Issue Advocacy

Area Experts

• Daria Hall Executive Vice President
  Daria Hall Executive Vice President

  Daria L. Hall (she/her/hers) is an Executive Vice President in the Washington, D.C. office of Fenton. Bringing more than 15 years of experience to her position, Daria works collaboratively with senior leadership across the firm, plays a pivotal role in new business activities and provides day-to-day oversight of accounts as well as high-level strategic counsel to Fenton clients.

  • Issue Advocacy
  • Racial Justice & DEI
• Erik Olvera Chief Of Issue Advocacy
  Erik Olvera Chief Of Issue Advocacy

  Erik Olvera is an accomplished communications strategist with more than 20 years of experience working with several of the nation’s leading environmental, LGBTQ, racial justice and voting rights organizations.

  He currently serves as Fenton’s Chief of Issue Advocacy, providing organizations focused on advocacy, politics and social justice with communications strategy and support to achieve their goals through campaigns that increase awareness, shape public discourse and build loyalty with new audiences.

  Prior to joining Fenton, he served as the Chief Communications Officer at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), where he oversaw all aspects of the racial justice organization’s legal and public policy communications. While there, he provided strategic guidance as the organization looked toward its future and led several projects to deepen the legacy organization’s work with the communities that it serves.

  Before SPLC, he was the head of communications for environmentalist Tom Steyer’s GOTV and political organizations, where he helped develop the Need to Impeach movement. He previously served as the Senior Director of Communications for Earthjustice, where he was responsible for shaping discourse for the organization’s legal and public policy work.

  The Regis University alumnus also spent several years leading communications for the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), where he worked on a wide range of LGBTQ legislation and legal cases. Some of his work at NCLR includes designing the Born Perfect public education campaign to end conversion therapy on minors nationwide and developing the communications plan that helped lead to the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court marriage equality victory.

  • Issue Advocacy
• Danielle Schlanger Vice President
  Danielle Schlanger Vice President

  Danielle Schlanger is a Vice President at Fenton, specializing in political and executive communications and providing strategic counsel to CEOs, clients and campaigns. She works across Fenton’s political practice to help organizations on the left make headlines, change the discourse both inside the Beltway and out, and advance policies to make our country fairer.

  Before joining Fenton, Danielle was the New York State deputy communications director on the Mike Bloomberg 2020 campaign. She was previously both a speechwriter and communications strategist at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where she played a key role in advancing high-profile initiatives including women.nyc and the Amazon HQ2 bid. She began her career as a journalist and has bylines in a number of leading publications.

  Danielle received her bachelor’s degree in urban and regional studies from Cornell University and a master’s in public administration from Columbia University.

  • Issue Advocacy
• Donté Donald Vice President
  Donté Donald Vice President

  Donté Donald is a Vice President at Fenton, specializing in media relations, organizational branding and project management.

  Donté has developed and implemented communications strategies for some of the most esteemed organizations in the progressive movement. Before joining Fenton, Donté supported New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray as the Director of Public Affairs for the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Partnerships and the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City.

  Prior to this, he was a national spokesperson on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. He began his career at two of the most well-regarded national economic policy think tanks in the country, Demos and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

  • Issue Advocacy
  • Racial Justice & DEI
• Kamali-Ann Burke Vice President
  Kamali-Ann Burke Vice President

  Kamali Burke is a Vice President at Fenton, specializing in media relations, branding, project management and strategic marketing communications.

  She is part of the Racial Justice and DEI practice. Kamali has a desire to make advancements in social issues including education inequity, racial injustice and nutrition. She has worked with clients at Fenton including the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, Cycle for Survival, Facing History and Ourselves, the National Women’s Law Center and Teachers Pay Teachers.

  • Issue Advocacy
  • Racial Justice & DEI
• Mercy Albaran Vice President
  Mercy Albaran Vice President

  Mercy Albaran is a Vice President at Fenton and a proud Oakland, CA native. She brings a strong background in nonprofit communications and uses her messaging, training and media relations skills to share the stories behind struggles for social justice. Some of her recent clients include the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the GSA Network and the James Irvine Foundation.

  The daughter of an immigrant caregiver, Mercy was inspired to take on the lead communications role at the California branch of the National Domestic Workers Alliance prior to Fenton. Outside of the office, Mercy is a member of GABRIELA, an international, grassroots alliance fighting for the liberation of Filipina womxn and overseas workers. In her spare time, she likes to learn languages, sing with her partner and beatbox.

  • Issue Advocacy
• Olivia Idris Account Director
  Olivia Idris Account Director

  Olivia Idris is an Account Director at Fenton, where she supports organizations working on racial justice, democracy, civic engagement, civil rights and child and family well-being.

  She develops and implements media and messaging strategies for Fenton clients, including the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Center for Evaluation Innovation, Color Of Change, Stop AAPI Hate and the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge.

  Prior to joining Fenton, Olivia was a William Randolph Hearst Fellow at The Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI) in Washington, DC. This experience provided her with a new perspective on the purpose of social change, which reaffirmed her hope to strengthen both nonprofit organizations and the sector as a whole.

  She holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Services & Social Justice from the George Washington University.

  • Issue Advocacy
  • Racial Justice & DEI
• Sierra Salser Senior Account Executive
  Sierra Salser Senior Account Executive

  Sierra Salser is a Senior Account Executive at Fenton, where she utilizes her skills in communications to support organizations that amplify her passion for social justice and equitable impact.

  Before joining Fenton, Sierra worked at Whiteboard Advisors, a mission-driven strategic consulting, research and communications firm. As a member of their communications team, she worked with nonprofits, foundations, skills training companies, think tanks and others driving radical change in the education space and workforce development. Sierra’s interest in social impact began as a Public Relations and Student Engagement Officer at Austin College in Sherman, Texas where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science.

  • Issue Advocacy
  • Racial Justice & DEI