Danielle Carnahan is a conservationist and advocate passionate about reimagining how we live alongside elephants. As Director of Development & Digital Strategy at the Weeping Elephant Project, she brings together years of experience building nonprofit programs, leading fundraising efforts, and crafting digital campaigns that connect audiences to urgent conservation work.

She founded The Call to Conserve, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting elephants across Asia, where she has led successful grassroots fundraising campaigns and built partnerships to sustain long-term welfare initiatives. In Nepal, Danielle worked closely with mahouts and local communities on the complex realities of captive working elephant life, giving her both cultural insight and on-the-ground knowledge that inform her development approach. Her research into bull elephant musth management and the psychological impacts of captivity further strengthens her ability to translate science into advocacy.

Danielle believes that pairing research-driven storytelling with strategic digital outreach is key to mobilizing support and driving meaningful change for elephants and the people who care for them.