Danielle Mezera, Ph.D.

Senior Policy Fellow, College & Career Pathways

Solution Areas:

College & Career Pathways
National

Danielle Mezera is a Senior Policy Fellow for ExcelinEd focusing on College & Career pathways policies.

Danielle is also principal consultant with DCM Consulting where she regularly works with clients at the national, state and local levels on career and technical education (CTE) and on K-16 education-to-career learning models. She previously served five years as the Assistant Commissioner for College, Career and Technical Education with the Tennessee Department of Education and led a systemwide overhaul of the state’s CTE program to develop and implement rigorous, aligned programs of study. Danielle also served five years as Director of Children and Youth with Nashville’s Office of the Mayor and Tennessee’s Davidson County. Before entering public service, she served as a director at the Vanderbilt University Institute for Public Policy Studies. Danielle holds a Master of Education and Doctor of Philosophy in Education.