Dan Navarra is a native of California, born and raised in the East Bay Area. Dan is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP®), has studied finance at Harvard Business School, received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy with a Religious Emphasis, and then continued on to Fuller Theological Seminary for his Masters of Divinity. Dan enjoyed fifteen years in local church pastoral ministry specializing in teaching, project management, stewardship, and human resources prior to his joining NCF in 2022. He is also a regular contributor to Church Law & Tax and churchsalary.com (subsidiaries of Gloo) as a writer. In his role with NCF, Dan works to equip others with the creative tools, strategies, and insights they need to maximize their generosity and establish a lasting legacy.
He and his wife, Amy, married in 2012 and have three sons, including identical twins. In true entrepreneurial spirit, they successfully founded and grew a small business over a five-year period, concluding with a successful acquisition and exit in 2021. They reside in the Central Valley of California, where Dan likes to remind people he can be at a Giants game, the snow, the lake, or the beach, all within about a two-hour drive. In his leisure time, Dan enjoys watching, coaching, and playing baseball, fishing, and playing music with his kids.
