At a Glance
Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can’t Afford to Miss by David Cottrell.
What movie do you recommend to everyone you know?
I’m a big Braveheart fan; it’s really about heroism and taking on challenges, kind of what we do in construction [he laughs].
What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a long day at work?
If it’s a weekend, we try to get to our lake place in Willow; but we’ve got dogs [black lab Joey and chocolate lab Kya] at home, so normally we try to get the dogs out and run them around.
If you couldn’t live in Alaska, what’s your dream locale?
That’s hard to say because I don’t think there’s any better place in the world than living in Alaska, in my opinion—maybe Hawai’i, on the big island.
If you could domesticate a wild animal, what animal would it be?
That’s a tough question. Maybe a dog, but they’re domesticated enough already.
At a Glance
Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can’t Afford to Miss by David Cottrell.
What movie do you recommend to everyone you know?
I’m a big Braveheart fan; it’s really about heroism and taking on challenges, kind of what we do in construction [he laughs].
What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a long day at work?
If it’s a weekend, we try to get to our lake place in Willow; but we’ve got dogs [black lab Joey and chocolate lab Kya] at home, so normally we try to get the dogs out and run them around.
If you couldn’t live in Alaska, what’s your dream locale?
That’s hard to say because I don’t think there’s any better place in the world than living in Alaska, in my opinion—maybe Hawai’i, on the big island.
If you could domesticate a wild animal, what animal would it be?
That’s a tough question. Maybe a dog, but they’re domesticated enough already.
Off the Cuff
an Hall is president of Knik Construction, part of the Lynden family of companies. Hall has been with Knik for twenty-five years. “I was hired on as a grunt, and I think I’m still doing the same job today,” he jokes. Hall says he enjoys working in the construction industry: “Every day is a new challenge… it’s fun working through the challenges that roll in the office. And the people I get to work with and be a part of are a big part of what makes us successful.”
Dan Hall: Hanging out with my family; we spend time in Willow and enjoy that. We snowmachine and pontoon boat and get outdoors as much as we can—work in the yard.
AB: What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done?
Hall: Well, anybody’s who’s ever seen me drive, they probably want to say something about that [he laughs].
AB: What’s your go-to comfort food?
Hall: I’m a spaghetti guy. And my wife [Marleanna Hall] would prefer me to make something else, but I have a hard time making something else.
AB: Other than your current career, if you were a kid today, what would your dream job be?
Hall: I’d rather do this than anything—it’s a lot of fun.
Hall: I think it’s really getting outside and working the yard. I’m not a guy that goes to the gym, and if you’ve seen my figure you’d see that [he laughs]. But at the same time I like to get out and cut firewood, and cut trees, and split wood. I plow my own snow and that stuff, as well.
AB: Dead or alive, who would you like to see perform live in concert?
Hall: My goal would be Dave Matthews Band. Never seen him, but I really appreciate his music.
AB: What’s your greatest extravagance?
Hall: I’ve got a ’68 Camaro [gun metal gray] that I’ve put a bunch of time and energy in and built from the ground-up with some of my peers. That’s my over-the-top thing I probably shouldn’t have done, but it’s done [he laughs].
AB: What’s your best attribute and worst attribute?
Hall: I think they’re probably both the same: my patience. Sometimes being impatient is good and sometimes it’s bad. So it’s my inability to control my patience, sometimes. 
