Dan Adkins
Project Manager

Dan joined First Community Development after a unique path through education, advertising, entertainment and consulting.  He has worked raising funds for the Disciples of Christ and the United Methodists and has worked growing companies throughout the United States.  His clients have ranged from non-profit to some of the largest, privately-held businesses in the country.

Starting in education as a high school band director, Dan moved into product management for a Fortune 200 company and, later, developed and implemented the advertising strategies of a division of RCA.  Since those early days Dan has been involved in the production of 12 Broadway musicals, over 45 major feature films and has consulted, creating marketing strategic and projects for companies in the logistics, medical device and acoustical control industries.  He has also worked with numerous non-profit organizations in Maryland, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin in successful fundraising efforts.

He has been an adjunct professor at Belmont University, a guest lecturer at Indiana University's Ernie Pyle College of Journalism and a consultant with the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.  He has also lectured to businesses and organizations throughout the United States and coached many executives in presentation skills.  Dan graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Music Education and from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University with his MBA.

FCD Campaigns:

Area Development Partnership - Hattiesburg, MS

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