Danielle Green works at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office in Chicago. Over the last 18 years at EPA she has specialized in two main areas: pollution prevention and ecological restoration. Recent projects include building community vision into ecological restoration actions to enhance biodiversity and create a sustainable asset for the community.

A Chicago native, Danielle studied environmental science at the University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign and received a law degree, with special emphasis on environmental law, from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.