Danielle M. Reyes
dreyes@meyerfdn.org
Program Officer
Danielle M. Reyes specializes in grantmaking related to law, justice, immigrant and refugee, and workforce development programs. Over the last 18 years Ms. Reyes has worked on issues concerning low-income, minority, and immigrant populations, with an emphasis on education. Before joining the Meyer Foundation, Ms. Reyes served as executive director of the Latino Student Fund, an organization focused on increasing access and information on educational opportunities to Greater Washington's Latino community. She has also worked in the nonprofit sector as a senior program officer and team leader for Reading Is Fundamental, and spent several years teaching as a public school teacher, a university instructor, and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco. Ms. Reyes received her bachelor's degree in English and Spanish from the University of Michigan. She also holds a master's degree in English as a foreign language from Manhattanville College and a master's degree in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University.
Ms. Reyes was a Council on Foundation's Emerging Philanthropic Leaders Fellow 2005-2007. She is Chair of the board of directors of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy. She is the founding Chair of the Metropolitan DC Hispanics in Philanthropy Funders' Collaborative. From 2008 to 2010 she served as the chair of the social justice collaborative of the Partnership for Equity, and is currently a member of the steering committee of the Greater Washington Workforce Development Collaborative at the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region.