Dan Crocker | Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

Dan Crocker is a business leader with extensive experience leading the strategy and driving the results of global businesses. He currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Blount Fine Foods, a fifth generation family-owned leading provider of fresh prepared soups and sides sold in most grocery stores across the US, and recently recognized by Providence Business News as one of the Fastest Growing and Most Innovative companies in the region.  Prior to joining Blount in 2019, Dan served as the Chief Operating Officer of Daniele Foods, a third generation producer of specialty Italian charcuterie, and the SVP, Chief Customer Officer of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., the agricultural cooperative known for creating a broad portfolio of cranberry products sold to over 100 countries around the world.  Holding a wide variety of leadership positions throughout his career, Dan has consistently demonstrated a relentless curiosity to discover creative solutions to complex business challenges, which is why working with SEG entrepreneurs is so inspiring to him.  Dan’s background also includes working across a broad range of industries as an attorney in the public sector, in a corporate private practice, and as in-house counsel. Dan earned his law degree at the University of Iowa College of Law, and his undergraduate degree in Economics and English from Drake University. Dan lives in Rhode Island with his wife, Erica, and their three children.