Danielle Lewis is a young lady who is fueled by her passion to live life to the fullest. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Florida A&M Universtiy with a Bechelor’s degree in Public Relations and she earned her Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati in the Summer of 2022. She assumed the first ever role of Head of Communications for Kroger Health. 

She is very involved in the community and enjoys giving back. She has served as a mentor for high school, college students, and young professionals; a girl scout troop leader; a tutor for elementary school students and in leadership roles with the Cincinnati Children’s African American professional Advisory Council. In 2018, she co-founded the Greater Cincinnati Black PR Professionals to connect and provide resources for African American Public Relations Specialists. She is a member of the Greater Cincinnati Association of Black Journalists. 

In 2019 and 2022, she worked with the National Association of Black Journalists Conference Communications Team for the organizations’s record-breaking events. She is a member of the Queen City Chapter of the Links, Incorporated. She serves on the public relations committee for the First Tee of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. In 2021, she worked with the visionary of Cincinnati’s Black Lives metter! Mural Book, which chronicles the behind-the-scenes story of the creation of one of Cincinnati’s most prolific art projects. 

She has been recognized with many honors including but not limited to Cincinnati’s 20 Leaders Under 30, Venue Magazine’s 30 Leaders Under 30, a 2016 Business Courirer Forty Under 40 Leader, a YWCA Rising Star, the Cincinnati Chapter of Public Relations Society of America’s Rookie of the Year, Cincinnati Children’s MLK Jr. Humanitarian of the Year, a WCPO-TV Healthcare Hero, the Queen City Professional Accolades Resilient Award winner and a TedX Extraordinary Woman. She is a proud graduate of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s C-Change Class 7 and WE Lead Class 16. 

In 2015, after the death of her infant son, she started the Angel Baby Network to help families cope with the devastating effects of child loss. She has served on the Starshine Hospice Board, which focuses on assisting families whose children have terminal medical diagnoses and life-limiting illneses. And she has served on the advisory board for Cradle Cincinnati, which works to reduce infant mortality. She currently serves on LifeCenter’s Organ Donor Family Advisory Council, which raises awareness about organ donation.

In 2017, her book about her issues, “As Sure as Tomorrow Comes: One Couple’s Journey Through Loss and Love”, was published. She enjoys spending time with her family and her friends. Her favorite thing to do is to laugh and her second favorite thing to do is to smile. She is passionate about living life on purpose. She seeks and enacts on ways to help others be their best. She believes that everyday is a gift from God and that no matter what, there is a lesson to be learned through all of life’s experiences.