Michal Hay

Michal Hay is Chief of Staff to City of Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. She was the Founding Executive Director of Progress Toronto where her focus was on organizing, whether through an issue-based or electoral campaign, and bridging the gaps between people and the political power needed for progressive change.

Michal was 2017 Campaign Director for Jagmeet Singh’s successful NDP Leadership Campaign, and she was one of Chatelaine’s Top Women in Canada of 2017. Michal was Chief of Staff to Toronto City Councillor Mike Layton for six years, and in 2014 she was Field Director for Olivia Chow’s Toronto Mayoral Campaign. Through her work and activism, she has had leading roles on a number of issue-based and electoral campaigns at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels across Canada.