Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick is an advocate manifesting change in how the real world is reflected in today’s media. 

​She has been an active member of the New York casting community since 2004. Nickelodeon was her casting home for over 14 years, where she tapped into her love of developing young talent. From live action and animation, scripted and unscripted, long form and short form, and even podcasts,  she has and loves to cast it all!

The co-VP of Advocacy for the Casting Society of America, her work elevating underrepresented communities has been barrier-breaking and continues to motivate her to manifest change in how the real world is seen on screen.

A leader in the organization’s Equity in Entertainment committee, she serves on the board of both the Casting Society of America and Casting Society Cares, where her focus is on Training & Education. She prides herself on being an ally to artists and aspiring talent of all abilities. 

She serves as a faculty advisor for Respectability and she is on the Actor’s Fund’s Looking Ahead Advisory Board. In addition to her work in casting, she is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Disabilities Studies at the City University of New York. She is also a trained childhood bereavement group facilitator and serves as a member of the Caring Committee for the Wechsler Center for Modern Aging.