Pia Mancini is a mission-driven founder and CEO with 12 years of experience building civic tech and open funding platforms from Buenos Aires to California. She co-founded Open Collective—helping thousands of groups manage over $30M transparently—and now leads Give Zero, blending product leadership with public-interest mission. Trained as a political scientist with an MA from Monash and time at Sciences Po, she pairs deep policy insight with hands-on product and engineering contributions, including front-end and API work on Open Collective’s React/GraphQL codebase. A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and alum of YC (DemocracyOS), she has repeatedly translated civic innovation into operational organizations and funding models. Her background includes government advisory roles and party-building experiments that inform her rare ability to design technology that anticipates political and social adoption. Colleagues describe her as equally comfortable fixing UI copy or debating governance design, a maker-leader who bridges code, policy and community.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Sciences Po
Lic. Ciencia Politica y Gobierno, Lic. Ciencia Politica y Gobierno at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
M.A Asian Studies, International Politics in Asia, M.A Asian Studies, International Politics in Asia at Monash University
Open Collective's API. A GraphQL API powered by Sequelize and PostgreSQL.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:5 reviews, 54 commits, 43 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Pia primarily worked on updating email templates for the Open Collective API, creating and modifying various `thankyou` email templates for different organizations like `wwcode`, `sfartandfilm`, and `sustain`. They also addressed typos and updated copy and links within other email templates like `group.monthlyreport.hbs` and `ticket.confirmed.sustainoss.hbs`. Additionally, they implemented changes related to the email signup process and GitHub integration.
Open Collective's Frontend. A React app powered by Next.js.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:26 commits, 25 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Pia primarily focused on improving the user interface and content within the Open Collective frontend. They addressed various issues, including fixing broken links, correcting typos, and updating copy on multiple pages, particularly within the sponsor and gift card sections. The commits demonstrate a strong understanding of the React framework, as well as the project's structure and design, as they modified HTML and JavaScript components. They also added and updated FAQ sections.
next-jsreactfrontendopencollectivewebpack
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