I am a Marine Corps veteran, Associate Clinical Social Worker, Registered Addiction Counselor, and technology and data strategist. My work sits at the intersection of behavioral health, legal services, organizational systems, data, and public service.
Whether I am improving a LegalServer implementation, designing reporting infrastructure, evaluating program outcomes, or providing clinical care, my focus remains the same: helping people and organizations work better together.
01 · Professional biography
A career built around people, systems, and service.
At Survivor Justice Center, I lead LegalServer administration, reporting strategy, and technology initiatives that support legal services across the organization. My work includes workflow design, data governance, business intelligence, staff training, quality assurance, and organizational reporting. I help translate operational and program needs into practical technology and data solutions.
Alongside my technology work, I maintain a clinical focus on gambling disorder, behavioral addictions, trauma, and recovery. These areas continually reinforce one another. Better systems support better services, and better services improve outcomes for the people who rely on them.
Military service established an early foundation in preparation, accountability, operational readiness, training, and responsibility for others.
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Private Sector Leadership
Early private sector roles developed my experience in operations, staff training, customer service, performance analysis, risk management, reporting, and organizational leadership.
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Public Service & Veteran Advocacy
Work across child welfare, Los Angeles County, veteran services, peer support, and nonprofit programs strengthened my understanding of how people navigate complex public systems.
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Behavioral Health & Addiction
Clinical practice and addiction science training developed my focus on gambling disorder, behavioral addictions, trauma, recovery, veterans, first responders, and access to care.
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Data, Evaluation & Strategy
Program evaluation work expanded into reporting design, outcome measurement, dashboards, business intelligence, Power BI, SQL, data governance, quality assurance, and evidence informed decision making.
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Legal Technology & Systems Strategy
My current work includes LegalServer administration, workflow design, reporting infrastructure, staff training, automation, data strategy, and technology implementation for legal aid organizations.
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Research & Lifelong Learning
My professional interests continue to develop through behavioral addiction research, education, business intelligence, data science, systems design, and the study of how organizations use information to improve services.
03 · Military service
Leadership begins with responsibility.
I served in the United States Marine Corps from December 1999 through December 2003. My service included deployments with the 11th and 15th Marine Expeditionary Units during the period following September 11 and the opening stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
I worked as a Food Service Specialist and Training NCO, graduated as the Honor Graduate of the Food Service Specialist Course, and received an honorable discharge in 2003.
The experience shaped how I think about preparation, teamwork, accountability, and service. Those lessons still influence how I approach leadership, collaboration, and public service today.
Marine Corps recruit training, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1999.
04 · Education & professional development
Learning as a lifelong practice.
Social Work & Addiction Science
Master of Social WorkUSC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Graduate Certificate in Addiction ScienceUSC Institute for Addiction Science Keck School of Medicine of USC
Professional Credentials
Associate Clinical Social WorkerCalifornia Board of Behavioral Sciences
Registered Addiction CounselorAddiction Counselor Certification Board of California
Certified Peer Support Specialist, VeteranLoyola Marymount University
Social Work Practicum InstructorAzusa Pacific University
05 · Professional philosophy
Lasting change requires the whole picture.
Technology is only useful when it helps people solve real problems. Throughout my career, I have learned that meaningful improvement comes from understanding people, organizations, incentives, information, workflows, and the systems that connect them.
Whether I am supporting a clinician, designing a reporting framework, implementing legal technology, or evaluating program outcomes, my goal remains the same: build practical solutions that make important work easier to do.
Service · Curiosity · Ownership · Practical Judgment · Evidence
06 · Selected milestones
Work that stays close to impact.
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United States Marine Corps veteran, including deployments with the 11th and 15th Marine Expeditionary Units.
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Master of Social Work from the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
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Graduate Certificate in Addiction Science from the USC Institute for Addiction Science.
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Associate Clinical Social Worker and Registered Addiction Counselor.
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Speaker at the 2026 National Council on Problem Gambling Annual Conference.
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Member of the inaugural State Bar of California Legal Aid Justice Technology Collaborative Advisory Panel.
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Leadership of LegalServer, reporting, business intelligence, data governance, and organizational technology initiatives.
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Founder and President of Shiloh CA LLC.
Service, education & community
A record of shared purpose.
Marine Corps Food Service SchoolFort Lee, Virginia. Training as a Food Service Specialist and representing the Marine detachment.First Overseas DeploymentWith fellow Marines during the first of two deployments with Marine Expeditionary Units.Community Immersion at USCLearning how veteran service systems operate through a community immersion project with U.S.VETS in Long Beach.Military and Veterans Social Work CaucusPreparing for a fundraiser supporting the student community and veteran-focused social work.Learning in CommunitySocial work education grounded in relationships, community engagement, and practical experience.Survivor Justice CenterWith colleagues at an organizational event supporting survivor-centered legal services.
Organizations, platforms & communities
Connections that inform the work.
I lead legal technology, business intelligence, data governance, reporting, systems strategy, staff training, and organizational adoption.
I serve as system owner and strategic lead for architecture, workflows, forms, permissions, reporting, testing, documentation, releases, and staff adoption.
At Westside Gambling Treatment, I provide supervised individual counseling and facilitate or co-facilitate structured treatment groups addressing problem gambling and gambling-related harms. My clinical work focuses particularly on veterans and first responders and contributes supervised experience toward both my addiction counselor credentialing through CAADE and ACCBC and my clinical social work licensure requirements through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
My Associate Clinical Social Worker registration is issued and regulated by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Visitors may use the California Department of Consumer Affairs license-search system to verify the current status of the credential.
My addiction counselor education and supervised experience are completed within the CAADE and Addiction Counselor Certification Board of California credentialing framework. I hold the Registered Addiction Counselor credential through ACCBC.
Graduate education grounded in systems thinking, program development, community engagement, evaluation, organizational change, and practical approaches to complex social challenges.
Addiction treatment counselor preparation completed through RecoverUSC, with coursework connected to the USC Institute for Addiction Science, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, and Keck School of Medicine of USC.
I serve on the inaugural Legal Aid Judicial Technology Collaborative Advisory Panel, contributing practitioner perspective on legal technology, implementation, access to justice, organizational readiness, and responsible technology use in legal aid.
Organizational names and marks identify education, credentials, employment, memberships, professional service, training, or platforms used in my work. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement.
My Story
Service is more than a line on a résumé.
Some experiences deserve more than a bullet point. These stories provide context for the values that continue to shape my work and my commitment to public service.
Battle Buddies Help Veterans Navigate the System
The Veteran Peer Access Network, or VPAN, is a community driven support network serving veterans and their families. Built by veterans for veterans, VPAN connects people with public agencies, nonprofit organizations, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and community resources. Veteran peer navigators, often called battle buddies, help fellow veterans navigate systems that can otherwise feel fragmented or difficult to access.
Dario Grant
