Dan Cassidy, CPG

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN | RVP

Dan Cassidy, CPG is a Regional Vice President who manages SME’s Southeast Michigan offices. A principal of SME, his responsibilities include working with leaders to coordinate business development and visibility in the Metro Region, setting and implementing the Environmental Group’s business strategy, setting and executing the Group’s operational plan, providing senior technical leadership, and managing liability issues. He also advises owners, developers and the design and construction community in the areas of urban and brownfield redevelopment strategies and financing, environmental assessment of contaminated sites, remedial investigations, and environmental regulatory compliance.

Dan holds a BS degree in Environmental Geoscience from Michigan State University and an MBA from Wayne State University in Detroit, where he was also a Candidate for Juris Doctor of Law. Dan’s redevelopment experience and scientific and business finance background make him uniquely positioned to leverage the financial incentives available for redevelopment projects to the maximum benefit of our clients, public and private. Dan has successfully written applications for over $30 million in federal/state grant funding and assisted in acquiring incentives and managed projects involving over $150 million in state and federal incentives. He also manages remedial investigations and development of remediation alternatives for commercial and industrial properties.

Dan Cassidy is known for leading and facilitating brownfield redevelopment projects from the initial strategy, to building the financial stack by maximizing financial incentives available for projects, to solving the technical challenges. He thrives on seeing a project through from inception to completion and realizing the positive impact each and every project has on the community and surrounding environment. Dan feels very fortunate that he has spent a large part of his career focusing on brownfield redevelopment which he feels is the best example of reuse, recycling, and recovery of urban areas that literally revitalizes communities. These projects are also great examples of his unique ability to facilitate public-private partnerships.

Outside the office, Dan spends most of his time enjoying quality time with his family which includes his wife and two beautiful daughters. He is an avid Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions and MSU Spartans fan.