Daniel de Grandpre

Mr. de Grandpre, referred by the Alabama Chapter and nominated by the Board Development and Nominating Committee is the CEO and co-founder of dealnews.com, Inc., based in Huntsville, AL, with an office in New York City. dealnews is one of the 1,000 most-visited web sites in the world. Over three million people each month come to dealnews to find "news on deals" for electronics, apparel, and other consumer goods. In 2009, over $400M worth of merchandise was purchased via dealnews from its partners, which include Apple, HP, Walmart, Amazon, and over a thousand other retailers. Dan has grown the company from a "garage startup" to its current size, employing a staff of over 40 professionals.

dealnews uses its popularity not only to sell products, but also to help raise money for non-profit causes in need. In the aftermath of the 2004 Indonesian Tsunami, dealnews and its readers raised $10,000 for the Red Cross for humanitarian relief. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, dealnews once again rallied its readers and raised $100,000 for the Red Cross’ relief efforts. And this year, dealnews raised $100,000 for the Red Cross in response to the Haitian earthquake disaster. In each case, dealnews matched its readers’ donations dollar for dollar.

dealnews has also been a regular corporate sponsor for other worthy non-profit causes, including The ALS Association’s Alabama and New York Chapters, Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition (a no-kill shelter), The Riley Behavioral & Educational Center (Autism), and the Greengate School for Dyslexia.

Prior to founding dealnews, Dan was Editor-in-Chief of MacNuggets, a web site of reviews that lead to the idea for dealnews’ business model. He was previously a doctoral student in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Oregon from 1995 to 1997, where he also served as an Instructor. From 1993 to 1994, Dan was the MRI Lab Manager at Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. de Grandpre received his Bachelors of Science in Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in 1993 and Masters of Science in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Oregon in 1997. He is a Trustee of the Alabama Chapter of The ALS Association serving on the Finance and Compensation committees. Previously, he has served on the following boards: the American Red Cross - North Alabama Chapter, where he served as Treasurer, Audit Chair, and Vice-Chair of Service Delivery; BizTech, a non-profit business incubator; and the Boys and Girls Club of Huntsville.