Daniel Stid

Daniel Stid is the Executive Director of Lyceum Labs, a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on improving the quality of political leadership and party politics in the United States. For the 2023-24 academic year, he is a visiting fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Daniel also advises foundation leaders and individual philanthropists seeking to strengthen democracy, pluralism, and civic life. 

From 2013 to 2022, Daniel served as the inaugural director of the Hewlett Foundation’s U.S. Democracy Program. During his tenure, he led $180 million in grantmaking to 150+ grantees working across the ideological spectrum to alleviate polarization. Earlier in his career, Daniel was a partner with The Bridgespan Group, a management consultant at BCG, a Congressional Fellow on the staff of the House Majority Leader, and an assistant professor of political science at Wabash College. Daniel is the author of The President as Statesman: Woodrow Wilson and the Constitution.

Daniel chairs the board of More in Common, a nonprofit whose “mission is to build a more united and inclusive America that is resilient to the profound threats posed by our country’s polarization.” As a volunteer, Daniel taught political science at and now serves on the board of Mount Tamalpais College, which provides world-class higher education to students at San Quentin (CA) State Prison. Previously, he served as the founding board chair of New Community Church in Menlo Park, California. Daniel is also proud to have been commissioned an honorary Kentucky Colonel for his service to the Commonwealth.

Daniel grew up on a third generation family farm in Mason, Michigan. He has a B.A. from Hope College, an M.Phil. in politics from Oxford University, and a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University. Daniel is married to Martha Enthoven, and they are the parents of Noah, Sophia, Charlotte, and Isabelle.

Daniel can be reached via email at daniel [dot] stid [at] gmail [dot] com and by phone at (415) 321-9859.