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Danielle S. Allen is an American classicist and political scientist. She is a professor in the Government Department at Harvard University and at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, as well as the Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Prior to joining the faculty at Harvard in 2015, Allen was UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. As of January 1, 2017, she is also James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard’s highest faculty honor.

Danielle grew up in the food world - specifically the Italian restaurant her grandparents owned in Syracuse, NY. She spent countless hours helping her grandmother in the restaurant, and annoying all of the cooks. Her studies at Syracuse University led her to a career in Advertising, but in 2009 she left the Ad world for culinary school at Newbury College. Shortly thereafter she joined the team at America’s Test Kitchen, first as a Photo Team Test Cook and then an Associate Editor for the Book Team. She contributed to 11 cookbooks including The How Can It Be Gluten Free Cookbook, The Quick Family Cookbook, and Foolproof Preserving. Danielle is now a freelance recipe developer and food writer who calls Brookline home. When not in the kitchen, she can be found running with November Project, hiking, dancing and, of course, eating to fuel all of that activity. But her favorite food is still pizza, the first thing her grandfather ever taught her to make.

Danielle grew up in the food world - specifically the Italian restaurant her grandparents owned in Syracuse, NY. She spent countless hours helping her grandmother in the restaurant, and annoying all of the cooks. Her studies at Syracuse University led her to a career in Advertising, but in 2009 she left the Ad world for culinary school at Newbury College. Shortly thereafter she joined the team at America’s Test Kitchen, first as a Photo Team Test Cook and then an Associate Editor for the Book Team. She contributed to 11 cookbooks including The How Can It Be Gluten Free Cookbook, The Quick Family Cookbook, and Foolproof Preserving. Danielle is now a freelance recipe developer and food writer who calls Brookline home. When not in the kitchen, she can be found running with November Project, hiking, dancing and, of course, eating to fuel all of that activity. But her favorite food is still pizza, the first thing her grandfather ever taught her to make.

Danielle V. Dolan joined Massachusetts Rivers Alliance as Deputy Director in January 2022. Danielle’s 17 years of experience in the environmental education, engagement, and advocacy sector (the greater half in water policy) span four states in vastly different regions of the country, providing her insight into a broad range of watershed protection and governance contexts Danielle has built programs from the ground up – establishing mission and vision, designing projects, assembling collaborative teams, and effectively implementing initiatives. Examples include indigenous-led train-the-trainer ecosystem restoration projects in Hawai’i, starting the first Earth Force program in Hillsborough County, FL; creating St. Johns Riverkeeper’s first education program; and establishing the Local Government Commission as a critical partner in the California water sector. She has a track record of effectively mobilizing, connecting, and deepening partnerships to engage on statewide water policy initiatives, advance watershed planning, and implement water resilience projects at the local level. In Florida, she helped achieve a Mayor’s proclamation to prevent runoff into local waterways and halted a state permit for additional water withdrawals. In California, where she served on or facilitated multiple state advisory boards and coalitions, she has broadened access to state funding and technical assistance for tribal and other marginalized communities to support clean water and functioning ecosystems for the future needs of wildlife, people, and a growing economy. She has helped draft state groundwater regulations and legislative bill language for multi-benefit land repurposing, in addition to providing public testimony and comment letters - both support and opposition - on countless legislative initiatives. Danielle earned her Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies from Hawai’i Pacific University and her Master’s in Community Development, with an emphasis in Water Policy and Water Management, from University of California, Davis. She is also a certified science teacher and Master Naturalist. Her diverse experience brings a cross-cultural awareness to all her work, and lays the foundation for a deep professional and personal commitment to the interconnected issues of equity, diversity, inclusion, and environmental justice. This passion aligns perfectly with Mass Rivers’ vision of clean water for future generations, clean rivers that support a growing economy, and healthy rivers for healthy communities. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Danielle has always been drawn to the water - both rivers and oceans. In her spare time, she loves to surf, camp, and hike; but she enjoys all outdoor activities, including snowboarding and kayaking. Returning after many years away, she is excited to introduce her two daughters to the natural landscapes of her youth, and is eager to dive into protecting and restoring the streams and rivers of her home state.

