Danielle Dardashti, Storyteller/dash. CEO
Danielle is an Emmy award-winning storyteller, documentarian, and author, who helps companies and humans tell stories with impact.
Her corporate clients include Pfizer, Intel, Allianz, Marriott, SAP, BlackRock, and Viatris. She leads story workshops all over the world, provides stortyelling consulting, and helps brands like Marriott and Pfizer tell impactful stories through film and audio.
Danielle is the host, writer, and co-creator of The Nightingale of Iran, a current hit documentary podcast about her famous Persian Jewish family. Among its many accolades, Nightingale won 2024 Signal Awards for Best Writing and Best Documentary. It was named Best Podcast of 2024 by the Quill Awards.
Danielle is also co-founder and creative director of the live storytelling show Storyboom. She is an Emmy award-winning documentary producer/writer, and a Moth StorySLAM champion who has been featured on NPR's Moth Radio Hour.
Danielle spent the first decade of her career as an on-air TV reporter in Ohio, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia. She has held senior branded content roles at Meredith Corporation and Tribune Publishing. Danielle and her husband Roni Sarig are co-authors of The Jewish Family Fun book series (2002, 2004, 2008, Jewish Lights).
