Daniel Greenspan

As VP of Design and Sacred Places, Daniel brings expertise in health strategy and community development informed by strong design skills and a focus on end-user partnership.  Daniel first collaborated with Nature Sacred on the partner side, while designing and cultivating dreams into action at Kirby Lane Park in Baltimore, MD.  Daniel is passionate about helping his partners realize their unique dreams for a space and planning for holistic long-term stewardship. Prior to joining Nature Sacred, Daniel led the academic-community collaboration Deeply Rooted as the Operations and Strategy Manager with the Urban Health Lab at the Penn Medicine Center for Health Justice. Prior to that, Daniel served as the Manager of Strategy and Engagement at Bon Secours Mercy Health where he focused on how the social determinants of health can be addressed through the built environment. Daniel led the establishment of the Parks and Open Space Program, parks and facility development, and engagement strategy. Daniel also was a Rose Architectural Fellow with Enterprise Community Partners from 2017-2019, a network of 90 fellows and 103 organizations that over the course of 22 years partnered emerging design professionals with leaders in community development.  More prior, Daniel worked on college campus and medical campus planning projects as a Designer and Planner at Ayers Saint Gross. Daniel holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, a Certificate in Landscape Studies also from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Design in Architecture from the University of Florida.  Daniel lives outside Philadelphia with his wife and son. Daniel gets his 20 minutes of nature a day cultivating their 500 ft vegetable garden, cooking, exercising, or hanging out on the porch. View Full Team