Allyson Kapin

Board Member

2023 - Current

CoFounder and Partner

2004

Allyson is the Cofounder of Rad Campaign, one of the top web agencies that has helped hundreds of organizations and philanthropists develop award-winning apps, websites, and data visualizations as well as hard-hitting campaigns focused on increasing advocacy, donations, and community engagement. Her work have been recognized with several prestigious web awards and featured on several top media networks ranging from CNN to NPR to BuzzFeed, and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Allyson is passionate about the intersection of social change with online technologies and social communities, a topic she deeply explores in her nonprofit bestselling book Social Change Anytime Everywhere, co-authored by Amy Sample Ward of NTEN. The book is an action-oriented guide that shows nonprofits how to build and mobilize their communities through multifaceted campaigns, and by integrating online channels with offline tactics. Allyson has been named one of the “Most Influential Women in Tech” by Fast Company, a "Tech Titan"​ by the Washingtonian and “one of the top 30 women entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter” by Forbes for her leadership roles in technology and social media. She's on the Board of Trustees for the League of Women Voters and has previously been an active board member for organizations such as the Anita Borg Institute. She speaks at conferences such as SXSW, Personal Democracy Forum, NTEN, BBCON, etc. Allyson is also a contributor to Forbes, Fast Company, and Quartz.

Founding Partner, GP

2019

The W Fund is fueling the startup ecosystem by aggregating capital and deploying funds to women and underrepresented-led startups solving the biggest problems and driving the future of tech.

Board Of Trustees

2018

Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.

Founder

2007

Founder of Women Who Tech, one the largest nonprofits bringing together diverse engineers, entrepreneurs, startup founders, investors, and industry leaders who are transforming the world and inspiring change through technology. As founder of Women Who Tech, Allyson has produced several Women Who Tech TeleSummits packed with the most inspiring tech changemakers, disruptors, and startup entrepreneurs, ranging from Arianna Huffington, Founder of Huffington Post, to Rashmi Sinah, co-founder of SlideShare, acquired by LinkedIn. In 2015 Allyson launched the Women Startup Challenge in partnership with Craig Newmark to help draw global attention to the significant gender bias in venture capital funding by shaking up a culture and an economy that has made it exceedingly difficult for women to launch and scale their startups. By showcasing women-led ventures through Women Who Tech's flagship Women Startup Challenges, the nonprofit provides capital, mentoring, direct access to leading investors, and other resources for women who are creating the most innovative tech companies, with the ultimate goal of closing the funding gap for good. The Women Startup Challenge is one of the largest global programs with a pipeline of over 3,000 women-led startups. The organization showcases and funds women-led tech startups, hosting thousands of women innovators across the world including New York, Silicon Valley, London (co-hosted by the Office of Mayor Sadiq Khan), and Paris (co-hosted by the Office of Mayor Anne Hidalgo).

Web and Online Strategy Manager

1999 - 2004

Director of Public Relations and Programs

1996 - 1998

College Marketing Associate

1992 - 1996