Dan is currently senior advisor to the University of Ottawa Centre on Public Management and Policy’s Certificate Program in Public Sector Leadership and Governance, bringing experience as a former political advisor, public servant and diplomat. After serving as a policy advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister and chief of staff to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and then to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he left government for teaching. He later returned as a public servant with the foreign ministry, where he held roles including Director General for Strategic Policy, Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe and the Middle East, Ambassador to the European Union, and Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security. Prior to retiring in late 2022, he served as Deputy Minister and Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister. He holds a B.A. (Honours) in Political Science from McGill University and an M.A. and Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.