Dan Preister

Managing Director

Dan Preister is a managing director at Coxe Curry & Associates and is charged with helping lead the strategic direction and execution of the firm’s short- and long-term goals. His consulting experience includes conducting feasibility studies and development assessments and providing campaign direction and management for such clients as the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historical Sites, Grant Park Conservancy, Historic Oakland Foundation, Jewish HomeLife, Lifecycle Building Center, Moving in the Spirit, The Nature Conservancy, Purpose Built Communities, Raising Expectations, WABE, and Youth Villages Georgia. Former clients have also included 100 Black Men of America, the Alliance Theatre, the APEX Museum/Central Atlanta Progress, Atlanta Birth Center, Atlanta Committee for Progress, The Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Police Foundation, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Caminar Latino, Center for Puppetry Arts, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, The Children’s Museum of Atlanta, Ron Clark Academy, The Conservation Fund, Covenant House Georgia, Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, The Extension, Focused Community Strategies (FCS), Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation, Georgia Municipal Association, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, HOPE Atlanta, Hosea Helps, PATH Foundation, Piedmont Park Conservancy, Truly Living Well, Trust for Public Land, and Westside Future Fund.

Dan joined the firm in April 2001 as a research associate, providing clients with in-depth research on individuals, corporations, and foundations and proactively identifying and processing intelligence on the Atlanta nonprofit/philanthropic community and potential donors. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to research manager, assuming more responsibility for analyzing and synthesizing information about funders, industry trends, and business opportunities. He also helped to train and manage other members of the research department, helping them to successfully meet the needs of the firm’s consultants and clients. In 2006, Dan transitioned to campaign management and consulting, serving as an associate director.

Having served as a legislative intern in the Washington office of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Dan’s interest in political science and research led to his obtaining a B.A. degree in Political Science and Sociology from Georgia State University.

Dan continues to be interested in a variety of community and civic issues, serving as a current member of the Board of Directors of Whitefoord, Inc. and the Atlanta Mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Board and formerly as a founding board member of Professional Adoption & Family Services. He has also served as a member of the Nominating Committee for the Atlanta Beltline Partnership since 2017 and a member of the United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Cole Society since 2018. Dan is also a member of the 2023 Class of Leadership Atlanta and a past participant of LEAD Atlanta, a program of Leadership Atlanta, for which he served as 2022 Alumni Co-Chair. Dan was a member of the Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta Class of 2014 and the MS Leadership Class of 2010.

Dan and his family live in the Morningside neighborhood of the city of Atlanta.

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