Jocelyn Kane is RHI’s senior policy advisor following 15 years with the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, including eight years as Executive Director.

Among many firsts, she was responsible for developing and implementing San Francisco’s “agent of change” policy preserving harmony between neighbors and nightlife. She also initiated the Economic Impact of San Francisco’s Nightlife Industry, one of the first economic impact studies of nightlife in the country.

The Commission has been a template for cities worldwide and pre-dates the current movement for an office and staff on nightlife.

She served as a consultant on RHI’s global projects in Toronto and Dublin. She helped the city of Austin update their sound ordinance and currently co-facilitates city assessments, including most recently, St. Augustine, Des Moines, and Savannah.

Finally, she led the development of a four city analysis for the City of Milwaukee on the history and structure of their city's office/staff on nighttime economy management. The four cities included New York, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Washington, DC.

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