Danielle Irwin serves as a director, oceanographer and regulatory expert at Cummins Cederberg, a marine and coastal engineering firm. Previously, as owner-CEO of her own firm, DHF Consulting, Inc., she helped landowners navigate through the bureaucratic process of environmental resource permitting.

Female entrepreneurs often don’t receive enough recognition for the balancing act they must do in their lives as businesswomen, mothers, community advocates and more. The many roles they play become invisible in the public eye as they try to do it all. The type of support they tap into will often influence their level of success. Since selling her business in 2012, Danielle has utilized her skills and knowledge as a businesswoman and her entrepreneurial initiative to successfully open local offices for two Florida-based coastal engineering firms. Danielle has learned how to balance her life as a scientist, a mother, and a businesswoman. Join her for an open and honest discussion about female entrepreneurship, lessons learned, and finding the balance through it all.