Haley Van Dyck
Lecturer (part-time) of International and Public Affairs
Personal Details
Haley Van Dyck is a tech executive with a passion for founding companies and leading teams
to benefit the public good.
At the White House, she co-founded and led the United States Digital Service—an innovative
arm of the executive branch that brings the country’s top technology talent into government to fix
high-impact services so they work better and cost less for the American people.
Following government service, she founded and served as the CEO of Alloy, a tech company
with a $35M seed to build data and technology for the future of the progressive movement.
She previously served as Director of Digital Strategy and Engagement at USAID where she led
award-winning tech and engagement campaigns to fight famine in the Horn of Africa; built a
team at the Federal Communications Commission to modernize the agency and bring the
archaic rulemaking processes into the internet era; worked on Obama’s 2008 campaign
developing strategy for the first Presidential campaign in history to use text messaging and
social media to connect with voters; and started her career at CNN. She currently teaches at
Columbia University.
Van Dyck is a native of San Francisco, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and
lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
- BA Political Science & Journalism, University of Wisconsin