Dan Collison

Biography: Dan Collison, Director of Business Development and Public Affairs, Midwest Region Collison is the Director of Business Development and Public Affairs, Midwest Region, for Sherman Associates. In his role Collison assists the development team in advancing new project proposals and originations as well as connecting the company with the communities where development projects are built, owned and operated. As a business and civic leader Collison has been instrumental in catalyzing affordable housing, safety-net social services, new inclusive business growth and forging strategic collaborations between diverse business, non-profit and civic leaders alongside the emerging residential communities of downtown Minneapolis. Collison’ holistic and inclusive leadership style developed over 30 years of professional work in the fine arts, religious, non-profit, and business sectors. Collison is a Humphrey School of Public Policy Fellow, the 2022 AIA Minnesota Collaborative Achievement Award winner, a 2015 recipient of Minnesota Business magazine’s (Real) Power 50 awards, an annual list of 50 remarkable business leaders. In 2010 Metro Magazine listed him in the “Top 100” List of people, places, and things making a positive impact in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region. And, in 2020 the City Pages People Issue Collison was named one of the unsung heroes of the Twin Cities.