Dan Gross

Dan Gross is an American journalist who wrote a gossip column for the Philadelphia Daily News. His work has previously appeared in magazines such as Rolling Stone and Anthem and he published two fanzines, Scenester! and Deal With It, in the 1990s. Gross is a graduate of Lower Merion High School and Temple University. In 2009 he became President of The Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia Local 10. Gross formerly played bass in the band None More Black and is currently a member of Renegade.

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Dan Gross (activist)

Dan Gross is the President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. He was appointed to this position on February 28, 2012.

Dan previously co-founded and directed the Center to Prevent Youth Violence (CPYV) (formerly known as PAX). He became an activist on the issue of gun violence when his brother was shot and severely wounded in a shooting at the Empire State Building in February 1997. Prior to his activism on gun violence, Dan was a partner at JWT Advertising Agency in New York City. There he managed accounts such as Kodak, Lipton and Warner Lambert.

Dan graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Economics.

As the President of the Brady Campaign, Dan Gross worked closely with the White House and Congress on the set of comprehensive legislation they proposed after the Newtown shooting. Although legislation requiring new expanded background checks before gun purchases failed to pass in the U.S. Senate in April 2013, Gross and the Brady Campaign continue to promote legislation to prevent gun violence. The Brady Campaign was named after Sarah and Jim Brady. They worked through the late 1980s and early 1990s to institute the system of background checks in the United States.