Haley Zapolski

Haley “Zap” Zapolski is the Managing Director of Jumpstart Foundry.
In her role, she primarily focuses on fundraising and working with investors.
Over the course of her business career, Haley has been dedicated to supporting innovation! She served as Manager of Employer Engagement at Nashville Software School, connecting employers to their software development and data talent.
Prior to that, she managed Renew Nashville, a Covid recovery program for 500+ small business through Metro Nashville and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
She has a passion for supporting startups in Middle Tennessee and is the founder and community organizer of NashTech, a grassroots community on a mission to build the startup ecosystem in Nashville.
NashTech hosts educational and networking events for founders and investors.
Zap lives in Bordeaux and is actively involved with her neighborhood, serving on the Participatory Budgeting Committee for North Nashville/Bordeaux.
She is a board member at Mending Hearts, a non-profit that provides long-term treatment for women restoring their lives from addiction, and works to develop affordable housing projects for the organization.
She has her BA in Economics from the University of Michigan where she was a D1 athlete for 4 years on the crew team.
Outside of work, you can find her lifting weights, throwing dinner parties, reading, hiking, and trying Nashville’s latest restaurants and cocktail bars.