Daniel Vaillancourt Email & Phone Number

Palm Springs, California, United States

As the senior communications manager, I am responsible for writing/editing/proofreading all external communications at DAP Health, which includes the quarterly DAP Health magazine (working as its editor and teaming with a group of freelancers to create content), health web content (supervising strategy and working with freelancers to keep the editorial calendar updated), patient and marketing collateral (brochures, ads, posters, etc.), donor correspondence (regular fundraising emails and annual appeals), media relations (pitching and placing news stories, working on location with print and TV reporters on health stories), speechwriting for events and our annual gala The Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards, scriptwriting for promotional videos, and more. I also supervise our executive and internal communications manager, and work closely with our CEO and executive leadership team on various communications needs.

New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palm Springs

I write the production scripts and presenter/honoree speeches for various non-profit awards shows and benefit galas. I have more than 60 such events to my credits, for charities such as The Palm Springs Film Awards, DAP Health's The Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards, PFLAG's Straight For Equality Awards, the GLAAD Media Awards, Homeboy Industries' Lo Maximo Awards, Outfest, and the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Love in Action telethons televised on KTLA. Just a few of the celebrities for whom I've written include Jessica Chastain, Jane Fonda, Jane Lynch, Lily Tomlin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Keaton, and Helen Mirren.

Los Angeles, California, United States

I am a freelancer for The Envelope, the awards season supplement of The Los Angeles Times, where I regularly contribute thought pieces, profiles and Q&A interviews related to the Emmy Awards and the Academy Awards. Just a few of the artists I have interviewed include Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman, Elizabeth Moss, Ewan McGregor, and Murray Bartlett.

Palm Springs, California

I currently serve as the editor and writer of the quarterly glossy publication "PS I Love You," a partnership between the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce and the city of Palm Springs published for the benefit of the residents of and visitors to Palm Springs.

New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palm Springs

Wrote consumer-friendly health and wellness articles for a variety of outlets, including CBSHealthWatch.com, WebMD, GayHealth.com, and Healthy Living Magazine.

Rancho Mirage, California

Under the pen names "Diana Dodge" and "Potter Palma," wrote all special event, travel, and food & beverage content for www.RelaxRanchoMirage.com, the tourism website of the City of Rancho Mirage.

New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palm Springs

Worked as a publicist both privately and within agency settings in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Clients included USC Fertility (the non-profit fertility practice of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles), the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Glaxo-Wellcome, holiday ornament designer Christopher Radko, and Japanese retailer Muji, among many others. Wrote press releases and pitched media, which resulted in hits at The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Advertising Age, Entertainment Weekly, The Today Show, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, and The Dr. Phil Show, among many others.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Served as a staff writer on this nightly teen soap, which was executive produced by Academy Award nominee Roland Joffé.