Danielle Arigoni MS

Danielle Arigoni joined AARP in September 2017 as the Director of Livable Communities, after serving as a leader in national-level efforts to expand investment in sustainability and livability for nearly two decades. Prior to joining AARP, Danielle served as the Director for HUD’s Office of Economic Development, which supports communities and regions to make more sustainable communities through more effective and strategic investments in community-based planning, high-performance buildings, and resilient infrastructure.

Under the previous Administration, Danielle served as staff lead for Secretary Castro’s Climate Council, which achieved important new milestones across the agency to advance HUD’s climate mitigation and adaptation goals, and as HUD’s staff representative on the White House Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. She helped to co-lead HUD’s award of 1 billion to states and localities through the 2016 National Disaster Resilience Competition to pilot resilient disaster recovery approaches.