, Vice President of Operations, Education & Regional Development, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Leadership & Business. She led global online education and corporate training for 53 countries. She is known by many as the Online Learning Guru. She also knows what it is like to serve as Coordinator, Receptionist, Telemarketer, Clerk and Cleaner during her earlier years of employment. Whatever her earning was (from $1.00 per hour USD to $400k per year USD) as store cleaner or president, she experienced joy at work in each of her work assignments. Some journeys were smoother than others but all were learning paths for her as she grew from each experience, enjoyed the opportunity to touch lives and to build lasting relationships. Through all of it ... her faith remained strong.

Dr. Dan is certified by the University of Connecticut - Mediation Training Institute in Corporate Mediation.  She was also certified by the United States Supreme Court in Court Mediation. She holds certificates in Online Teaching, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Global Theology from Harvard University. Her doctoral studies are in Human Resource Development, Education, and Organizational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University.  She pursued master’s degree studies in Business & Public Administration and a Bachelors in Language & Justice from The Ohio State University. She was outstanding in her academic pursuits earning her Diploma of Excellence in European & Hispanic Studies. She also received the Blue-Ribbon Award for being the most Outstanding American Graduate in Hispanic and European Studies, and received the Mayor’s Award for Service in Columbus, Ohio. She graduated from the Venezuelan Bilingual Institute with Highest Honors and received numerous awards for Best Orator, Outstanding Student, and for Loyalty and Service.  She is a member of the National Dean’s Honor Society and the Sigma Delta Beta Chapter for quality business professionals. She has been honored as an Outstanding Woman of Technology for America.

While she is grateful for all her life’s blessings ... the greatest of them all is her relationship with God. Her sole desire is to serve Him and His people. She refers to herself as ‘an ordinary person serving an extraordinary God’. On a personal level, Dr. Dan enjoys walking, water aerobics, worshipping at the piano, music, reading, writing and ... just being a friend, listening and sharing transparently.  Her personal philosophy is “Nothing happens sustainably in life outside of sincere relationships” (Dan).