I orchestrate our company's external presence by bridging authentic storytelling with data-driven strategy to amplify our brand and impact. Working closely with our program teams, I develop strategic marketing initiatives that engage diverse stakeholders - from climate tech innovators and financial institutions to government agencies and community partners - crafting narratives that forge meaningful connections while leveraging analytics to drive measurable growth.

Elemental Excelerator helps startups change the world, one community at a time. Each year, we find 15-20 companies that best fit our mission and fund each company up to $1 million to improve systems that impact people’s lives: energy, transportation, water, agriculture, and beyond. For more information, please visit elementalexcelerator.com.

GreenTech Noir is a platform for Blacks in Diaspora creating systemic change in industries including clean energy, smart cities, clean transportation, infrastructure, water, circular economy, agriculture, conservation, investment, policy, environmental justice, climate tech, and beyond…

The Council consists of individuals who are leaders in the respective professions that are represented in the CAED as well as business and community leaders who share a profound interest in furthering the mission of the CAED. Council members assist the college in the following ways: they provide advice, advocacy, access and resources for the college and its Dean.

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Danielle shaped the SFMTA Office of Innovation with a unique approach rooted in genuine curiosity, collaboration, and compassion. She assembled dynamic teams with a diverse range of expertise from within the Agency to explore ways to focus on the user. These unconventional teams focused on creating a more reliable, affordable and enjoyable experience for the people traveling San Francisco streets. She addressed internal silos and worked with emerging mobility companies to test new techniques that better met the new, increasing and diverse travel demands of people in San Francisco. Her projects included:Project Manager for the late Mayor Lee's directive to the SFMTA to partner with Uber, Lyft, and autonomous vehicle companies to resolve passenger loading conflicts on congested street to improve safety, transit performance and traffic. Created SFMTA Tech Relations by building relationships with emerging mobility companies to resolve day-to-day public and policymaker concerns, Agency and other City departments operational challenges involving TNCs, micromobility, microtransit, autonomous vehicles and delivery apps.Partnered with San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) to develop the 10 Guiding Principles for Emerging Mobility Services and Technologies, which serves as a goal-based policy framework and an initial step in shaping the operations of new mobility companies in San Francisco.Project Manager for the Emerging Mobility Strategy, which serves as a response to the mobility revolution unraveling on San Francisco's streets. The strategy identifies digital infrastructure, forecasting research, legislative structures, and business transformations necessary to ensure SFMTA's ability to deliver on its mission to connect San Francisco through a safe, equitable, and sustainable transportation system. Project Manager for Federal ATCMTD grant scoping smart carpool pilot from initial work on San Francisco’s 2016 USDOT Smart City Challenge proposal.

Project Manager for Western Addition Community-Based Transportation Plan (CBTP), an equity effort to address disparities in the historically disadvantage Fillmore District. As Project Manager, I developed a robust community outreach plan to understand community transportation needs and translate them into an implementation strategy that addresses their community challenges. Established a proactive funding plan that successfully secured $10M in funding to initiate implementation of immediately. Member of Core Policy Team for San Francisco's USDOT $50M Smart City Challenge proposal, which focuses on utilizing shared data, smart technologies, private-public partnerships and community engagement to facilitate a culture change toward citywide shared, electric, connected, autonomous (SECA) vehicles. The proposal addresses the issues of congestion, equity, sustainability, affordability, accessibility and safety in the transportation network. The community engagement component serves to address the need for culture change toward shared mobility as well as the obstacles of equity, access and the digital divide. Lead support for Timothy Papandreou, SFMTA's Chief Innovation Officer and responsible for team coordination, project management, graphics and content development.In support of the Agency's Bike-Transit Integration Strategy, I serve as Project Lead for the City's effort to explore the potential for Shared Bus Bike Lane (SBBL) pilot, which involves technical research, street analysis and assessment and facilitating internal collaboration between divisions.Liaison to the Balboa Park Station Community Advisory Committee (CAC) responsible for ensuring that CAC members are involved and informed throughout the implementation and construction of the station improvement project and all relevant projects surrounding the station.

Manage over 60 development applications and cases for a variety of projects to ensure all applications comply with San Francisco Planning CodeAssist property owners, tenants, contractors, and developers at the Planning Information Counter with Planning Code interpretations, greater understanding of the Planning process, and plan approvals.Collaborate with other City agencies on the development and review of the Visitacion Valley/Schlage Lock Plan including the new Special Use District Department representative assigned to staff the Bayview Hunters Point Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), I am responsible for notifying the CAC of all projects subject to their review, attending, and presenting at all charter meetings, in order to inform CAC members of the Planning process and applicable Planning Code.Work with Parklet applicants by guiding them through the Parklet Review process for the Citywide Division’s Pavement to Parks program, review applications for consistency with the Parklet Manual, and ensure drawings are presentable for interagency review with the MTA and DPW.Southeast Quadrant Miscellaneous Permit Coordinator tasked with assigning referrals to a staff of four, collaborating with the Health Department, Entertainment Commission, Police Department, and California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regarding review of permit referrals, and assisting staff members in Planning Code research relevant to referral decisions.Community Event Ambassador attend public events to inform members of the community about the Department and our function.

Improved street safety by designing and implementing street infrastructure.Ensured equitable access to the MUNI transit system by developing the SFMTA Title VI Language Assistance Plan.

Utilized ArcGIS to identify high incident areas in order to secure funding for future traffic safety plans.

Studied Balboa Park Station MUNI transit operations and pedestrian and bicycle activities to develop Initial Balboa Park Station Pedestrian and Bicycle Connection Study

Conducted On-Time Performance Study for all five light rail lines of the MUNI Metro system.