Danielle LaBruna

Experience

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  Wildlife Conservation Society

  Jul 2005 - Jul 2024

  ▶ SCOPE: Tapped to lead as Associate Director, managing 2 cartographers and globally dispersed, virtual team of 12 across Bolivia, Indonesia, Australia, France, Sweden, and U.S. (New York). Launch conservation initiatives, crafting strategic vision and business plan to ensure operational fluidity with attention to GIS and conservation technology. Build and manage relationships with donors, translating business objectives into actionable, well-funded initiatives. Optimize resources for team, advancing professional development, and mentoring and coaching team members to advance within the organization.● Launched Nature’s Strongholds Impact Platform, delivering first-of-its-kind platform that aggregates conservation impact data from field sites. Illustrated WCS’s global footprint for first time in its 128-year history. ● Facilitated effective internal and external communication channels, advancing services and tools to give colleagues the resources they need to improve efficiency and efficacy in front-line conservation initiatives. ● Secured grants via grant writing. Researched databases and identified donors to secure funding in support of conservation programs. ● Leveraged player-coach leadership style to develop personalized goals and strategies. Identified training resources, inputting goals and strategies into Asana Professional Development Tracker. ● Developed GIS Community of Practice to support GIS staff and offer resources across organization. ● Elected Co-Leader of WAGE, Women, & Allies for Gender Equity ERG. Developed goals and working groups to address needs across diverse subject areas: Networking & Community Building, Career Pathways, Pay Equity, Mentoring, Childcard & Child Leave, and Lactation. ● Co-developed “Women in Tech NGOs” leadership course for Women of NetHope as Steering Committee member. ● Appointed to “NGO Reviewers Panel” to evaluate applications for GIS training and support scholarships. Show less ▶ SCOPE: Promoted to Senior Geospatial Analyst, enabling conservation professionals to access historical and current conservation data including species changes/migrations, ecosystem conditions, watershed boundaries, and land-use patterns. Utilized satellite data to create maps and offer global support via findings. Assimilated global data and integrated findings into database, verifying and reporting land-based climate change, biodiversity impacts and measurements. Partnered with partner NGOs, support agencies, and nonprofits to produce and deliver relevant data sets. Leveraged technical expertise to relay critical analyses and feedback for key projects, policy development, and partnerships. ● Leveraged deep understanding of field data usage and remote sensing data, and satellite imagery to analyze and develop reports in data collection. Synthesized knowledge of variance design, hypothesis testing, multivariate analysis, and data visualization into data presentation. Created mapping portal for major donor, Bloomberg Organization.● Founded Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative with launch of WCS Women’s Group, Women and Allies for Gender Equality (WAGE) (2013), offering employee resources to women, LGBTQ, and minority stakeholders within the organization. ● Improved data management by developing a new mapping template to improve production level of maps. Developed training to upskill fellow staff members and enable use of online mapping resource, GIS Online. Show less

  • Associate Director of Conservation Technology (Leading DEI Initiatives)

    Jul 2022 - Jul 2024

  • Senior Geospatial Analyst (Leading DEI Initiatives)

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2022

  • GIS Analyst (Leading DEI Initiatives)

    Jul 2010 - Dec 2018

  • Project Manager, Mannahatta Project

    Jan 2008 - Jun 2010

  • GIS Analyst/Outreach Coordinator

    Jul 2005 - Dec 2007