Dan Wu

City Council, Lexington, KY

At-Large Council Member and Vice Mayor Dan Wu was first elected to office in November of
2022. Born in China, Dan came to the United States as a child, first to Fargo, North Dakota, then
settled with his family in Lexington. A graduate of Henry Clay High School and the University
of Kentucky, Dan has been a jack-of-all-trades, having worked in journalism, retail,
hospitality, and other fields. He was the owner and operator of Atomic Ramen, a restaurant with
multiple locations in Lexington.

A former board member of LexArts, The Human Rights Commission, Local First Lexington, KY
Equal Justice Center, and CivicLex, Dan has been very active in the community, working on
issues ranging from food insecurity to immigrant and refugee rights. He created both the “I Am
A Kentuckian” and “Immigrants and Refugees Belong Here” campaigns. Dan is a co-founder of
Get HAAPI, a grassroots group that creates arts and cultural events to celebrate Asian American
and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Dan is married to Lauren, a high school teacher of kids with moderate to severe disabilities and
an LGBTQ+ advocate, father to Lin and Lilly, and a trio of felines Cake, Talulah Mae and
Tammy Faye. In his spare time, Dan loves pickleball, jigsaw puzzles, binging bad sci-fi shows,
and cooking for his family. His kryptonite is unusually flavored potato chips.