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Daniel Egan
Secretary
Daniel P. Egan is President of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island (AICU Rhode Island) and leads AICU Rhode Island's efforts in the area of advocacy and consortium activities.
Responsible for AICU Rhode Island outreach on the federal, state and local level, the president represents the collective interests of Rhode Island's independent colleges and universities before numerous external constituencies.
Egan has extensive experience in government relations, communications, and higher education administration. Before taking on the role of AICU Rhode Island President, he served as chief of staff in the Office of the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences in the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University. Prior to Brown, Egan served as vice president for government relations at the Hospital Association of Rhode Island (HARI). Before that, he was vice president of government relations for the local firm; Trion Communications (currently divided into two local firms - Advocacy Solutions and New Harbor Group).
Egan has also enjoyed various management and communications careers as associate director of athletics at Brown University and assistant director of championships and sport administration at the BIG EAST Conference. He was assistant director of athletic media relations at his alma mater, Providence College and served as a graduate assistant in the Media Relations and Marketing Department at Boston College, where he received his Master of Arts degree in higher education administration.
Egan's governmental experiences include serving on the staff to the Mayor of the City of Warwick for two administrations, from 1985 to 1991 and serving as campaign scheduler and media and print projects coordinator with two Rhode Island gubernatorial campaigns in 1990.
A native of Warwick, Rhode Island, Egan resides in Bristol with his wife, Donna, and their three daughters.