Position/Organization: digital marketing manager, National Wildlife Federation

Danielle Brigida actively engages a wide range of constituents of the National Wildlife Federation, using a mixture of online tools and social networking sites. An early adopter of social media with creative, engaging campaigns, Danielle has been recognized as: 10 Green Women We Love by Greenopia; one of the 75 Environmentalists to follow by Mashable; Top 50 green people to follow on Twitter by Greenopolis; A featured Changemaker by Change.org; A Measurement Maven of the Month by Katie Paine. Danielle is a sought after speaker with more than 20 appearances over the past year including speaking roles at South by Southwest (SXSW), Nonprofit Technology Conference, Netroots Nation, and IPR Measurement Summit conferences and conducting social media webinars for Chronicle of Philanthropy, Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, Bizsummit, TechSoup and Fundraising Success Magazine. Additionally, Danielle has been interviewed about her social media successes by USA Today, The Nonprofit Times, Fast Company, Washington Post, Mashable, GreenTalk Radio, Fundraising Success Magazine, Beth's Blog and several other popular blogs. By tracking emerging trends and measuring impact, she consistently finds the most effective ways to drive traffic to NWF's campaigns. Danielle graduated from Christopher Newport University with a B.A. in Technical Writing with minors in Biology and Communications.