Daniel Knapik

Dan Knapik
Member of the Westfield City Council,
At-large
Assumed office
January 4, 2016
Mayor of Westfield
In office
January 4, 2010  November 9, 2015
Preceded by Michael Boulanger
Succeeded by Brian P. Sullivan
Member of the Westfield City Council
from Ward 2
In office
2002–2009
Succeeded by James Brown
Personal details
Born (1967-09-01) September 1, 1967
Westfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Tricia Russo Knapik (m. 2002)
Relations Michael Knapik (brother)
Children 2
Residence Westfield, Massachusetts
Alma mater Fairfield University
Occupation Politician
Website Campaign website

Daniel M. "Dan" Knapik (born September 1, 1967) is an American politician who served as mayor of Westfield, Massachusetts from 2010 until his resignation in 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.

In 2002, Knapik was elected to the city council from Ward 2 and ran for Mayor of Westfield in the city's 2009 municipal election after defeating incumbent Michael Boulanger[1] and was sworn-in on January 4, 2010. Since then, Knapik was re-elected unopposed in 2011 and narrowly defeated challenger Michael Roeder in 2013. On January 1, 2015 he announced that he would not seek re-election to a fourth term and will instead seek one of the seven City Council at-large seats.[2][3]

On November 9th, 2015, Knapik resigned as mayor when Governor Charlie Baker appointed him as Director of Green Communities within the state Department of Energy Resources.[4]

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