Meet our Team
A senior team across strategy, donor experience, data, and design, helping nonprofits move beyond outdated approaches and build systems that perform.
Founder & Principal Consultant
Austin Pierce
Austin works with nonprofit organizations to design and implement fundraising systems that drive consistent, measurable revenue growth. With over two decades of experience, his work focuses on aligning strategy, data, and technology, including CRM optimization, system migrations, and emerging tools like AI, to improve donor engagement and operational performance.
At Hairpin, Austin leads fundraising strategy and partners closely with organizations to strengthen philanthropy infrastructure, modernize systems, and execute campaigns that are both thoughtful and effective. His approach emphasizes clarity, structure, and bringing practical, high-performing systems to organizations that are ready to move beyond reactive fundraising.
Operations & Implementation Manager, Prospect Research Lead
Bruno Da Silva
Bruno brings over a decade of experience in operations across major technology organizations, including compliance roles at PayPal and Twilio focused on regulatory adherence, risk assessment, and data verification at scale. He has led the creation of internal systems, training programs, and strategic materials that support efficient, scalable operations.
At Hairpin, Bruno oversees operations and ensures that client work is delivered consistently, on time, and aligned with each organization's goals.
His compliance background also shapes his approach to donor prospect research, where he applies structured, ethical research methods to help nonprofit partners understand donor capacity and giving potential, and trains client teams to do the same using publicly available, ethically sourced information consistent with standards set by Apra and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. His approach across every engagement emphasizes structure, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Art Director
Murillo Garcia
With 10+ years of experience as an Art Director, Murillo Garcia specializes in strategic visual design for digital and print campaigns that strengthen brands and create meaningful connections with their audiences.
His experience includes work with global brands such as Danone, Nestlé, and Claro, as well as nonprofit organizations and social impact initiatives.Murillo brings expertise in branding, editorial design, print production, and social media creative development. His collaborative approach and commitment to high-quality design help ensure every project is visually compelling, strategically aligned, and delivered with consistency.
CRM & Data Architect
Prashant Saxena
Prashant brings over a decade of experience designing and implementing CRM systems across a wide range of organizations. His work focuses on Salesforce architecture, integrations, and automation, helping organizations build reliable, scalable systems that support fundraising operations and long-term growth.
At Hairpin, Prashant leads CRM strategy and execution, partnering closely with organizations to improve data structure, streamline processes, and support system migrations. His approach emphasizes clean architecture, efficiency, and building systems that are both practical to use and built to scale.
Our Commitment to Serving Nonprofits
We are proud of our track record of partnering with a wide range of nonprofit organizations who are making a difference in their communities.
We believe every organization has the right to advocate for the causes they believe in. The nonprofits we work with are as diverse as the missions they serve and we’re honored to support them with strategy, data, and creative solutions to help them grow.
Rooted in deep appreciation for diverse communities, Hairpin Consulting welcomes partnerships with all registered 501(c) organizations and Tribal organizations.
The only exceptions are in rare and extreme cases where a group’s mission or practices promote hatred, hostility, or violence toward others based on race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
Together, we can bring more impactful, open-hearted, and sustainable GOOD to the world.