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Jesse Hassinger
Jesse Hassinger is the CEO of Hustle, a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer text messaging platform used by nonprofits, political campaigns, labor unions, and universities to mobilize people at scale. With over eight years at Hustle progressing from Director of Support to Director of Product before taking the helm as CEO in early 2025, Hassinger brings a rare blend of grassroots political organizing experience and deep product intuition to leading one of the most widely adopted civic tech platforms in the country — one that has facilitated over one billion text conversations.
Tim Paris
Tim Paris is the co-founder and CEO of Dataro, an AI-native fundraising intelligence platform helping nonprofits predict donor behavior and optimize campaigns. A former cognitive neuroscientist with a PhD from Western Sydney University, Tim pivoted from brain research to social impact by applying statistical machine learning to charitable fundraising. He co-founded Dataro in 2017 alongside high school friend David Lyndon (CTO) and later Chris Paver (COO). The company has grown to serve 300+ organizations worldwide - including World Central Kitchen, Amnesty International, and Stand Up To Cancer - and raised a $14.28M Series A led by Blueprint Equity in February 2026, bringing total funding to $16.78M.