HEY. I’M DANA.

I am a speaker delivery coach for TEDxChicago, and I coach people privately. I am also a proud contractor with Janicek Performance Group, helping coach executives and business leaders with public speaking and executive performance and presence.

I am also a professional emcee, moderator and host. Hire me to help your event run smoothly. I won’t just bring professionalism, great storytelling, and energy, but also a lot of needed sass and levity!

I was the creator/host of the I Swear on My Mother’s Grave podcast for three seasons. I’m also a SAG-AFTRA actor in television, film and voiceover. I have had fun scenes as a sassy doctor, sassy sister, sassy bartender, and sassy lawyer on TV in shows like The Big Leap, Chicago Med, Empire, Inferno, Proven Innocent and Hot Date. I’ve done theater in Chicago and regionally for over 20 years, with companies like Steppenwolf, Northlight, Timeline Theatre, Raven, American Blues, Theatre Squared, Steep and About Face (where I was nominated for an Equity Jeff Award for Best Supporting Actress).

I am a graduate of The School at Steppenwolf in Chicago, and am represented by Grossman & Jack Talent Agency in Chicago, Illinois.

In 2022, my husband Jonathan and I moved from Chicago—our home for 20 years—to Traverse City, Michigan.

Photos taken by my friend and rockstar photographer Ian McLaren.