Dan Keen was an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector and is active in the Indiana aviation community with EAA and AOPA. Dan was a flight instructor and Designated Pilot Examiner at Purdue University, a Part 135 charter company owner and pilot, and a police officer in Lafayette, Indiana. He is currently serving his second term on the SAFE Board and is the Board Treasurer.

His awards include Flight Instructor of the Year in 1990 and 2004, and the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award in 2005.