Dr. Dan Young is a Director at the Wharton School and is the curator of TEDxWilmington, which is in the top 1% of all TEDx franchises in the country with over 600 speakers and 47 million views on YouTube.
As an “edupreneur”, he is also responsible for creating the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Program at Goldey-Beacom College. the first online DBA class for Wilmington University, the first study abroad program for the Horn Program of Entrepreneurship and the first international internship program for study abroad at the University of Delaware.
Dan received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Marketing from the University of Delaware’s Honors Program and his Ph.D. in Marketing from Temple University. He has done entrepreneurship and executive leadership programs with the University of Delaware, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oxford.
He has been an instructor at Goldey-Beacom College, Temple University, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, the University of Delaware, Neumann University and Wilmington University. He is currently the President of Maverick Class LLC, a holding company for a diversified portfolio of entertainment, education, and hospitatlity companies.
Dan has served on the Boards of many local organizations and currently serves as the President of Theatre N at Nemours, President of the Board of Safe Haven Healing, Membership Chairman of the Board of Governors for the University and Whist Club, Board Member of the for-profit corporation Spekciton and an advisory Board Member for the Fresh Start program and Derby Diversity Week at the Kentucky Derby.