Daniel J. Epstein

Dan Epstein is the Founder of The ConAm Group headquartered in San Diego.  The ConAm Group is among the top privately owned apartment management/ownership/development firms in the country and presently operates approximately 55,000 apartments throughout the United States.  In addition to its management activities, ConAm is developing apartments and mixed-use projects in the Pacific Northwest and Los Angeles. 

Dan serves on the Board of Trustees for USC, the Board of Councilors of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and serves as chairman of the Advisory Committee of USC Viterbi’s Epstein Department of Industrial and System’s Engineering. Dan is also on the Board of Trustees for Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Research Institute, the UC San Diego Foundation, and the Cal State University San Marcos (CSUSM) Foundation Board. CSUSM recently awarded Dan with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. Previously, he received the USC School of Engineering Alumnus Award. Ernst & Young named him San Diego’s Entrepreneur of the Year for the Real Estate Industry.

He is a member of UCSD Rady School Dean’s Advisory Council and a member of the Chief Executives Organization (CEO) and the Young Presidents Organization (YPO-G).  He graduated from the Viterbi School at USC in 1962 with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering.