Dan Nees

Dan Nees provides program and policy support to the Throwe Environmental team. For more than 25 years, he has worked alongside communities across the country to strengthen their capacity to plan, finance, and implement environmental and sustainable development initiatives. His work today focuses on helping local leaders design practical systems that turn resilience goals into lasting outcomes for people and places. 

Dan has served in both leadership and supporting roles, including Interim Director of the Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Senior Fellow with the Center for Global Sustainability at the University of Maryland (UMD), and Director of UMD’s Environmental Finance Center. Earlier in his career, he led environmental market and water quality programs at Forest Trends, a global NGO focused on economic solutions to environmental challenges, and at the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank.

Throughout his career, Dan has sought to connect resources with community priorities in ways that leave institutions stronger and more resilient. He holds a BA in Economics, a Master of Environmental Policy, and a Master of Business Administration from UMD College Park.