Dan is a proud Jersey boy excited to be coming back home to the Princeton area after being based primarily overseas for the last 11 years. He is a former foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State who served in Jakarta, Beijing, Toronto, and Washington D.C. H.Q. in a wide variety of political, environmental, and consular roles. In his two years prior to Princeton, Dan served as the global policy officer for the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization in Beijing, promoting the sustainable use of bamboo for smallholder livelihoods throughout the Global South for the only multilateral organization headquartered in China. Dan started his career working in political and security issues but has become increasingly interested in the intersection of international development and environmental public policy. He speaks fluent Spanish and intermediate Chinese Mandarin, and he graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Government. In his spare time, Dan is glued to his New York Times app and finding the most creative ways to collect and redeem frequent flyer miles and hotel points to travel the world.