Danielle Silber

Director of Strategic Partnerships
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Danielle Silber is the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) where she leads on developing a portfolio of corporate partnerships to support the organization’s fundraising, marketing, communication and advocacy objectives. In the wake of the Muslim Ban, companies began to realize the importance of internalizing the cost of democracy in the interests of their employee and customer stakeholders. She is proud to have relationships with brands that share many of the ACLU’s values including Levi’s, Lyft, Everlane, OkCupid, Puma, Ben & Jerry’s, Participant Media, Postmates, and MTV.

Previously she headed up Corporate Alliances for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) where she had the privilege of designing cause marketing campaigns with brands like HBO’s Game of Thrones and TripAdvisor to destigmatize and support refugees in the United States and abroad.

Before joining the IRC, Danielle taught International Studies at Washington University in St. Louis and in her spare time, served on the board of COLAGE, a national youth advocacy and education organization by and for people with one or more Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Transgender parents.

Danielle is encouraged to see how employee resource and affinity groups are activating around civil liberties issues from LGBT, women and immigrants’ rights to racial justice and civic engagement. It’s powerful to witness how these initiatives, concurrent with the prioritization of Diversity & Inclusion, are already strengthening companies and communities.