Danny Katz

Danny has been the director of CoPIRG for over a decade. Danny co-authored a groundbreaking report on the state’s transit, walking, and biking needs and is a co-author of the annual “State of Recycling” report. He also helped write a 2016 Denver initiative to create a public matching campaign finance program and led the early effort to eliminate predatory payday loans in Colorado. Danny serves on the Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT) Efficiency and Accountability Committee, CDOT's Transit and Rail Advisory Committee, RTD's Reimagine Advisory Committee, the Denver Moves Everyone Think Tank and the I-70 Collaborative Effort. Danny lobbies federal, state, and local elected officials on transportation electrification, multimodal transportation, zero waste, consumer protection, and public health issues. He appears frequently in local media outlets and is active in a number of coalitions.