Dan Peat

Interim Executive Director

Dan Peat is the co-founder of Peat's Cider, an award winning hard cider company with a primary production space in Paw Paw and a taproom and 16 lane bowling center called The Peat's Cider Social in Stevensville. Dan has a varied background in farming, sales, and economic development.

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Peat's Cider was formed by Dan and his wife Leah at the end of 2014 as Dan was finishing up his MBA at Michigan State University, with their launch in the summer of 2016. In early 2020, they opened the doors to the Social.

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Dan previously worked at Kinexus Group for nearly a decade in a variety of roles, and most recently facilitated a strategic planning session to support Market One’s economic development initiatives.

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Dan lives in St. Joseph with his wife and three kids.