Dan Garvy, CPRP

Director of Parks and Recreation
 

Contact Information
Phone: 964-3410 ext. 4310

Email: dgarvy@lisleparkdistrict.org

Dan Garvy began his career at the Lisle Park District as a seasonal parks employee in 1987. In 1992 Garvy became a full time parks specialist. He moved into the position of district safety coordinator in 1994 and by 1996 was appointed as the division manager of parks. In 1998 Garvy was promoted to superintendent of parks and spearheaded such projects as the renovation of Sea Lion Aquatic Park and the construction of the Community Ramp Park. He became Assistant Director in 2003. On April 20, 2006 he was appointed by the Board of Park Commissioners as the Director of the Lisle Park District.

Garvy received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Western Illinois University and completed his Masters degree in Recreation and Administration at Aurora University in 2004. He graduated high school from Benet Academy in Lisle and attended grade school at Saint Joan of Arc, Lisle. He currently resides in Naperville with his wife Sharon and two children, Haley, 9, and Sean, 12.