Kyra Kazantzis is the CEO of the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits. She previously was a senior policy advisor to San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and a longtime attorney. Kazantzis previously served on the SVCN Board of Directors for five years. Before joining Liccardo’s office, Kazantzis served as a longtime directing attorney at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley and co-founded its innovative Fair Housing Law Project. She was with the Law Foundation for 25 years. In that role, she led teams of attorneys in conducting research, policy advocacy and litigation in areas such as fair housing, affordable housing, civil rights, inmate rights, consumer protection, disability rights and poverty.