Dan was born in Baltimore, MD and moved to Alaska in 2013. Dan started his career as a Radiation Therapist in Maryland and worked throughout the East Coast before he headed North to Alaska. Dan fell in love with Alaska while vacationing on a cruise. Dan has been practicing Radiation Therapy for 27 years.

Dan is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys caribou hunting, camping, fishing and ATV riding throughout the Matanuska Susitna Borough. Dan and his son spend their free time target shooting at the ranges in the Valley. Dan has a wife and a son who reside in Palmer.