Hannah Garden-Monheit

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Hannah Garden-Monheit formerly served as director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where she led development and implementation of competition and consumer protection policy initiatives and advocacy efforts. Prior to joining the FTC, Hannah served as special assistant to the president for economic policy and director for Competition Council policy. In that role, she helped lead the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts on competition policy, universal broadband, technology policy, nursing home reform, clean energy trade policy, and more.

Prior to joining the administration, Hannah served as senior policy advisor to the CARES Act Congressional Oversight Commission, helping oversee half a trillion dollars in Federal Reserve and Treasury spending. Hannah also previously served as a Supreme Court and appellate attorney in private practice and as a policy advisor in the Iowa Statehouse. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and Grinnell College.