Daniel P. Jordan

Dr. Jordan is a founding partner of Bryan and Jordan Consulting, LLC and President Emeritus of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns and operates Monticello. He is a former scholar in residence at the University of Virginia and a former professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2009, Dr. Jordan was the James Marston Fitch Resident for Historic Preservation at the American Academy in Rome. Dr. Jordan has published three books and more than 70 articles, essays, and reviews. He is a member of the governing board of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, a former Vice Chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a former Chairman of The National Park Service Advisory Board and has served on planning groups for Independence Hall, the White House, and the United States Capitol. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi and his PhD from the University of Virginia, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.