Danielle Veira
Director of communications and engagement
A Better Chicago
Danielle Veira is director of communications and engagement at A Better Chicago, a nonprofit venture philanthropy fund with a mission to fight poverty with educational opportunity. In her role, she leads the organization’s strategic communications, digital marketing and media relations efforts. Veira’s early career was spent on Capitol Hill and at a global think tank focusing on transatlantic relations and foreign policy. She now also volunteers as the executive director for ColorComm Chicago and served for six years on the board of directors for Washington Women in Public Relations, where she was elected the organization’s president in 2018.