Danielle M. Reyes

Senior Program Officer
dreyes@meyerfdn.org

Danielle M. Reyes specializes in grantmaking related to law, justice, immigrants and refugee, and workforce development programs. Over the last 19 years, she has worked on issues concerning low-income, minority, and immigrant populations, with an emphasis on education. Before joining the Meyer Foundation, Danielle served as executive director of the Latino Student Fund, an organization focused on increasing access and information on educational opportunities to Greater Washington's Latino community.  She has also worked in the nonprofit sector as a senior program officer and team leader for Reading Is Fundamental, and spent several years teaching as a public school teacher, a university instructor, and as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. Danielle received her bachelor's degree in English and in Spanish from the University of Michigan. She also holds a master's degree in English as a foreign language from Manhattanville College and a master's degree in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University.

Danielle was a Council on Foundations Emerging Philanthropic Leaders Fellow 2005-2007. She was the founding chair of the Metropolitan DC Hispanics in Philanthropy Funders' Collaborative. She has served on the board of directors of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy.  She also serves on the steering committee of the Greater Washington Workforce Development Collaborative at the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region.