Dane is a Vice President for the Business Roundtable, overseeing the Education & Workforce Committee, and advancing the BRT’s positions on education reform, U.S. innovation capacity and workforce preparedness. He is also the lead staff member for the Immigration Committee, promoting an approach to immigration reform that will help drive U.S. economic growth and keep the American workforce globally competitive.

Dane joined the BRT most recently from The College Board, where he served as Executive Director of state policy. Prior to The College Board, he served as Director of the Educational Policy Division of the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices. During his 16 years in this role, Dane represented governors’ education policy issues at the federal level and to state and local associations. He also co-led the development of the Common Core State Standards, which have been adopted by 46 states. Dane has led national efforts to ensure more students are college- and career-ready and worked on issues related to STEM, early childhood, Perkins and the Workforce Investment Act, and high school redesign.

Before joining the NGA, Dane worked for 14 years in the education system as Coordinator of the Office of Special Education Programs for the West Virginia Department of Education, Principal of Guyan Valley Elementary School in West Virginia, and teacher and later the Assistant Principal at Matheny Grade School also in West Virginia.

Dane is a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and holds a Master’s degree in Education Administration from West Virginia Graduate College and Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and Special Education from Cabrini College.