Dan Tymann

Special Advisor to the President

Dan finds work at Gordon to be deeply meaningful, but it is the relationships he forms with students and alumni which confirm his calling to Gordon. He and his wife, Andrea, serve as parents-away-from-home to many students, particularly international students. His daughter Sarah Welch and her husband Chris Welch are graduates of Gordon.  His favorite things to do are to fellowship with and mentor students, spend time with his grandchildren and travel with his wife. Dan’s life verse is Romans 8:28, and he has seen God work through it repeatedly in his life. Of his work at Gordon, Dan says: “Gordon is a place where you’re able grow and be challenged in your faith while being blessed by the many meaningful and caring relationships.”

Tymann received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Tufts University in 1981. From 1981 to 2005 he directed manufacturing and engineering organizations for AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Cisco Systems. Beginning in 1990, he led worldwide manufacturing operations for systems and processes of Optical Networking products and subsystems. The Lord led him to bring his talents and experience to serve Christ at Gordon College in August of 2005.