Storytelling is Dannie's joy and she has 15+ years of experience as a program executive and diversity and inclusion expert. She has managed international, national and statewide communications departments and campaigns reaching millions of people to advance social justice and human rights issues such as poverty, racial, gender, LGBTQ and education equity at several non-profits including GLAAD, Equality California, International Museum of Women, California Charter Schools Association and Community Coalition.
At The Solutions Project she led communications strategies focused on climate change solutions for the organization and its frontline grantee partners. She created and executive produced the groundbreaking 8-week live digital series “Climate Curious,” reaching a weekly average of 150,000 people in 46 countries.
Dozens of corporate, academic and community venues have welcomed Dannie as an expert presenter on many of these topics including, Fortune 500 companies Best Buy and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Dannie has contributed to the success of organizations by raising their profile with key stakeholders, assisting with fundraising, lobbying on behalf of legislation at the California State Capitol, crafting innovative programs, integrating new and traditional media strategies and refining messaging to reach targeted audiences.
Early in her career, she was director of Black/Africana Studies at two universities and worked as a journalist at several newspapers. Dannie has secured placements in top-tier media outlets including CNN, The Los Angeles Times, Telemundo, Univisión, Essence, Lifetime.com, and MSNBC among others.
Working at some of the best film and television companies in the entertainment industry as a development film/TV assistant, Dannie served under some of the top executives in the industry where she honed her storytelling and consumer marketing skills.
Dannie has served on 20 boards of directors and committees and has been awarded 14 honors, scholarships and full academic tuition fellowships while earning her four distinguished academic degrees: B.A., Liberal Arts, West Virginia University, M.A., Black Studies, The Ohio State University, M.A., Women’s Studies, The Ohio State University, and J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law.
She also enjoys screenwriting and acting in theatre, film and television along with spending time with her two fur babies.