Chief Executive Officer

Kai Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of Cassidy & Associates, helps a broad range of corporate and non-profit clients advocate for their interests in Washington, DC. He specializes in designing legislative strategies that balance the development of natural resources and critical infrastructure with conservation. 

From positions on and off Capitol Hill, Kai has contributed to numerous conservation campaigns in the West, as well as the responsible development of high-voltage transmission lines, the construction of energy projects, and the siting of critical materials and metals mines. He helps clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies with strategic planning and crisis management. 

Kai earned a PhD in geology from Stanford University and came to DC to serve as a Congressional Science Fellow for Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT). He worked nearly six years for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (NV), ultimately as his Deputy Chief of Staff. In 2005, he established an energy and environment advocacy practice at Cassidy. Kai assumed leadership of the firm in 2013 and in addition to his continued client service he takes pride in recruiting the best government affairs professionals. 

A native of eastern Oregon, Kai grew up hunting, fishing, and hiking on public lands. He has applied his background and experience in natural resources and earth science to policymaking. He lives in Washington, DC with his family and enjoys growing pomegranates and figs, firing up his backyard pizza oven, and traveling to the West whenever possible.