K9S UNITED BOARD MEMBER

DAN ST. JOHN
CHAIRMAN & CEO, ST. JOHN | CHAIRMAN & CEO, NECTAR STUDIOS

Dan began his career with McLeod-Severance Public Relations, then moved to Director of Public Relations for University Hospital and later served in the same role at St. Luke’s Hospital. He shifted to a career in advertising by joining The William Cook Agency, one of the premier agencies in the Southeast at the time, and over 11 years there managed some of the agency’s largest and highest profile accounts.

In 1984, Dan took on an even bigger challenge and started his own agency with William Robinson. The new venture, Robinson & St. John, grew to be an $18 million agency by 1993. That year, Dan bought his partner’s ownership in the agency and renamed it St. John & Partners. For the next 15 years, he helped lead the agency to 8x growth. The agency, now known as ST. JOHN continues to be guided by the values of character, courage and kindness.

In 2017, Dan and his business partner, Jeff McCurry, President/COO of ST. JOHN launched Nectar Studios, a creative content studio that brings innovative video to life across a variety of formats on television, digital video and web content

Born and raised in Jacksonville, Dan graduated from Florida State University, where he earned a scholarship in baseball and a Bachelor’s degree from the School of Business with a major in Advertising and Public Relations. He is a former national 4A’s board member and is involved in a myriad of industry and community endeavors. Dan is an avid golfer — and by “avid” we mean good enough to have won multiple club championships — and in his “spare” time, he enjoys spending time in the North Carolina mountains with his wife.