My Select Testimonials
"Danielle is a highly intelligent, energetic, and creative young woman. Danielle is a young leader on the rise. [...] I can give her my highest recommendation."
Dr. Ryan LaHurd, President Emeritus of the James S. Kemper Foundation
"Danielle is a pleasure to work with because she is extremely collaborative, passionate and organized. Her positive attitude can make nearly any work seem fun and interesting. She usually stands out as the leader on major programs and initiatives because she manages up and ensures that everyone is organized and on task. She’s also always willing to assist and support projects that are outside of her scope of work.
Additionally, Danielle is efficient, detail-oriented, and extremely competent. She often successfully finishes a task well before the deadline. She is extremely organized, and never misses a deadline or forgets an assignment. Danielle also has an excellent rapport with people of all ages. [...] Her excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) allow her to connect with all kinds of people and to inspire them to put forth their best effort.
In summary, Danielle is a valuable asset to any organization and I look forward to her continued growth and success."
April Caldwell, Chief of Programs of Girls, Inc. of New York City
"Danielle is smart, strategic, thorough, and incredibly flexible. As leader of the organization, I was impressed with her ability to manage her portfolio independently during a time of transition and [...] take the lead in bringing in [...] outside partners to enhance the program and provide funding. As a 'volunteer' in her program, I was struck [by] how well organized she was as a volunteer manager. She is also skilled at hiring and managing staff.
I highly recommend Danielle. I would hire her again in a minute for a position that needed expertise in education, program management, volunteer or staff management, and/or working directly with children and/or adults. "
Mimi Castaldi, Interim Executive and Non-Profit Consultant
"Danielle Adamson is a visionary and strategic thinker. Her expertise in community organizing, advocacy and policy push agendas forward and provide strong results. She is a capable leader with proven connective capabilities in government, non-profit and private sector executive suites. Danielle's talents are unrestricted and her knowledge base of moving advocacy to action and big picture theory into decisive victories in issue-based campaigns, initiatives and building strategic partners is a testament to her mission-driven and focused leadership. She is a a veteran communications professional, grant writer, and policy professional who brings not only superior technical skills but also team building supports, which are vital to long term organizational capacity building."
Ameshia Cross, Political Commentator, Analyst, and Director of Communications at The Education Trust
"Apart from her consistently detailed oriented and keen programmatic planning skills, Danielle possesses a spirit of authenticity in her commitment to empowering historically marginalized communities. Additionally, she has illustrated her advanced skills in citywide partnership building, as well as creative program development for early learning children and local community residents.
Working with Danielle [...] has been truly amazing and insightful. She will excel in all of her future endeavors!"
Jamekaa Flowers, Creator/Founder of The UNLEARNing Project®
"Danielle is passionate about early childhood education. In my time working with Danielle, she was focused on implementation of programming for early childhood students. The most significant program she worked on was a program designed to provide parents with tools to excel in their role as child's first teacher. I was impressed with her ability to create lesson plans that families could easily implement. In this project, as well as others, Danielle's exhibited an ability to help adults, whether parent, funder, administrator, educator, or community member, to understand and own their role in advancing student learning. Her commitment to excellence would be an asset to any organization."
Jennifer Skates, Senior Strategic Communications Analyst at the U.S. Department of Energy
"Danielle is truly the consummate professional. She is incredibly hard-working, detail-oriented, and creative, and balances being able to assume leadership roles with grace, strength, and humility, while also being able to serve as a supportive team member. Danielle’s work is always of the highest quality, but what sets her apart from other high-performing leaders in the field, is her deep and genuine commitment to equity and serving children and families with the highest needs. Whether she is working in a direct service role or in an administrative position, her sincere exuberance for what she does shines through and inspires those around her. It has truly been an honor to work alongside Danielle and witness the impact of someone who uses her natural talents and compassion for those around her to make positive and long-lasting changes in the world."
Jenn Hart, Educator Engagement at imagi
"[Danielle] is an example of a true leader, because she puts so much work and passion in what she does [...]. She is reliable, creative, and she shows no sign of complaint. If I had the opportunity to work with [her] again, I would because I would know that I could depend on her to get the job done and get it done right!"
Brittany Bromfield, Co-Founder at Cultural Equity Consulting
"To me, it is her presence and intellect that stands out most. I commend her for being able to build deep, honest relationships quickly with her colleagues and constantly think about the ways in which she can positively shift communities surrounding her."
Joshua Gray, Manager of Individual Giving at Khan Academy