Khalid Pitts

Background

About Khalid Pitts

Senior Policy Executive, Political Strategist, Small Business Owner, and Collaborative Leader with 20+ years of experience developing partnerships, actionable research, policies, and agenda-setting for coalitions and campaigns in complex environments, both domestically and internationally. Demonstrable impact includes stewarding and scaling effective change, national and local policy, and initiatives in key areas of economic equity and opportunity, small business development, civic and political reform, climate action and worker rights. Managed and developed cross-partisan alliances, data-driven campaigns, and organizations, shaping public opinion, policy narratives and securing path-breaking legislation. Directly responsible for teams up to 600 individuals and program budgets in excess of $50 million, averaging 8-10 direct reports. Deep academic and professional expertise in health care, food and hospitality operations, mission-driven impact business, economic justice, labor issues and alliances, clean-energy campaigns. Wide and established network and relations with national, state, and local policymakers, elected officials, and influencers. Tested experience as table lead and issue spokesperson managing corporate and non-profit interests; designing communication strategies; formulate expert gatherings, grass tops/grassroots and community engagement outreach; analyzing programs, governance structures, and research projects; and outlining and executing organizational development schemes – including grant and resource development for partnership channels, nonprofits, electoral candidates, Political Action Committees, and private equity operations.