Dan served HSLDA member families as a staff attorney from 2015-2022 before he moved onto full time ministry in Jefferson County, WV. He was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was homeschooled through high school. He went on to earn a juris doctor
from Oak Brook College of Law and a master’s degree in applied biblical studies from Moody Bible Institute.
While in law school, Dan worked as a legal assistant to HSLDA Senior Counsel Mike Donnelly. After graduation, he returned to the Midwest and gained experience practicing law at a small consumer protection law firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he eventually
accepted management responsibilities. He returned to HSLDA in 2015.
Dan and his wife Bethany (also a homeschool graduate and a photographer) are homeschooling their five children.