About / Our story

We started Uprise because the movement deserved better tools than the ones it was renting.

In 2016, a handful of engineers and organizers got tired of watching campaigns lose donations to slow, template-locked platforms. So we built our own — and then we built them for everyone fighting for a fairer country.

Today we're a distributed, unionized studio of designers, engineers, and strategists. We only work with the progressive movement, and we measure our success in wins — not billable hours.

What we believe

01

Mission over metrics

We only work with the progressive movement. If it does not move the cause forward, we do not build it.

02

Ship at the speed of politics

Deadlines do not move for us, so we do not miss them. Filing dates, debate nights, election days — we are ready.

03

Accessible to everyone

Every voter, every donor, every device. Accessibility is not a feature we add — it is how we build from line one.

04

Radically transparent

Open roadmaps, honest estimates, and code you own. No black boxes, no lock-in, no surprises on the invoice.

The team

22 PEOPLE · 14 STATES
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Maya Okonkwo
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL
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Dev Ramírez
ENGINEERING LEAD
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Sana Whitfield
DESIGN DIRECTOR
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Theo Nakamura
DATA & GROWTH
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Priya Anand
CLIENT STRATEGY
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Marcus Bell
RAPID RESPONSE LEAD