People Profile: Dan Wendt

Tenure: Eight months.

If you were not superintendent, what would you be doing: I would be hiking in the great Montana outdoors in the summer or reading a good novel in the winter.

Family: Wife, Judy; children, Will; David; Charity; Jessica; Alan; Heather; Andrew; Zachary; Emily. Also, 11 brothers and sisters; 15 grandchildren.

Hobbies: Reading, playing board and card games, hiking, rock collecting, volleyball, tennis and golf.

Hero: My Dad.

Favorite quote: “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain.”

Dan was asked to complete this sentence beginning with “I am ...”:

— “I am ... a believer in the quality of the schools and teachers in Troy. ...”