Kazmi Advisors

Kazmi Advisors

Kazmi Advisors is a connector for all sectors. We assist clients looking to deepen and expand their corporate, political and personal imprint in Chicago, the State of Illinois, and the country. Kazmi Advisors will work together with your team to develop and implement a strategy that will effectively leverage opportunities and reach your business, political, and strategic goals. Kazmi Advisors is a Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) certified by the City of Chicago and State of Illinois.

kazmi Advisors is a connector for all sectors. We assist clients looking to deepen and expand their corporate, political, and personal imprint in chicago, the state of illinois, and the country. KAZMI Advisors will work together with your team to develop and implement a strategy that will effectively leverage opportunities and reach your business, political, and strategic goals.

KAZMI ADVISORS IS a minority-owned business enterprise (mbe) certified by the city of chicago and state of illinois.

 

 
 
 

Strategic Advising

SPECIALIZING IN: Business & Government strategy; Strategic management; POLITICAL MANAGEMENT; business development; and Organization RESTRUCTURING.

 
 
 

Government STRATEGY

Connecting and advocating on behalf of private and Public sector clients.

 
 
 

Relationship Management

Building and creating coalitions and partnerships for the private and public sectors to help achieve their goals.

 
 
 

Community Engagement

Connecting the private and public sectors directly to the community. Effectively creating spaces to help unite stakeholders towards reaching common goals and solutions.

 
 

About Reyahd kazmi

 

Reyahd D.J. Kazmi is the owner of Kazmi Advisors, LLC, a Chicago-based consulting firm, with a national presence, providing strategic advising, government strategy, relationship management, advocacy, and community engagement to both private and public sector organizations. Mr. Kazmi serves as an outside advisor to each organization. His recent efforts have produced over $200M in new revenue for clients.

In addition to his consulting practice, Mr. Kazmi is deeply engaged in social service issues as the Chief Advocacy & Government Strategies Officer for National Youth Advocate Program, Inc. (NYAP), one of the country’s largest providers of therapeutic foster care, restorative justice, and community-based programming. He has served at NYAP since 2012 and now oversees advocacy programs; partnership development; contracts with all private and public sector partners; and growth initiatives which helped increase NYAP's revenues by over 300%. 

Also, due to his love for education, Mr. Kazmi is a Lecturer at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University and an Instructor at the University of Illinois at Chicago in their Certificate of Nonprofit Management program.

Mr. Kazmi has served in governmental and political capacities at the local, state and federal level. After an initial career in Ohio, he moved to Chicago where he served as Chief of Staff for Chicago City Treasurer Stephanie Neely and was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as a Commissioner on the Chicago Commission on Human Relations (where he no longer serves).

Mr. Kazmi serves as a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights’ Illinois Advisory Committee and was appointed by IL Governor JB Pritzker to serve on the state’s Youth Budget Commission. Previously, he served on and was appointed by the IL General Assembly as a founding member of the state’s Taskforce on Developing Opportunities for Youth who are Jobless and Out-of-School, and served as a member of IL Treasurer Mike Frerichs’ Financial Education and Opportunities Advisory Committee.

Politically, he has worked on and advised numerous campaigns including Obama for America, and most recently, Biden for President where he served as a Senior Political Advisor.  Also, Mr. Kazmi is a political commentator for NewsNation.

Mr. Kazmi is an active member of City Church Chicago, a Founding Board Member of :20 Second Timeout Foundation, a Board Member for Accelerator for America Action, and a Board Member for both the Mikva Challenge and UCAN.   In addition, he is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Business Leadership Council, The Executive’s Club, and The Economic Club of Chicago.

Mr. Kazmi is a graduate of The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law and Glenn School of Public Affairs where he received his Juris Doctorate and Master of Arts in Public Policy and Management.  In addition, Mr. Kazmi is a graduate of the Chicago Urban League and the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business’ highly competitive IMPACT Leadership Development program.

Mr. Kazmi, his wife, daughter, and their dog, Jazzy, live in Chicago.