Danielle Rivenbark

Danielle Rivenbark is an event professional, writer, wife, and mother of seven who has spent much of her life believing that nearly any problem can be solved with a good plan, a color-coded calendar, and—when necessary—a clipboard.

Her career has taken her into the organized chaos of meetings and events, while motherhood has provided a slightly less cooperative audience. Somewhere between work deadlines, homeschooling, church, sports practices, dance classes, overflowing laundry, and loading children into a fifteen-passenger van, Danielle began writing about the funny, exhausting, sacred mess of trying to do it all.

She writes about motherhood, faith, family, work, perfectionism, and the grace found when the plan falls apart.

Danielle lives in North Carolina with her husband, Jerry, their seven children, and a village of family and friends who have long since learned that knocking is optional.

"I am always relieved to know that Danielle will be supporting my programs.  She is often a step ahead of me in the planning process, and patiently waits for me to finish my question before reply, 'I took care of that yesterday.'"

"Danielle is dedicated to making sure programs go off without a hitch.  She is one of the go-to people for our team."

"Danielle is a natural leader who is always looking to improve service to clients, better internal processes and communication strategies with colleagues. Faculty describe her support of courses as "flawless execution". She strives to take care of all of the details and logistics so that faculty are able to focus on teaching and relating to clients. She is always enthusiastic about taking on the most challenging courses and assignments."

"Danielle's willingness to step up and assume a leadership role of the whole Continuing Professional Education office within the Office of Continuing Studies is commendable. She worked closely with the Executive Director and the Office of Continuing Studies' Business Office to align Continuing Professional Education with best practices. She addressed issues of office integrity with long-term clients, correcting processes and introducing office protocols, and, as an example, hiring subject matter experts to assist the office."