Senior Advisor to the President, Valhalla Foundation
Dana serves as Senior Advisor to the President. In this role, she supports our work in collaborative philanthropy, including partnership development and scoping of new focus areas that expand Valhalla’s impact for children and families.
Before this role, Dana led Valhalla’s early childhood portfolio, where she oversaw the development of strategy and grant recommendations and managed a portfolio of grantees and social enterprises, providing strategic coaching and thought partnership to accelerate their results.
Prior to joining Valhalla, Dana was the Executive Chair of Thrive Foundation for Youth, a private youth development foundation that invested in evidence-based organizations seeking to scale programs that serve disadvantaged youth across the U.S. Dana has also worked extensively as an independent consultant in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors, leveraging her expertise in pricing strategy and quantitative analysis.
Dana holds her PhD in Business and a Master’s in Economics from Stanford University and a BA in Economics and Government from Dartmouth College.