Daniel Shanks serves as the Criminal Justice Coordinator for the City of New Orleans where his work spans violent crime reduction, jail population coordination, quality-of-life enforcement, and federal grant development. He previously served as Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, where he led NODICE (New Orleans Data-Informed Community Engagement) — a data-driven framework combining crime analytics, place-based analysis, community summits, and targeted interventions to reduce violence and strengthen resident trust. He is also co-founder of Rotharmel Shanks, a family law firm he built with his wife, Tracy Rotharmel Shanks, into one of the leading family law practices in South Louisiana.