Kunal Merchant

Merchant is the president and co-founder of CalOZ, California’s leading trade organization dedicated to accelerating the success of high-quality Opportunity Zone investments in California. He also is the managing director of Lotus Advisory, providing strategic advisory, project management, public affairs and communications support to a portfolio of clients in sports, technology, real estate, politics and philanthropy. Recently, he worked with members of the RevOZ Capital team on the Downtown Sacramento Revitalization project with the Sacramento Kings. Previously, he served as vice president of strategic initiatives for the Sacramento Kings, executive director of Think BIG Sacramento, and chief of staff to Sacramento Mayor, Kevin Johnson. Merchant sits on the board of the Green Sports Alliance.