Dani Kando-Kaiser
Principal
With more than two decades of experience in governmental advocacy, organizational management, and communications, Dani has made an indelible mark on national organizational expansions, procuring millions in grant funding and appropriations, and effectively leading coalitions to success across the nation. She founded Kaiser Advocacy with the goal of focusing on policy that raises the standard of living for all Californians, through the expansion and strengthening of consumer protections, privacy protections, restorative justice, and the advancement of workforce development programs.
She is one of the state’s leading advocates on consumer privacy protections and economic justice policy reforms for low-income Californians, senior citizens, and non-English speakers. She has passed legislation related to immigrant rights, clean energy, gun violence protections, consumer privacy protections, K-12 and higher education, all with the unifying goal of ensuring the autonomy, safety, prosperity, and dignity of our state’s most vulnerable communities. Through her policy work, she is also part of the California Dream Alliance. To date, she also has procured over $8 billion in funding for clients, including funding for the California Violence Intervention Program and workforce development programs.
In 2017, Dani and her colleagues formed We Said Enough, a national movement to eradicate discrimination and harassment in politics, resulting in recognition in Time Magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year. This successful initiative has led to the passage of over 900 pieces of national legislation, including policy reform in multiple states and at the federal level.
Dani holds a B.A. from the University of California, Davis and an MA from San Francisco State University. She serves on the board of Sacramento-based Waking the Village which provides housing, education, and holistic support services to Sacramento’s homeless, parenting youth and their children.
Becca Cramer-Mowder
Senior Lobbyist
With more than a decade of lobbying experience in Sacramento, Becca is one of the leading privacy advocates in California. She has worked extensively on issues of digital speech, technology, and surveillance, as well as LGBTQI+ rights and sex work decriminalization. Becca also has experience in rights of people living with HIV, family policing systems, police practices, and racial and economic justice policy advocacy.
She brings an intersectional lens and strong legislative campaign and strategic visioning experience to the work. Becca has a passion and commitment to centering impacted voices as experts and bringing in organizations that traditionally have less access to lawmakers. She is very comfortable with both proactive and defensive campaigns and has led large, diverse coalitions in furtherance of campaigns advocating for and against legislation.
Becca also has significant experience recruiting, hiring, and developing interns, including having founded and managed a highly successful internship program. With the hands-on experience and mentorship they received, graduates of Becca’s internship program have gone on to work in the legislature and as lobbyists.
Becca is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where she earned a BA in Interdisciplinary Field Studies with an emphasis in the Politics of Race and Gender, and Claremont School of Theology, where she earned a Master of Divinity degree. She received the Cup of Justice Award for her advocacy to make the United Methodist Church welcoming of LGBTQI+ people and serves on the board of The Table, a welcoming and progressive space for people burned and bored by church.