Kayla Minami Banta is a highly skilled consultant and senior analyst at Evergreen Economics, with a career spanning multiple roles focused on client management, data analytics, and project leadership. Prior experience includes serving as a client account coordinator at Fisher Investments, where responsibilities encompassed managing new client relationships and training new hires. As the executive director at Revitalize Ontario!, Kayla led various initiatives and established partnerships, notably drafting a historic preservation ordinance for the City of Ontario. Previous roles include team leadership at the University of Oregon's American English Institute, economic development internship in Uganda, and cost accounting internship at Panasonic Avionics Corporation. Kayla holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Developmental Economics from the University of Oregon.