Biography

Public service has been part of Dan’s life from the beginning of adulthood, At the age of 24, he was named chairman of a town board and was the charter president of a local exchange club in southern Utah. For the past 16 years, he has continuously performed public duties, from the Davis School Board where he served as its president to the state transportation board which he chaired. Since 2000, he has served in the Utah State Senate, first in an appointed position and then as an elected office holder.

His public life has been in addition to a busy, productive entrepreneurial career. While working full-time at a bank at the age of 22, he embarked into his venture: a trailer park. After working for 10 years in banking in southern Nevada and southern Utah, he came north to the Salt Lake area to learn the auto dealer business. That was 1977. By 1980, he had his own dealership which he gradually grew into the top-selling Jeep dealership in Utah. In 1999, he sold Dan Eastman Chrysler/Jeep/Suzuki and turned his attention fulltime to public service and his growing family. At the age of 58, Dan Eastman is seeking re-election to the Utah State Senate seat, District 23.

Achievements/Community Service:

• Utah Department of Transportation (past president);
• Utah Auto Dealers Association (past president);
• Davis District Board of Education (past president);
• SBA, Salt Lake Region (ex-advisory board member);
• First National Bank of Layton (advisory board)
• Appointed to Senate, 2000;
• Elected to Senate, 2000.

2005-2006 Committee Assignments:

• Senate Education Committee;
• Senate Workforce Services & Community and Economic Development Committee;
• Senate Ethics Committee;
• Executive Appropriations Committee;
• Economic Development & Human Resources Appropriations Committee;
• Higher Education Appropriations Committee

2003-2004 Committee Assignments:

• Senate Business and Labor Committee;
• Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee;
• Senate Transportation, Public Utilities and Technology Committee;
• Child Welfare Oversight Panel, co-chair
• Transportation, Environmental Quality, and National Guard Appropriations Subcommittee (co-chair)

Education:

• Utah State University
• Weber State University

Profession:

• Businessman: Original founder of Dan Eastman Chrysler/Plymouth/Jeep/Suzuki.
• Active in the auto dealership for many years until the business was sold.
• Six years, Utah National Guard

Family:

Married to Claudette Crawford, and is the father of five children and grandpa of eight. Claudette and Dan reside at 968 Canyon Crest Drive, in Bountiful, Utah.