Entering his 16th season in baseball, Dan began his career in sports as an Intern and then Sales Representative for the Philadelphia Phillies before securing his first full time sales role with the Greenburg Sports Group (Altoona Curve & the inaugural season of the State College Spikes).
In 2007 he began his first position with the Tampa Bay Rays as a Group Sales Account Executive before ascending to Season Ticket Sales Manager, Director of Group Sales and now for the past three seasons the Director of Sales overseeing single game ticket initiatives, season tickets, group sales, event management, suites and premium seating. Newhart received his degree in Commercial Recreation/Sports Management with minors in Business and Architecture from Penn State University. He currently serves on the board of Leadership Tampa Bay and is a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters.