About Us

Daniel Clancy

WTCS President
4622 University Avenue
P.O. Box 7874
Madison, WI 53707-7874

Phone:  (608) 266-7983
Fax:  (608) 266-1285
Email:  daniel.clancy@wtcsystem.edu

Dan Clancy is the President and State Director of the nationally recognized Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS). The WTCS has 16 technical colleges with 47 campuses throughout Wisconsin, offering more than 300 programs awarding two-year associate degrees, one- and two-year technical diplomas and short-term technical diplomas. In addition, the System is the major provider of customized training and technical assistance to Wisconsin's business and industry community. Annually, one out of every nine adults in Wisconsin receives education from the state’s 16 technical colleges.

Prior to his appointment as System President in December, 2004, Mr. Clancy served as Vice President for Finance and Policy with the Wisconsin Technical College System since September 1996. In that capacity he directed a wide range of WTCS Board functions including budget development, legislative relations and policy analysis, district financial oversight, state and federal aid administration, tuition and material fee setting, facilities planning and approval, and data reporting and systems management. From 1979 to 1996, Mr. Clancy served as Program Supervisor and Fiscal Analyst with the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau. In those capacities he was responsible for analyzing budgets of the state’s educational agencies.

Mr. Clancy earned a B.A. in Social Sciences from Michigan State University and pursued graduate work in the Institute of Public Policy Studies at the University of Michigan.

Mr. Clancy serves on several Wisconsin boards and commissions, including:

• Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment
• PK-16 Leadership Council
• Wisconsin Development Fund Board
• Forward Wisconsin Board of Directors
• Competitive Wisconsin Board
• Wisconsin Technology Council
• Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership Board
• Wisconsin International Trade Council