Dana is the Foundation Executive Secretary, He manages The Foundation office in Topeka,KS. He has been the Executive Secretary since June 2009. He started dancing in 1968 and began calling in 1978. He has served two terms on the Board of Governors and has served on staff at Kirkwood Lodge providing dance entertainment to non square dance families vacationing at the Lake of the Ozarks. Dana also Conducts caller training sessions for newer callers and was the Business Chairman for the 57th National Square Dance Convention to be held in Wichita, Kansas in 2008.
Dana met his wife Donna through square dancing and they were married in 1994. Dana retired from the Santa Fe Railway in 1996 as Manager of Financial Reporting and Budgets. He then went to work for Heartland China, Inc. as Office Administrator and Controller. In 2000 he and Donna bought the company and operated it for four years. They sold the company in 2004. Donna is employed by Bartlett and West Engineers in Topeka, KS.