After a successful music career and many years in business
as a leader in sales, retail, theme restaurants, private investigation, and
security system design and management, Lucky began his career in Community
Action as a staff accountant in 1993 at the
Community Action Council in Galveston, Texas.
Under the leadership of the late June P. Ross, a highly respected pioneer
in the industry, Lucky learned a deep passion for helping those in need.
As
Director of Energy Programs overseeing four counties, he was asked to help
shape the State’s first Energy Assistance Pilot into the Comprehensive Energy
Assistance Program.
In
2005, he became Executive Director of Community Services of Northeast Texas, in
Linden. In the twelve years since
Lucky’s arrival, the agency has grown from five counties to sixteen counties
and employs 130 staff members over eight programs.
In
2013, Dan became a Nationally Certified Results Oriented Management and
Accountability (ROMA) Trainer (NCRT). He
has mentored several candidates through the program, helpling them become
certified trainers themselves, and was certified as a Master ROMA Trainer in September
2016. Currently, he helps evaluate
candidates who are seeking NCRT certification and NCRI (Implementer)
certification.
Lucky
is a General Partner in the consulting firm of Adams Boyd Consulting LLC, with
offices in Linden and Coleman, Texas. Lucky
and his business partner are highly sought after trainers in the world of
government and corporate training, and are instrumental in helping agencies
comply with Federal Organizational Standards.
Lucky serves as 1st Vice President of the Texas
Association of Community Action Agencies and President of the Community Action
Association of Region Six. He recently
sat for the CCAP Exam as a candidate for 2017’s designation as a Certified
Community Action Professional.
Lucky
is a trained facilitator of the Community Action Poverty Simulation, a
financial empowerment trainer certified by the Consumer Financial Protection
Burear, and is currently adding to his list of certifications, seeking
certification from the Association of Strategic Planning as a Certified
Strategic Management Professional, training to be a FEMA Disaster Commander,
and continuing his online education through courses at MIT.
