Hannah Cooper Klein

CO-FOUNDER & Chief Executive Officer

Tyler and I founded Cooper/Smith in 2015 motivated by our passion working with African governments to help them manage their healthcare programs with limited resources. We grew our organization to a team of over 25 experts including data scientists, epidemiologists, AI specialists, behavioral economists, and software engineers. To date, we have raised over $30M from private foundations, the US government, and multilateral institutions.

Prior to founding Cooper/Smith, I served as Team Lead for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Quality at the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), U.S. Department of State. In this role, I led the development of PEPFAR's first Evaluation Standards of Practice (a unified approach to planning and reporting on evaluations and their findings).  I also worked with country teams and technical experts to develop PEPFAR's 3.0 indicators - pushing for greater clarity on how these metrics are used and eliminating reporting burden on clinics and PEPFAR partners.

Before joining PEPFAR, I was a Results Specialist at the World Bank. In this role, I led an online community of African civil servants on Managing for Results. I also worked with project teams across the Bank to develop and use metrics and results frameworks, and provided training on results management to both Bank staff and partner governments.  

In addition to my work at the Bank, I was responsible for strategic planning and performance at Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs - where I developed metrics to measure Canada's diplomatic work. I also served as Special Assistant to Canada's Minister for International Cooperation and Parliamentary Secretary where I was responsible for gender and environment portfolios as well as Question Period preparation and parliamentary committee liaison.

I am a Board Member of the Global Health Council, a Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Innovations for Peace & Development, an affiliate of Georgetown University’s Center for Innovation in Global Health, and participate in global health advisory and technical groups. I have published numerous think pieces and blog posts on AI, tech, and global development including in the New York Times.

Born in Boston, raised in Montreal, Canada, I am fluent in French, English, and Italian.  I live in Austin, Texas with my husband, Adam, three children, and various pets.