On behalf of her clients, Ms. Hayes-Raitt has created and implemented public relations and organizing campaigns for numerous initiatives, candidates, legislative efforts and special events, including Gov. Davis' memorial for California's victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks. She is a nationally recognized trainer in message development and has appeared on more than 500 radio and television public affairs shows including PBS "News Hour with Jim Lehrer," CBS "This Morning," CNN "Financial News," and CNN "Moneyline." She is effective both in making and in shaping the news and is currently a political analyst for Los Angeles newscasts.

Beginning her career as a door-to-door fundraiser for Ralph Nader, Ms. Hayes-Raitt has since raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for campaigns and non-profit groups, including a homeless shelter and food bank.

Ms. Hayes-Raitt has a reputation for tenacious organizing on behalf of environmental protection. She is a former board member of the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters, a former executive director of the Coalition for Clean Air, a founding member of Heal the Bay and was Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy's statewide environmental field deputy. She has recently been elected as chair of the national board of the Education for Peace in Iraq Center.

Additionally, she serves as a Commissioner of the Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women and the treasurer of the statewide Assn. of California Commissions for Women. She moderated former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's national town hall teleconference on "What Every Woman Should Know About Social Security."

Her past clients include the California Professional Firefighters, AARP, the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network and the Assn. of Trial Lawyers of America.