Dan Navarra is a California native, 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 15 years in local church pastoral ministry, specializing in teaching, project management, stewardship, and human resources, before joining NCF in 2022. In his role with NCF, Dan equips others with the creative tools, strategies, and insights they need to maximize their generosity and establish a lasting legacy. Dan also serves as a Senior Faculty for Asset Giving University, where he teaches high-level technical skills to development professionals all over the country.
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 fishing with his family, anything that has to do with baseball, and playing music with his kids.
