MG (Ret) (USAR) Daniel York EdD
Dr. Daniel L. York is the founder and president of Strength as One Leadership, LLC, and First Cause, a nonprofit leadership organization. Dan serves as a leadership coach, innovative and strategic thought leader, author, and certified CliftonStrengths coach, helping leaders develop and improve their team's performance by addressing character, strengths, risk management, change and reorganization, morale, and trust as needed.
History:
Born in Colorado Springs, CO, Dan has over forty years of experience leading military and nonprofit organizations. An Airborne, Air-Assault, Jungle, and Ranger School graduate, he commanded at every level Platoon, Company, Battalion, Brigade, and three different Divisions, two of which were nationwide commands. He led the successful activation and formation of the 76th Operational Response Command, a two-star command that is the Army Reserve’s only response command for homeland defense.
Dan has trained senior military, political, business, and religious leaders nationally and internationally. He started and pastored three churches in Oregon and is an artist with experience performing original music in concerts nationwide. In 2012, he founded VetREST, a nonprofit that specializes in providing farming and gardening opportunities for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress (PTS).
Strong in ethics and building high esprit de corps and morale, MG (ret) York addresses international and national audiences on leadership and character development, and is a sought-after motivational speaker. He and his wife, Stacy, live near the southern Georgia coast with their two dogs--Sig and Uzi. Dan has three children and seven grandchildren. An avid athlete, he enjoys pickleball, tolerates running 5 Ks, whacks golf balls, and hikes.
Education
Master of Divinity--Bethel (West) Seminary
Master of Strategic Studies (Army War College)
Doctor of Education: EdD--Christian Leadership Liberty University
[email protected]
Founder/Director of First Cause
Founder/Director VetREST
Founder/Director Strength As One Leadership LLC
www.firstcause.org
www.vetrest.org
www.strengthasoneleadership.org
Authored Books:
I Keep Asking Volume 1 Spiritual Growth
I Pray Also Volume 2: Spiritual Growth
Available on request with the Author
Something to Think About . . . in Reveration
Climbing Higher . . . in Reveration
Lost on Mount Fuji . . . and other stories . . .
Escape to Ohadi
The Strong Leader’s Hand 3rd Edition
The Weak Leader’s Fist
The Strong Leader’s Hand Workbook Series 1-6
Each Available on Amazon
Published Music
Seasons Ending
Salt
Choices
Of Seen and Unseen
Evidence
Where Were You?
Do You See?
Songs Available on Spotify
History:
Born in Colorado Springs, CO, Dan has over forty years of experience leading military and nonprofit organizations. An Airborne, Air-Assault, Jungle, and Ranger School graduate, he commanded at every level Platoon, Company, Battalion, Brigade, and three different Divisions, two of which were nationwide commands. He led the successful activation and formation of the 76th Operational Response Command, a two-star command that is the Army Reserve’s only response command for homeland defense.
Dan has trained senior military, political, business, and religious leaders nationally and internationally. He started and pastored three churches in Oregon and is an artist with experience performing original music in concerts nationwide. In 2012, he founded VetREST, a nonprofit that specializes in providing farming and gardening opportunities for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress (PTS).
Strong in ethics and building high esprit de corps and morale, MG (ret) York addresses international and national audiences on leadership and character development, and is a sought-after motivational speaker. He and his wife, Stacy, live near the southern Georgia coast with their two dogs--Sig and Uzi. Dan has three children and seven grandchildren. An avid athlete, he enjoys pickleball, tolerates running 5 Ks, whacks golf balls, and hikes.
Education
Master of Divinity--Bethel (West) Seminary
Master of Strategic Studies (Army War College)
Doctor of Education: EdD--Christian Leadership Liberty University
[email protected]
Founder/Director of First Cause
Founder/Director VetREST
Founder/Director Strength As One Leadership LLC
www.firstcause.org
www.vetrest.org
www.strengthasoneleadership.org
Authored Books:
I Keep Asking Volume 1 Spiritual Growth
I Pray Also Volume 2: Spiritual Growth
Available on request with the Author
Something to Think About . . . in Reveration
Climbing Higher . . . in Reveration
Lost on Mount Fuji . . . and other stories . . .
Escape to Ohadi
The Strong Leader’s Hand 3rd Edition
The Weak Leader’s Fist
The Strong Leader’s Hand Workbook Series 1-6
Each Available on Amazon
Published Music
Seasons Ending
Salt
Choices
Of Seen and Unseen
Evidence
Where Were You?
Do You See?
Songs Available on Spotify