Dan started with the Newton Food Pantry in 2021 as a runner, loading groceries in client cars. Having worked with affluent investors for most of his career, he wanted to help people struggling with food insecurity.

Today Dan teaches undergraduate business at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. Previously, he founded and ran one of the largest wealth management firms in the country (Barron’s Top 100). A former board chair of the Eastern Massachusetts Better Business Bureau, he’s also a former Big Brother and a current member of the Big Brother Big Sister Board of Overseers.

Dan lives in Newton Centre with his wife. He grew up in Newton, attending Angier School and Newton South High School. He and his wife raised their two children here, although both attended cross-town rival Newton North. Dan coached Newton Girls Soccer and Newton Southeast Little League for many years. In his free time, he enjoys golf and playing guitar in a local band.

As Treasurer Dan’s favorite part of volunteering is keeping the vendors paid and the shipments coming — so there’s always plenty of food at the Newton Food Pantry.