Danielle Najjar is Meridian International Center's Director of Communications and Marketing after having first joined as their Digital Marketing Manager. Prior to joining Meridian, she served as the Senior Communications Manager at Chief Executives Organization (CEO), an invite-only membership organization of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) committed to lifelong learning. At CEO she was responsible for all digital marketing campaigns, website and Salesforce management, social media, marketing communications strategy, and event promotions.

Previously, she served in CEO’s education department from 2017-2020 as Senior Education Manager coordinating VIP speakers and education programming for 6-8 international events annually. Other roles held were at the German Marshall Fund of the United States in their Transatlantic Leadership Initiatives department and the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration – Office of International Affairs.

Danielle received her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies focused in Comparative Governance and Europe from American University and has travel experience on five continents.