Lisa Hansmann is a Senior Advisor at MIT, working alongside MIT Innovation Fellow Brian Deese on issues at the intersection of clean energy and industrial strategy. She most recently served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor at the White House, focused on implementation of the Biden Administration’s signature economic legislation. She also worked across a broad portfolio of economic policy initiatives at the National Economic Council, and on Senator Elizabeth Warren’s policy team. Before joining federal service, Lisa spent three years as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. She received her B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
