Summary
Haley Bash is a founder and organizer with 11 years of experience blending software engineering, fundraising strategy, and operations to scale progressive political efforts. As Founder & Executive Director of Donor Organizer Hub, she trains and coaches everyday people to mobilize money across multiracial, cross-class networks, turning grassroots relationships into reliable funding systems. Her background includes building SDKs and trading automation at Optimizely and OpenInvest, and leading large-scale peer-to-peer texting programs that reached millions of voters. She’s been both a hands-on engineer and a strategic operator—serving as Chief of Staff, advisor, and capacity coach for mission-driven groups. Haley’s work uniquely ties technical product fluency to donor organizing tactics, enabling data-informed fundraising campaigns that center community power. Based in Oakland, she’s co-authoring a book on accidental fundraising and continues to advise and build tools that help movements monetarily sustain themselves.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Business Administration, Finance & Accounting, Bachelors of Business Administration, Finance & Accounting at University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business