Living room conversations at scale.

Our mission is to meaningfully connect campaigns and constituents by transforming social media listening and outreach into "living room conversations at scale."

  • We help you learn which issues people care about.

  • We connect you to who cares about each issue.

  • We clearly measure and communicate impact.

  • And… we save you time and money in the process.

Meet the Team

  • Erika Schmitt

    CO-FOUNDER & CEO

    Erika pairs her background in communications with over a decade of experience in client services, software delivery, and organizational management to help the Bel team deliver innovation in constituent engagement.

  • Patrick Abbs

    CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF OF STRATEGY

    Patrick likes designing learning algorithms, and helping people who help people. He gets to do both in his role in Bel, where he builds tools that learn to meaningfully connect the wants and needs of constituents with the platforms of their representatives.

  • Sarah Zapiler

    CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF OF STAFF

    Sarah is a community organizer and communication designer committed to justice and liberation. She brings over a decade of experience in messaging, marketing, and mobilization in business, non-profit, and advocacy spaces to Bel’s team and our partners.

  • Halley Dunn

    PRINCIPAL, POLITICS & STRATEGY

    Halley is passionate about modernizing the political process in a way that creates tangible, equitable change. She draws on her experience in campaign management and community organization to support our clients every step of the way.

  • Nick Abbs

    SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    Nick graduated from the University of Texas with a B.S. in Computer Science in 2017. He worked as a developer at PwC and Dropps before moving to Cambrya in February 2022.