Danielle Arigoni is Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at National Housing Trust, where she provides strategic direction for the organization’s sustainability and resilience policy efforts, state and local advisory services, and partnerships to advance more climate-responsive affordable housing solutions.

Before joining NHT in 2022, Danielle served as Director of Livable Communities at AARP where she designed and implemented a robust nationwide program through new publications, technical assistance programs, and strategic partnerships in support of AARP’s network of 600 communities and 53-state offices to advance more effective housing, transportation, disaster-resilient, and public space decision-making, and create better communities for people of all ages.  Danielle also held several leadership positions in HUD’s Office of Sustainable Communities and EPA’s Smart Growth office between 2000 and 2017, playing a central role in developing policy and implementing programs under the HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities, and in HUD’s groundbreaking $1 billion National Disaster Resilience Competition.

Danielle is the author of the 2023 book, Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation (Island Press), and holds a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University and a BS in Planning from the University of Oregon.  She serves as Chair of the Board for the League of American Bicyclists and is a member of the Board for Smart Growth America.