Dan LaBert

Make membership an experience, not just a transaction.

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Dan LaBert is a highly strategic association executive with diverse-industry experience spanning education, media, government, legal, insurance, accounting, training, nonprofit, sports, and beverage sectors. He dedicated his career to making a positive impact for the organizations, associations, communities, and causes he has served.

A diligent organizational steward, Dan builds and leads high-performance teams, programs, and campaigns. His visionary approach that starts with garnering consensus, collaboration, and support has led to goal-surpassing—and often record-setting—results in revenues, membership increases, event attendance, sponsorships, media coverage, grant funding, and donor support.

Dan is CEO of the National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA), a national trade organization whose 300 brokerage agencies and 10,000 members produce $4B in annualized premiums. In a short time, he launched new member benefits, digital campaigns, rebranding initiatives, a video network and career center programs delivering impressive gains in new members, renewals, and conference attendance.

Eager to capture new opportunities, Dan identified a need for past and present military leaders to offer their expertise as keynote speakers. Through his firm FWA Consultants, he represents high-level leaders, including former U.S. Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security and White House Chief of Staff, former Commandants of the United States Marine Corps and Coast Guard and countless U.S. Ambassadors.

Dan’s leadership skills are applicable across many industries, as evidenced by co-founding and acting as spokesperson and executive director of the Brewers of Pennsylvania. His advocacy efforts led to the passage of a $5M malt beverage tax credit and awarded over $150,000 in grant funding (Digital Ale Trail App, Brewers Symposium & Industry Awards and Diversity and Inclusion Event Grant —major wins for PA-based brewers. Previous work has included positions as:

Executive Director of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA), where he was named to the 2015 Fastcase 50 list as one of the premier innovators for the delivery of legal services.
Executive VP and COO for Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs (PICPA), where he led a 51-person team, helped manage $10.6M budgets, advocated on legislative bills, and grew conference attendance.
Executive Director and Chief Development Officer of the Bar Association of Lehigh County (BALC), where he catapulted revenues, memberships, event participation, and sponsorships. Dan launched and grew the BALC’s first comprehensive affinity program and delivered its first grant wins. These results earned Dan the Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal Executive Spotlight Award in 2011 and Top 20 Under 40 Executives in 2010. Dan produced legal education and child safety videos that earned 2 Emmy® nominations (One Face) and 1 Emmy® win (Not Behind the Wheel).
Consultant for the U.S. Lacrosse Sports Science and Safety Committee, where he evaluated governance structure to increase efficiency and drive engagement at all levels of the 400K-member association.

A sought-after public speaker, Dan has made hundreds of appearances on local and national TV, including MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, MTV, PBS, and Comcast Sports. He has delivered engaging presentations at regional and national association conferences, covering topics such as social media marketing, leadership development, communications, talent recruitment, and fundraising program development.

Dan is a prolific writer and published author with work appearing in Perspectives, Legal Ink Magazine, Consumer Bankruptcy Journal, Lehigh Law Journal, and many websites and blogs.

Committed to giving back to the community, Dan served on the board of directors for Penn State Alumni - Atlanta, board of governors for Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, and executive committee of the Lehigh Valley Consortium of Professional Associations. He held board and advisory roles for The First Tee - Lehigh Valley, the Coalition on Sport Ethics, and the St. Thomas More Society.

Dan earned a B.S. in political science from Pennsylvania State University, and previously attended the University of Buffalo on a full athletic scholarship in football. He completed the Disney Institute’s Executive Management training program and has completed the Wharton School’s Leadership and Management Executive Certificate Program.

To partner with Dan or learn how his game-changing strategies can transform your organization, email him today.