A bit more about me

Passionate about strategic communications and meaningful community engagement, Danielle is the Co-Founder of She Summits and a Certified Life and Leadership Coach with a Masters of Arts in Communications.

Based in Vancouver, she has 12+ years experience in community building, event and workshop facilitation, membership engagement, and communications.

In 2021, Danielle co-founded She Summits, helping companies across North America combat employee burnout by bringing more joy, connection, and belonging into the workplace.

Danielle's work has supported hundreds of employees at companies like Wells Fargo, Teck Resources, Fairmont Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Fjallraven, The Forum, Athleta, TD Canada Trust, Tentree, and many more.

Driven by empowering and connecting women, Danielle also created Renew Retreats - the #1 hiking retreats for women in BC. Prior to entrepreneurship, she was the Director of Membership and Communications at BC’s Alliance of Beverage Licensees.

Danielle is an active volunteer in the business community, currently as a Mentor for WORTH, Young Women in Business, and Futurpreneur.

Happiest outdoors, when she's not working you can find Danielle running on the seawall, hiking on the North Shore, traveling to new trail running destinations, and looking for the best oat milk latte.

What People Are Saying

  • JULIA LEE

    “

    Laura and Danielle of She Summits facilitated an "Unleash Your Joy to Thrive" workshop for our community of tech leaders and their teams. They created a warm and inviting space for participants to consider what joy means to them, and everyone left with practical ways to weave joy into everyday moments in work and life. I would highly recommend working with them in creating opportunities for connection and wellbeing!

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  • ELIZABETH VANDER HOEVEN

    “

    She Summits created a personalized Forest Walk x Unleash Your Joy experience just for our Fairmont colleagues. The time and energy that Danielle put into creating and executing the program was so appreciated. Our colleagues left feeling grounded, connected, and rejuvenated. We look forward to welcoming She Summits back to host future sessions and are proud to partner with this inspiring women-owned organization.

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  • AMY

    “

    Danielle really helped me make connections between the creative work I was struggling with and my mentality in daily life.

    I knew that my relationship with work needed help, but was surprised at how much working with her has benefitted me overall. She helped me break down my goals into smaller pieces and held me accountable to approaching them in a manageable and consistent way.

    Her approach is very holistic, kind, and creative. Working with her made my heart feel lighter and I am inspired!

    ”

  • CATHY

    “

    I had not worked with a coach before and was feeling insecure about sharing my goal and capabilities with Danielle. But I found I felt very comfortable and safe with her.

    When I shared my goal, she was inquisitive and asked questions that helped her to develop a plan for me that would allow me to be successful.

    Danielle gave me thought and journal exercises to do between our sessions that helped me breakdown my beliefs that were keeping me from my goal.

    I loved the metaphors that Danielle created, helping me to envision my ‘stuck’ self and my ‘new and improved’ self.

    ”

My Qualifications

Master of Arts in Communications
Associate Certified Coach
Corker Collective Facilitator Lab
Bachelor of Music

You have to find your own rainbow to follow. There is no gold at the end of somebody else’s rainbow.

Bill Grundfest

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