Danielle Dreilinger is the content producer for WGBHNews.org.

Danielle Legros Georges is Boston's Poet Laureate. She was born in Haiti but grew up in Boston's Haitian community in Mattapan. She has been teaching in Lesley University's Creative Arts in Learning Division since 2001. Her recent literary awards include the 2014 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Poetry, the 2012 Massachusetts Cultural Council Finalist in Poetry, Lesley University Faculty Development Grants, and a 2013 Black Metropolis Research Consortium Fellowship/Andrew W. Mellon Grant. She’s quoted on the website as saying, “America is best when it recognizes its inherent plurality. Americans are best when, embracing plurality, we move toward and seek to understand those around us. Americans are best when we are engaged and dialogic . . . . It allows us to see that, though different in many ways, de Crèvecoeur, Wheatley, and Lazarus, were each immigrants or the daughter of immigrants. They were bicultural, and bilingual, if not speakers of several languages.”

Dr. Danielle Ofri, author of *Singular Intimacies,* is an attending physician at Bellevue and the cofounder and editor-in-chief of *The Bellevue Literary Review*. She is currently a regular contributor to *The Los Angeles Times* and *The New England Journal of Medicine*.

Danielle Price, Antioch Development Corporation in Fairfax, CWRU student biographer

Danny DeLeon is a spoken word poet, performer, and co-founder of Boston College's first and only performance poetry club, Soul Love And Meaning! He graduated from Boston College in 2015. DeLeon collaborated with Dr. Celeste Wells on an article, "Slam and the citizen orator: Teaching ancient rhetoric and civic engagement through spoken word" (2015), published in the journal \_Communication Teacher\_ and adapted for the [October 2015 issue](https://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=6563 "Communication Currents Oct 2015") of \_Communication Currents\_.

Danny Doyle has been bringing the ballads, history and stories of Ireland to audiences around the world for nearly four decades.

Danny Kennedy is managing director of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF), a pioneer in clean energy investment, and president of CalCharge, a public-private consortium to drive breakthroughs in energy storage technology. Prior to CalCEF, Danny cofounded Sungevity, Inc., the largest privately held solar company in the US. Sungevity has grown to more than 1,000 employees and serves tens of thousands of customers in four countries. Danny is the author of Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy— and Our Planet—From Dirty Energy (2012), a book that has been described as the clean energy manifesto for the next generation. PBS named him “Innovator of the Year” for moving the planet forward in 2011; in 2013 Rolling Stone described him and Sungevity CEO Andrew Birch as “solar mavericks.” Danny also co-founded SfunCube, the only incubator and accelerator solely focused on helping solar entrepreneurs to succeed. Additionally, he serves on the boards of VoteSolar, ecoAmerica, The Solar Foundation, and several solar start-ups, including Powerhive, which is a solar utility in Kenya, and Sunergise, which is a Fijian company taking solar as a service across the South Pacific. In 2010, Danny spearheaded Sungevity’s “Solar on the White House” campaign that worked towards a decision by the Obama Administration to place solar panels on the First Family residence. The Administration honored this commitment in 2013.

Danny Postel is the author of *Reading “Legitimation Crisis” in Tehran *(2006) and co-editor, with Nader Hashemi, of *The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future *(2011). He is the editor of *The Common Review*, a contributing editor of *Logos*, and Communications Coordinator for Interfaith Worker Justice.

Danny Postel is the author of *Reading Legitimation Crisis in Tehran* (2006) and co-editor, with Nader Hashemi, of *The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future* (2011). He is the editor of *The Common Review*, a contributing editor of *Logos*, and Communications Coordinator for Interfaith Worker Justice.