Dan Daniels, IAPMO's director for the Central District, hails from Colorado and has spent his plumbing career in and around the Pueblo area. He first began as an apprentice with Local 20 more than thirty years ago. Upon completion of his apprenticeship, Daniels took on a variety of plumbing jobs, gaining a wide variety of experience and a solid understanding of the diverse demands of the field. During this time, he earned his Colorado journeyman plumber’s license and later went on to obtain his Colorado master plumber’s license.

In 1991, Daniels was offered an inspector's position with Pueblo's Regional Building Department. His supervisors recognized the quality of his work and made him the chief plumbing inspector for the city and county in 1999.

A member of UA Local 20 for many years, Daniels is also a member of the American Backflow Prevention Association and the American Water Works Association. He currently serves as chairman of both IAPMO's UPC Workshop Committee and IAPMO’s Career Services Committee.

Daniels and his wife, Sharon, have three grown children, Lona, Kenny, and Tyler, and five grandchildren (with a sixth on the way). In his spare time, he enjoys working out and serving as a high school and college football official as well as the secretary/assignor for the Pueblo Football Officials Association.