Dan Mushalko is Vice President for Media & Research with the Innovative Leadership Institute, where he produces and edits a top leadership podcast (and ranked in the top 0.5% of podcasts worldwide). He is also a leadership course facilitator for Institute clients and co-leads a leadership course with ILI founder/CEO Maureen Metcalf for James Madison University. He has earned several leadership certifications from ILI. He is also certified as a VUCA Max Warrior coach.
Dan’s career has been a continual weaving of writing, science, media, and leadership. He was the assistant editor of his university humor magazine, an in-house copywriter for an East Coast ad agency while studying applied physics, a scriptwriter for a national science-based radio adventure series,
wrote and hosted an award-winning radio science show, taught creative writing, performed as a supplemental science teacher and presenter for school districts, and has spoken and guest-lectured on writing, science, and science fiction at conventions, seminars, university classes, and national meetings for science associations. He has also held management/leadership positions in organizations of all sizes.
His awards for science writing include best feature reporting from New Jersey’s Society of Professional Journalists and the prestigious Westinghouse Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.