Dan O'Keefe has been a Long Island resident for most of his life. He has traveled the world extensively. Living in Beirut, Lebanon as a child provided early insight into other cultures. After graduating from Locust Valley High School, Dan attended the University Of Eastern New Mexico in Portales.

After leaving college, he joined the United States Navy. He spent two years traveling the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and Caribbean on a U.S. Navy Destroyer.

Dan has a Masters in Fine Arts, a Masters in Interactive Multimedia and is currently writing his dissertation on "Cultural Literacy" for his Ph.D. in Library and Information Studies.

For the past thirty years, Dan has been in his own business as a painter, general contractor, construction manager, decorative artist and commercial pilot.