Hallie Montoya Tansey

Hallie is MVP’s Senior State Strategy Advisor. She leads MVP’s grantmaking in the Western U.S., as well as our learning and evaluation work.

Prior to joining MVP, she served as a research and strategy consultant to non-profits and philanthropy, founded a company, The Target Labs, that provided data analytics to Democratic and progressive campaigns, served as the Obama Administration’s Deputy White House Liaison at the US Department of Education, and led organizing efforts in five states for the 2008 Obama campaign. Early in her career, Hallie co-founded the League of Young Voters, a national non-profit organization that worked to engage young people of color in the political process.

She lives in Oakland, CA, with her husband and two children, and will drop everything to join you at karaoke.