Dan Williams

Program Director, LSS Financial Services

dan.williams@lssmn.org

218-529-2271

Areas of Expertise
Foreclosure prevention, housing counseling, consumer scams, payday lending, debt settlement, debt management, bankruptcy and reverse mortgages

Education
BS in Business Administration, 1993, University of Wisconsin, Superior
Concentrations in Finance and Marketing

Dan Williams is a Minnesota expert on debt and housing foreclosure issues. As Program Director for LSS Financial Counseling Services, Dan manages a team of certified housing counselors in Greater Minnesota that helps individuals and families avoid foreclosure or prepare for a “soft landing” by determining the best options for their unique situations. He also manages debt, reverse mortgage and bankruptcy counselors. With a decade of experience in the field, he has a first-hand view of how foreclosure issues affect people’s lives and is wealth of information on many other housing and financial issues, from consumer scams to the benefits and pitfalls of reverse mortgages.

Since 1987, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota has become the largest provider of housing and financial counseling and education in Minnesota—helping over 20,000 people every year with free budget and debt counseling, foreclosure prevention counseling and monthly debt management plans. LSS is also a member of the Better Business Bureau and the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, the oldest and most respected credit counseling association in the nation. All LSS financial counselors are NFCC-certified as consumer credit and housing counselors.

Media Appearances
An expert in foreclosure, housing and financial issues, Dan has appeared in numerous local and national news stories:

Business Week • Wall Street Journal • Star Tribune • St. Paul Pioneer Press • St. Cloud Times •  Duluth News Tribune • Hibbing Daily Tribune • City Pages • Minnesota Public Radio • WDIO-TV •  KARE-TV

Community Leadership
Board of Directors, Minnesota Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Association, 2000-2007 • MN Home Ownership Center Advisory Council, 2007-present • MN Home Ownership Center ‘Most Innovative’ Excellence in Service Award, 2006 • Foreclosure Response Award, Minnesota Housing and Partners in Affordable Housing, 2009