Hannah Cooper Klein

CO-FOUNDER & Chief Executive Officer

I’m a mission-driven operator who has spent the past decade building and scaling Cooper/Smith, a global health data company that partners with governments, companies, and major funders to modernize health systems. As CEO and co-founder, I’ve raised more than $30M and led cross-functional teams of data scientists, engineers, and policy experts to design and implement complex digital infrastructure in some of the world’s most challenging and highly regulated environments.

Before founding Cooper/Smith, I served as Team Lead for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Quality in the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) at the U.S. Department of State. There, I led the development of PEPFAR’s first Evaluation Standards of Practice—a unified approach to planning, conducting, and reporting evaluations—and worked with country teams and technical experts to develop PEPFAR 3.0 indicators, with a focus on using data to improve efficiency and impact.

Previously, I was a Results Specialist at the World Bank, leading an online community focused on value for money, advising project teams on metrics and results frameworks, and training Bank staff and partner governments on managing for results.

Earlier in my career, I was responsible for strategic planning and performance at Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, developing metrics to assess the impact of Canada’s diplomatic work, and I served as Special Assistant to Canada’s Minister for International Cooperation and Parliamentary Secretary.

I serve on several boards—including as Vice-Chair and member of an audit committee—am a Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, and participate in numerous international health advisory and technical groups. I’ve published think pieces and blog posts on AI, technology, and global development, including work featured in The New York Times.

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