Haley van Dyck- SIPA

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