Dan Meyer grew up in Chappaqua, New York, and became a follower of Jesus Christ through the ministry of Young Life at age 18. The son of a State Senator, Dan studied political science at Yale, served as head of its student government, and was selected for Yale's John C. Schroeder Award for Leadership.

Following college, Dr. Meyer spent two years serving as a volunteer in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during which time God redirected his path toward pastoral leadership. He subsequently received Princeton Seminary's Long-Davies Prize for Excellence in Preaching in 1985, Columbia Seminary's Thompson Scholarship in Evangelism in 1989, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2008.

Prior to coming to Christ Church of Oak Brook in March of 1997, Dan served two churches in California -- as an associate pastor at the Bay Area's First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame, and as senior pastor of the Village Community Presbyterian Church in Rancho Santa Fe, a suburb of San Diego.

Dan's life experience has included work on an off-shore oil-rig, in a maximum security prison, on a farm, and in the world corporate headquarters of IBM. He is co-author of Leadership Essentials (InterVarsity Press, 2007) and host of Life Focus, an Emmy-nominated television newsmagazine that has aired nationwide on PBS stations and the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Dan and his wife Amy, an interior designer, have been married since New Year's Eve 1988. They have three sons -- Rush, Cole, and Reed and make their home in the Chicago area.