Danielle Carnahan, MSc
danielle@weepingelephant.org

Danielle Carnahan is a conservation leader and advocate dedicated to reimagining how humans live alongside elephants. As Executive Director of The Weeping Elephant Project, she provides strategic leadership across programs, fundraising, advocacy, and partnerships, guiding the organization’s mission to expose harm, elevate welfare standards, and advance lasting change for captive elephants.

She is also the founder of The Call to Conserve, a nonprofit supporting elephant welfare initiatives across Asia, where she has led successful grassroots fundraising campaigns and cultivated cross-cultural partnerships to sustain long-term, community-based solutions. In Nepal, Danielle worked closely with mahouts and local communities to understand the complex realities of captivity for working elephants, grounding her leadership in lived experience and cultural insight.

Her research into bull elephant musth management and the psychological impacts of captivity informs her ability to translate science into accessible advocacy and policy-relevant storytelling. Danielle believes that combining evidence-based research with compelling narratives and strategic outreach is essential to mobilizing supporters, influencing systems, and creating meaningful, enduring change for elephants and the people who care for them.