Riley Kitts

Riley Kitts is the Chief Policy and Research Officer at the Colorado Children’s Campaign. Riley took on this role after serving as the Interim State Director/Policy Director for Democrats for Education Reform and Education Reform Now, where he was proud to work on historic legislation to rewrite the state’s inequitable and outdated School Finance Formula (HB24-1448). Riley initially joined the Children’s Campaign from the Colorado Department of Human Services, where he spent three legislative sessions spearheading the agency’s legislative and budgetary agendas. Prior to that, he spent several years with the Colorado House Democrats serving in various roles. Some of Riley’s proudest legislative accomplishments include the passage of free, full-day kindergarten, legislation that allowed for undocumented kids to receive health insurance, and the establishment of Universal Preschool and creation of the new Department of Early Childhood.

Riley earned his degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado-Boulder and immediately dove into local politics after college. He enjoys watching every second of Colorado sports with his wife, Alyssa, son, Cotton, and daughter, Freddie.