Danielle Brazell transitioned Arts for LA from an ad-hoc steering committee comprised of local executive arts leadership to a highly visible arts advocacy organization serving the greater Los Angeles region. Under her stewardship, Arts for LA has become a formidable coalition advancing the arts in the largest county in the county. In addition to surveying candidates seeking election in Los Angeles County, Arts for LA built a custom online communications infrastructure that allows for greater exchange of information and resources among the arts and arts education community. With strong input from the field, Arts for LA crafts a biannual Policy Framework to guide the region’s collective advocacy efforts. Ms. Brazell’s twenty years of experience include work as the director of special projects for the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and as the artistic director of Highways Performance Space. She has been honored with numerous grants and awards, including the 2000 Getty Fellowship, a 2009 CLEAR Communications Fellowship sponsored by the James Irvine Foundation, and a 2010 SHero Award from California State Senator Curran D. Price. A graduate of Leadership LA and Leadership California, Ms. Brazell was recently awarded the James Irvine Foundation Fund for Leadership Advancement Grant to help her and Arts for LA transition its operations into its next phase of development. She serves as vice chair of Californians for the Arts, on the Arts for All Executive Committee, and represents Arts for LA on the Policy Committee of the California Alliance for Arts Education.