DANIELLE B. POWELL

Director

Danielle B. Powell serves as Director of Leadership 18, an alliance of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) responsible for leading some of the country’s largest and most well respected charities, non-profits and faith-based organizations. Member organizations serve over 87 million people annually and represent $59 billion in total revenue. Powell brings nearly fifteen years of strategic communications expertise informed by her work with various issue advocacy and non-profit organizations.

The effectiveness of Leadership 18 is rooted in the personal engagement of its CEO-only membership. Executive Committee members are the CEOs of American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Catholic Charities USA, Girls Inc., Habitat for Humanity International and United Way Worldwide. The alliance focuses on advocacy, CEO learning, and program and research collaboration.

Powell brings a diversity of experiences working in strategic communications and project management. She has developed strategic outreach plans and has supported the execution of domestic and international meetings and events, including unveiling a comprehensive health care brand and coordinating initiatives for non-profits committed to advocacy and providing health and human services to under-served populations.

Before joining Leadership 18, Powell served as an Account Executive at GMMB, a D.C.-based strategic communications and advertising firm focused on cause marketing. With particular interest in issue advocacy and community-based solutions, her primary issue areas included domestic and global health campaigns such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Cover the Uninsured work, the International Vaccine Access Center World Pneumonia Day activities, and the Acetaminophen Awareness Coalition Know Your Dose campaign.

Powell holds a master in professional studies in Public Relations and Corporate Communications from Georgetown University and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was selected as a 2020 American Express NGen Fellow, part of the American Express Leadership Academy. Powell currently serves as Co-Chair of the ProInspire Network Leadership Council, having previously served as Communications Co-Chair and certified in the ProInspire Managing for Success Fall 2017 D.C. program. Powell also served on the Advisory Board for Goodwill Mission and Job Creation Services (GMJCS). She grew up in a military family and serves as a church leader.

Powell is excited to bring her knowledge and experience to support the work of Leadership 18, helping the alliance build on initiatives already underway. She is married and lives in northern Virginia with her husband and three children.