Dave is the Managing Partner and CEO of DARE Strategies LLC, helping clients successfully navigate issues at the nexus of renewable energy and national defense.  Before founding DARE, Dave advocated for Federal- and state-level energy and defense policy as Senior Vice President of Cassidy and Associates, and earlier served as Vice President for Federal Business at Apex Clean Energy.  Dave proudly helped Apex win a contract to supply wind and solar power at Fort Hood (now Cavazos), Texas—a power purchase agreement worth $497 million over 28 years. Committed to public service, he has run to represent his hometown in the Virginia State Senate, and recently completed a 3-year term as secretary of the Virginia Beach Electoral Board.  He is a founding director of the Southeast chapter of Environmental Entrepreneurs, a nonpartisan national community of business leaders who promote sound environmental policy to build economic prosperity, serves on the board of the Southeastern Wind Coalition, and actively supports Eggleston, Inc. He is also a five-time Jeopardy! champion.