Danielle Walters

Senior Event Marketing Manager at Natera

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Danielle Restaino Walters, CMP, is a Senior Event Marketing Manager at Natera, where she leads strategy and execution for a portfolio of high-impact oncology conferences and customer engagement programs.

With more than 20 years of experience in biotech and healthcare, Danielle spent over 16 years at Genentech on the Strategic Event Services team, leading sales and marketing meetings, convention activities, product launch meetings, advisory board meetings, investigator meetings and other HCP engagements.

She’s known for translating business objectives into experiences that are strategic, compliant, and always grounded in patient-centricity.

A meeting strategist who enjoys both the master plan and the run-of-show, Danielle brings deep expertise in event operations, vendor management, cost containment, and onsite execution. She believes the best events are built on strong partnerships, detailed planning, and knowing exactly what to do when plans change.

Danielle has served in multiple roles on the MPI Northern California Chapter Board of Directors and on hotel and CVB advisory panels. She holds a degree in Art History from UC Davis— beginning her career creating meaningful engagements around arts programming. Now focused on meaningful customer experiences, ChatGPT describes her as a Strategic Event Ninja and Corporate Chaos Tamer.

She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Bill, where, after decades of city living, she has embraced green space and the opportunities for harvesting homegrown tomatoes that suburban life offers!