Danielle Hegseth is a senior research scientist and project operations director in the early childhood development research area. Danielle is a skilled project director with over ten years of experience leading quality improvement initiatives and workforce development projects. Her work includes oversight, tracking, and analysis of research project progress information and data, including budget development and monitoring. In recent years, Danielle has led or contributed to early childhood and home visiting studies for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) as well as statewide evaluations in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Virginia, and Rhode Island.

To support research operations for the early childhood development program area, she maintains proficient knowledge of research requirements involving human subjects and Institutional Review Board procedures to ensure that projects meet standards. Danielle also manages project staff, contributes to the development of project management tools, leads statewide data collection efforts, conducts analyses, and presents research findings. For her master’s thesis, she analyzed policy and governance structures for how they supported statewide integrated early childhood systems.