Dariel Curren
Background
With more than two dozen years of experience in public relations and marketing, Dariel has worked for Development Counsellors International since 1995 and was named director of the company’s Economic Development Division in January 2010. Dariel’s clients have spanned the world, including destinations from Maine to Miami and New York to New Zealand. She has created award-winning programs that integrate high-profile media exposure with high-impact websites, direct marketing and digital strategies. Dariel holds a degree in English and American Literature from Brown University.
Dariel’s Passion for Places
Growing up in the rural Finger Lakes region of upstate New York and then moving to Manhattan for more than a decade after college, Dariel is someone who enjoys quiet country places as much as the hippest urban spots on the planet. She spent summers on Martha’s Vineyard during college and then developed the travel bug, back-backing across Europe and taking vacations in Greece, Spain, Belize, the Caribbean and too many American destinations to count. Dariel loves learning about new places and “thinking like a journalist” to uncover fresh and surprising stories to tell.
Notable Results
- Dariel has helped a wide range of clients gain prominent news coverage in The New York Times, The The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, as well as on CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg News.
- Dariel has helped three different clients win CoreNet’s prestigious “Economic Development Leadership and Innovation Award.”
- Considered DCI’s Marketing Blueprint guru, Dariel has worked on strategies for Montreal International; Delaware Economic Development Office; Buffalo, New York; and numerous other clients.
Up Close
Dariel and her husband, Bill, can mostly be found “at play” with their two children. Jamie is studying environmental science at the University of Maine and pursuing his passion for fishing, hunting and all things outdoors. Eleanor is a high-honors high school student, who is also a national caliber field hockey player and all-star softball pitcher. Dariel occasionally still plays hoops, recalling her days as a four-year starter on Brown’s basketball team.
Where You’ll Find Dariel on a Sunny Day
In the woods. Dariel is a hiker at heart. To wit: she back-packed in the Grand Tetons when she was five months pregnant (using goats as pack animals) and was still hiking when she was 19 days overdue. Dariel currently serves as a director on the Roxbury Land Trust, which maintains miles of hiking trails in its 24 nature preserves.
Places that Dariel has Called Home
Skaneateles, New York
Providence, Rhode Island
Edgartown, Massachusetts
New York, New York
Roxbury, Connecticut
Surprising Facts about Dariel
Farmer’s Daughter
Growing up on a dairy farm in upstate New York, Dariel knows how to milk a cow, drive a tractor, unload a hay wagon and win blue ribbons at the state fair for baking killer sugar cookies. She also knows the value of hard work.
A Need for Speed
Maybe it’s the feel of the wind blowing through her hair or the adrenaline rush of hurtling across the earth. Whatever the reason, Dariel just knows she likes to “go fast.” Her first car was a Corvette (don’t ask), and she loves to zoom around on motorcycles, snowmobiles and boats – where you’ll usually find her about 30 feet behind, zipping by on water skiis.
A Room with a View
Walking the work-family tightrope since her children were born, Dariel gave up a corner office with a view of the Manhattan skyline for a home office with a stunning view of the woods and her perennial garden.
