Danielle Peterson

When Danielle Peterson joined Oakland-based Community Initiatives, she returned to her roots in the city where she was born and raised. Her career path has taken her to many places around the greater Bay Area and to Chicago for a brief stint. Educational pursuits have taken her to Southern California and Miami Beach, Florida.

Drawn by Community Initiatives’ mission to support a diverse network of community-serving causes, Danielle finds her coworkers friendly and enjoys the positive culture. She likes that Community Initiatives works with programs of diverse ideologies and causes and that they are willing to work with projects at a variety of stages. This diversity keeps her work interesting and dynamic and allows her to help the organization reach more people.