Tony Cani is an Arizona-based strategic communications and political consultant with 20 years of experience in municipal government, running political campaigns, and managing legislative and municipal issue advocacy. 

Tony’s creative, quick-thinking approach has been instrumental in winning difficult political and communications campaigns. He turns adverse situations into opportunities and has a knack for distilling difficult concepts into persuasive messages. Tony is creative, strategic, and fearless as he drives a narrative, earns media, and connects with the public on behalf of his clients.

Local Government Experience

Tony served as the Senior Policy Advisor to then Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton. As the head of the Mayor’s policy team, he was the chief liaison to the City of Phoenix’s Streets, Sustainability, Planning & Development, and Inter-Governmental Relations departments. Tony also worked with municipal leaders from across Arizona through the League of Arizona Cities & Towns, the Valley Metro RPTA, Maricopa Association of Governments, and the Mayor’s Education Roundtable. Before working for Phoenix, he served in a similar role for Tempe, Arizona Mayor Mark Mitchell.

Political Campaign Experience

Tony is a leading political voice in Arizona and is frequently called upon to share his perspective and expertise in print, television, and radio programs. Before launching Slingshot Campaigns, Tony was the Arizona Deputy Director for Joe Biden for President, managed the campaign to elect Kate Gallego Mayor of Phoenix, and served in leadership roles for national political organizations such as the Sierra Club and SEIU.

Strategic and Crisis Communications Experience

Tony has a track record of earning media coverage that alters existing narratives on a wide variety of issues. In recent efforts, his research, creativity, and determination exposed local ties to extremists, completely redefined the public conversation nationally and helped educate the public while raising the importance of mundane and complicated procedural issues that the media largely ignored. Tony has a reputation with journalists as an honest but fierce advocate who is willing to take on challenging issues and clients that he believes in.

Clients & Past Experience
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tcani/