Danielle Thierry is a content strategist and digital service expert with the U.S. Digital Service (USDS). She is currently leading Veteran-facing content and translation for the Department of Veteran Affairs Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). She has spent much of the past year focused on creating COVID-19 content and tools for Veterans and expanding VA’s ability to deliver more multilingual content. She also served as the content strategist on the USDS equity in government forms discovery sprint.

Prior to USDS, Danielle served as content director at a company supporting VA’s digital modernization, ran a small health content company, and was the managing editor of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association magazine. She has led content initiatives across a range of health conditions, with a focus on cancer, HIV, and rare diseases.

Danielle has also taught college English classes, founded a community-led literary journal, and led a community-based nonprofit creative writing organization that provided more than 300 free writing workshops, retreats, and other learning opportunities each year.