Dan Lavender

CEO, Moorings Park

DANIEL (DAN) LAVENDER is Chief Executive Officer of The Moorings Park Institute, Inc. The recipient of a Master’s in Business Administration degree from Ohio University, an Ohio Certified Public Accountant license, and a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Economics from Bluffton College, he has spent the majority of his career serving seniors. Prior to joining Moorings Park in 2006, Dan was Chief Financial Officer for Methodist ElderCare Services in Columbus, Ohio, helping to guide it through a period of strategic growth and improving financial performance. Previous assignments included regional and division leadership roles at Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services, one of the 15 largest multi-site non-profit senior living organizations in the country.

Dan currently serves as a director on the Miami Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Board and the Naples Zoo Board. He was the former chair of the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce and a former member of the Champions for Learning Leadership Council. Dan is a graduate of the Leadership Collier Class of 2010, and was recognized as a 2013 Man of Distinction by Collier County Champions for Learning.