Dan Page is a communications veteran. The Parkersburg, West Virginia, native worked in the newspaper business for more than 30 years as a reporter and editor in West Virginia and Ohio.
In 1984, Dan became the founding editor of The State Journal, a statewide publication that covers business and government in West Virginia. He returned to The State Journal as editor in 2002 and became publisher in 2004.
Dan was communications director for West Virginia Governor Cecil H. Underwood from 1997 to 2001. He later became the regional communications manager in Charleston for a publicly traded telecommunications company before serving as the communications manager for a statewide health care association.
Dan has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from West Virginia University. He has taught communications as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Charleston and West Virginia State University.
He is married and the father of three adult children and seven grandchildren.