Dan Crippen (born March 18, 1952, in Canistota, South Dakota) was the executive director of the National Governors Association from 2011 to 2015.
From 1981-1985 Crippen served as chief counsel and economic policy advisor for Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker.
[1] Republicans hoped that Crippen would be a strong proponent of Reagan's appropriations bills and that he could mend relations with Congress.
Republican leaders selected Crippen as a somewhat moderate candidate, drawing the ire of members of both parties, who sought a more ideological director.
[3] A 2003 article in The Wall Street Journal suggested that he may have lost his chance at reappointment for failing to support dynamic scoring, a practice inspired by supply-side economics.