The Here and Now…
In addition to leading Red Buffalo and serving nonprofits, churches, and ministries worldwide, Dan Dumas is the CEO of Rally X in Jacksonville, Florida. Dan is a leader deeply committed to transformation. He is passionate about all things leadership, strategy, and being an idea-generating organizational leader. Through Red Buffalo, his leadership spans businesses, churches, NGOs, government agencies, and universities. He has served as both a consultant and an executive leader across multiple sectors.
Previously, Dan served as Operational Leader at Family Tree Farms, President of Planted Ministries (a church-planting organization in Latin America, Africa, and beyond), Special Advisor for Foster Care and Adoption for the State of Kentucky, and pastor at Christ Church in Bardstown, Kentucky.
For Those Who Care…
Dan is the author of Live Smart, co-author of A Guide to Biblical Manhood, and editor of A Guide to Expository Ministry. From 2007–2017, he served as Senior Vice President at Southern Seminary, where he continues as a faculty member and special advisor to the President. He writes on leadership at his blog, Leaders Don’t Panic. Dan has also held leadership roles in local churches, including Executive Pastor at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. Before ministry, he served in the U.S. Navy as a search-and-rescue swimmer.
Dan is married to Jane, and together they have two sons, Aidan and Elijah. They live in Jacksonville, Florida. A lifelong sports enthusiast (especially water sports), Dan has recently taken up adventure motorcycle riding and enjoys the outdoors through hunting and fly fishing.
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