Liaison to Innovators & Investors
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center at NREL
Danielle works with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). She coordinates the NREL investor network and the Industry Growth Forum, a leading cleantech event that convenes investment activity. She also draws on a PhD in biological engineering, time as a lab research scientist (NIST-Boulder) and startup founder experience to coach Department of Energy researchers in the Energy I-Corps program for customer discovery and business model canvas development, and to assist technical innovators in NREL’s West Gate Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Program. Danielle enjoys living close to NREL campus in Golden CO for easy access to running and cycling the local trails.