Hana Schank

Hello! Currently, I’m settling into my new life in Tel Aviv, where I moved in July 2025, in order to work for a country that lets me live a free and open Jewish existence. I am currently learning Hebrew, working on a book about Jewish life in America, and connecting with the international civic tech, policy and AI spaces.

I was Senior Advisor to the Public Interest Technology program at New America, and a Director with the United States Digital Service, within the Obama White House. I’ve testified in front of Congress twice. Before that, I ran an all-female tech consultancy for a decade.

I am the author of 4 books, share frequent essays via my Substack, and post about book research on Instagram. I speak on public interest technology, innovation, women’s ambition, car safety bias, and the decline of Jewish life in America.

I am also a car crash and traumatic brain injury survivor, which is how I learned that cars are designed to protect men first, and women sometimes. NBC featured our story on the Evening News. I performed the story of living with a TBI on the Story Collider podcast.