Hala Hanna – MD, SOLVE AT MASACHUSETTS MIT

Hala is a global social impact executive.

Hala’s career revolves around policy, strategy, and building partnerships for social impact.

This includes a public-private initiative for employment in the Middle East at the World Economic Forum, advising governments on public sector reform and donor engagement through her work at the World Bank and the UN, and advising non-profits on strategy and business models.

Her last appointment at the World Economic Forum was as Director of Strategy & Impact.

Hala is currently the Managing Director at Solve, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – https://solve.mit.edu/

Solve is a marketplace for social impact innovation – where the most promising solutions to our world’s challenges scale through partnerships.

Solve by the numbers over the past 4 years:

• over $40 million in funding committed for innovators globally thanks to our partners.
• 350+ partnerships across the Solve community.
• 52 million lives across the globe by Solver teams.
• 100+ Member organizations, spanning spans industries and sectors.
• over 6,500 innovators from 157 countries have submitted solutions to Solve’s Global Challenges.
• 213,000 active registered users on Solve’s innovation platform.
• 262,000 subscribers to Solve’s newsletter the CrowdSolve.

Hala has over 15 years of experience designing strategies, building exceptional diverse teams, and delivering results for high-growth social impact organizations.

Other experiences include a public-private partnerships initiative for employment in the Middle East at the World Economic Forum, advising governments on public sector reform and donor engagement through her work at the World Bank and the UN, and building strategies and business models for non-profits.

Her last appointment at the World Economic Forum was as Director of Strategy and Impact.
In 2015, she cofounded a policy platform with over 100 thousand subscribers.

Hala holds masters in Public Policy from Harvard University, and in Int’l Development Economics from American University, DC. Her Bachelors in Economics is from the American University of Beirut. She was a Global Leadership Fellow of the World Economic Forum and a Senior Advisor to Women Political Leaders Global Forum.Hala is a global social impact executive.

Currently Managing Director at Solve – an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Solve is a marketplace for social impact innovation – where the most promising solutions to our world’s challenges scale through partnerships.

Hala has over 15 years of experience designing strategies, building exceptional diverse teams, and delivering results for high-growth social impact organizations.

Other experiences include a public-private partnerships initiative for employment in the Middle East at the World Economic Forum, advising governments on public sector reform and donor engagement through her work at the World Bank and the UN, and building strategies and business models for non-profits.

Her last appointment at the World Economic Forum was as Director of Strategy and Impact. In 2015, she cofounded a policy platform with over 100 thousand subscribers.

Hala holds masters in Public Policy from Harvard University, and in Int’l Development Economics from American University, DC. Her Bachelors in Economics is from the American University of Beirut. She was a Global Leadership Fellow of the World Economic Forum and a Senior Advisor to Women Political Leaders Global Forum.