Danny aligns the interests of public, private, and nonprofit institutions to expand economic opportunity through inclusive technology programs and infrastructure investments. He is trusted as a creative strategist and problem-solver in communities across the country.
Danny is a former government official who is passionate about advancing economic opportunity in the digital economy and generating value at the intersection of design, policy, and economics.
Danny’s work ranges from designing and developing civic technology platforms to managing billion-dollar infrastructure programs, always with a focus on systems change that serves both immediate needs and long-term resilience for communities.
As a nationally-recognized leader in broadband and digital opportunity, Danny has guided the deployment of billions of dollars in federal, state, and local investments to close the digital divide through government programs and public-private partnerships. His team’s development of the NYC Internet Master Plan attracted nearly a dozen ISPs to serve more than 1.6 million unconnected New Yorkers, while their work with Los Angeles County secured unanimous approval for Community Wireless Networks serving hundreds of thousands of households. As strategic advisor to multiple state broadband offices, local government CIOs and economic development officers, nonprofit orgnizations large and small, private equity-backed technology companies, and national philanthropies, Danny demonstrates how creative, thoughtful planning can transform historic funding opportunities into sustainable infrastructure that promotes economic opportunity for all communities.
Strategic capital planning drives Danny’s approach to ensuring that infrastructure investments support long-term urban and community goals. As Founding Director of NYC’s Capital Planning Division, he created systems like the Capital Planning Platform that make complex planning processes transparent and efficient. The $1 billion Neighborhood Development Fund that he designed and managed illustrated how strategic financing mechanisms can align infrastructure investments with neighborhood planning and rezoning, ensuring that development is supported by necessary public improvements while fostering community growth and resilience that balances new development with community preservation.
With a long history of stewarding successful public-private partnerships, Danny understands how to structure complex transactions that maximize public benefit while leveraging private sector capabilities. His management of winning development proposals for major projects like Pier 57 and master leasing processes for Fulton Center demonstrates how strategic advisory work can unlock value in challenging urban environments. This experience, combined with his evaluation of the economic and fiscal impacts of over $20 billion in infrastructure investments, provides him with sophisticated capabilities for assessing project feasibility and identifying optimal financing strategies that serve diverse stakeholder interests.
Danny holds a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Architecture and Urban Studies from Yale University.
Projects
HR&A worked with the City of Dallas to develop and implement a groundbreaking Economic Development Policy that prioritizes equitable investment in Southern Dallas and communities of color historically excluded from opportunity. Through comprehensive strategic support, our work is helping turn the City’s bold vision into measurable outcomes—restructuring incentives, aligning City departments, and building a foundation for inclusive, long-term economic growth.
HR&A led an interdisciplinary team working with the Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer to develop New York City's first Internet Master Plan, addressing the digital divide affecting nearly one-third of city households. Our comprehensive strategy established frameworks for public-private collaboration, governance, and financing that enabled the City to commit $157 million toward expanding affordable broadband access to 600,000 New Yorkers, including innovative procurement approaches that experts have praised as among the nation's boldest universal broadband initiatives.
HR&A serves as lead strategic advisor and program manager to the California Department of Technology, helping to deliver the nation's largest middle mile broadband investment and building the state's digital equity ecosystem. We function as an extension of state leadership teams, building organizational capacity, delivering complex quantitative and qualitative analytics, and engaging thousands of Californians alongside hundreds of local governments, community organizations, and technology companies to design programs, secure funding, and drive measurable impact.
HR&A developed and continues to advance a comprehensive Strategic Broadband Action Plan for Clark County, Nevada, home to 70 percent of the state's residents. Our multi-phase approach has helped the County secure over $11 million in federal funding, establish a Broadband Program Office, and position Clark County as a national leader in equitable broadband deployment and digital inclusion.
HR&A worked with the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California to assess broadband connectivity solutions for their sovereign tribal nation of over 2,000 members. Through comprehensive feasibility analysis and community engagement, HR&A developed a strategic deployment plan that identified two viable pathways—a tribally owned wireless network and household service subsidies—to address critical connectivity gaps in this underserved Sierra National Forest community.
HR&A serves as lead strategic advisor and program manager to the ConnectALL office of the Empire State Development Corporation, supporting the investment of more than $1.5 billion to close New York's digital divide. Our comprehensive support spans organizational development, stakeholder engagement, data analytics, program design, and federal grant compliance, advancing the mission of universal internet access throughout the state.
Get in Touch with Danny
