As Executive Vice President, Dan provides strategic and operational consultation to the Chairman of Newland, while also leading the company's efforts in capital markets and acquisitions.

Dan brings more than three decades of experience in real estate entity management and leadership, most recently as owner of The Van Epp Companies, a Nevada company engaged in the development and ownership of high quality real estate assets. From 1995 through 2004, he was Senior Vice President of The Rouse Company and President of its affiliate, The Howard Hughes Corporation, where he was responsible for the planning, development and production of residential, retail and office projects totaling millions of square feet. While at the Hughes Corporation, he led the development of the 22,500-acre Summerlin community in Las Vegas, the country's best-selling master-planned community for a decade. He led teams that developed land for 21,000 homes, sold property valued at more than $1 billion and developed more than two million square feet of office and retail space in Las Vegas.

Dan is the recipient of numerous industry and civic awards, a three-term Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and a past chairman of the Community Development Council. He is a graduate, Cum Laude, of Virginia Tech.