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Opportunity Zone Attorney /
Multi Local Business Owner

Kaya Stanley is an Opportunity Zone (OZ) attorney, social impact investor, published author, and business owner. She was voted one of the country’s “Top 25 OZ Attorneys” by Opportunity Zone Magazine.

Ms. Stanley is a general partner of 3SN Global Impact Capital which invests in companies that specialize in clean energy, waste remediation, medical devices, and affordable housing in compliance with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

In 2014, Ms. Stanley authored the book, “The Employer’s Guide to Obamacare,” and founded a healthcare consulting company that advised large employers on how to comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Ms. Stanley is currently a Trustee for California’s largest restaurant worker’s compensation self-insured group where she was pivotal in turning the group around from an $80M deficit to profitability in 4 years.

She has served as General Counsel for Marco’s Pizza (when it grew from 50 to 1,000 stores), outside counsel for Wal-Mart and Home Depot, and as Executive Director for the National Jack-in-the-Box Franchisee Association. Her clients have included franchisees of McDonalds, Burger King, El Pollo Loco, Denny’s, Counter Burger, Taco Bell, and many others.

Along with her husband Kevin, Ms. Stanley is co-founder of Life Tastes Good, LLC, a Reno-based partnership that owns restaurants, wholesale food production, bakery and micro-markets.

She currently serves on the following boards: The Nevada Museum of Art, The Downtown Reno Partnership, The Reno Riverwalk District, Starbrook Modular, Reno Ice, and California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corporation.