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Dan Houston
With a background framed by poverty, strong family, and a drive to learn, Dan Houston set goals to be a leader in whatever field he was blessed to till. Training participants describe him as sensitive, with a concise understanding of complex human dynamics such as poverty, racism, and prejudice, and they benefit from “his probing for deeper thinking” and easy style. Â
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By stretching his boundaries, he became an executive director and certified leadership coach with The John Maxwell Team. An international trainer and author, Houston served as a National Center for Diversity Trainer of Trainers and a certified lead trainer in the areas of diversity and leadership development for the Institute for Human Services. He is chair of the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce Diversity Council. Previously, he served on the Grace Covenant Church Diversity Council.Â
To his credit, he received the Outstanding Trainer of the Year award from the North Central Ohio Regional Training Center.Â
 An author specializing in leadership and workplace issues, Houston co-authored the book A Better World: A Framework for Culture, Diversity & Engagement. He graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology from SUNY at Albany. Additionally, he studied at the Ph.D. level at Northwestern University. Dan is married to award-winning author and Indie publisher, Melanie Houston.Â
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