Primary Job Title Executive Vice President Primary Organization Lincoln Strategy Group
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Website www.dancentinello.org Facebook View on Facebook LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Dan Centinello is the Executive Vice President of Lincoln Strategy Group, a prominent political strategy and public affairs management firm. With over ten years of experience in the political industry, Centinello has served clients in nearly forty different states, the Northern Mariana Islands, and numerous countries across Europe. His work has
shaped campaigns for highly visible political figures, including Governor Mitt Romney, Governor Chris Christie, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senator Roy Blunt, and San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer.
Throughout his career, Centinello worked on various political campaigns including: three international campaigns, two presidential campaigns, two gubernatorial campaigns, a senatorial campaign, and roles with national and state parties. In addition to his political campaign experience, Centinello has also managed corporate issue campaigns for Fortune 500 companies.
Additionally, Dan Centinello has experience running state party apparatuses as the State Director for the Republican National Committee in California and as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Republican Party. He did so at the relatively young ages of twenty-three and twenty-four, respectively. In 2012, Dan served as the National Deputy Political Director for Mitt Romney’s campaign for President. During that time, Dan’s staff managed all voter contact, data analytics and voter targeting across the nation. Dan Centinello and his team presented daily analyses of critical information to better shape strategic decisions by the Governor’s closest advisors.
More recently, after Centinello involvement with Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, he was approached to work for FWD.us, a political action committee co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg. Centinello served as their Regional Director for the Southern United States & Silicon Valley, before being asked to become the Campaign Manager for a nationwide effort in the United Kingdom.
As a whole, Dan Centinello’s tenure in the political industry has resulted in experience managing nearly 600 paid operatives, as well as developing, implementing & overseeing campaign budgets totaling $173.3 million and counting.
Dan Centinello has accomplished these achievements all before the age of thirty - and his work hasn’t gone unnoticed. Dan was recently recognized by the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) through a nomination to the organization’s 40 Under 40 List. A highly competitive award, the AAPC’s annual list highlights only the most notable young professionals in the fast-paced field of political consulting. Dan intends to continue his work in political and corporate campaigning, and continue to achieve in the coming years.
