Team
Danielle V. Dolan, Founder & Principal
Danielle V. Dolan founded ClimateThrive Community Strategies in 2023 as a mission-driven consulting firm.
After more than twenty years in the nonprofit environmental sector, Dolan was frustrated by the conventional approach to community planning she witnessed from consulting firms, as well as the funding and capacity limitations of NGOs trying to do this work.
She started ClimateThrive to forge a better path forward: one that centers environmental justice, addresses social vulnerability, and uplifts local cultural contexts. Dolan has experience living and working in diverse geographies, on a wide range of projects and initiatives. She has a track record of effectively mobilizing partnerships to engage on statewide policy initiatives, advance watershed planning, and implement local climate resilience projects.
Karen Groce-Horan, DEI Specialist
Karen Groce-Horan brings deep expertise in engagement strategy and training around equity and environmental justice to the ClimateThrive team.
With collaboration and relationship building at the center of all her work, Karen has built a reputation within the Boston and Milton area non-profit sector as someone who can get the job done within our communities. In addition to her work with ClimateThrive, Karen is a Community Engagement Strategist for the Neponset River Watershed Association.
As a co-founder of a community organization to build beloved communities, Karen works to bring important community conversations and events to bear related to equity, justice, activism, environmental awareness and community transformation.
