Danielle Baussan is the Interim Executive Vice President for Policy Programs at the Aspen Institute. She plays a central role in talent, strategy, and organizational development for the largest sector of Aspen Institute employees over a portfolio generating more than $160 million in revenue to ensure financial discipline, impact, and long-term sustainability. In addition to Policy Programs leadership, Danielle leads the integration of arts and culture across the Institute through flagship initiatives that have resulted in most Aspen Institute programs incorporating artists and creative practice into policy and social impact work. This work includes leading the Aspen Institute Artist-in-Residence Program, collaborating with leading cultural figures including Simon Godwin, Hank Willis Thomas, Teddy Abrams, and Ken Burns. She also raised $4 million to establish the Michael D. Eisner Arts & Culture Fellowship to position arts and cultural institution leaders as powerful drivers of innovation.
Prior to her nine years of increasingly senior roles at the Aspen Institute, Danielle spent a decade as a policy and legal adviser with a primary focus on energy and environmental issues as Congressional Counsel, in the Executive Office of the Mayor of Washington, DC, and the non-profit sector. She holds a law degree from the University of Virginia and an undergraduate degree from Rutgers College.
