Daniel T. Bross

With a background in public policy and government affairs, Dan has led corporate social responsibility, government affairs and public policy teams at two Fortune 100 companies and has over twenty-five years of experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.  

 After a ten-year career in the energy industry, Dan joined Microsoft in 1998 and was instrumental in developing and managing Microsoft’s global corporate social responsibility program. Dan worked across key business groups and corporate functions within Microsoft to develop public policy positions to advance the company’s business and policy objectives and to position Microsoft as an industry thought leader on key policy issues such as human rights, responsible sourcing, privacy and security, corporate governance, transparency, et al.  

 He founded and served as Executive Director of the Microsoft Technology and Human Rights Center.   Under Dan’s leadership, Microsoft became one of the first multinational corporations to adopt the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and develop and implement a cross company human rights impact assessment process.  

 In addition to his internally facing responsibilities, Dan was responsible for Microsoft ’s global outreach and engagement with a variety of key stakeholders including the socially responsible investment community; the World Economic Forum; a range of CSR organizations and related NGOs; various UN agencies, with a particular focus on UN Human Rights; the UN Global Compact; and the Global Reporting Initiative

 Dan also served as the Co-Executive Sponsor of GLEAM (Gay and Lesbian Employees at Microsoft). 

Retiring from Microsoft at the end of 2016, he is now leading the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality, a coalition of multinational companies committed to advocating for LGBTI equality globally.  The Partnership, announced by the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2019, is a collaborative initiative with the Forum and UN Human Rights working in partnership with OutRight International and Human Rights Watch.  

 He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Catawba College in Salisbury, NC and a master’s degree in Public Administration from the George Washington University in Washington, DC. 

 Dan and his husband, Robert Cundall, live in New York City.