Alison Mangiero

Executive Director,
Proof of Stake Alliance

Alison Mangiero is the Acting Executive Director of the Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA), an industry alliance that advocates for innovation-friendly regulation of growing proof-of-stake ecosystems.  Alison previously founded Tocqueville Group (TQ), which incubated new ventures and built products, open source software, and other public goods for the Tezos ecosystem. Before founding TQ, Alison ran the Manhattan Institute’s Adam Smith Society, a nationwide, chapter-based association of free-market MBA students and business leaders. She managed the group from its inception with four students at Harvard Business School and grew it to more than 10,000 students across 30 chapters at top U.S. business schools. A recovering political scientist, Alison spent a decade prior in public policy and academia, and has broad experience in fundraising and growing membership associations.  She currently teaches courses on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy at College of the Holy Cross and serves on the Executive Board of Advisors for the University of Richmond's Jepson School of Leadership Studies.