Daniella Ballou-Aares
Daniella Ballou-Aares is founder and CEO of the Leadership Now Project, a membership organization of more than 400 business leaders across the country working to shape America’s next chapter — one in which a trusted, effective government is the foundation of a thriving economy and society.
Daniella began her career at Bain & Company. She was then a founding partner at Dalberg, growing it from seven people into a global advisory firm with more than 25 offices across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. She later served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State in the Obama administration, where she developed new development financing vehicles and helped lead U.S. negotiations on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Her work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and CNN, and she is a TED speaker. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a B.S. in Operations Research and Engineering from Cornell University.