Danielle Sumy is a program director at the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). Prior to joining TIP, Sumy served as a project manager at the EarthScope Consortium (formerly the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology), working on wide-ranging projects spanning from multi-hazard alerting strategies to reduce the impacts of natural and anthropogenic hazards, geoscience field education, and workforce development. From 2018-2022, Sumy led a team of geoscientists and education professionals to build public trust, understanding, and an accessible and equitable earthquake early warning system for the U.S. Geological Survey, serving under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. Her research intersects applied science with policy, as much of her technical results provide actionable guidance to state and federal government organizations. Her recent research results on effective early warning strategies to mitigate disasters have been published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Safety Science, Oceanography, Geophysics, and Seismological Research Letters. Sumy holds a PhD in marine geophysics and seismology from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.