Danny
Katz
Executive Director, CoPIRG
Started on staff: 2001
B.A., University of Virginia
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. He resides in Denver with his family, where he enjoys biking and skiing, the neighborhood food scene and raising chickens.
Posts by Danny Katz
2023 Colorado Legislative Report
In 2023, CoPIRG supported 17 bills at the legislature on a range of public interest issues that protect consumers, safeguard our public health and improve our quality of life across Colorado.
Two wins: Save the bees and truth-in-labeling for compostables
Governor Jared Polis signs two CoPIRG-backed bills into law today protecting bees from dangerous neonic pesticides and requiring truth in labeling around compostable products.
VICTORY: Gov. signs legislation to tackle high utility bills, protect consumers
SB23-291 will reduce wasteful spending that ratepayers are on the hook for and reduce reliance on volatile, expensive gas.
Colorado poised to be 9th state to protect bees, limit neonic insecticides
Bill heads to Governor Polis' desk for his signature.
