Dan Baumgartner has been Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood since November, 2010.  He formerly served as Senior Pastor at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Seattle, WA for 11 years.

He received his B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington and an M. Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Dan was in business for 11 years and held several management positions, including Director of Marketing and Purchasing of CARQUEST Auto Parts, before being led to pursue full-time ministry. In 1996, Dan accepted his first call as an Associate Pastor at Knox Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, MN.

Dan was born and raised in Seattle. He met his wife, Anne, in high school; they have been married for 36 years. The Baumgartners have three grown children – sons Jesse and Nick, and daughter, Dana.  Anne is an artist and art teacher, with an M.F.A. from the Art Institute of Boston. They have loved getting to explore Los Angeles as empty-nesters!

Dan regularly runs, bikes and hikes. He loves sports of all kinds, both as a participant and a spectator. He is a voracious reader and is usually in the middle of 3 or 4 books of different genres. Whenever he has time, Dan also enjoys writing an occasional poem, essay, short story, and maybe a book some day.