Daniel Torres Balauro

Daniel works with the DRK team to identify and support innovative social entrepreneurs. He helps lead diligence on prospective investments and partners with DRK portfolio organizations to advance strategic priorities (e.g., financial modeling, scale strategy, and follow-on funding capacity).

Prior to joining DRK, Daniel founded a U.S.-Pacific environmental policy initiative advancing climate resilience and federal inclusion for U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. He worked with federal and territorial policymakers to strengthen environmental policy for the Insular Areas, helped shape legislative language on Pacific Islander representation and equity oversight, and launched a sustainability policy fellowship equipping Pacific Islander youth to engage in federal environmental policy. Daniel also serves on the board of Inclusive America, a nonprofit advancing federal appointment reform and inclusive personnel policy, where he previously directed organizational strategy and partnerships. There, he produced policy and demographic analyses cited by POLITICO, CNN, and The New York Times and helped build a bipartisan coalition of 200+ national organizations and former Cabinet members to promote more representative federal leadership.

Daniel graduated from Swarthmore College, where he majored in Environmental Policy and held leadership roles in sustainability, student governance, and first-generation low-income student advocacy. He is a Yale Public Voices on the Climate Crisis Fellow, Harvard Future Leaders in Law Fellow, and former UNFCCC COP26 Delegate.