We are excited to introduce our new Executive Director, Dr. Dan Jurman!

Dan was born right here in Gloucester County at Underwood Hospital. He attended Clayton Elementary School (now Herma S. Simmons Elementary School – Herma Simmons was actually his Principal) and graduated from Clayton High School, Gloucester County College (now Rowan College of South Jersey), and Rowan University where he studied English Literature and Creative Writing. During High School, he worked as a camp counselor for the Gloucester County Girl Scouts’ “Vantastic” mobile summer camp. After he graduated from Rowan, he worked as the Program Director for The Arc Gloucester NJ’s Camp Sun ‘N Fun.

In 1998, Dan moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Lancaster Theological Seminary with his Master of Arts in Religion in 2003 and his Doctor of Ministry in 2021. He went on to work at two Federally Qualified Health Centers and led a Community Development Corporation, a Community Action Agency, and the Office of Advocacy and Reform created by former PA Governor Tom Wolf. Most recently, he led one of Paul Newman’s camps for children with serious illnesses in Central Florida.

Upon his return to Gloucester County, Dan and his family have settled in Williamstown. His wife, Rachel, is a Para-educator at Oak Knoll Elementary School. His oldest child, Jacob, is a Freshman in Atlantic Cape Community College’s culinary program. His younger two children, Henry and Inez, are in their junior and sophomore years at Williamstown High School. They live on a horse ranch with their three dogs (in order of size, not age) a Corgi, a Black Lab, and a Bernese Mountain Dog/Great Pyrenees mix. In addition to his work with United Way, Dan also preaches some Sundays at the First Presbyterian Church of Clayton, New Jersey.