MEET DANNY

As the Statewide Manager for Georgia Equality, their team played a crucial role in flipping Georgia Blue in 2020 and 2021. Danny earned a Master in Public Health from Emory University and has traveled the world extensively, including serving in the Peace Corps for 2 years in Sub-Saharan Africa. They’re currently serving as Executive Director of the Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition, where they quadrupled the coalition’s budget over the past 4 years while growing staff from 3 people in a mobile van, to 20 people across 2 offices here and in Bassett. Danny followed their wife to Roanoke for Medical School and loved it so much they stayed for Lauren’s residency. They’ve been involved in area politics since 2021, serving as Field Director for BLM Organizer Bridgette Craighead in Franklin County, directing a write-ing campaign for Roanoke County Parent Samantha Newell in 2023, and most recently managing Dr. Ryan White's successful bid to unseat a MAGA Republican on Roanoke County’s School Board!