Hannah Hahn

Hannah Hahn is a Program Officer for The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, a private foundation committed to building a stronger community for residents of the Washington DC area. Before joining Cafritz, she was at The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation and has a decade of experience establishing strategic funding priorities, strengthening giving policies and practices, and building the capacity of nonprofit organizations. Hannah came to philanthropy after a significant career in international development. She was a technical director advising economic development, women’s empowerment, and education programming in 23 countries in Africa, Asia, Eurasia and South America. She has presented reports to the World Bank and at the OEDC and was recognized by The Society for International Development with the Andrew W. Rice Award for passion, commitment, creativity, and impact in the international development field. She was also the founding COO of Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE), a social enterprise that reduces school absenteeism for Rwandan girls by manufacturing low-cost, sanitary pads. Hannah holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education, a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, and a certificate in Nonprofit Management from The Georgetown University Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership.