Candidate Biography (submitted by campaign):

Personal

Native North Carolinian; Winston-Salem resident; age 54. 
Married since 1977 to Kay House. 
Graduated Hickory High School (1973), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1977), and UNC School of Law (1980). 
Active member, Ardmore Neighborhood Association. 
Active member, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem. 
Favorite recreations:  running (Twin City Track Club); and reading (loves a good novel or travel narrative). 

Professional

Public interest attorney and educator. 

Licensed to practice law in North Carolina since 1980. 

Has worked in legal and management positions for organizations providing legal services for poor families, health care services, and environmental education. 

Teaching experience includes teaching courses on environmental law, environmental policy, and government, at N.C. State University, Guilford College, Duke University, Forsyth Technical Community College, and Winston-Salem State University. 

Public Service

Dan has represented the Southwest Ward on the Winston-Salem City Council since 2001.

Dan also represents the City of Winston-Salem on the following regional bodies:

*Piedmont Triad Partnership.  (Dan serves on the Board of Directors for PTP, our leading regional economic development group.)
* Piedmont Triad Early Action Compact.  (Dan chairs the stakeholders committee for this regional effort for clean air.)
*Winston-Salem Urban Area Transportation Advisory Committee.  (Dan represents the city on this regional planning board for transportation improvements.)

Dan currently serves as the vice chair of the Large Cities Council for the National League of Cities.

Dan previously served as a volunteer member, by appointment of the Governor of North Carolina, on the following state policy-making commissions:

In these challenging times, Winston-Salem needs steady leadership, with calm, reasoned, and moderate voices.

I'm committed to helping our community work together for these goals:

--safe streets and neighborhoods;
--a strong economy with jobs and opportunity for all our citizens;
--and a high community quality of life, building a clean, green, safe and inclusive city.

To pursue this vision, we must work together as neighbors.  We must combine a foundation of fiscal responsibility and low taxes with a commitment to building the infrastructure our community needs to thrive -- the transportation system, utilities and sanitation services, sound planning, and parks and greenways.

We've made progress on these fronts over the past eight years.  In one area I've taken as a personal focus, clean air, we've gone from 31 unhealthy air days in 2002 to just three, by that same standard, last year.

We've also built our economy on a regional basis, and our unemployment rate (even in these tough times) is the lowest in our region.  I serve as Winston-Salem's representative to the board of directors of the Piedmont Triad Partnership, our regional economic development group, which has been named for two years running as one of the ten most effective regional economic development organizations in the nation.  Our community crime rate is down, and our development of affordable housing is up.

This work takes understanding, patience, a pragmatic attitude, and the readiness to listen, cooperate, and work for solutions.

I've worked hard to bring these qualities to my role as Winston-Salem City Council Member for the Southwest Ward, and I ask for the opportunity to continue that work.