Daniel J ZedanA 1973 graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy, Dan retired from the US Coast Guard Reserve in 2001 as a captain, is a Desert Shield/ Desert Storm and Operation Uphold Democracy veteran, and is the founder and president of Nature's Finest Foods, Ld, a Chicago-area food brokerage, marketing, and consulting firm. A lifelong member of the Boy Scouts of America and avid model railroader, Dan has a love of gaming that developed at an early age with his first chess set, eventually expanding into various card and board games. In 2005, at the behest of two of his sons, he participated in his first Dungeons & Dragons adventure and has been playing ever since.

Dan and his wife, Judith, still reside in the Chicago area and have five children, twenty-one grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Read More Read Less