Daniel Van Epp

Biography: Daniel C. Van Epp President The Van Epp Companies Las Vegas, NV Executive Vice President of Newland Communities, and President of The Van Epp Companies, LLC, Dan is one of the development world’s most respected leaders. He brings more than three decades of experience to both firms, providing senior-level strategic and operational consultation for large-scale real estate development projects nationwide. In his role with Newland, Dan is responsible for capital markets and acquisitions leading the company’s efforts to broaden its capital base and acquire new and existing projects. Van Epp Companies consulting projects have included Union Park, a 10-million square-foot, $6 billion, mixed-use community taking shape in the heart of downtown Las Vegas, NV; and Tradition, a 5,000-acre, 15,000-unit master-planned community in Biloxi, MI that utilizes traditional neighborhood design concepts. Through 2007, Dan was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Newland Communities, the nation’s largest privately-held developer of master-planned communities with more than 60 projects in 14 states and 20 markets. In this capacity, he assumed overall responsibility for operations of the company nationwide and led Newland through a change program focused on improving operational efficiencies after a period of sustained growth. Upon joining Newland in 2005 as president of its Mountain Region, Dan oversaw strategic planning and early development for Union Park. From 1995 through 2004, Dan managed the development of Summerlin in Las Vegas, the country’s best-selling and standard-setting master-planned community for a decade. As senior vice president for The Rouse Company and president of its affiliate, The Howard Hughes Corporation, Dan played a major role in establishing Summerlin as the City’s premier address offering an unparalleled quality of life in Southern Nevada. At Hughes, Dan led teams that developed land for 21,000 homes, s