Meet the new addition to the CAA team: Human rights activist and business leader Mandana Dayani.
Dayani is the brains behind CAA’s nonpartisan organization, I am a voter. She is also the former president of Archewell, the Los Angeles-based production, audio, and philanthropic company co-founded by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Archewell has made its mark with the popular podcast Archetypes on Spotify, the Netflix documentary series Harry & Meghan, and Prince Harry’s best-selling autobiography Spare. The Harry & Meghan docuseries, directed by Liz Garbus, featured extensive interviews with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and chronicled the couple’s romance, their experiences within the British royal family, and their role on the world stage.
Since its launch in 2018, I am a voter. has registered over half a million Americans in an effort to encourage voter participation, particularly among young people. The organization has partnered with the NBA, Disney, Bumble, Starbucks, the NFL, H&M, ABC, Fox, McDonald’s, CFDA, Urban Outfitters, Tory Burch, and iHeartMedia.
Dayani has also recently addressed the threat of antisemitism, including at a special session at the United Nations in New York City where she condemned acts of rape and sexual violence perpetrated during attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7 by Hamas terrorists.
Prior to her journey into the entertainment industry, Dayani was a corporate attorney and a commercial talent agent in Los Angeles. She was also the chief brand officer for the tech company Everything But The House, and co-created and hosted The Dissenters podcast with Debra Messing.
Dayani remains represented by Kenneth Deutsch at Paul Hastings and Jennifer Bett Communications.