Daniel L. Partridge devoted his career to working at the local health department level in the state of Kansas, retiring as Director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Department in 2023.
During his career, Dan served on multiple committees and work groups as a member of the National Association of County and City Health Officials and the Kansas Association of Local Health Departments. His committee work emphasized leadership, informatics, transformation and performance management. He is a graduate of multiple leadership programs, including the University of Kansas Public Management Center Public Health Certification Program, the Kansas Public Health Leadership Institute, Leadership Lawrence and the Kresge Foundation Emerging Public Health Leaders Program. Dan is a Kansas Health Foundation fellow and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emerging environmental public health leader. He has served on the board of directors for numerous organizations, including Equus Beds Water Quality Council, Kansas Environmental Health Association, PrairieStar Community Health Center, Reno County Fatherhood Project, Kansas Association of Local Health Departments and Kansas Association of Counties.
Dan earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of Kansas, where he received the outstanding graduate award for 2007. He earned undergraduate degrees in fisheries biology and chemical science from Kansas State University. Dan and his wife Rhonda have two adult sons and six grandchildren.