Dani Gelardi is the Senior Soil Scientist and Climate Coordinator at the Washington State Department of Agriculture, where she leads soil and climate efforts including the Washington Soil Health Initiative and the Climate Resilience Plan for Washington Agriculture. She is also Adjunct Faculty at Washington State University in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. Dani received her PhD and Masters in Soils and Biogeochemistry at UC Davis, as a Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Fellow. Her research group focuses on soil health, nitrogen management, livestock mortality composting, conservation practice adoption, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and carbon accounting in working lands.