Hannah Schmitz has nearly 20 years of experience bridging the social, public, and business sectors to create opportunities for individuals and organizations to develop, engage, collaborate, and advance meaningful social change.

Working primarily with college students since 2009, Hannah has focused on connecting passionate emerging talent with purpose-driven organizations. She has run internship programs on behalf of 3 governors , legislators, and state agencies, and has recruited over 450 emerging leaders of all majors from 68 universities, matching each one to placements across 173 purpose driven organizations with a 98.8% success rate.

Hannah has developed and managed several social impact programs, provided leadership and professional development training to hundreds of social impact leaders, forged cross-sector partnerships and led cross-functional teams, spearheaded diversity and equity initiatives, provided career and business coaching, driven volunteer and employee engagement, and facilitated corporate team-building programs.

She has the ability to envision grand possibilities, develop big-picture strategic goals and pathways, and design and execute efficient and effective on-the ground strategies. A total "wildcard person", she’s developed a broad and diverse set of skills that allow her to tackle a variety of challenges, and she always welcomes new challenges to take on. She won’t stop learning and developing the knowledge and skills necessary until the job is done.

With formal training in experiential education, higher education, and communications from Ithaca College, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and Towson University, her studies have equipped her with the theoretical and applied knowledge to strengthen her strategic approach.

Hannah is a Philadelphia native, a Baltimore transplant, and a global travel enthusiast (30+ countries, 5 continents). In her spare time she can usually be found at home in South Baltimore with her partner and plants, making things out of clay, or doing the NYT daily crossword puzzle.