Darius Anderson

Darius Anderson is the Founder and Chairman of Platinum Advisors, a full-service government affairs firm that ranks in the top five of California government advocacy companies. With offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., Platinum Advisors provides lobbying, strategic advice, government relations, project development, procurement, public affairs and strategic consulting to local and regional governments and agencies, trade associations, corporations, entrepreneurs, and non-profit groups.  Darius founded the firm in 1998.

Between 1993 and 1998, Darius served as Chief of Staff for The Yucaipa Companies and as Vice President of External Affairs for Ralphs Grocery Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 company. During that time, Darius was responsible for business development for The Yucaipa Companies, including property acquisition and development, and for government affairs, community relations, external corporate communications and public relations for Ralphs Grocery Stores. He also served as the Executive Director for the Ralphs/Food 4 Less Foundation.

Widely recognized as one of California’s most effective political strategists, Darius has successfully advised many of California’s highest-ranking political and business leaders. In 2010, Darius was appointed to California’s Political Reform Act Task Force.  Darius is also involved in a variety of civic, charitable and governmental activities. He previously served as the Chair of the National Advisory Council for the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the George Washington University Graduate School of Public Management’s Council on American Politics, Californians Building Bridges, Sonoma State University Green Music Center and Co- Chair of the Friends of the UCSF Center for Reproductive Health (CRH) Advisory Board.

Darius is also the Founder and CEO of Kenwood Investments, LLC, a California Real Estate Development and Opportunity Fund and is the Founder and Managing Member of Sonoma Media Investments, LLC, the owner and publisher of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and the Sonoma Index-Tribune.

He is a passionate art collector and owns world-class collections of both baseball and Jack London memorabilia. Darius holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and currently lives in Sonoma.