Husband, Father, Leader, Teacher, and Business Owner

Since taking office, Dan has focused on turning priorities into real results for District C and all of St. Joseph County. He has worked to bring fresh leadership to the health department, co-sponsored the 55-and-older property tax cap to help reduce taxes, and voted for three balanced budgets, later leading the effort as Council President to deliver a balanced 2026 budget.

He has worked across party lines to secure raises for sheriff’s officers to strengthen public safety, partnered with the county engineer to pave more Granger subdivision roads than in any other three-year period of the 2000s, and successfully led the effort to build Anderson Trail Park, a project that had stalled for decades, without raising taxes.

Dan has also helped relocate the new highway facility to a less visible industrial area based on citizen feedback, supported new businesses and job growth, co-sponsored a simpler abatement ordinance that requires companies to hire our workers, and sponsored common-sense solar regulations to protect local communities.

As a husband, father, teacher, and small business owner, Dan brings decades of real-world leadership experience to county government. Raised in rural Marshall County, he worked his way through college, earned a Master’s degree in Health Administration, served as a hospital administrator, taught overseas, and now teaches U.S. History at Penn High School.

Dan believes government works best when it listens to residents, stays fiscally responsible, and focuses on results, not politics. He is running for re-election to continue delivering practical, common-sense leadership for Granger and St. Joseph County.