Dan Furtado

Candidate for City Council Member, Campbell, District 3 · City Councilmember/Educator

Dr. Dan Furtado was elected to the Campbell City Council in November 2022 representing District 3 and was appointed mayor by his colleagues in December 2025. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Biology from San Jose State University, a Doctor of Pharmacy from UC San Francisco, and a Master of Public Administration from the University of San Francisco. He spent more than two decades at Stanford University School of Medicine as a senior lecturer and program director and later taught part-time at Cal State Monterey Bay. Furtado completed two years of active-duty U.S. Army service and retired as a colonel after 40 years in the Army Reserve, being named a California Army Reserve Ambassador in 2006. He previously served on the Campbell City Council from 1996 to 2010, holding the mayor's post in 1999, 2003, and 2007, and has spent 30 years volunteering with the American Heart Association, including as chapter president.

Furtado's career combines academic medicine, with more than two decades as a senior lecturer and program director at Stanford University School of Medicine, and military service, retiring as a colonel after 40 years in the U.S. Army Reserve. He first served on the Campbell City Council from 1996 to 2010, was mayor three times during that stretch, returned to the council in 2022, and was appointed mayor again in December 2025.

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