Sunday Morning Panel - Daniel C. Himelspach
Rotary International Director 2023-2025, Zones 26 & 27
 
Raised on a sheep and cattle ranch in southeastern Montana, Dan Himelspach earned his chemistry degree from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. He worked briefly at DuPont as a chemical engineer before joining the U.S. Army, as an officer with the Army Corps of Engineers.  He later earned his law degree from the University of Denver College of Law.  He went on to earn a Master Negotiation Certificate from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.  After working as an attorney at one of Denver’s larger firms and practicing law at a firm he founded with three other attorneys, Himelspach formed Dispute Management, Inc. a full service dispute resolution firm, where he mediated more than 7,000 lawsuits and conducted more than 100 arbitrations.
 
Himelspach joined Rotary in 1993 and has served in multiple district and zone leadership positions, including District Governor, End Polio Now Coordinator, Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator and Zone Institute Education Week trainer. Himelspach was instrumental in proposing club flexibility provisions that became Enactment 16-21 adopted at the 2016 Council on Legislation. He also served as a RI Council on Legislation Representative from 2017 to 2020. Himelspach has been involved in many local and international service projects, including a longstanding partnership with clubs in Kathmandu to provide water to a mountain community in Nepal. Himelspach says he was amazed to see the project in person, remarking how a water project had become an economic empowerment project for women, who were freed-up from carrying water and are now entrepreneurs.
 
Himelspach serves on the boards of two Denver-based nonprofits: WorldDenver, which promotes greater understanding of world affairs and cultures throughout the community and BrainWise, an organization that develops curricula to teach critical thinking skills to youth and adults.
 
He and his wife, Leslie, are members of the Paul Harris Society, the Bequest Society, and Major Donors.  Himelspach has been awarded several awards for his Rotary service including The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service.    (Full bio available on R.I. website)