Our Team

Danielle Shoots

Danielle Shoots is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of Domestic Emerging Market Investments (DEMI). Ms. Shoots is a seasoned finance and operations executive. She has held Chief Financial Officer positions in public, private, Fortune 50, and philanthropic sectors where she was responsible for billions in operations, capital, and investment portfolios. Ms. Shoots oversaw strategic financial planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and investment endowments.  Ms. Shoots’ respected financial career has been rooted in a deep understanding of consumer and behavioral economics. Her investment approach has been no different. She believes if you study the people that drive the economics of companies, products, investments, and the country, you can create companies that are financially profitable and sustainable.  

Ms. Shoots’ passion for people and leadership, distinguished business acumen and tenacious work ethic have garnered her numerous accolades, including inclusion on the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business from the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Woman of the Year by the National Diversity Council, The 2020 Emerging Leader in Philanthropy from ABFE, and the 2017 Denver Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 award. 

Ms. Shoots is an engaged community member and serves as a mayoral & city council appointed board member for Denver Health and Hospital Authority, a governor appointed board member for CollegeInvest, a trustee for the Women’s Foundation, and the Chief Economic Equity Advisor to State Senator, James Coleman and State Representative, Leslie Herod.