<p><span><span><span>Dan is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Stakeholder Officer at the San Francisco Travel Association (formerly the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau), overseeing public policy, strategic planning, public relations and business development. This role enabled him to work with, and receive input from, diverse groups trying to work toward a common goal. The work also put Dan in a position to work with many of the players in the Central Market revitalization effort on a professional level.</span></span></span></p> <p><span>Dan is a graduate of the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking and his earlier film, </span><span><em>ub2</em></span><span>, a short documentary about the pejorative language used on gay dating sites and how that language impacts HIV+ gay men, is an official selection of (2012:) Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival, KASHISH Mumbai Queer Film Festival, FilmOut San Diego, GayCharlotte Film Festival, Melbourne (Australia) Queer film festival; (2011:) Long Beach Q-Films, Rochester (NY) ImageOut Festival, San Francisco Documentary Festival, and Spokane GLBT Film Festival.</span></p> <div><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></div>