The leader of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) will be stepping down at the end of the year, the organization plans to announce on Monday.



Dan Danner has spent 22 years with the trade group, seven of those as the lobby group’s president and CEO.

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“I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to do something I’m passionate about, fighting for America’s small businesses and entrepreneurs,” he said in a release obtained by The Hill. “I’m also proud to have worked with so many great people at NFIB. It’s a fantastic organization!”



Danner began at the organization to work on the NFIB Education Foundation, which is now known as the Young Entrepreneur Foundation, and ascended to its top lobbyist position before taking the helm.



He earned about $938,00 in 2013, according to the most recent tax forms available.



Prior to joining NFIB in 1993, Danner worked as chief of staff to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and in the Reagan White House.



Executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates will be conducting the search for his replacement, which will be announced by late 2015, the organization said.



The NFIB has long been considered one of Washington’s most influential lobbying organizations. The group is a vocal critic of ObamaCare, and took its fight against the healthcare law all the way to the Supreme Court in 2012.