Danielle is the founder and owner of Citrine. Prior to that she was an executive leader across two sectors. First as a deputy city manager for the city of Minneapolis. Then as the first woman of color (and only second woman) CEO of her state’s largest pro-bono law firm in its 113 year history. In that position she oversaw five offices, 200 employees and $18+ million in revenues which increased to $26M during her two year tenure. Prior to these accomplishments, she had a successful sixteen year career as a corporate and family law litigator and law firm owner; adjunct law professor; and the first director of diversity and inclusion for her state’s bar association.

Her work with women is a unique blend of academic training, real life experience; two decades of work with attorney clients facing setbacks or crisis; further combined with her interest and research into coaching methodologies across fields and neuroscience.

She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, and rescue cat Gertrand Russel Van Halen Shelton Walczak (aka: flirty Gertie)