Katelin Kaiser ‌

Katelin Kaiser is policy counsel on the state policy team at the Center for Responsible Lending's Durham office. She collaborates with​ advocates, community organizations, and lawmakers to strengthen safeguards around small-dollar lending and advance financial fairness and transparency.

Prior to joining CRL, Katelin served as policy director at Democracy North Carolina, where is led the organization’s policy, research, and election protection efforts to defend and advance voting rights across the state. She previously worked as voting rights counsel at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, litigating complex federal and state civil rights cases on behalf of community members and organizations to challenge discriminatory redistricting maps and suppressive voting laws. Katelin has also represented candidates in election-related administrative hearings and served on case teams at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Katelin graduated with honors from North Carolina Central University School of Law and was the recipient of the Floyd B. McKissick Award for Leadership and Scholarship and the Pro Bono Service Impact Award.