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Anastasia Apa is a visionary fundraising strategist & donor engagement expert who has crafted impactful, mission-driven campaigns for nearly two decades. In 2004 she formed ApaFirm, which was born as a political staffing agency and grew to a national progressive-serving fundraising firm.

Leading ApaFirm until 2021, she first traveled the country (tiny towns and big cities), mostly managing races and often double leading as finance director and later worked remotely as a fundraising consultant. She has served campaigns at every level of the ballot, specializing in Republican stronghold districts, crowded primary elections, and working with first-time candidates.

Currently, Apa is the Vice President of Development for the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the only organization responsible for the full national landscape of state legislatures, crafting the long-term strategy to elect Democrats across the country.