Dan is a graduate of Penn State University with a degree in Quantitative Business Analysis. At the end of his college years he recommitted his life to the Lord and received his call into ministry. Dan went on to attend The Alliance Theological Seminary and earned a Masters of Divinity. He is ordained in The Christian and Missionary Alliance.

Dan served as Vice President of Holistic Ministries International, a parachurch missions organization, in Paterson, NJ for 10 years. He and his wife, Terri, then went on to be church planters with The Alliance, and have served in churches in Western, P.A., Dutchess County, NY and Oswego County, NY. before coming to Jamestown.

Dan also works as a tutor for the Jamestown Public Schools, teaches a remedial math class at Jamestown Community College and serves as a member of the Mayor's Human Rights Committee.

He loves to play electric guitar and bass guitar. He is a football fan and his team is the Cleveland Browns (don't hold that against him)! He has climbed 28 of the 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks. He loves to run and you will more than likely see him running out in the community.