Danya Sherman

Danya Sherman is a strategist and writer who specializes in collaboratively developing initiatives that build a more creative and just society. She worked closely with Jamie Hand and others on the ArtPlace team to design and conduct research, teach coursework, and design field-building programs that helped integrate arts and culture into equitable community development nationwide. Danya is the Director of Sherman Cultural Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm that works locally and nationally at the intersection of community development, the arts, and social justice. Sherman Cultural Strategies brings teams of consultants together to support the evolution of values-driven partners in the philanthropic, non-profit, and government sectors through strategy, research, writing, and facilitation. Previously she founded and directed the Department of Public Programs & Community Engagement at Friends of High Line and co-founded the MIT Case Study Initiative. Her writing has been published in Next City, Shelterforce, and by Rutgers University Press. She holds a Master's in City Planning from MIT and a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University.