Dan DeRose is a businessperson from Pueblo, Colorado. He is a member of the DeRose family. He owned the business DD Marketing, a business which negotiated soft drink contracts for schools. He was previously a college football player and athletic director for the Colorado State University-Pueblo (previously University of Southern Colorado). He had also played for the New York Giants in 1987 in a strike-breaking team. He also was one of the principal owners of Small Smiles Dental Centers.